In news from the crime beat, the police investigation into the double homicide on Stake Bank Caye took a major blow as its primary witness has died. Authorities at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tell News 5 that twenty-two year old Alberto Josue Gomez died around eight on Tuesday night. Doctors say cause of death […]
A new bus service planned for the capital city will hopefully relieve some of the stress associated with getting around. The Belmopan City Council has entered into a six-month lease agreement with the Novelo’s bus company so as to ascertain the demand for internal transit. At the end of that time, the council will then […]
They are known for their beauty, powerful prowess and aerial ability… but throughout the world Harpy Eagles are feared for their dominating presence, as many people mistake them for nothing more than cold-blooded killers. This afternoon, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods travelled to the Belize Zoo to take a closer look at these magnificent birds and […]
Since February of this year, humming sanders, banging hammers and whistling construction workers have dominated the grounds of the House of the Culture in Belize City. Their combined presence has paid off as today, the stately elegance that once characterized the mansion is starting to creep out from under the sawdust and cobwebs. Earlier this […]
It’s a situation that has become something of a running joke in Belizean society: “Bwai, who get shat todeh?… Gyal nobody dead yet?” But even if it is a joke, we shouldn’t be laughing. Everyday in Belize City the echo of gunshots rings through the streets, and if we’re lucky, everyone ducked in time. But […]
Crimes against society is not confined to gunplay…on average police report that everyday approximately two homes in the city are burglarised, sometimes while the owner is at home. That’s just what happened to an unfortunate resident of the mile eight community, who was tortured by a gang of men bent on thievery. News 5’s Jacqueline […]
Tonight, Belizeans are being advised to monitor local radio stations, and if possible, the Weather Channel, as tropical storm Claudette is gearing up to become a hurricane…in our area…by Thursday night. According to Meteorologist Justin Hulse, tropical storm Claudette is the fastest moving storm he’s ever seen, travelling west at a clip of some thirty […]
This summer standard four, five and six students are invited to be part of an innovative workshop hosted by the University of Belize. The workshop’s aim is to address student’s reading and writing skills, and encourage interest in both subjects. According to the coordinator Sharon Palacio, the program is designed so that participants will get […]
Trade relations between Belize and Guatemala improved this week with the settlement of a working agreement between agriculture ministers from both countries. According to a government press release, newly appointed Guatemalan Minister, Ingenerio Sett Oliva, met with Belize’s Servulo Baeza during a working visit last week in Guatemala City. The two countries have agreed on […]
Criminals beware! If you’re planning on relocating to Belmopan any time soon, you better leave your bad habits behind. The capital city’s crime fighting campaign today got a shot in the arm with the donation of some five hundred whistles to be used in neighbourhood watch programmes. According to City Councillor Beverly Swasey, the donation […]
As a people we are renowned for our athletic abilities…just one reason why the Ministry of Education is putting a strong emphasis on physical education in our nation’s schools. But harnessing raw talent and honing it into impressive skills can be a tricky thing, and all sides agree, the earlier we start the better. That’s […]
It came as an ominous ultimatum: give us a get out of court card or we’ll take away your military aid. But today, the Attorney General of Belize, Godfrey Smith, says the position of the United States Government on the issue of the International Criminal Court may not be the hard line it first came […]
In police news, a traffic accident on the Southern Highway has left one man dead. Reports are that just after eleven on Friday morning, a pickup collided with a cyclist near the intersection of the Southern Highway and Savannah Road. According to the driver of the vehicle, thirty-five year old Portfilio Estevez of Cow Pen […]
A pair of Belize City bandits turned murderers have been captured by police. According to the cops, twenty-four year old Egbert Meyers and twenty-two year old Herman “Yagga” Morris, are the duo who murdered gas station attendant Robert Stephens Lino. Morris and Meyers did their best to conceal their faces when they were taken over […]
A Placencia woman has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal hit and run in that village. Thirty-eight year old Sharon Knight has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving without due care and attention, failure to stop and render aid and failure to report an accident. The […]
Sunday’s storms couldn’t dampen the spirits of thirty-six young men who participated in a ten-month programme with the National Youth Cadet Services Corps. The organisation caters to at risk youths and has been running for more than ten years. Addressing the young men this weekend was Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Francis […]
As a group, they’ve been belting out Paranda, Punta and Soca lyrics for over four years… and now they’ve gone digital with the release of their first professional album. Tropical Sensation, A.K.A. “Coolie Rebels” has put together ten of their best songs and are offering their album “Positive Vibes” for music lovers nationwide. According to […]
In the animal kingdom, they’re called social animals…but that doesn’t mean they’re friendly. Oh, no, no, no. Bees are social because they do things together: move as one, make honey as one, and yes, they attack as one. That’s a frightening reality a number of Belizeans have learnt over the years… and according to the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve logged on for this latest hit of Sports Monday. Week two of the semi-pro basketball season found the newcomer Bryant’s Tenants make its debut against Orange Walk Shell One-Stop. So we immediately go to the tip off as Andrew Robateau of Bryant’s jump against Wendell Robinson. And Wendell, […]
With some nine hundred qualified applicants patiently waiting for their citizenship papers and hundreds, perhaps thousands more holding dearly and fearfully to their illegally purchased passports, Belize’s immigration situation stands at something of a crossroads. Today, government tried to signal that the road it would be taking in the future is the high one. “I […]
And in an unfortunate footnote to that story, young Jason Hsu’s first day as a Belizean didn’t seem to be a lucky one. Hsu and his family, heading back to their home in Orange Walk town, collided with this fruit truck between miles thirty-two and thirty-three on the Western Highway. Hsu says slick road conditions […]
Police investigations have led them to conclude that the death of a Placencia man on Wednesday night was in fact the result of a hit and run…and they think they can identify the car, if not the driver. Sixty-eight year old Richard Gilbert Leslie, better known as Shakey, died just before midnight about an hour […]
Last week it was mosquitoes; this week it’s an insect much less annoying, but far more costly to the economy: that’s right, our old friend the medfly is back. According to a release from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, the Mediterranean Fruit Fly has been detected in the Toledo District as well as South Stann […]
It has all the elements of a drama you see played out on American TV cop shows. Except that the plot in this story unfolds at number forty Faber’s Road in Belize City in the early hours of Friday morning. Police went to the home of twenty-four year old Jason Crawford to search for a […]
The annual B.D.F. volunteer training exercise is underway in the Mountain Pine Ridge. Today, Minister of Defence Sylvia Flores toured the facilities, where around three hundred soldiers, men and women, are learning a variety of military and survival skills. It was the first time the newly appointed Flores has witnessed the volunteer training. She was […]
