An intensive police search continues tonight for two suspects involved in an ill-fated robbery attempt this morning in Belmopan. Reports are that around 4:30 a.m., residents of Sinsonte Avenue noticed five men breaking into the offices of St. John’s Credit Union through a window. The police were called to the scene and they arrived […]
Meanwhile, two other Belize District residents are also being held by police in connection with a robbery that went down in the west on Thursday morning. According to police, two Belize City men, detained hours after the robbery, are believed to be the persons responsible for the payroll heist at the joint offices of the […]
Another innocent child has died in a senseless accident, this time in Orange Walk town. Police report that on Thursday afternoon, the body of three-year-old Sanny Adair Fabian was found floating in an open septic tank located in his backyard on Santa Familia Street. The child’s father, twenty-five year old Armando Campos told police that […]
Belize City residents are still reeling from a series of shootouts earlier this week that left three young men dead. The surge of violence prompted the Belize Police Department to sit down on Thursday night in a roundtable discussion with those familiar with gang activities to try and come up with solutions. According to police […]
Tis the season of graduations, and one set of tassels to take flight this weekend belongs to students of the University of Belize. Approximately five hundred graduates will receive bachelor and associates degrees during commencement exercises at the Belize City Centre on Sunday morning. According to Director of Admissions and Student Affairs, Dorla Rosado, there […]
With the images of destruction and despair left in the wake of Hurricane Iris still vivid in the minds of most Belizeans, the official start of the hurricane season this weekend is being viewed with more than a little anxiety. While there is no certainty that a storm will or will not hit Belize this […]
A daring morning robbery in the Cayo District has left more than forty workers with a payless payday. Reports from police are that just after 11:00 this morning, two men armed with handguns walked into the joint offices of the Ministry of Works and the Department of Transport in Santa Elena and demanded money. There […]
Another crime, this one in Belize City, may not have gained thieves much cash, but it did provide them with something far more dangerous. Police report that sometime between midday Tuesday and Wednesday evening, the Regent Street apartment of Sean Feinstein, manager of Benny’s Home Centre, was broken into. Among the items taken were two […]
In Benque Viejo a taxi driver has been arrested in connection with the fatal knockdown of a pedestrian. On Sunday night around 9:30, thirty-one year old Miguel Medina was driving west on the Western Highway when about a quarter mile from the border he ran into a man staggering on the road. That man, fifty-three […]
If you are one of the many Belizeans planning to visit the United States this summer, as of Saturday it’s going to cost you more. Starting on June first, the non-immigrant visa application fee, or tourist visa, will cost sixty-five U.S. dollars, up twenty dollars from the current forty-five U.S. dollar charge. A press release […]
This Saturday is the day for the annual Cancer Walk from Ladyville to Belize City. The activity, which is the Belize Cancer Society’s major fund raising event, also helps to raise community awareness about the disease and what is being done to assist cancer patients and their families. The Society’s President, Higinia Leslie, says since […]
With the government’s initiative to install internet connected computers in every school well underway, the challenge now becomes how to integrate this new technology into the school curriculum. Today News 5’s Ann-Marie Williams found out that these modern tools will complement, not replace, traditional learning. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting A week-long intensive workshop on the integration […]
They were heavy, clumsy, difficult to operate and often blew up their own operators before killing any enemies. But cannons and cannonballs were the heavy weapons of choice for the Baymen and their contemporaries. Today, one of those ancient artillery pieces was unearthed in downtown Belize City…and News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was on hand. Jacqueline […]
If you’re a student, the biggest thing on your mind right now is the upcoming summer vacation. For parents, however, especially those with a child about to enter primary school for the first time, it can be a season for stress. Ann-Marie reports. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Primary school is not yet out for the summer, […]
Gang related violence on the streets of Belize City is nothing new, but recent days have brought increased tensions and a corresponding level of bloodshed. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports on the two latest deaths, beginning with an execution style hit in front of a popular north side restaurant. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sherman “Hatcher” Flowers […]
Violence among and between gangs is not the only type of crime ravaging Belize City. Police report that on Tuesday afternoon a pair of armed robbers knocked off a retail store in the Coral Groves area. One of the jackers pointed a sawed off shotgun at Samir Hamze, proprietor of Hamze Mart, and relieved him […]
And in a follow up to a story we reported last night, twenty-two year old Dean Cain has pleaded guilty to possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition and was fined one thousand, five hundred dollars for each of the two offences. It was Cain’s loaded gun left with his girlfriend, Kira Plunkett, that was […]
Belizean businessman Kevin Morris is a free man tonight, following a successful appeal of his order to be extradited to the United States. Morris was arrested in Belize at the request of the D.E.A., who claimed that he conspired to traffic cocaine in February 2001. Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord had ordered Morris’s extradition to the […]
It was originally planned for April, tentatively rescheduled for May and now the only date mentioned is “soon”. What we’re referring to is the presentation by the facilitators on their recommendations for a final settlement of the Guatemalan claim to Belize. The originally stated reason for the delay was scheduling difficulties attributed to O.A.S. Secretary […]
Last October when Hurricane Iris passed over southern Belize, the storm not only destroyed buildings, but knocked down thousands of trees, ranging from newly planted citrus to ancient mahoganies. Trees Belize, a non-governmental organisation is about to embark on a reforestation project that promises to replant a significant portion of those trees that were lost. […]
If you’re a beauty pageant fan, you’ll no doubt want to tune in to tonight’s Miss Universe competition. But don’t try to spot Miss Belize in the crowd on stage, because she won’t be there. According to Carolyn Trench-Sandiford of Pageants Belize, Karen Russell, the current Miss Belize, won’t have her moment in the spotlight […]
We are used to drivebys, ridebys and walkbys, so Belize City’s latest firearm fatality should not surprise us. In fact, with so many guns in so many irresponsible hands, the real surprise is that there aren’t more tragedies like the one that occurred on Sunday morning. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The point twenty-two […]
Around 7:00 on Saturday night a hail of bullets rang out along West Canal in Belize City. By the time the shooting was over, twenty-five year old Darrel Anthony “Bagga” Jones lay on the ground in a pool of blood. Witnesses in the area told News 5 that Jones was by the Quack Spot Club […]
The sighting of a man on the street who is either drunk, stoned or mentally ill is not a particularly unusual occurrence. But when the person in question is in possession of a loaded AK 47 assault rifle, things tend to get interesting. That’s the situation faced by police on Sunday in Belize City. They […]
While the man with the AK 47 may have been acting under the influence, a gang of prison inmates knew exactly what they were doing when they tried to dig their way to freedom. Ann-Marie has the story from Hattieville. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Four prisoners tried to escape from the medium security section of the […]
