At around ten Sunday night a small skiff sputtered to a halt near the Tourism Village; it’s sole occupant bleeding profusely from a bullet wound to the jaw. But the dramatic arrival of a barely alive Alberto Gomez in Belize City was only the first act in a crime of monstrous proportions. Left behind at […]
An accident at a Corozal ferry crossing has led to the death of a motorist. Twenty-four year old Roberto Sandoval was killed on Saturday morning when the pickup truck he was driving rolled off the ferry at Pueblo Nuevo on the New River. According to police, Sandoval, his wife Maria and a sixteen-year-old minor were […]
A pedestrian and a cyclist were killed over the weekend in separate traffic accidents at opposite ends of the Northern Highway. On Friday night around seven, forty-five year old Roy Anderson of Ranchito Village was knocked down by a car as he walked between miles eighty-two and eighty-three. He was pronounced dead on arrival at […]
It is exactly what every law enforcement expert tells you not to do when confronted by an armed robber…but don’t tell that to businessman Lu Zha Gi. Thirty-two year old Lu was outside his shop on West Collet Canal Friday afternoon when an assailant approached him from behind, placed a handgun in his back and […]
The controversy over Social Security is over. At least that’s the official word from Belmopan. A press release today from the Office of the Prime Minister says that a meeting Friday evening between union officials, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance resulted in agreement on the following points. The level of Social Security contributions […]
Bus riders from Hattieville, Ladyville, Mile Eight, and Maxboro may find their commute a little less arduous thanks to the addition of eight buses to the Novelo’s fleet. The reconditioned vehicles will be dedicated to servicing those four communities, hopefully sparing commuters the indignity of waiting in vain as overcrowded buses fly past, leaving them […]
On Friday night before a packed audience at the Belize City Centre, twenty-three year old Leilah Pandy was crowned Miss Belize. Pandy says she still cannot believe that she won the pageant. Leilah Pandy, Miss Belize “It was shockingly surprising, because I honestly thought that Dalila Vanzie would have won. I knew she was the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard for another ride on Sports Monday. Lord’s Bank was the place to be Saturday afternoon where the decisive game three between Berlan of Bermudian Landing and Wicked Eleven of Flower’s Bank for the Harrison Parks National cricket titled was staged. But first we’ve got to get the […]
We’re not sure what a convicted murderer was doing on a work detail miles away from his cell at Hattieville, and until prison officials decide to talk, we may never know. But what is important tonight is that a dangerous convict is on the loose. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting […]
In other crime news a Belize City grocer was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday afternoon. Twenty-nine year old Zhi Xin Li told police that around one p.m. two dark skinned man entered his shop on Teacher’s Street, pointed a small gun in his direction and relieved him of three hundred and fifty dollars along with […]
Some ambitious farmers in the Corozal District are having major headaches this weekend following the total destruction of their valuable cash crop. Their problem, of course, stems from the fact that what they were growing was marijuana. On Wednesday morning police swooped down on six weed plantations located near the settlement of Little Belize and […]
Also detained, this time in the Orange Walk District, were three men suspected of involvement in Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Lazaro Martinez. Under law, by Monday they will either be charged or released.
At news time there is no official word on the outcome of a meeting held this evening between union and government representatives on the subject of Social Security. News 5’s Patrick Jones spoke to union leaders as they emerged from the Central Bank building around five this evening, but none of them would comment on […]
A Belize City family is without their home tonight as a simple act of carelessness appears to have started a fire. Patrick Jones was on the scene this afternoon. Patrick Jones, Reporting The Griffith residence on Bachelor Avenue erupted in flames around midday today. By the time fire officials extinguished the fire, the upstairs of […]
A settlement of the Guatemalan claim may still be elusive, but that hasn’t stopped Belize’s business community from exploring opportunities across the border. Patrick Jones reports on the latest efforts at regional integration. Arturo Vasquez, Vice President, B.C.C.I. “What the Chamber plans to do with this really, is because we are now affiliated and associated […]
We have shrimp trawlers and shrimp farms…but many of us are only now realizing–like Jacqueline Woods did this morning–that there is another method of putting fresh shrimp on the table. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It’s not normally known as one of Belize’s fishing hot spots, but this morning after word had gotten out that shrimp were […]
Signs of significant compromise in the Social Security controversy continue to circulate tonight. Following a meeting with the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, officials from the Chamber of Commerce and Business Bureau indicate that government has agreed to scale back its plans for heavy increases in worker and employer contributions. Echoing earlier reports from […]
Two down…three to go. That’s the word from the U.S. Embassy tonight as agents brought down on special assignment are completing their investigation of six vehicles seized by customs on suspicion of being stolen. Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Edgar Embrey, told News 5 that an expert investigator has thus far been able to […]
Police are looking for three suspects in the murder of a man in the Orange Walk District. According to reports, twenty-four year old Guatemalan Lazaro Miguel Martinez was gunned down late Wednesday night in front of his house on the Santa Marta Road. His wife, Sulema, told police that she and Lazaro were inside when […]
His name went public last week after an attempt to arrest him was followed by a near riot in which an innocent motorist was fatally shot by police. But today Michael Arnold had his day in court…not for what went on the night of the shooting, but for a jacking he allegedly committed last night. […]
And in an update on Monday’s traffic accident on the Western Highway, which claimed three lives, medical authorities tell News 5 that a fourth victim, forty-four year old Martha Reimer, remains in a critical condition. Staff at Universal Health Services in Belize City say Reimer underwent surgery late this evening. She was one of four […]
Residents of Dangriga and the Stann Creek District can sleep a little bit sounder this hurricane season, in the knowledge that in the event of disaster, the Red Cross will not be far away. Nearing completion in the First New Site area is the society’s new district operations centre. Until now, Stann Creek has been […]
All roads lead to Placencia this weekend where the annual festival known as Lobsterfest gets underway on Friday night. Since some of the News 5 crew may wind up there, we decided to send down Patrick Jones and Brent Toombs on a scouting expedition. Patrick Jones, Reporting Two years after the most devastating storm to […]
They don’t taste quite as nice as lobster, but that hasn’t stopped iguanas from becoming a popular dish on dinner menus in many parts of rural Belize. Today, however, I visited one place in the Cayo District where the population of the well-known reptile is being increased instead of depleted. Janelle Chanona, Reporting In April […]
Your heard it first on this newscast last night and today the Prime Minister has confirmed that government is prepared to scale back at least some of its proposed changes in the Social Security system. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods spoke to P.M. Musa this morning. Prime Minister Said Musa “We’ve always been prepared to negotiate […]
