Allegations of negligence are commonplace among the nation’s health posts and hospitals, but tonight there is a bizarre case under investigation. The report is that ants were feeding on an elderly patient at the Northern Regional Hospital. A visiting relative of another patient claims that she and a friend detected a swarm of ants feasting […]
Cardiologist John Gough and gastroenterologist Irvin Gabourel, both distinguished Belize City doctors, are tonight free on police bail. As we reported on Tuesday night, hours earlier, the two doctors squared off in an all-out public fistfight at the northern border. Earlier today both men were charged for disorderly conduct after being treated and released from […]
There is a major change to report about the future of Excelsior High School. For weeks parents, teachers and students of the high school have vociferously resisted a proposal by the Ministry of Education to relocate students and shift the focus the school. That would have meant that teachers and students would have been displaced […]
We have reported about new legislation that will allow for electronic wiretapping of telephone calls. The government claims its one of the measures that can help to weed out criminal elements. But there is also the fear that the privacy of many persons will be at risk. On Tuesday we asked our viewers if they […]
It was an explosive situation in the west over the past weekend when reportedly drunken B.D.F. soldiers clashed with civilians. From what we have gathered, two soldiers were looking for two alleged ‘contrabandistas’ who had just crossed the river. The men eluded the soldiers and that’s when they allegedly took out their frustration on residents […]
Word to News Five this evening is that two prominent Belize City doctors, John Gough and Ervin Gabourel, are getting medical treatment at the Corozal Hospital following an all out brawl at the Belize/Mexico Border earlier today. Police confirmed that Gabourel was changing currency before departing the country when he was approached by Gough who […]
This past Friday, the government introduced a Bill in the House entitled Interception of Communications Act which will allow security personnel to eavesdrop on telephone calls. The new piece of legislation will surely be hotly debated before it can become law because not everyone agrees that it will only be used to monitor criminal activity […]
It was devastated by Hurricane Dean three years ago but the papaya industry is now well poised to recover. Set in the north, Fruta Bomba has been exporting about a hundred thousand tons of the fruit on a weekly basis to the United States and Canada. It is a main source of employment for hundreds […]
A pastor from the Corozal District tragically lost her life last Friday evening in an unfortunate incident. The victim, forty one year old Leticia Vidal is from the village of Estrella and also ministered in neighboring Libertad Village. Vidal and two minors holidaying at her home were trying to adjust a television antenna to get […]
A thirty-four year old woman claims she was abducted by her ex-boyfriend, police officer Dennis Card this past weekend. This is the same woman, who for months has been alleging that she’s been the victim of abuse by her ex, and that police have not acted on her complaints. Traumatized and still afraid of her […]
In the courts, a jury unanimously found Leroy Gomez guilty of Rape, Robbery and Aggravated Assault just before three-thirty this afternoon. The conviction on all three charges means Gomez could spend a minimum of ten years in prison, but he will not be sentenced until August thirteenth. While he was accused in several sex crimes […]
Just before five this evening the Cayo Emergency Response Team, B.D.F. and Coastguard interrupted a rescue mission in the Old Belize River. The search will continue on Tuesday for a student from Gwen Lizarraga High School, Rudyford Thompson Jr. Thompson and three friends went swimming in the River on Sunday afternoon but the strong currents […]
A special sitting of the House was held today in Belmopan. Today’s sitting ended shortly after mid-day and was not characterized by the bows and arrows that are usually slung across the aisle. The government tabled a report by the Auditor General which showed that under the past administration in the period between September 2007 […]
It has been reported that nine different corporations owe the Belize Bank over four hundred and fifty million dollars in a loan portfolio of six hundred and eighty million dollars. According to the governor of the Central Bank, Glenford Ysaguirre, in a recent court affidavit, at least twenty-eight percent of the bank’s loans are non-performing. […]
Wire taps, telephone intercepts, and email snooping, are all going to be a legislative reality. At today’s House Meeting, Prime Minister Dean Barrow said that this type of legislation will allow for better tracking of criminal activity. Since cell phones are an everyday tool for the criminals, tapping of phone lines will be one of […]
This past Thursday it was disclosed that it will take another two years to replace the Kendall Bridge which was washed away back in 2008 by Tropical Storm Arthur. Government is forecasting that when all said and done, the new bridge will be completed in 2012. Many responded to our question on whether it is […]
Early this morning another victim is believed to have succumbed to dengue fever. The thirty-one year old Belize City man, according to the family, was tested at public facilities but the fever was not detected. He was hospitalized, kept under observation and slipped into a coma. The family ran tests at a private lab which […]
The body of a murdered man found near Cotton Tree on August second, was known only by his many tattoos. On Thursday thirty-one year old Guatemalan National, Lesly Larios Catalan, visited the K.H.M.H. morgue and identified the body as that of her brother, Guillermo Larios Catalan Junior. Guillermo was a twenty-six year old resident from […]
A businessman, the co-owner of the Hungry Money located on North Front Street, was found lifeless when the restaurant opened for business this morning. His body was found on a chair with financial documents nearby. Business was not doing well and bills were mounting. Employees report that Mario Varacalli had said he intended to take […]
Lord Ridge caretaker, Russel Neal, was well loved. According to friends and family members, he was a kind man. Testimonials were given by others whom he gave shelter when they were homeless or money from his pockets when they were hungry. That is what Melanie Belisle, Neal’s girlfriend said today following his murder on Tuesday […]
On Wednesday News Five broke the story about a body that was found in the Belize River Valley. The discovery was made around four in the evening in an overgrown area of Scotland Half Moon Village. The residents of the village have not reported anyone missing and do not believe the dead person was a […]
The cops believe four men were on their way to murder a high profile person when they were busted inside a blue Crown Victoria taxi in front of the Shell Gas Station in Ladyville on Monday night. At the time, the taxi was loaded with high powered weapons and ammunition. After three nights in lock […]
Back in 2008, the Kendall Bridge in southern Belize was washed away by Tropical Arthur. A causeway was built as a temporary measure but whenever the rains cause flooding, the south of country is inaccessible. There is now word that it will take another two years for a new bridge to be put in place. […]
Another unidentified body was located today around four o’clock this afternoon. Residents of Scotland Half Moon Village, a remote community in the Belize River Valley, have not reported any missing persons within the past few days but late this afternoon the usually quiet community was buzzing with word of a possible abduction and murder. The […]
The other murder happened in the old capital. The Lord Ridge Cemetery will be the final resting place for the man who took care of the graveyard for a decade. Fifty-eight year old Russel Neal was killed at his home by a gunman who fired the shots through the window. Police are questioning his ex-wife […]
