Police have concentrated their search for a suspect in the chopping murder of twenty year old Guatemalan Jairo Lopez in the same area where the victim’s body was found. Authorities believe that prime suspect, Juan Manuel Dubon, is hiding in the Mayan King Farm area in the Stann Creek District, the same general location where […]
This morning, fifteen year old Michael Faux and his mother Sharon Augustus visited News 5 to complain about an instance of police brutality they claim was committed against the young man. According to Augustus, the police are looking for someone they say was involved in a shooting incident last month and that the person can […]
While some citizens were critical of the Police Department, other members of the force were being assisted in their efforts to contain crime. This afternoon I was on hand for a ceremony in Belmopan that looked like good fun. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It could be the Belizean version of “CHIPS”, but the emphasis is on […]
Also in Belmopan today was Commissioner of Police Carmen Zetina. He offered an explanation as to how and why a Belize police truck just happened to be seized in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. Carmen Zetina, Commissioner of Police “According to them, it was connected to some robbery. Somebody robbed the owner of it and they […]
We heard from National Basketball Team member Keith Acosta last night on Sports Monday, and today his team mates held a press conference to give a full account of their performance in San Salvador. News 5’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting While the team gave a good account of themselves, earning a bronze medal, […]
They don’t get a lot of publicity, but for the second consecutive year, employees at the Belize Sugar Industries office in Belize City are spreading Christmas cheer for those at the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly. Cashier at B.S.I.’s Storage Department, Sophia Contreras, says the activity is meant to brighten the lives of the […]
It’s a story you’ll see repeated several times over the next few weeks, but it’s one we never get tired of. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Christmas Day may be two weeks away, but one hundred primary school children got the lucky chance to spend some quality time with Santa Claus. The […]
It is the sixth death of a Belizean child in the last two weeks. And if such tragic events can be ranked in some type of order, then the lost of life that occurred this weekend in Orange Walk, is the most disturbing yet. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon twenty-three year old Noemi Ordonez was […]
While police in Orange Walk had their hands full this weekend, their colleagues countrywide also experienced their share of stress. In Belize City a Saturday afternoon murder has resulted in the detention of a suspect, but the motive is still not clear. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police are still trying […]
A twenty year old farmer is dead following a drunken brawl at the Mayan King Farm in the Stann Creek District. Authorities say around 6:30 on Friday evening, Jairo Lopez was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when he got into a misunderstanding with an unidentified man. During the discord, the man chopped Lopez several […]
Tonight, believe it or not, there is a new chapter in the continuing saga of those ten late model vehicles confiscated from John Zabaneh’s Mayan King farm last November. Earlier this year, most of the fancy rides were quietly handed over the Belize Police Department, at least one of them ending up in the hands […]
In court news, convicted murderer Hillaire Sears will have to wait a little longer to learn his fate. That’s because his attorney, Lutchman Sooknandan, today asked for an adjournment until Thursday to present his mitigation plea. Sooknandan plans to use several people to testify as to Sears’ character prior to the murder for which he […]
Belize’s longest serving Jesuit priest has died at the age of ninety. Father Charles Hunter passed away on Saturday in St. Louis, Missouri. He had been flown there from Belize last week following a fall in which he broke his hip. He died from complications brought on by the surgery. Father Hunter, born in 1912 […]
Politics is a rough and tumble business, not for the faint of heart. Today in the wake of a knockdown drag out battle for the U.D.P.’s Belize City Mayoral nomination, the winner is preparing for the future, the loser is crying foul, and the party leader is trying to make the best of a bad […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re just in time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Juventus of Orange Walk rolled into San Ignacio yesterday desperately needing a win to return to the top four in the Belize Premier Football League standings with two weeks of regular season football remaining. Would Acros Real Verdes […]
We would have liked to report tonight that the Belize National Basketball Team pulled off a surprise upset of Puerto Rico and went on to trounce the Dominican Republic en route to a shiny gold medal in the Central American and Caribbean games in El Salvador. But to paraphrase the Rolling Stones, while you can’t […]
Police tonight have another murder on their hands. The victim has been identified as Jacob Elias, a Mennonite businessman of Shipyard in the Orange Walk District. On Thursday evening Elias was in the area of Camalote Village, on a mission to purchase some farm equipment, when he was apparently ambushed by a gang of robbers. […]
It’s a crime that is all too common this time of year, but unlike most burglaries, this one had a happy ending…at least for the victim. Marion Ali, Reporting Quick police response and investigation paid off when two suspects were apprehended and the stolen items recovered within twenty-four hours of the crime. Twenty-two year-old Dwayne […]
In a follow up to a story we reported last week, U.D.P. Freetown candidate Dough Singh has won the latest round in his efforts to erect promotional bus stop shelters in the Belama area of Belize City. Singh told News 5 that the action in municipal court was thrown out when the prosecutor failed to […]
With the U.D.P. energy running high for Sunday’s mayoral convention, News 5 spoke today with the two candidates: Wayne Usher and Ann-Marie Williams. Usher, who entered the arena in September, believes his years in managerial positions make him the ideal candidate for City Hall. Wayne Usher, U.D.P. Mayoral Aspirant “Due to the work that I […]
Although it’s often obscured by the frantic shopping, cleaning, buying and partying, Christmas is really for the children. And to insure that no child is forgotten, one thoughtful Belizean residing abroad has taken it upon herself to spread cheer at the Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre. For the last two years, seventy-six year old Lethia […]
It is an organization and a concept that are capable of turning hundreds of low income Belizeans into proud homeowners. Today News 5’s Janelle Chanona found that, with a little help from friends abroad, that potential may one day be realized. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning, housing organization Habitat for Humanity got a much need […]
The request from police press officer G. Michael Reid came in mid-morning: have a cameraman ready, he said, if you want to join us on a raid. And when the call came this afternoon, we were only too happy to tag along. While the mobile dragnet did not net one of Belize’s most wanted, this […]
In other police news, eleven more Cubans remain in police custody after they were found on Thursday stranded in the northern Turneffe islands. Acting Commissioner of Police, Gerald Westby, says they had received reports about the men, and in conjunction with the Immigration Department, a team was dispatched to the scene and the men brought […]
Two Belizean media houses received some good news this afternoon, all the way from Barbados. It was the occasion of the annual Caribbean Media Awards. News 5 was honoured with two first place stories. Reporter Jacqueline Woods and Cameraman/Editor George Tillett won in the children’s category with their story about a young AIDS victim who […]
