The cycle of unbridled violence spilled across the country over the weekend. In tonight’s newscast we report on two murders, two daring robbery attempts which ended fatally for the perpetrators, a body found at Turneffe, parcels of suspected cocaine found in Caye Caulker and other violent acts that plunged the nation deeper into fear. It […]
Aside from the murder of Kashif Jeffries, the other homicide took place in Roaring Creek Village around eight o’clock, also on Sunday and this time, the victim was only sixteen years old. According to all accounts, it was another case of an “old beef” among youths that escalated into a vicious attack on two. One […]
Heading west, two men presumably Guatemalans, tried to carry out a dangerous robbery on a D and E Bus from San Ignacio to Benque Viejo del Carmen around seven-fifteen on Sunday night. The incident was botched by a bold bus crew and passengers who bravely took on the two armed men. In the process, one […]
That Guatemalan has been identified as Wilson Paz Dominguez of Escuintla Santa Lucia, Guatemala. Meanwhile, News Five met the driver of the bus, nineteen year old Ernesto Castillo Junior at his family business in Benque Viejo today and while he was still shaken by the incident, he was also ready to get back on the […]
During the chaos, nineteen year old Lucia Carrillo jumped through the back door while the bus was still moving and she suffered a fractured skull. She remains critically injured in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. News Five spoke with an eyewitness who was standing in front of a shop when the passenger leaped from the […]
Another robber met his match in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye when two hunters stopped him dead in his tracks. The hunters were returning home when they ran into a road block set up by two robbers in a poorly lit area, north of the island. The robbers pulled out a handgun and were surprised when […]
Thursday night turned out tragic for a retired police sergeant who took four of her grandchildren for a customary swim in a man-made pond just behind the Western Pines community which recently was renamed Western Paradise. The family outing, however, turned tragic and by the end of the evening she along with three of the […]
Two others lost their lives, but to gun violence. We start with the chatter of gunfire, an all too familiar sound, echoed shortly before midnight on Thursday as residents of Ross Pen Road scrambled for safety. Others peered through windows to see what the commotion was about. When the smoke cleared twenty-two year old Ervin […]
The bloodbath in the old capital continued on Thursday night when a second shooting incident claimed the life of yet another Belize City resident who was socializing with his girlfriend on Supal Street. This incident occurred prior to the shooting death of Ervin James and was a stone’s throw away from Ross Pen Road. Police […]
When we checked our e-poll on our website this afternoon on the response to the question on whether or not corruption was pervasive in the police department, the answer was a resounding yes. The number that responded yes was as high as ninety one percent and only eighteen persons said no. On our IMS and […]
In our Thursday newscast, we reported on a water crisis in San Pedro Town. The speculation was that it is being caused by a large scale housing project on the south end of the island. Well today the Belize Water Services called a news conference in the island to explain that the problem is no […]
La Isla Bonita is experiencing hardships from a low tourism season. Aside from the economic downturn which has reduced the number of visitors, the island is now hit with a water crisis. This means that while San Pedro has enough water in its environs, potable water is a commodity that is not available on demand […]
Where are the rogue cops? That is the question many are still asking tonight. After last Thursday’s press conference, the country waited to hear which cops were inside the crime ring that had infiltrated the police department. To date only one officer, Jermaine Mangar, has been charged in relation to a suspected robbery of Chon […]
What started as welcome news has now become a nightmare. But the Prime Minister today told News Five that he stands by the statements he made along with the police top brass that there is a ring of rogue cops within the department wreaking havoc. Barrow said this afternoon via phone that the high command […]
The Saturday night bust in Vista Del Mar that turned up silencers for weapons, drugs, along with books on making the sound suppressors and guns reveals a new dimension that the police department is facing in its battle against crime. More than a smoking gun, the police found Errol Haynes inside the home during the […]
Young remains in hiding tonight. News Five spoke to his attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley this afternoon. Bradley says that because the charge involves the use of a prohibited item, if Young turns himself in, he will be locked up by the police despite the fact that he was not present at the location of the […]
The Police Department is facing a backlash over recent allegations that some rogue cops are involved in criminal activity. There are now differing statements from within that have people on edge. So today’s question is: Do you believe corruption is pervasive in the police department? Send your responses using your SMART phones to 8668 or […]
A conflicting picture is beginning to emerge following last Thursday’s revelation that a police ring had been busted. COMPOL Crispin Jefferies and Prime Minister Dean Barrow told the press that members of the force were involved in criminal activities and they could expect the full force of the law. The first to be charged is […]
While the Mangar incident continues to unravel, police have another major case to crack. We have heard of high powered weapons circulating in Belize, but over the weekend police made a stunning bust at a Ladyville house. They not only found drugs, but they also found materials to manufacture silencers, an accessory used to suppress […]
A cargo of what was suspected to be pseudo-ephedrine tablets was seized by Customs officials at the Phillip Goldson International Airport on Tuesday. The shipment which originated from Dubai was sent to Belize via DHL to the Belize General Farm Suppliers. While there had not been any major busts recently, two of five packages intercepted […]
Two Ladyville residents and one Belize City resident were charged with laundering about sixty thousand U.S. dollars on Tuesday. The cash was found inside the grey Ford Expedition driven by thirty-seven year old Sidney Ellis, an auto dealer of Curl Thompson Street. Also in the vehicle at the time were thirty year old Scott Stringer, […]
Few crimes, mainly robberies, were reported over the extended Easter weekend. It is comforting news since the sensational announcement last Thursday when the Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies, and Prime Minister Dean Barrow informed that a ring of rogue cops who had terrorized the nation with robberies and possible murders, had been busted. News Five […]
And while Mangar finds himself in a heap of trouble, he is not the only one facing the music. When they held the press conference last Thursday, PM Barrow and ComPol Jeffries said there would be other officers who would be suspended and possibly more members of the ring would be known as the investigations […]
When we recessed for the Easter holidays on Thursday we asked the question: Do you believe hanging should be brought back? On our e-poll, over six hundred persons participated and eighty-six percent supported the notion of bringing back hanging. On our IMS, our viewers thought hanging should be enforced. One said that hanging needs to […]
A group of six men and a woman has been charged in connection with last Tuesday’s deadly bank heist in Spanish Lookout. During the robbery unarmed KBH security officer Steven Lopez was mortally wounded. The robbers then turned their guns on a police officer who was stationed next to the Scotia Bank Branch. Today Police […]
