Cayo police had their hands full on Sunday in the west. In addition to the murder on Sunday night, earlier in the morning two bodies were found in the district. Police have detained four men for questioning. They are: thirty four year old Victor Vargas, twenty three year old Selvin Coronado, twenty-seven year old Manuel […]
News Five broke the news last Friday night that Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development Juan Coy, was in a traffic accident in the area of Indian Creek Village. Accompanying Coy, was his wife Brigida and his brother-in-law, Venancio Salam who was driving the government vehicle. The maroon Nissan Navarro pickup reportedly […]
Government backpedalled in court today in a land case involving Former Minister of Health, Jose Coye. Coye is suing the government for a piece of land that was wrongfully acquired from him. Coye’s family-run company, Aquaworld, purchased and was developing ten acres of land in the inner Placencia lagoon for commercial purposes. But in July […]
They say that progress brings problems and tonight a new project in San Pedro Town is in the eye of the storm. There are numerous environmental woes which the residents and environmentalists are outraged about in the new underwater project in the Mexico Rocks area. It is proposed by developer, David Gegg, and is known […]
But the developer of the proposed project, David Gegg, says the concerns are based on unrealistic impressions and false information. The project was originally planned for the Tuffy area, south of the current site. But San Pedro Town Mayor, Elsa Paz recommended that the location be changed to the Mexico Rocks area. She was not […]
What happened to the Prime Minister’s promise that things would ‘get betta no matta what’? That’s the question that comes to mind when you buy just about everything, including fuel. At midnight on Wednesday, the prices soared well above the ten dollar mark. And in the case of premium, it went up a whopping twenty […]
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Flowers this past week, launched an initiative aimed at preventing crime. Billed as a summit, the event attracted known personalities but does the City Council have the capacity to tackle crime? This is the question we posed to our viewers. The majority of persons who polled on our e-poll, thought that […]
The international news has been replete with the horrors of the massive oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty-five thousand barrels have spilled so far since the well exploded on April twentieth. Oil exploration is a relatively new industry for Belize and while the operations on land have so far experienced no major accidental […]
In our newscast on Wednesday we reported that four Belizeans were possibly murdered as they headed back to Belize through Mexico. The horrific news was prematurely confirmed by a representative from a generally accurate Ministry, and today families sighed with relief today as the speculation turned out to be a terrible rumor. The report was […]
But while the story ends well for the Mariano’s, Martin Rodriguez, and friends, two weeks ago it was a scary situation for one car dealer and his wife who were actually held up and robbed at gunpoint on a Mexican expressway. Ian Whitaker recounted his horrifying experience to News Five. Ian Whitaker, Robbed and Assaulted […]
The Belize Barrier Reef is the second largest in the world. Because of its beauty and abundance of life that is found nowhere else, UNESCO gave it a ‘Wonder of the World’ status when it dubbed the reef, a World Heritage Site. But despite the recognition that a part of our environment is something to […]
Stephen Buckley’s family is appealing for financial assistance to meet costs of his medical attention following his shooting by the police last week. We asked if you thought the shooting was accidental, this afternoon the latest on our e-poll indicated that three hundred and fifteen persons said no, and fifty six said yes. Our question […]
There is tragic report tonight that four Belizeans were murdered in Mexico today. They were on their way back from the USA and were reportedly victims of a robbery. Information is still trickling into our newsroom but so far we know that Kirk Mariano, his wife, Aricia, and Scenes of Crimes Police Constable, Martin Rodriguez […]
He is known for his fiery speeches in the House of Representatives and at the last House Sitting for the Budget debate, he did not show any sign of illness. But tonight, Minister of Housing, Michael Finnegan is in Detroit, Michigan recovering from a prostate cancer surgery at the Harper University Hospital. News Five spoke […]
On Tuesday night’s newscast Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jeffries told News Five that the Police Department has long known that wanted man, Jermaine Fuentes, is alive because he had been taken into custody several times in the US. The Commissioner also said that Belizean law enforcement officers are coordinating with their US counterparts to see […]
Stephen Buckley was shot one week ago by the police with a high powered weapon. He has been left paralyzed on the left side of his body. The senseless shooting stirred public outrage since Buckley is known as a law abiding civilian. We asked on Tuesday night if you believe the shooting of Stephen Buckley […]
In February 2002 Jermaine Fuentes, also known as Jermaine De Paz, was one of the Police Department’s most wanted fugitives in connection with the murders of Mark Ireland, Anthony “Trigger” Adderley, and the attempted murder of Joel Waight. He was never apprehended and while many thought that he had fled the country, his absence led […]
This Wednesday will mark one week since thirty seven-year old Stephen Buckley was critically shot by a police officer as he sat with his boss inside a green Dodge Ram at the Cesar Ridge intersection in Belize City. Buckley, a contractor by profession, was hit in the head by bullets from a pump action shotgun […]
Stephen Buckley’s shooting has stirred outrage in the community. Police maintain that the shooting was accidental, but persons who witnessed the shooting attest that the trigger was pulled by the police officer. Buckley was injured on the face, was left paralyzed and continues receiving treatment at the K.H.M.H. News Five Delahnie Bain spoke to family […]
Stephen Buckley is recovering from the shooting at the intersection of Cesar Ridge Road when the vehicle he was driving in was stopped by the police. The police and witnesses accounts differ in the number of gunshots and the version of events. The question is: Do you believe the shooting of Stephen Buckley was accidental? […]
A major investment in the health sector was launched today with the groundbreaking of a pediatrics healthcare centre next to Belize Healthcare Partners that donated the land for the first of its kind clinic. The state of the art multi-million dollar project is linked to the Sanford Children’s Clinic based in South Dakota and is […]
By any stretch, John McAfee is a name to reckon in the computer world. He is the founder of McAfee, the largest computer anti-virus company in the world. For the past two and a half years, he has been living in Belize; more specifically in San Pedro Ambergris Caye. The fact that he had moved […]
There was little violence reported in the city over the weekend, but before lunch today a shooting took place on Mahogany Street. Brian Yorke, who has had his own troubles with the law was shot in a foiled robbery attempt and is in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police report that around […]
There is more stench coming from City Hall. This time it is the news the licensing of stolen vehicles that has hit the fan. According to the man who heads the Traffic Unit, Kevon Jenkins, the problem has been going on for years but there’s nothing he can do about it because one of the […]
Last Friday morning nine year old Jamil Wade, a standard two student of Calvary Temple, headed to the store for his mother but ended up in the hospital after he was knocked down by a police vehicle. It was after eleven that morning and his mother, Paula Wade, was at home with her other child […]
