There are only a handful of people in this country about whom it could be said that without their presence Belize would not be what it is today. Last night one of them died. New’s Five’s Stewart Krohn explains. Stewart Krohn It is difficult to describe the impact that Emory King has had on the […]
Three days after twenty-six year old Jeramine Orosco mysteriously disappeared somewhere along the banks of the upper Macal River there is still no word of his whereabouts. Orosco, a boat captain, is an employee of David Penner, a contractor hired by BECOL to clean the Chalillo reservoir impoundment area. Reports are that around seven on […]
Belize City police say shortly after one this afternoon, two brazen young men walked into the compound of Wesley Junior College, went upstairs and robbed acting dean Winsome Arana and college principal Brenda Armstrong of thousands of dollars. The money had been collected from students who had gone to the institution to register. According to […]
There are more questions than answers in a pair of shooting incidents that sent two young men to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Tuesday night. Police say they do not have much to go on but believe the assaults on twenty-three year old Andrew West and twenty-eight year old Edwin Rivera are related. It […]
A U.S. citizen expelled from Belize and turned over to the F.B.I. in December of last year has pleaded guilty to terrorism related charges. James Ujaama, who had already served a two year prison sentence in the States for setting up a terror training camp, had entered into a plea bargain agreement with U.S. authorities […]
First, let me preface this next story with an explanation that we report it not to cause any undue concern, but out of a healthy respect for the power of nature. Yes, there is a storm out there and while soon-to-be Hurricane Dean poses no immediate threat to Belize, it certainly bears watching. Jacqueline Godwin, […]
Hopefully Dean will not be attending next Tuesday’s performance of Ultimate KTV. Last night, however, there was a storm surge of talent onstage at the Bliss. The show opened with the announcement that last week’s winner was Cayo’s Audrey Augustine. She will move on to the semi-final round next month and a shot at the […]
It has always been considered one of Belize City’s nicest neighbourhoods but West Landivar has never been called a hotbed of news … that is until its residents started to organise. News Five’s Marion Ali has the latest from the area. Marion Ali, Reporting Today the West Landivar Citizens’ Action Committee and the Belize City […]
Belize’s Revolutionary Conquerors of Dangriga started out strong during their match last night against Real Espana of Honduras, but their luck did not last. The local boys scored the first goal in the sixteenth minute of the first half when Dennis Serano blasted one into the opposing net. However, our guests tied the match ten […]
