According to global statistics, there are forty million people living with HIV and AIDS. Nationally, the numbers suggest that despite aggressive awareness and education campaigns, the rate of infections has remained constant. On the occasion of World AIDS Day, today local officials took their fight to save lives to the streets. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin […]
While today was dominated by HIV/AIDS awareness, tomorrow attention will turn to Belize’s deadliest killer: cardiovascular conditions. In an attempt to promote better quality of life, Dr. Curtis Samuels is spearheading the efforts of the Belize Heart Foundation Limited under the theme “Healthy Hearts, Better Lives”. At dawn on Saturday, the foundation will officially launch […]
Two and a half years after a brutal killing in San Ignacio, a young man has been convicted of murder. At three thirty this afternoon, a jury found twenty-one year old Dionicio Salazar guilty by unanimous verdict of the murder of twenty-two year old Randy August. August was hacked to death with a machete by […]
Contrary to earlier police reports, tonight a twenty-eight year old man has been charged with the shooting of a fourteen year old boy. According to court reports, today Jermaine Arnold was arraigned on charges of Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Wounding. No plea was taken and the matter has been adjourned […]
One of Belize’s favourite bragging rights is the fact that eighty percent of the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef is in our territorial waters. And as part of regional efforts to ensure the survival of this living entity, tonight officials are shifting strategy to focus attention on how we communicate. News Five’s Janelle Chanona explains. […]
This weekend Crime Stoppers Belize is inviting the general public to a fundraising auction to support its efforts to bring criminals to justice. This morning News Five spoke to organizers about the event … and the latest regarding the hundred thousand dollar reward for a child killer still on the loose. Chris Garcia, Chief Operation […]
Even though it is the country’s only institution providing medical care to mental patients, the Rockview facility is constantly in need of upgrading. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, their plight has not gone unnoticed. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The Rockview hospital, home to fifty residents, got a much needed facelift today, courtesy of the […]
Christmas is the season of giving but that also means the season for buying and tonight one group of young women from the south is hoping to capitalize on all those bucks floating around town. The student members of the St. Matthews Anglican School Choir from Pomona Village have pooled resources to produce the second […]
General elections aren’t scheduled until 2008 but polls, politics and party colours will dominate the first months of 2007 in the run-up to village council elections. News Five’s Kendra Griffith explains. Kendra Griffith, Reporting As part of their preparations for the village council elections, rural development officers from the Ministry of National Development have been […]
