A Belize City police officer is under investigation tonight following a shooting incident on Tuesday. Reports are that police constable Geovanni Denis was on duty around nine that night at the Queen Street Police Station, when he approached a man sitting in the pan of a parked truck in the vicinity of the station. Denis […]
Belizean canoeists continue to make waves in international waters, as latest reports are that the nation?s top paddlers have received awarded at several events in the United States. According to the Belize Canoe Association, Armin Lopez, Alex Lisbey and Daniel Cruz, all winners in the annual La Ruta Maya River Challenge, attended the Texas State […]
Tonight, authorities are asking for your help in locating an American citizen wanted for a string of offences, including child pornography. According to the America?s Most Wanted website, this man, fifty-eight year old David Creamer could be in Belize as he flees from a twenty-three count indictment for distribution of child pornography, transportation of obscene […]
For people who rely on money regularly sent from relatives and friends abroad, you might want to take note of this developing story. Today News 5 received reports that, Belize Transportation Agencies Limited was stripped of its authority to conduct Western Union business. Authorities at the Central Bank confirmed that BTALCO?s license has been suspended […]
It?s steady rise, but speedy descent has been a hot topic for months and while there is little doubt that telecommunications company Intelco is on the brink of financial failure, tonight, questions regarding its loans, who?s paying them and the money being used, are circling the company like vultures over a carcass. Latest press reports […]
A Corozal man has been arrested and charged as a sexual offender following a report made by a teenager?s mother in that town. According to the cops, around ten thirty on Sunday morning, a thirty-five year old woman arrived home only to find that her fourteen-year-old daughter was not inside the house. But whatever the […]
Another baby has died in a drowning incident this time in St. Matthew?s village. According to police, three-year-old Zanqiue Flowers was alone near his home when he wandered near a small pond and fell in. Some time later, family members noticed the child?s absence and a quick search of the area led to the grim […]
It was the Swedish Parliament which coined the term “Ombudsman” in 1809 when it established the office of Justitie–Ombudsman, whose mandate it was to act as a defender of the people in their dealings with government. Today, more than a hundred countries around the globe have established such a position, with Belize joining the ranks […]
The specifics have yet to been worked out, but News 5 has confirmed that Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian will pay an official visit to Belize sometime in September. The Taipei Times, in its online edition on Monday reports that President Shui-bian will visit two diplomatic allies in Central America, Panama and Belize, as well as […]
With more and more Belizeans dealing with the frightening reality of testing positive, analysts say the HIV/AIDS situation in Belize will probably get worse before it gets better. Today, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute introduced the Caribbean Handbook: “Healthy Eating for […]
Located just two miles east of Belize City, Swallow Caye consists of nine thousand five hundred and fifty-four acres of mangrove ecosystems, home to a number of wildlife and marine species such as the manatee. But because of the sanctuary?s location, the manatee especially is threatened by the many vessels that pass through the area […]
There are hundreds of Belizeans enlisted in armies around the globe who put their lives on the line everyday, determined to fulfil their duty and make their heritage proud. On Monday evening, one such solider returned home. There was no big welcoming committee to greet her, but for Private First Class, Lucy Lopez, to be […]
It?s a scene that has traumatized far too many Belizeans: mangled metal, broken glass, blood on the asphalt…every year traffic accidents claim lives, destroy families and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to property. But as News 5?s Jacqueline Woods discovered, drivers can avoid a lot of pain and suffering by simply following the rules […]
Intense investigations continue in the north tonight as authorities search for more clues in connection with the discovery of an aircraft filled with cocaine near the Belize/Mexico border just after midnight on Friday. Police tell News 5 the aircraft has since been moved to a secure location as officers investigate its origin and the identities […]
A man from the Belize district has been arrested and charged for attempted murder in connection with an armed robbery in Orange Walk town on Thursday night. Police say it was twenty-three year old Roger Bradley of Biscayne Village, who approached security guard Marcelino Tun Sr. while on duty at the Shell 1-Stop service station […]
Meanwhile, two men will also answer charges of attempted murder in Dangriga?s Magistrates Court following a shooting in that town over the weekend. According to authorities, just after midnight on Saturday, twenty-two-year-old Ryan Valerio got involved in a physical altercation with two other men near the riverbank. Sometime during the scuffle, one of the men […]
The Belize Police Department is claiming success from its first national neighbourhood watch conference held over the weekend in Belize City with its first tangible outcome being the formation of national task force. According to organizers, the mission of the task force will be to enlist more community involvement in the fight against crime. Over […]
She says she has been an on and off lotto player for the last three years. But on Saturday night, fifty-three year old Sylvia Swift finally hit the jackpot. And while she couldn?t believe it when she heard that her numbers had won, she was prompt at the lotto office this afternoon to claim her […]
More than a hundred and fifty journalists, station managers, producers, and other media officials from across the Caribbean will descend on the Placencia Peninsula this week, but no there?s no hot story, besides the sand, sun and surf of one of the country?s hottest destinations at least. Delegates began arriving on Sunday for the thirty-fifth […]
Summer usually means ?slow season? for Belize?s tourism sector, but figures published today by the Belize Tourism Board might mean that train of thought is ready for a permanent vacation. According to statistics released today by the B.T.B. the number of tourist arrivals at the Phillip Goldson International Airport for the period April to June […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re back with this fresh delivery of Sports Monday. The Regent?s Insurance Cup Championship Series took off Saturday Night inside the Michael Ashcroft Stadium, as Sagitun hosted Juventus of Orange Walk. On hand, to kick off the three game title series is none other than the Prime Minister of […]
