A suspect wanted by Honduran authorities for a murder in that country has been apprehended by police in Belize. Following a tip, Anibal Garcia was found hiding out at a farm near Independence Village. He is alleged to have killed his half brother in October of last year following a misunderstanding between them.
A Belize flag vessel has been seized off the coast of Africa after Spanish authorities discovered over five tons of cocaine aboard. The motor vessel “Lugo” a longline fishing vessel was boarded Friday by Spanish Civil Guards after coordinating information with Interpol and the Government of Belize. According to Angelo Mouzouropoulos of IMMARBE, the body […]
Frontline doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital have been brushing up on their skills at handling emergency cases. Eighteen medical professionals took part in a two-day refresher course conducted by two visiting neurosurgeons, one from the United States and the other a Belizean completing studies in Mexico. Head of the Emergency Department at K.H.M.H., […]
On Friday night six young ladies from the Anglican Cathedral College will be vying for the title of Miss A.C.C. The pageant is just one of many activities the school has been holding to raise funds. Earlier this week News 5 caught up with the students and tonight we introduce them in the hope that […]
While politicians, economists, and ordinary citizens may debate the merits of globalisation, one clear downside is that when the food supply goes bad in one part of the world, the trouble can spread as fast as a 747. For national health authorities that means playing offence and defence at the same time. Patrick Jones reports. […]
With the possible exception of the occupation of dealing drugs, it is the most dangerous job in Belize. Last night another security guard was shot in the line of duty, this time in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting A single expended shell, believed to be the bullet fired […]
The press release from the Police Department called the amount “huge”, but at news time, despite many rumours, News 5 has been unable to confirm just how much money was stolen last night from the company that manages Lotto. The brief report indicates that around eight Monday night thirty-two year old supervisor for Tropical Gaming, […]
The ongoing dispute in football has now entered the legal realm as this morning, the Football Federation of Belize filed a suit in the Belize Supreme Court against the National Sports Council. A release put out by the F.F.B. states, “The suit asks for judicial review in the form of an order quashing the January […]
Last week the Prime Minister expressed his hope on this newscast that the deal to sell B.T.L. would be done by weekend. Apparently that wish has become half true. A brief press release posted today on the website of Carlisle Holdings indicates that the Government of Belize has completed the purchase of Carlisle’s fifty-two percent […]
He’s nothing if not persistent in his efforts to keep the waterways and communities surrounding them in the Cayo District environmentally healthy. And this week Luis Garcia was recognised with the James A. Waight Conservation Award. Garcia, whose work includes the “Save the Rivers Campaign,” “Village Tours”, and “Health Days”, picked up his trophy during […]
The statistics are startling: thirty-three point five percent of our population in Belize is below the poverty line. When it comes to children that figure rises to thirty-nine percent. Those numbers come courtesy of the United Nations Children’s Fund, an organisation which is intent on helping countries like Belize focus on the most urgent issues […]
The loans may be small, but the aspirations are large. Patrick Jones reports on the latest attempt by Youth for the Future to turn young Belizeans into business tycoons. Patrick Jones, Reporting The loan disbursement is for approximately twenty thousand dollars. Director of the Enterprise Unit Sandra Bradshaw says the money covers six projects with […]
Along with his parents, we have kept an anxious vigil on the career of Sergeant Frank Kuylen the third as he and a small number of other Belizeans in the U.S. military pursued that country’s war in Iraq. Tonight he is safe at home…where he spoke to News 5’s Jacqueline Woods. Irma Kuylen, Mother “Words […]
He was injured during a shootout with bandits on the Bullet Tree Road outside San Ignacio last Thursday night, but this morning, Kevin Jacobs was flown to Mexico for additional treatment. Today his family invited News 5 to be present when he was moved from the K.H.M.H. to Ladyville and put aboard a plane. Jacqueline […]
A programme to help prevent AIDS, particularly among vulnerable young people, was officially launched this morning. An agreement between the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries, OPEC fund/the U.N.F.P.A., and the Government of Belize was signed in Belmopan at the George Price Centre. The government press office spoke with Hetty Sarjeant of the United Nations Population […]
An American woman was killed in a traffic accident near the Santa Elena border on Sunday. Sixty-six year old Lucy Moss was a passenger in a Geo Tracker that ran off the road and into a parked Toyota Prado. The driver of the Tracker, sixty-eight year old American Dale Marshall, told police another vehicle overtook […]
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a body taken from the Mopan River on Sunday. The corpse was in an advanced stage of decomposition when it was discovered, but police say it is a Hispanic male. There were no outward signs of violence on the body, which was taken to the San […]
A Saturday afternoon swim ended tragically when a teenager drowned in the Macal River. Fourteen-year-old Victor Rendon of Santa Elena told police he and his uncle, Edgar Rendon, aged fifteen, went swimming around three p.m. About an hour later, Edgar went down, but did not resurface. His lifeless body was later found near the Hawkesworth […]
The police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. Seventeen-year-old Julie Burke left her home on Plues Street in Belize City on February fourteenth around eleven-thirty saying she was going to a friend’s house, but she never arrived. This evening police brought this photo to News 5. According to a report […]
If you live in the Belize District and need a new pair of glasses, some dental work, or a check-up, then some free medical attention is headed your way. That’s right, FREE! The clinics come courtesy of the U.S. Army. Patrick Jones was in Crooked Tree today where the residents turned out to take advantage […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. Besides new love, colourful flowers, and sweet things Valentine’s Day brings with it the prestigious eighty-eight mile cycle race that takes centre stage on the Western Highway. We take you to the nine a.m. start inside San Ignacio and we […]
On Thursday night in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, a man was shot and killed in an altercation with police. The controversial incident sent shock waves through the San Juan area of the town, and erupted into civil disorder on the other side of the island. News 5 flew out to the caye this morning to […]
It wasn’t just San Pedro that saw gunplay on Thursday night. “Out West”, a suspected criminal gang from Guatemala, held up the mayor of San Ignacio and Santa Elena, and later exchanged gunfire with police. One of the suspects was hit in the stomach by a bullet and a police constable sustained serious injuries. News […]
And in Belize City, a man died after being shot numerous times near the Government Complex on Mahogany Street early Friday morning. Police responded to a report of shots fired in the area and found Lindsey Arnold of a Mopan Street address lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to his arms, legs, and […]
Beginning March first, Belizeans needing visas to go to the U.K., may need to stop off in New York first. The British High Commission has announced that they will no longer be processing visa applications here in Belize, and these will be handled by the British Consulate-General in New York. The release says applications can […]
