Also in the south, on our side of the border, there was a heavy downpour overnight and several farmers in at least two villages lost all their corn fields when the water levels rose. Some farms in the already depressed areas are still under five feet of water. The flooding is so dire that Chairman […]
Have you heard of the million dollar ride? It’s not decked out in with spinners on twenty inch titanium rims, but reports are that this clumsy looking white Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is estimated to be worth one million dollars. It sits inside the yard of the Public Utilities Commission in Belize City. The only […]
It was a big story back in 2008 when a two year old girl was beaten to death by her own mother. Today, shortly before three o’clock this afternoon, the trial of Shian White came to an end before Justice Adolph Lucas. A jury of three women and six men deliberated for two hours and […]
A Belize City youth was shot this afternoon. The victim, a minor, was in his own neighborhood when he was gunned down just before two o’clock. Seventeen year old Luis Kerr was sitting on the sidewalk directly across from his home on Curassow Street when his assailant shot him with one bullet to the back […]
There is more disturbing information coming from the family of twenty-three year old Christopher Galvez, who was murdered on the night of December twenty-second, 2009. It has been a messy investigation and a number of cover ups have been alleged. Earlier this week News Five spoke to a witness who has identified the shooter in […]
The special audit inspection into the affairs of the Belize City Council for the period of April 2003 to December 2008 looks specifically at the council’s maintenance of its accounting records and documents. There are many questionable transactions revealed in the report that is making its rounds in the media. A review of the fuel […]
Two major rivers flow through the Cayo District and that makes the area prone to flooding. Today the National Emergency Management Organization tested its preparedness for such an eventuality. NEMO committees, the Red Cross and other agencies converged in the west today for a simulation exercise that started as early as seven o’clock this morning. […]
Two men, both of whom are seventy-seven year old, have been killed in the past three months by deadly Africanized bees. The latest victim is a resident and farmer of Benque Viejo del Carmen. The bees descended him and a group of men who had gone to cut firewood in an area off the Arenal […]
There is a major break in a murder case in the west that dates back to 2008. The main suspect eluded police for over a year, but tonight twenty-four year old Belmopan laborer Efrain “Payin” Santiago, suspected of being behind the murder of Santa Cruz resident, thirty-four year old Felix Enriquez Martinez, is safely behind […]
An accident near the junction of Fabers Road and the Western Highway shortly after noon totaled a brand new government vehicle valued at over seventy thousand dollars. The vehicle was licensed and registered on January eighteenth 2010, and was on the road for only ten days. It is registered to the Ministry of Human Development, […]
A recent report is revealing alarming statistics that show that poverty increased significantly in the past eight years. According to the report, economic, health, education, social and political causes were the main factors. And while the country has regressed, there are some programs that generally contributed to the quality of life in some areas. News […]
There is a major development in Guatemala today involving its former President, Alfonso Portillo, who was on the run since last Friday, when an extradition request made by the US government was granted by the Guatemalan court. Portillo was caught at Punta de Palma beach resort as he attempted to leave Guatemala by boat on […]
It is not exactly a secret, but the magnitude of the level of poverty in Belize, is still shocking. In fact, Belize is now the country with the highest poverty among Caribbean countries. According to a report commissioned by the government, forty-three percent of the population is officially poor and poverty is sweeping among all […]
Turning to the west, a man is dead after he was attacked and stung by Africanized bees in Benque Viejo del Carmen. News Five has learned that at around midday today, seventy-seven year old Ramon Mendez and four friends were attacked by a swarm of bees at his farm on the hydro road while they […]
A legal battle over a property in Benque Viejo del Carmen is now before the Chief Justice. In one corner is Samuel Bruce, who got an injunction in the Supreme Court to stop the takeover of his property. In the other corner is the government, who wants the land. And smack in the middle is […]
Two vehicles collided shortly after ten this morning in the vicinity of two primary schools in the King’s Park Area. In the impact, one of the vehicles, an SUV, flipped before coming to a complete stop ending with its four wheels up in the air. Its driver, Channel Five employee, was injured and the SUV […]
Johnson and Johnson Company is one of the most trusted manufacturers of over the counter medications. But the company has announced a massive recall of popular meds including Tylenol and Benadryl. This has caused a stir in the international media as Johnson and Johnson has placed the blame on the pallet industry, claiming that the […]
Twenty-three year old Christopher Galvez was murdered on the night of December twenty-second 2009. No one has been charged, but there have been a number of allegations on shoddy police work. Since the murder, more than a month ago, Yolanda Schakron has vowed that she would try to find out who murdered her nephew. She […]
A chilling home invasion in the Ladyville area was reported last Friday night. And soon enough police recovered the stolen items and had in their custody, three accused men. No one was injured, but the victims were traumatized by the incident. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a detailed report of the crime. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
We reported last Friday on the murder of eighty-two year old William Neal, a resident of Corner Central American Boulevard and Vernon Street in Belize City. Neal was found dead late Friday afternoon and there were no signs of forced entry into his home nor is it known when he was actually murdered. Witnesses have […]
There might well be a fourth murder for this year on the hands of the Police Department. That’s because shortly before five p.m. on Friday, the headless and partially decomposed body of a man was discovered on a feeder road between miles fifty and fifty-one off the Hummingbird Highway. The skull was found suspended by […]
Two persons from Orange Walk Town are dead tonight. And it is not the usual type of homicide but a shocking case of murder and suicide. The horrifying ordeal took place on Thursday at a popular hangout spot on Princess Diana Street. It was about four-thirty in the evening when an intoxicated man entered Las […]
At about four this afternoon, an elderly Belize City man was brutally stabbed at his home on Central American Boulevard. The man lived alone and there are no witnesses to give evidence on what transpired behind the wooden walls. Because there are no signs of forced entry into his home, police are not ruling out […]
A number of fugitives have recently been caught in Belize. Coming on the heels of Monday’s capture of William Russell Jewett Jr., another U.S. national will be spending the night behind bars. Earlier today Ladyville police made the bust at two-thirty p.m. on Thursday after receiving a tip that fifty-three year old Martin Petrella, a […]
But back to William Russell Jewett Jr., who has been in and out of court since Monday. Today he appeared once again to answer to charges brought by the Financial Intelligence Unit, Customs and Immigration departments. But after he decided to plead guilty to the Money Laundering charge filed by the FIU, all other charges […]
