P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca called his first meeting of the national executive this morning at Independence Hall. The main agenda item was the configuration of his new executive. Fonseca asked the executive to authorize him to make pertinent changes. He then presented a proposal of how he wanted the new executive to look. With the […]
In 2003, Jerome Flores was working setting up cables when he fell off a forty feet post that almost claimed his life. Flores was lucky enough to survive the dangerous fall, but he was paralyzed and left without the use of his legs. Flores never gave up hope and today he remains an inspiration to […]
On Tuesday we asked our viewers for their thoughts on the ongoing exploitation of national parks. The question was on why government acts powerless in the plunder of our national parks. One; lack of resources? Two; no political will? Three; Involvement of highly connected figures? The viewers responded in this way: forty three percent polled […]
And in reference to our top story on the People’s United Party, News Five has just confirmed that Sidney Campbell has declined the post of treasurer in the PUP.
You have heard about an arsenal of weapons that went missing from the B.D.F. and earlier this week eight pieces of priceless silverware went missing from the national collection at the House of Culture. Well tonight there is another story to report of a missing item. It is not as grand as the arsenal or […]
It’s common to hear of office workers moonlighting as musicians. But have you ever heard of the radio DJ who was a burglar in his spare time? Well, twenty-seven year old More FM Disc Jockey “DJ Motion” whose real name is Kevin Lara, along with a seventeen-year-old Disc Jockey, thirty-year old Ronald Michael and twenty […]
Two feuding women, eighteen year old Shanice Castillo and Shelmadine Jones, appeared in court today after a verbal outburst left Jones with a couple stitches above her eye after she was hit with a piece of stick. On Tuesday, November fifteenth, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer remanded Castillo to the Belize Central Prison for three nights […]
Retirement from public service does not normally qualify an individual to be featured on the news. But in our records, Doctor Michael DeShield has been a staple in our newscast dating back as far as 1998. He has a long and impressive CV that looks like this. Since 98 to last year he was the […]
The first annual DANN festival is scheduled to take place in Dangriga on Saturday. The fest is really to promote healthy lifestyles of the male population around the country. The activity is organized primarily by the Belize Family Life Association with participation from the local entertainment community. Over the last few months BFLA has been […]
History says that escaped and shipwrecked slaves settled with the Caribs of St. Vincent and merged the culture of both people. The fiercely independent people, now known as Garifuna found opposition from the British, who expelled them to island of Roatán, off Honduras. Eventually the Garifuna people migrated and reached the southern coast of Belize […]
Smart’s third generation platform, which was recently unveiled, is the latest upgrade to the company’s mobile wireless network. Its 3G system offers high speed Internet and a range of other services including Zoom Data, an information transfer package that Public Relations Manager Ian Courtenay says rivals similar services in the local telecommunications market. Today Smart […]
