It’s December eleventh and in most of Belize it was a beautiful day. So why are we leading tonight’s news with a weather story? Because, believe it or not, almost two weeks after the end of the hurricane season, there’s a tropical storm heading in our direction. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has the story from […]
It’s not the kind of crime that makes the news everyday, but we are told that the trade in ancient Mayan artefacts is a regular occurrence. Two people caught in possession of millennium-old pieces over the weekend now face charges that could put them behind bars. News Five’s Marion Ali reports from Belmopan. Marion Ali, […]
Less than a week after local political parties signed a code of conduct to respect each other, it appears that a couple supporters didn’t get the memo. A drive around the old capital today revealed that signs belonging to the Opposition United Democratic Party have been vandalized. A release issued this evening by the UDP […]
In court news, a Belize City man has been sentenced to five years in prison for a robbery that occurred in June. Thirty-five year old Michael “Dippy” Woods was given the punishment this morning following his conviction in the courtroom of Magistrate Albert Hoare. His victim, twenty-five year old Ephani Bacab, testified in court that […]
Reyna Zetina, a forty-one year old Mexican residing in Corozal who allegedly obtained over seventy thousand dollars by claiming she was a psychic healer, was fined a total of twenty-two thousand dollars yesterday after she pled guilty to ten of twenty-four counts of Obtaining Property by Deception. Justice Herbert Lord, who imposed the fines in […]
You may not have heard the bells ringing at key points around the city but this time of year the Salvation Army is looking for more than just your spare change. And today a controversial private medical facility came through in a big way. News Five’s Janelle Chanona has more. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning […]
And while the latest word out of Belmopan is that the buyout of Universal Health Services is “seventy-five percent” complete, this morning Lecky revealed that the hospital’s employees are also hoping the deal will bring stability to the workplace. Rhonda Lecky, Marketing Manager, U.H.S. “I do know, that from what I’ve heard, that there are […]
Each year around this time the Belize Tourism Board teams up with the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association to make Christmas a little merrier for some of the city’s children. According to the B.T.B.’s Keesha Young, this year’s party, complete with gifts, was well attended. Keesha Young, Product Development Officer, B.T.B. “Usually we cater to about […]
A pillar of Placencia Village life for almost seven decades has passed away. Mrs. Athelo Cabral, better known as Miss Telo, Aunt Telo or Mother, died Friday in Southern Regional Hospital at the age of ninety-five. Miss Telo was born in Belize City in 1911 and first came to Placencia in 1936 while on holiday […]
He may be approaching veteran status on the Belizean music scene but the Punta Rebel who took his act solo in 2001, still has plenty of juice…as News Five’s Kendra Griffith found out this morning. Super G, Musician “If it wasn’t for the love of music then I wouldn’t be here.” Kendra Griffith, Reporting That […]
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