The enticing waters of the Mopan River in Cayo claimed the life of a thirteen-year-old boy from Unitedville Village on Easter Monday. San Ignacio police say Enid Gentle went down to the river in Bullet Tree village to bathe with the family of forty-five-year-old Gregorio August yesterday afternoon. But sometime during the outing, Gentle apparently […]
The death of a thirty-three-year-old Belize City stevedore on Easter Monday is under investigation to determine if it was an accident or the result of foul play. Co-workers found the body of Andrew Betson in the sea near Stake Bank off the coast of Belize City around seven on Monday morning, one hour after his […]
A fire in San Ignacio Town has destroyed a number of buildings in the downtown business area. Around one forty-five on Monday morning the alarm rang though the Burns Avenue neighbourhood that a warehouse belonging to the Bismilla Furniture Store was on fire. By the time, San Ignacio fire fighters scrambled to the scene the […]
Late yesterday evening the body of sixteen-year-old Leroy Sandoval was finally found in the Belize River near St. James Boom. Sandoval had gone swimming with a group of friends on Tuesday when he went under and failed to surface. Sandoval was a student at St. Michael’s College in Belize City.
As Belizeans search for a reprieve from the blistering heat in one of the nation’s many rivers and lagoons, there is news of yet another drowning, this time in the Belize district. According to the police, around ten thirty on Tuesday morning a group of family and friends were enjoying the waters of the Belize […]
A two-year-old child was killed on Monday afternoon in the Valley of Peace when he was crushed by a falling house. Belmopan police say they were called to the village around three-thirty yesterday afternoon and upon arrival they saw a partially collapsed thatched roof house belonging to thirty-four-year-old Myrna Martinez. Trapped under one of the […]
We live in a country with one hundred and seventy-five miles of coastline and scores of rivers, creeks and lagoons. With all this inviting water it’s no surprise that Belizeans, particularly at this time ofyear, love to refresh themselves by bathing at their favourite beach. But swimming has always been synonymous with danger and over […]
Fifty-three people on board a bus escaped injury over the weekend after a dramatic fire completely destroyed the vehicle on the Hummingbird Highway. Around four on Sunday afternoon, Osborne Jones, reported to police that he was driving the three o’clock Novelo’s Bus from Dangriga to Belmopan, when upon reaching a curve near mile thirty-eight, he […]
It was the worst maritime disaster in Belize’s modern history, not to mention the worst single accident ever recorded in the annals of recreational scuba diving. What I’m taking about is the sinking of the motor vessel Wave Dancer, which went down in the port of Big Creek during Hurricane Iris on October eighth, 2001, […]
The body of a man has been found in the sea in the Buttonwood Bay area of Belize City. In word just in from the Police Department he has been identified as thirty-four year old Giovanni Rodriguez of Pickstock Hutments. Around eight this morning police were called out to an area along Seashore Drive and […]
The Belize Red Cross reports that to date it has contributed almost fifty thousand dollars to the Asian Tsunami Relief Appeal and that the donations are still coming in. The Red Cross says the Belizean public has “displayed remarkable generosity” in coming forward to assist those affected by the disaster which has claimed two hundred […]
The enticing waters of the Macal River in Cayo claimed the life of a Santa Elena man over the weekend. Around one on Sunday afternoon San Ignacio police say they recovered the body of Gregorio Cal from an area near the low-lying wooden bridge that connects the twin towns. While police await the results of […]
It was one of many stories lost in the rush of last week’s events, but on Friday afternoon, while government negotiators were explaining their position to the press, across town a family was losing its home. Patrick Jones caught up with that tragedy this afternoon. Patrick Jones, Reporting Brenda Augustine could only stand and watch […]
A fifteen-year-old boy from San Antonio village in Cayo has drowned in the Macal River. According to Benque police, Elias Tzib and his twenty six year old cousin Aniceto, went on a fishing trip near Duploy’s Resort on Wednesday morning. On the return journey, however, Elias complained of cramps while they were swimming across the […]
In the rest of the country outside the nation’s capital life went on today…and that life includes its share of tragedies, like fire. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting No one was home at number fifty two Castle Street when a fire started from inside the two bedroom structure at approximately two this afternoon. According to Gigi Bowen, […]
Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a fourteen year old girl from Kendal Village in the Stann Creek District. According to police reports, Aura Elizabeth and a twenty year old relative, Diana Pineda, went down to the river around four thirty on Tuesday afternoon to do laundry. Pineda told authorities that […]
It did not have the publicity of the tsunami relief concert held in Belize City but on Sunday, the Lions Clubs of San Pedro and Caye Caulker pooled their resources to launch their own fundraising drive. Maybe it was the fact that they all live on the water’s edge and can identify with victims half […]
A Belize Defense Force soldier has drowned while attempting a river crossing. He is Private Adrian Coc. Belize Defence Force officials would not specifically speak about the incident but told News 5 that they do have a contingent stationed at Xunantunich and they are investigating the death. Police say Coc was along with four other […]
It was slow in getting started but by the time the Institute of Creative Arts Tsunami Relief Show ended at ten on Saturday night, the twelve-hour event managed to raise a respectable sum of money. Well over fifty artists, including dance schools from all over the country, volunteered their time and various businesses that sold […]
It is not the kind of story we usually report on this newscast, but the death of a woman from Gardenia village requires special mention. On Wednesday morning around eight thirty, in the quiet village of Gardenia in the Belize District, twenty eight year old Lavern Williams ended her life by hanging herself at her […]
It was a disaster that, hopefully, most of us will not see equaled in our lifetimes. And while no Belizeans were directly affected by last month’s Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, we know that when trouble heads in our direction we will want others to care. That may be one reason why the cause of […]
Tonight disturbing details continue to emerge as Orange Walk police investigate the death of a three year old boy earlier this month. Initial reports by the child’s mother, twenty-one year old Maria Concepcion Teul, were that the child, Axcel Castillo, had a fever and when it didn’t go down after two days, she took him […]
It has taken a while for the magnitude of the disaster to sink in but Belizeans, no strangers to the wrath of nature, are beginning to respond to the tragedy in Asia. News 5’s Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting Three of the local organizations that are organizing aid assistance for tsunami victims in […]
A San Pedro man is dead following a fire at his house and while initial reports suggest the blaze was an accident, there are indications that it may be a case of arson or even murder. Twenty- four year old Mauricio Rodriguez perished on Friday night when his small plywood home at the corner of […]
Belmopan police are investigating the tragic death of fifteen-month-old Samuel De Jesus Rivera of La Democracia Village in the Cayo District. Around three thirty on Sunday evening, young Rivera, who was home at the time, was playing with other children under a shed in the yard that housed a large butane gas tank. It is […]
