The weather system that rose from the Eastern Caribbean now has a name and it’s Tropical Storm Harvey. Harvey’s strength is about forty-five miles per hour and is expected to strengthen tonight, before landfall on Saturday. According to Dennis Gonguez, the Chief Met Officer, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has met this morning and […]
At six o’clock this evening Tropical Storm Harvey, the first weather system expected to make landfall in Belize since the start of the 2011 Hurricane Season, was positioned two hundred and fifty-five miles east, southeast of Dangriga. The tropical storm is moving at a speed of ten miles per hour in a west, northwesterly direction […]
The mean streets of Belize City have been soaked with the blood of accused criminals and ex-cons but every so often, productive members of society get caught up in the crossfire. And tonight we report that a talented musician who has travelled in the company of Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective has been gunned […]
A family home and business were robbed on Thursday after two masked men held them up with machetes. They were getting ready to start their day when the robbers caught them off-guard, making off with cash, a gun and other material items. News Five’s Andrea Polanco went to Rhaburn Ridge to talk to the traumatized […]
On Wednesday we told you about the Hispanic man whose decomposing body was found at a farm where he stayed. The caretaker’s nude and gored body was discovered shortly before eleven at a farm in the Thurton Ridge Area in Western Paradise on mile eight on the Western Highway. While the particulars of his identity […]
In another update, twelve year old Ashley Janixta Perez of the Toledo District had been reported missing by her foster mother, Veronica Grant. Perez left her home in Emery Grove Village, riding a bicycle on August eleventh and did not return. That was eight days ago, but there is good news today because Perez was […]
A super king air plane landed on the Southern Highway on November tenth, 2010. It resulted in the largest drug bust ever in the history of Belize. According to the security forces, the plane has been locked away at the B.D.F. air wing. However, a report from Venezuela shows that an identical plane with the […]
While the jury is out on the legitimacy of the Venezuela plane, the court in Belize is listening to charges on the infamous fake cop, Aaron Wilson. Wilson has beaten charges of threatening words and aggravated assault with a firearm, while he was convicted of theft and aggravated assault of an indecent nature. But the […]
And while Wilson’s case will no doubt be before the courts for some time, thirty-one year old Jermaine Belgrave had charges of robbery and aggravated assault dismissed on Thursday afternoon. Belgrave was accused of robbing Security Oriented Services supervisor, Derrick Muslar, on the night of June nineteenth, 2009. Muslar had testified that he was riding […]
For the past five weeks, the Belize City Council has been hosting its Get Up and Run Summer Camp. Participants were involved in sports including basketball, track and field, football, volleyball and swimming. They also took a course in administering CPR. The camp provided constructive and healthy activities to youths of south side Belize City, […]
The Embassy of the United States of America launched the tenth annual Made in the U.S.A. Exhibition this morning at the Fifth Floor of the Radisson Fort George Hotel’s Villa Wing in Belize City. The exhibition showcases a variety of private sector entities that offer American products, services, and investments in Belize. The goal of […]
Six girls, ages eight to eleven, believe they have what it takes to take home the crown and the title of Independence Day Junior Miss 2011-2012. The annual pageant is one of several fundraisers held by the group, Concerned Belizean Women, to provide assistance to needy women and children. We caught up with the aspiring […]
We’re very sure that you’re weekend will be dedicated for Tropical Storm Harvey preparations. But if you have already made your emergency kit and have time to spare and a little extra room in your stomach to fill… then Safiyyah says Madda Fish is what’s happening this weekend. {Feature on Madda Fish…}
