Police in the north are tonight on the lookout for a man from Trial Farm who they believed tried to murder another villager over the weekend. According to reports, around 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, twenty-one year old Jose Luis Cocom got into an argument with another man, identified as Coperino Castro. It is believed Castro […]
Night or day, morning or afternoon, it seems that no time is off-limits for hold-ups. No less than six robberies over the weekend have netted the bad guys close to seven thousand dollars in cash and jewelry. We’ll start with the biggest rake. According to police reports, around 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Augustine Benjamin, driver […]
Today, twelve Belizean basketball players, now gold medallists of the Central American Games, returned home tired but elated. Their final victory was hard won, against the top seeded team of the tournament, Costa Rica. Final score: seventy, sixty-five. News 5 caught up with the athletes this afternoon at the City Centre. Keith Acosta “It was […]
A new Miss Belize reigns tonight. Her name is Karen Russell. The twenty-three year old U.B. student won the crown on Friday night over six other contestants. Russell, who has entered previous pageants, says she only competed in Miss Belize after she was encouraged by friends and family. In addition to representing Belize in the […]
B.T.L. may have doubled the cost of local phone calls, but that won’t stop your phone from ringing tonight for the start of the annual Gimme 5 promotion. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This year the show promises to be bigger and better, as Channel 5 celebrates its tenth anniversary. The birthday bash marks […]
In her continuing quest for good locally made gifts for Christmas, News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams today paid a visit to a busy workshop some sixteen miles west of Belize City. Ann-Marie Williams Male inmates at the Hattieville Prison were busy this morning putting the finishing touches on their Christmas crafts. Officer Daniel Young, the workshop […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley, and you’re in tuned with Sports Monday. Week six of the Regents Cup Tournament brought two undefeated teams to the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday. Kulture Yabra with four wins and a draw played host to league leading Griga United with a perfect 5 and 0 record. It promises to be a […]
