A teenager faces charges of murder following an incident at the mile eight on the Western Highway on Monday evening. According to police, around five p.m. nineteen year old Jason Encalada got into a fight with another young man, who also lives at the mile eight community. When the dust cleared, Encalada had been stabbed […]
In an update to the strange death of a young man in Belize City on Friday, post mortem results indicate that twenty-eight year old Fred Petillo died from cerebral oedema aspiration. Through medical research, News 5 understands the condition to be the result of untreated insulin dependent diabetes. Petillo, described as a mental patient, attacked […]
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Guatemala are meeting today and tomorrow at the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. The ministerial meeting between Godfrey Smith and Jorge Briz is focusing on a new set of confidence building measures to replace the ones which expire on Thursday. According to […]
Everyone seems to want name brand clothing, so much so that some unscrupulous manufacturers even fake it, selling items that infringe on the trademark of famous labels. But today, instead of wasting some of these items which made their way into Belize, they were put to good use. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This […]
The festival of arts is a countrywide affair, with school children from all over the nation participating. But today, the largest venue, with the largest amount of students got its festival off to a lively start. And after being away from the Bliss for several years, the general consensus was that it was great to […]
Police are investigating the death of a man who is alleged to have attacked his mother with a hammer. According to reports, on Friday, twenty-eight year old Fred Petillo, who is described as a mental patient, went after his mother, Judith Petillo, with a hammer and began hitting her. When Judith’s husband, Ortin Coleman, tried […]
Police are seeking a suspect in a fatal stabbing during a fight at a fair in August Pine Ridge on Saturday night. During the incident which involved a number of patrons, seventeen year old Trinidad Sanchez was stabbed in the chest and later died from the wound. Another man, twenty-four year old Rene Murillo, was […]
A man was killed on the Northern Highway by a hit and run driver over the weekend. Police say the body, later identified as Daniel Sandoval of Trial Farm Village, was found lying on the side of the road between miles fifty-seven and fifty-eight around seven o’clock Sunday night. Sandoval’s beach cruiser bicycle was found […]
A Belize City youth was wounded after he and two friends were fired on while walking on Central American Boulevard early Saturday morning. Seventeen year old Jermaine Grant of Baracat Street was hit twice in the back, once in the buttocks, and once in the left knee when a man the trio recognized rode up […]
Today a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Meso-American Barrier Reef Systems project, M.B.R.S., and the Mexican research institute, ECOSUR. Both parties believe they have a mutual interest in the management of M.B.R.S. and this afternoon they agreed to continue to work together. Cecilia Elizondo, P.R. ECOSUR “We were doing things with the fisherman?s […]
This Tuesday, the teachers and students of Stella Maris School invite you to a one-of-a-kind Art Therapy Exhibition at the Mexican Institute. The idea behind the show is to let the public become aware that even people with disabilities are able to express their creativity. Jiacuy Roche, Intern, Special Education Unit ?Our therapy is a […]
Also at the Mexican Institute this week is an exhibition by St. Catherine’s Academy students. The show is part of a creative approach to history and the results far exceeded the expectations of the teacher who gave the assignment. We’re sure you will also find the student’s work a very enjoyable way to learn more […]
The use of condoms is still controversial in some quarters, but last week, the University of Belize launched a new campaign aimed at educating its students about HIV/AIDS and other issues. News 5 was invited to find out more about the programme. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The conference dubbed “No Condom, No Sex” targets students at […]
Kulture Yabra and Juventus rough it out on the barracks, while Flames, Falcons and Duurly?s Cristal reign supreme at the Joan Garbutt stadium in Esperanza. Good Evening, with the May third edition of Sports Monday, I am Patrick Jones. The M.C.C. Grounds in Belize City was the scene of one of a fiercely contested match […]
