Breaking News: There was a fatal shooting late this evening on Banak Street in south side Belize City. It has been confirmed that at least one person died and was taken away in the pan of a police truck. He has been identified as Jamaal Neal. A News Five crew was at the crime scene […]
In the south, two persons were killed over the weekend and though the murders were unrelated, there are striking similarities. Both happened in the south of Belize, both were done with sharp instruments, both happened during altercations in which alcohol was involved and in both cases, the person Police believe is responsible has been apprehended […]
There was another murder in the south which occurred in the small community of Bella Vista on the Southern Highway. In the early hours of Sunday morning, twenty-one year old Marlon Martinez received a fatal stab wound to his chest during an altercation. Police say he died on the spot. The man who allegedly killed […]
Tonight, the Jaguars are safely on their way to Portland, Oregon for the Gold Cup 2013. The CONCACAF games get underway on Sunday and we will be bringing that live. Belize is clustered in Group C and will also be playing their first game against the United States on Tuesday, followed by Cuba and Costa […]
The Belize Jaguars were late for their farewell and public pep rally at the PGIA this morning, because of a dispute regarding contracts and payments between the administration of the Football Federation of Belize and the players. Agreements which were to be signed between both parties should have taken place earlier in the week; however, […]
A mid afternoon robbery occurred in the King’s Park Area. Three robbers entered One Click Supermarket at the corner of Hopkins and First Streets and robbed the establishment of an undisclosed amount of money. But the three men then turned their attention to a female patron in the store and jacked her handbag containing a […]
Late Thursday, News Five received reports that a flight from the U.S. to Belize had experienced severe turbulence about an hour out of Belize, resulting in injuries to multiple passengers who had to be transported to the K.H.M.H. via BERT ambulance on landing. Today, News Five has confirmed that the aircraft in question was Delta […]
In Orange Walk the Association of Evangelical Pastors and Churches, Belize Can and Belize Action mustered about two hundred anti-gender policy protesters. But in Toledo today, they came out in the thousands. The demonstration, dubbed a pro-constitution rally by church organizers, started off at eight this morning at Silver Creek. Media reports from down south […]
While a Supreme Court decision in the constitutional challenge brought against the Government of Belize by UNIBAM’s Caleb Orosco, to repeal Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code, is being anxiously awaited, in Costa Rica conservative lawmakers have been duped into legalizing gay marriage. Enacting same-sex unions, in a recently passed “Law of Young People” which […]
The Mayan Leaders Alliance and the Toledo Alcaldes’ Association are taking the Government of Belize to court again, this time for contempt. They say that Supreme Court decisions in 2007 and 2010 which prohibit government or third party interference with Mayan lands are being disrespected and ignored. In particular they refer to G.O.B. issuing permits […]
A rally is being planned at the Phillip Goldson International Airport to send off the Belize Jaguars this Friday morning, but retired football star and assistant coach of the Belize National Team, Charlie Slusher, will not be travelling to Portland, Oregon with the team. That decision was confirmed today by F.F.B. President, Ruperto Vicente. Slusher […]
Late this evening, News Five spoke to Charlie Slusher who told us that he has been pulled from the trip because of the meetings held on Wednesday between the players, coaching staff and executive. According to Slusher, in those meetings he stood up for the players who were demanding that financial agreements be finalized before […]
A Placencia electrician is tonight fighting for his life at the Belize Medical Associates. Dwayne Flowers, who is unquestionably a well liked resident in the peninsula, was seriously injured in a gas explosion as he worked on a leaking tank. His wife of three months told News Five’s Jose Sanchez that Flowers needs to get […]
While Flowers clings to life, the body of twenty-eight year old Alvin “Vinnie” Pascasio was found this morning. Pascasio was last seen by his family last Monday and this morning, their worst fears were confirmed when his body was found in bushes at the entrance of the Vista Del Mar community on the Phillip Goldson […]
The Board of Governors of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital held a meeting today in the Capital. The meeting ended at about three p.m. Of note is that the hospital’s C.E.O., Doctor Francis Gary Longsworth, was not invited to the gathering. During the first press conference on the outbreak, Longsworth said that he first heard […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported on the suspension of Team Belize’s assistant coach on the eve of the Gold Cup. But there are bigger problems facing the team. Despite setting a target of half a million dollars which should have covered training leading up to the Gold Cup and participation in the games, fundraising […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente has confirmed that he will likely not be going to the Gold Cup with the Jaguars because the team has not been able to raise the funds it anticipated. The money has been trickling in slowly, too slowly to provide much comfort, but today Belize Water Services did their part for […]
A recently released international report says that the number of road traffic deaths went down in Belize between 2001 and 2010; in 2010 only forty-one casualties were recorded. But earlier today, the death toll went up for this year following a horrible traffic accident on the George Price Highway by the bridge near the Bus […]
A Belizean-American woman was executed on Tuesday night in South Los Angeles. Twenty-seven year old Yolanda Smith-Major was killed in front of her two year old daughter as she stood outside of her vehicle on South Hobart Boulevard. Major, reportedly a relative of Minister of Education Patrick Faber, was fatally wounded during a hail of […]
We reported on Tuesday, the death of three international students and a taxi driver. Eliseo Chan was transporting the trio to the Philip Goldson International Airport to catch a flight to the United States where they had planned to celebrate the Fourth of July activities. But their life was cut short when the taxi slammed […]
At its annual general meeting this morning, the Belize Tourism Industry Association expressed support for a policy of pocket tourism in line with the National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan which was passed October of last year. The B.T.I.A. is also looking to increase its membership countrywide. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
And our question for tonight is: Do you think that the Mayor is doing a good job in respects of Belize City streets? 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 […]
On Tuesday night, we gave you the numbers that showed most industries were increasing in production up to 2012. Tonight the figures released from the Statistical Institute of Belize show that growth has slowed significantly. For January to March 2013, SIB indicates that the economy had contracted by a negative point five percent, during the […]
The tourism industry is the largest shareholder in the services sector which accounts for a significant portion of the economy. The five point three percent growth is in large part to overnight stays and sustainable cruise tourism. The Belize Tourism Industry Association had a closed door session at midday where the stakeholders discussed cruise tourism, […]
The Belize Tourism Board is without one of its top rides this week. An Isuzu D-Max was used by a staff member who attended the Placencia Lobster Fest over the weekend. The employee returned the vehicle to the parking lot on Regent Street and handed over the vehicle keys to the security guard on duty. […]
