The notice of mass resignation of six senior managers threatened to send the Belize City Council into a tail spin, but after a series of closed door meetings, tonight it appears a truce has been brokered. The talks began at five-thirty Thursday evening and included three sides: the United Democratic Party executive, headed by Dean […]
Today the victims of a dramatic and destructive fire that occurred in the Albert division on Thursday afternoon are embarking on the painful journey of rebuilding their lives. And while their plight is a major cause of concern, tonight the National Fire Service finds itself in the hot seat because fire fighters showed up a […]
While the National Fire Service continues to take heat for its delayed response to the Prince Street blaze, tonight the department also has to fend off flak for a traffic accident involving one of its drivers and a pedestrian. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Fifty year old Michael Young better known “Indio” told News Five today that […]
A Belize City hotelier and D.J. has been arrested and charged with rape following the report of a female tourist. According to the eighteen year old American, on Tuesday night she and her sister checked into the Red Hut Inn in Bella Vista. But after getting settled, the victim says she and her sibling started […]
It’s been out of the headlines for months, but tonight the Commission of Inquiry investigating the financial affairs of the Development Finance Corporation is back in the spotlight as the Musa administration is demanding a final report. Two weeks ago, Cabinet Secretary Robert Leslie wrote to the Commission’s secretariat informing co-chairs Merlene Bailey Martinez and […]
The proposed boardwalk along the northern bank of the Haulover Creek has created its fair share of legal controversy. Tonight News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on the latest case against the infrastructural development. Charles Heusner, Chair, National Fishermen Cooperative “Finally our members are earning a decent living, you know. We are up to a certain […]
Tonight a retired school teacher is asking for the public’s assistance. According to forty six year old Carla Slusher, in 2005 she was forced to quit her twenty-seven year career because of her worsening diabetes. But earlier this year the mother of five took another medical hit when she was diagnosed with coronary artery disease, […]
Two weeks ago Belizeans were introduced to the Bahamas National Children’s Choir … and now local audiences will be treated to the vocal talents of Trinidad and Tobago’s Suite Chorale. Approximately thirty members of the group arrived in the country today for a series of fundraising performances for the Anglican Diocese. According to Choir Director […]
Summer camps are in full swing across the country … many are athletic, some are artistic, and others are academic. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, one highly technical session ended today at Price Barracks. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Having one hundred kids in a classroom is bound to be chaotic, but since Monday these […]
