The other shooting was in Ladyville where a woman was shot in the legs this past Wednesday as she sat at her home which is located next to the house of her Area Representative, Michael Hutchinson. The bullets penetrated the walls of her house and landed on her legs. The police were in pursuit of […]
Land controversies are not new, especially in prime locations such as Ambergris Caye. News Five was in La Isla Bonita today when a number of residents turned out with government receipts in hand to confront their Area Representative, Manuel Heredia, about why their titles have been cancelled or put on hold. Heredia was met by […]
There’s an emotional story of survival tonight involving two Jamaican fishermen who are both lucky to be alive after thirty-six days of being lost on high seas. The boat they were fishing in, Gentle Breeze, had been reported missing from Old Harbor Bay in Jamaica since March twenty-first and was not found until April twenty-fifth. […]
Both men were rescued thirty miles northeast of Chinchorro, off the coast of Mexico, by Caribe Navigator, a shipping vessel that was en route to Belize. Captain Steven Spence gave the details of their rescue. Steven Spence, Captain, Caribe Navigator. “Yesterday at about eleven o’clock Belizean time, April twenty-fifth, we observed a fishing vessel on […]
A portion of the land on which a school sits in the village of San Antonio has been taken over by the Area Representative, and Minister Rene Montero. On it now sits a slaughterhouse, which was opened this morning, but the occasion had its own share of controversy. While some villagers welcomed the idea of […]
It is fourteen months since Atanacio Gutierrez, a cane farmer from the village of San Victor in the Corozal District, was shot dead during a protest at the Tower Hill Factory. He was one among thousands of farmers calling for the removal of the infamous core sampler. His wife Benita accompanied him on that fateful […]
Young Janay Moguel won the hearts of many when she was shot accidentally on Central American Boulevard on February first. One man was killed in the incident, Darrel Williams and Janay’s grandfather was also shot but survived. The seven year old student was left paralyzed and since then has been beating the odds to recover […]
Viral footage of two minors engaged in sexual acts while at school and in uniform has triggered an investigation by the Belize Police Department. The shocking video which has been circulating via cell phones depicts two primary school students in the act before an audience of several classmates. Investigators from the police department are reviewing […]
The medical condition of nineteen year old Luisa Carillo looks promising tonight and the student is showing encouraging progress. We can report that all went well overnight and that doctors have pulled her out of an induced coma. She is now off life support and is breathing on her own. Her brother, Esvin, told News […]
She has been in an induced coma since Monday so that doctors could address a swollen brain and fluid in her lungs. But a CT scan conducted this morning on nineteen year old Luisa Carillo yielded promising information for her attending physician and her family. Carillo, as we have been reporting, is the teen who […]
An alarming video is in circulation via cell phone. It contains explicit and graphic images of two primary school children engaged in sexual acts. The images would shock even mature audiences and will obviously not be shown on this station. It is disturbing because the incident happened in broad daylight and the two minors were […]
Four of five prisoners are still at large, but this morning there were reports of shots being fired and all hell breaking loose inside the Tango eight, Tango Ten and the remand section at the Belize Central Prison which is run by the Kolbe foundation. Reports of a riot were broadcast over the radio waves. […]
One person was critically injured in the botched robbery of a D and E bus last Saturday night on the Western Highway that was held up by two men, one carrying a grenade. Luisa Carillo was hospitalized for fractures to her skull but tonight we can positively report that there has been some improvement in […]
Doctors say they will conduct a CAT scan to see if the swelling on her brain has subsided any. But while the family wait and hope for good news and a full recovery for Luisa, they also question whether she actually jumped out of the bus or, in the commotion, someone pushed her out. Voice […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the mid 1800’s, over three hundred thousand persons ventured by land and sea to take part in the California Gold Rush. When they got there, families staked their claim to the American dream. Fast-forward and today, over a hundred and fifty years later, at an area on the outskirts of Belmopan, you may have […]
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 […]
It was not reported on the official police release, but last week Thursday, while the department was dealing with rogue cops who masterminded a botched robbery on Chon Saan Palace, there was another incident which implicated at least two police officers. The alleged incident occurred in Vista Del Mar at the home of a Czechoslovakian […]
While we look forward to every year for the Cross Country Cycling Classic, there is one event that many residents of the old capital dread, and that is the annual fire at the city’s dumpsite on the Western Highway. The smoldering stench and smoke tend to hover over large portions of the city and has […]
It’s been a while since we heard about the battle between Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association and the new kid on the block, the San Pedro Express. Initially questions were raised about whether or not there were enough customers for the industry to sustain the two groups. The first blow was felt when San Pedro […]
But Cotton Tree Village has another land problem its residents are battling. Chairman Florentino Baeza and one of the villagers visited our studios to complain about the issue. They are upset with the Ministry of Natural Resources for implementing a whole new process after their Area Representative, Ramon Witz, gave them approval to proceed with […]
Thirteen hundred acres of land in the vicinity of Cotton Tree Village has been up for grabs ever since the government realized that the Taiwanese owners have not been paying property taxes. According to John Saldivar Area Representative for Belmopan, the principal owner is either in jail or dead somewhere on the other side of […]
