Two major events dominate the news tonight: a strong earthquake that jolted from the southern to the central region of the country and the state visit of the President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou. But first, the last time Belizeans experienced any tectonic shifts significant enough to register in memory was on Sunday, August twenty-third, 1998. […]
In our continued coverage of the tremor, News Five Jose Sanchez, travelled to the peninsula where he found the community on edge. Jose Sanchez, Reporting In southern Belize on the Placencia peninsula, residents were shaken out of their beds early this morning by the tremors of the earthquake. German Eiley, Placencia Resident “I just feel […]
From Placencia, the News Five crew headed to Independence. And like other parts of the country impacted by the early morning tremor, the residents were still in shock. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Independence Village rests on higher ground than Placencia and also experienced less damage. But Independence residents shared the same trauma of all earthquake victims. […]
And in Honduras, the earthquake had the worst effect. It is confirmed so far that at least four persons were killed and among the damage to infrastructure, is a ten million dollar bridge that collapsed. The Honduran Ambassador, Manuel Sandoval, describes the situation in the aftermath of this morning’s tremor. Manuel Sandoval, Honduran Ambassador to […]
On the second day of his visit, Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou was whisked off to Belmopan this morning for a full day of official business. The president, accompanied by a delegation of government officials and press, was given a warm welcome as he arrived in the capital city. At a brief ceremony at Independence Plaza, […]
The President’s statement to the National Assembly was interrupted various times with applauses as he hit the right cords in respect of the relations with Belize. Ma announced that in his diplomatic outreach, Belize stood to benefit in agriculture and fisheries. Ma Ying-jeou, President Republic of China on Taiwan “Over the years, relations between our […]
At a press conference held this afternoon at the George Price Centre, an agreement between Belize and Taiwan was signed by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and his counterpart, Francisco Ou. Under the Information and Communication Technology accord, Belize will benefit from a three thousand U.S. dollars center to be completed later this year, which will […]
And you can’t know Taiwan if you don’t experience its culture. The Ju Percussion Group accompanied President Ma on his state visit and performed at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. It was a spectacular show of Taiwan’s multiculturalism by thirteen talented percussionists. Here are some sights and sounds. [Highlights of performance…] This evening, […]
In breaking news, News Five has confirmed that a government house on Vernon Street Collapsed this evening while work was underway to elevate the wooden structure. A ten year old girl was injured and is in serious condition at the K.H.M.H. More on this story tomorrow…
Murder There is another murder to report in Belize City. Wednesday night, an epileptic was murdered as he approached his home. The victim in this latest homicide is thirty year old Gilbert Olivera of Dean Street address. Olivera was reportedly discovered lying on the street, at the corner of Prince and Plues Street. And while […]
Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram heard submissions today in a case brought against the Belize City Council and Attorney General by Sanitation Enterprises Limited (S.E.L.). Although S.E.L. went out of business and sold its contracts to Belize Maintenance Limited, CitCo still owes the garbage collection company one point seven million dollars. And because of CitCo’s debt to […]
May twenty-eighth, 2009 will be remembered as the day the earth shook Belize. In earlier reports, we showed the impact of the quake in the southern districts. There might have not been any visible signs of damage in the old capital but many Belize City residents rolled and in some cases ran out of their […]
The effects of the earthquake was also felt on the islands. The news coming from Ambergris Caye is not about a building collapsing but of the formation of a natural phenomenon. The San Pedro Sun newspaper reports that on the north end of Ambergris Caye, a sinkhole appeared this morning. The thirty foot wide sinkhole […]
