We begin tonight’s newscast with a very tragic story. This evening, a small plane bound for Belize, crashed on take-off from the Aurora airport in Guatemala City. The plane, a Piper Azteca, is part of the fleet of Aeroservicios, a Guatemalan company. Shortly after takeoff, at a quarter to three this afternoon, the aircraft plunged […]
Ambergris Caye is the most popular tourist destination and it is experiencing a construction boom despite a drop in visitors’ arrivals. Mega projects such as the controversial South Beach need an enormous quantity of gravel and limestone, which are being barged in at a high cost from the mainland. So there are now plans for […]
The Primary School Festival of Arts is currently underway around the country. It is a much anticipated event and students appear on week nights on stage to perform songs, dances and skits that bring to light the country’s diverse cultures. The Belize City District Festival has normally been staged at the Bliss Institute and highlights […]
The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season is just around the corner beginning June first through November thirtieth. And while that is never soothing news on this side of the globe, meteorological experts project that it won’t be as merciless as Hurricane Iris in 2001 when twenty one persons perished or last year’s devastating Tropical Storm Arthur […]
There is a first case of interest of the Influenza A (H1N1) in southern Belize. The Ministry of Health told News Five today that there are six new suspected cases of the flu including one from Dangriga. The others, according to epidemiologist, Doctor Paul Edwards, are from Corozal, Orange Walk, and Belize City. It is […]
A Honduran national on the lam is wanted in the fatal hit and run accident on May 9th in Ladyville that claimed the life of thirty-eight year old Roldan Trapp. The suspect and owner of a red Ford pickup truck involved has eluded authorities since then and police have now identified him as thirty-nine year […]
The family of a US citizen who left Honduras on Sunday is asking for help in locating him as they believe he may have drifted to Belize. New Jersey resident, Joe Dunsavage, left Roatan on Sunday and has not yet been heard from. Air and sea searches have not yielded any clues of his whereabouts. […]
Justice Adolph Lucas handed down a sentence of ten years to Allen James today for the robbery of the Sen Sen Store on Daly Street. Last week, we reported that the twenty eight year old man beat a charge of attempted murder but was found guilty of robbery. During the trial James brought to court […]
Brazen thieves broke into the bedroom of forty-three year old Keithburn Drury, on Santa Barbara Street while he and his family were asleep. News Five spoke with a family relative, today who told us that the home was broken into sometime between ten forty-five Tuesday night and five-thirty the following morning. She said that the […]
You may not have heard much about the Dancehall Masters’ Association but the artists in this group have embarked on a mission to promote peace and discourage violence. DMA, as they call themselves for short, have planned a fundraiser for Saturday at the basketball court behind Saint Martin de Porres Church on Vernon Street and […]
In some positive news, one of Belize City’s promoters was recognized today for his sterling contribution to the community as part of Education Week. Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, presented the second annual Spirit of Ubuntu Award to Joel ‘Dara’ Robinson. Robinson, who is known for keeping the spirit of Bob Marley alive in Belize, […]
The Education Week activities continue and today Grace Primary School students put their handiwork on display at an open day. From the infants to the standard six classes, the students shared their knowledge on Belize’s past and present among other topics. A News Five crew visited the school today and brought you a sample of […]
Last week Healthy Living and discussed cervical cancer and this week it deals with Prostrate cancer, a cancer that causes many deaths when left untreated. According to available information from the experts, there is a degree of ignorance on this cancer. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Prostate cancer is the cause of death some twenty-five men each […]
