The heavy rains may be over in the Cayo District, where millions of gallons of water flooded and ravaged the infrastructure in the district over the past weekend and yesterday, as the remnants of a depression in the region made its way across the west. Waters are slowly receding but the area is still under […]
The rains are also affecting other parts of the Belize District and we found the Gracie Rock Village, which is located off the Western Highway, under threat tonight. A News Five crew dispatched to the village found streets submerged in over five feet of water from the overflowing Sibun River. There was no way of […]
We found other villages along the western highway where rivers and lagoons are at extreme levels. Between miles eight and nine the roads are inundated and it is forecasted that the waters will conjoin its savannahs. The run-offs and the water rushes from the west of the country are flowing downwards into the rivers and […]
Meanwhile, the National Met Service is predicting that the floodwaters making its way from the west will end up in Belize City in the next day or two. In anticipation of that, today the Belize City Emergency Committee issued a press release saying it stands ready to assist in evacuating resident from areas such as […]
In news just reaching our desk, News Five has confirmed with the Head of the San Ignacio NEMO office, Pablo Chan, that rescue teams have gone out to locate two brothers trapped inside their home in the Santa Rosa area near Calla Creek. Chan told our newsroom late this evening that a villager of Cristo […]
With every natural disaster there are health implications that follow and the current flooding that is affecting most of the country is no different. We spoke to health officials today to find out about the potential threats to health that may come in the wake of the flooding. And as we found out, their major […]
Residents in the Cayo and Belize districts affected by the flooding have help on the way. There are reports that many communities are in need of basic provisions including food and water. With this in mind, a group of students from the University of Belize is working in collaboration with NEMO and Red Cross to […]
Due to the flooding, primary and secondary schools in Cayo, Belize, Corozal and Orange Walk were closed today, but if you are wondering what’s the deal for Wednesday, listen up. A release this evening from the Ministry of Education states that in Corozal Town classes resume as normal, while in the rural areas schools will […]
There’s other news to report tonight and on Wednesday four Belizeans go head to head with the top students from the region in the Caribbean Regional Nutrition Quiz. They represent the top three schools that participated in the national ADM Belize Mills Secondary School Nutrition Quiz Competition held in March of this year. The quiz […]
But while it was raining in Belize City this morning it did not stop a single mother from picketing the Lands Department. Erlene Sanchez and her three children who have been living at 9136 Williams Street in the Rootsville area of Lake Independence for the past ten years must now vacate the property. Sanchez told […]
In an update to a report we carried in our newscast on Monday night, two persons were charged this morning for the robbery of the Belize Bank Branch in Corozal Town. Alex Arana, a twenty-nine year old truck driver of the Altamira area of Corozal Town was charged with various offences including Robbery, Aggravated Burglary, […]
Meanwhile, in the Belmopan Supreme Court, the murder trial of Joseph Kee and Taedron Bennett was adjourned for October twenty-eighth, shortly after it got underway this morning. The two are facing charges for the murder of Kevin and Phillip Brannon. A jury of six women and six men was already empanelled when Justice Troadio Gonzalez […]
In news from Magistrates’ Court in Belize City, a Salvadoran national, thirty-nine year old Juan Jose Lozano, who is accused of burglarizing Calvary Temple Primary twice in three days, was charged with two counts of Burglary and one count of Handling Stolen Goods when he appeared in court. Lozano wanted to take a guilty plea […]
And in the Belmopan Magistrates’ Court, thirty-eight year old Jess Dawson, a construction worker of Franks Eddy Village who pleaded not guilty to Theft when he first appeared in Court, today had a change of heart and took a guilty plea. Dawson is accused of stealing a number of items from the farm of forty-nine […]
A nolle prosequi motion has freed a man of rape charges. When twenty-three year old Dion Neal appeared in court this morning, Crown Counsel Trenia Young entered the motion because the prosecution could not locate a key witness. As a result, Neal was free to walk out of court. Neal was accused of raping a […]
