At six o’clock this evening, the Central Bank’s Appeals Board chaired by Justice Samuel Awich began delivering a decision in respect of the application made by the Belize Bank in the ongoing case of the Venezuelan and Taiwanese monies. The hearing got underway yesterday and continued today in-camera after appeals board granted a request by […]
In an update to the fatal shooting of forty-nine year old Alexander Herrera on Sunday afternoon, today News Five learnt that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Sheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait, has requested that police conduct further interviews with civilians who witnessed the incident around noon that day. Police submitted a file to the D.P.P’s office that contained […]
And in more news from police, the peace in Esperanza village was disrupted when someone from a passing vehicle unleashed a series of gunshots at twenty-six year old Ruben Echavarria, a driver of Santa Elena, Cayo, hitting him in the right side of the back. Echavarria told police that the incident occurred around seven-thirty on […]
Police are looking for a woman in connection with an aggravated assault that occurred at another woman’s house. Twenty-six year old Nordette Spain reported to police that around seven-thirty on Wednesday night she heard knocks at her house on Maskall Street, Belize City and someone demanded that she open her door. Spain said when she […]
An inmate at the Hattieville Prison is in more trouble tonight after a routine search of his cell unearthed a stash of weed. Police report that the search on Tuesday night inside the cell of eighteen year old Clarence Hemmans yielded two black plastic bags containing about quarter pound of marijuana. Hemmans has been charged […]
You will already know that the campaign for Mayoral office is on because the two contenders, incumbent Mayor Zenaida Moya and Deputy Mayor Anthony Michael, have both been making the rounds in the media and on the streets. The race got off to an ugly start and it only promises to only get nastier. So […]
Controversy seems to follow the Football Federation of Belize and the man at the centre of the storm is its President, Dr. Bertie Chimilio. The allegation this time has come from the past coach Palmiro Salas who coached the Belize team to a win in round one of the qualifying games of the FIFA World […]
Placencia residents say that by and large they have been keeping the coastline and environment clean and have been diligent in their garbage collection and disposal because a healthy environment is what keeps bringing the tourism dollars to the area. But in the past few weeks there has been a pile of garbage washing up […]
News Five has taken three of the top prizes in the 2007 Caribbean Broadcasting Awards. Reporter Marion Ali and cameraman Rick Romero were cited for producing the region’s Best News Feature for their story “March Against Violence” which aired in October of last year. Winning the award for Best Investigative Reporting as well as Best […]
In programming news on Channel Five, the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing will be aired live on this station at five-thirty tomorrow morning. Channel Five will be carrying the feed from the Caribbean Media Corporation which will be following our regional athletes as they perform in Beijing for the duration of the […]
And in other positive news from this station, we hope you have noticed the new look of our studios. We have updated the set to look bold and newsy showing a mosaic of hundreds of stories we have covered over the years in all aspects of life in Belize. We additionally subtly silhouetted the name […]
This is a story of two boys, Anthony and Manlee, both born with severe heart defects whose lives were saved by the generosity of the Belize Rotary Club and its partners. Anthony, the first born brought joy to the family but his heart defect took the family on a painful journey and then there is […]
