There will be no newscast on Monday, March sixth due to a public and bank holiday in celebration of Baron Bliss Day. The next newscast will be on Tuesday, March seventh 2006.
Across the country, the winning United Democratic Party candidates are moving into the offices of city councils and town boards. But just two hours after the new Belmopan City Council walked into city hall on Thursday morning, one employee, Vincent “Tommy” Pascascio was served with this letter: “Dear Tommy: I am instructed to inform you […]
As for municipal developments in Belize City, this morning the U.D.P. city council participated in meetings with party leadership and later prepared to move into their new home. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from City Hall. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, Mayor Zenaida Moya and Belize City?s councillors visited their new offices on North Front […]
A Guatemalan accused of murder was escorted to Belize City Magistrate’s Court this morning where he was formally arraigned. Sixty-three year old Adrian Ascencio appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb-McKenzie where the details of the offence were read to him through a court interpreter. Ascencio has been remanded to Hattieville prison until his next court appearance […]
The case of man indicted for the attempted murder of his girlfriend has reached the Supreme Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions appeared before the Chief Justice this week to protest the decision to grant the accused bail. Kirk Anderson formally applied for bail to be overturned for Abdiel Sandoval, after San Ignacio Magistrate […]
Marine experts have certified that a pregnant manatee found dead along the shore in Buttonwood Bay was struck by a boat’s propellers. According to officials from the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network, during the necropsy performed on the carcass of the adult female, several severe injuries were found across its back. Experts tell News Five […]
One week ago we chronicled the sad story of Lydia Rodriguez, the young Orange Walk mother clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a traffic accident on the Guinea Grass Road. Tonight, Rodriguez remains hospitalised and she needs your help to stay alive. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-six year old Lydia Rodriguez remains […]
For the past eight years, spectators and competitors alike have gathered beneath the Hawkesworth Bridge for the start of the La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge. Before dawn this morning, News Five’s Karla Vernon, Brent Toombs, and Stephen Ferguson headed west where they found spirits higher than the river. Karla Vernon, Reporting The eighth La […]
And while La Ruta Maya is the weekend’s big sporting event, the annual Baron Bliss Harbour Regatta will also kick off on Sunday. The sailing boat race committee hopes that a couple of changes this year will add more excitement to the event. According to Harbour Regatta Chairman Edward Flowers, the race course has been […]
