The Marine Parade monument was inaugurated this morning by the Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya; the councilors mostly stayed away even though the event is one of her last as sitting mayor. The monument stands about twelve feet tall and is a replica of a Mayan site but it is surrounded by canons. Smack in […]
A minor from Dangriga will be spending the Christmas and New Years away from his family but safely behind bars. Because he is underage, the name of the sixteen year old will not be released. He was arrested and charged earlier today for the crime of murder, after he fatally stabbed twenty-one year old Randy […]
Three men are expected to be arraigned on Wednesday for the murder of Nigerian national, forty year old Abayomi Olatunji. Olatunji, who was employed by J & B Security Firm, was viciously stabbed fifteen times and his body was dumped in a feeder road at mile three on the Western Highway, where it was discovered […]
The forty thousand dollar Christmas assistance program; who really is benefiting? In an interview with the media last Friday, following the Sitting of the House, Prime Minister Barrow confirmed that his administration launched the Christmas Assistance Program for disadvantaged families during this holiday season. The PM said that area representatives are being granted up to […]
The Scarlet Macaw may arguably be the most magnificent bird of the parrot family. They live in higher elevations and riparian forests, where they form their habitat in tall deciduous trees and lay about two to three eggs for the year. Only a small population of the endangered species remains in Belize. In the Chiquibul, […]
Tonight’s question is: Are you better off this Christmas, than in previous years? Yes or No? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
It’s five days before Christmas Day so we headed downtown to get a feel for the holiday buzz. Belizeans were out doing their last minute shopping and getting ready for the holidays. It has not been an easy year due to the economic hard times, but many are making do and looking forward to spreading […]
In the Magistrate Court this morning in Belmopan, extortion charges were dropped against an Immigration officer. Hermaine Tzib was charged in May of this year after a Lebanese businessman made a complaint that he had extorted over six hundred dollars from him. A preliminary inquiry was held in November and today, the court found that […]
A Bowen & Bowen employee was the victim of a brutal beat down on Freetown Road last Friday. Twenty-six year old Kenrick August is still hospitalized at the KHMH and tonight his alleged attacker is behind bars. Late Monday evening, in the courtroom of Magistrate Roberto Ordonez, thirty year old boat captain, Andy Hernandez was […]
Thieves are becoming craftier at finding ways to get their loot, but a robbery that occurred on November tenth takes the prize for creativity. Fifty year old Eric Barrow allegedly robbed Honey’s Shop on Raccoon Street without even entering the building. How did he do it? Well, according to storeowner, Andy Chen, he caught Barrow […]
At five this morning the Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) executed a search at a one room shack in Biscayne Village. GSU officers spotted Randy Dominguez running out of the house and into the bushes, leaving behind twenty four year old Nathalie Coleman. Inside the house, the GSU found four sixteen-gauge gauge cartridges in a cap. […]
Remember Shyne? He is the prime minister’s son, who was deported from the United States following a nine year conviction for a shooting incident at a night club in New York. When Shyne landed in Belize, he was soon named Musical Ambassador for Belize and was provided with a diplomatic passport. He then moved to […]
Well-known veterinarian Doctor Michael Deshield passed away this morning. Less than a month ago on November eighteenth, Deshield and co-workers of Belize Agricultural Health Authority said their farewells but his work ethic is evident as he maintained a presence at BAHA almost until his time ran out. The well-loved public servant had been battling cancer […]
On a lighter note, they say Christmas is for the children but the cheer spread to the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly today. There we found the Community Policing Unit; they were not on the beat but they were surely on their feet. News Five’s Delahnie Bain reports. Delahnie Bain, Reporting A group of […]
Rosendo Urbina Senior, as we told you on Monday, returned to Belize last week from the US. Urbina and his family fled the country when his son and daughter-in-law were threatened in an extortion attempt. The speculation has been wild that Urbina would withdraw from the race in Orange Walk South. Well today, he met […]
It appears as if karate is a blossoming sport in Belize, but in fact it has been practiced for decades. When this station first got on the airwaves twenty years ago, karate was a well-developed contact sport. In 1993 Channel Five reporter David Reid attended one such match in the old capital. The 1993 competition […]
