There’s not a whole lot of time but between now and Sunday the two candidates vying to lead the People’s United Party—Francis Fonseca and John Briceño—will be campaigning hard for the hearts, minds and—most importantly—the votes of the over six hundred delegates attending the convention. And while much of the media buzz has focused on […]
A flight from San Pedro to Belize City is a mere eighteen to twenty minutes … but this morning time stopped for the occupants of a single engine air ambulance after their aircraft malfunctioned while landing at the municipal airstrip. News Five’s Marion Ali was on the scene and reports that thankfully no one was […]
In other aviation news, Tropic Air has announced a major initiative with plane maker Cessna to expand and replace its current fleet of aircraft. Tropic presently operates seven of the popular Caravan single engine turboprops and will gradually replace them with an upgraded version featuring improved avionics. The new planes, which cost just under two […]
The Belize Unit Trust on Central American Boulevard was the target of thieves during an afternoon hold-up on Tuesday. Around two-thirty, three youths armed with guns and one wearing a mask, entered the business and held the security guard, two tellers, and nine customers at gunpoint. The men then went behind the counter and cleaned […]
While police try to track down the thieves of Tuesday’s heist, today the justice system started proceedings against two others. Since March sixteenth, eighteen year old Cardinal Welch Myvette has been admitted to the K.H.M.H. recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg, but today he was well enough to face the music for his […]
The Social Security Investment Committee is the body responsible for managing the investment portfolio of the Social Security Board and tonight it has four new members. The committee will now be chaired by Nestor Vasquez. The other appointees are Winston Michael, Lorelei Westby representing the National Trade Union Congress of Belize, and Emile Mena on […]
From north to south, Belizean musicians keep cranking out the music … tonight News Five’s Marion Ali profiles one island group claiming to be the Kings of Belizean Reggaeton. Marion Ali, Reporting Three years ago these childhood friends got together and formed a Reggaeton recording group called D.N.A. using the initials of their first names. […]
Covering the activities of Trekforce volunteers is nothing new for this newscast as we’ve been chronicling their adventures for years. But their latest project, as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, was more than just a walk in the park. Kendra Griffith, Reporting With the slash of a machete, Trekforce, along with Friends for Conservation and […]
There is good news coming out of St. Kitts tonight as reports are that Belize’s national football team has drawn in its second World Cup qualifying match against that country’s team. At the forty-third minute Belize’s Elroy Smith scored a goal putting the jewel on top. But in the second half St. Kitts only managed […]
