Another murder, this time in the village of La Democracia, has left a community in shock, after one of their own was attacked on Thursday night. According to authorities, forty-nine year old Hansel Smith was shot to death during an armed robbery at his house around eight thirty on Thursday night. According to the victim’s […]
Separate drive-by shootings in Belize City over the weekend have sent two people to hospital. According to police, the first occurred on Friday night. Twenty-six year old Darren Gillett told police that he was standing at the corner of Lakeview and Logwood Streets when a grey car drove up to him. Seconds later someone from […]
The Governments of Belize and Guatemala today made the first steps towards enhanced trade and investment relations. According to officials, based on “requests, suggestions and strong pressures” from the private sectors on both sides of the border, formal negotiations are scheduled to begin in early February with the intent of finalizing what is being termed […]
A public forum for young people, organised by their peers to address issues affecting the next generation of Belizeans was held today in the old capital. It’s part of activities for youth week, being celebrated with the theme: “The future lies in the wisdom of the old and the strength of the youth.” Many of […]
Another local artist is braving the tough realities of the music industry to share his lyrical talents with Belize. A resident of Teakettle Village, twenty year old Hubert Goff, AKA Ras Jun, today released his first album of thirteen original songs, which are set to background music ripped from the library of popular reggae artists. […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening I?m James Adderley and you?ve logged on to Sports Monday. The four teams to make the post season in the Reginald Jex Challenged Cup all travelled to the Sandhill Field yesterday for the opening matches in the playoff. Game I finds the Lucky Strike Eagles in action against the Untouchable […]
For the second time in two days police and fire officials have what appears to be a case of arson on their hands. As in last night’s report, no one was hurt…but that is little consolation to the half dozen people left homeless. Patrick Jones has the story. Patrick Jones, Reporting The building located on […]
A Belize City man lies hospitalized tonight, recovering from stab wounds he suffered in an incident that occurred on Wednesday evening. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods got the victim’s side of the story from his bedside at the KHMH. John Tillet, stabbing victim ?He stab me like out off ear like he want to kill me […]
The captain of a vessel that ran over another boat on Wednesday in San Pedro has been arrested. Thirty-three year old Amado Watson told police that he was heading out on a snorkelling excursion and did not see the smaller skiff. The crash left two of the second craft’s passengers, Anthony Thompson and Cesario Serano, […]
The Senate Special Select Committee investigating the Belize Social Security Board continues to carry out its mandate. According to the committee’s latest release, it met Wednesday to review applications from those persons or firms interested in carrying out the special purpose audit. A decision was taken to continue with the interview of applicants next Tuesday […]
On October twenty-third, twenty-two year old Jorge Alberto Vidal, a resident of Succotz Village, travelled across the border to neighbouring Melchor de Mencos to buy a pair of boots. He also decided to do some socializing at one of that town’s many bars. It is there that he apparently became involved in an argument over […]
You may remember her from the eighties TV show Hart To Hart but actress Stephaine Powers has been busy travelling the globe in aid of the world?s natural resources specifically as a spokesperson for Ford Motor Company’s environmental protection programme. Each year Ford awards individual grants totalling ten thousand U.S dollars to groups or persons […]
With over thirty years of government service, the last eighteen as head of the Geology and Petroleum Department, Evadney Wade has built a reputation as a hard working and straight shooting public officer. Alas, on January twenty-sixth, she turns fifty-five and on that day she will retire from her post. A release from the Press […]
In Gospel music circles, he is no stranger and this weekend Cleve Laing, also known as Stitchie will be on stage at the Belize City Centre throwing down some serious vibes. Stitchie will be the headline artist at what organisers say is the rebirth of the Jesus Festival, a throwback to the eighties when local […]
Under threatening skies they gathered this afternoon to mark an important milestone in the cultural life of a people…and nation. I cannot imagine a better way to bring in Garifuna Settlement Day. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It has been a museum in the making for the past four years. But sharing the story of the heritage […]
They have done an excellent job of exposing the weakness of Government’s financial management…but tonight the Opposition United Democratic Party will put forth its own version of how to set things right. In a format that they call a town meeting, UDP leaders will meet the public tonight at seven at St. Mary’s Hall in […]
Authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit and run just east of Belmopan. Sometime after midnight this morning police discovered the dead body of a Hispanic man lying in the middle of the Western Highway between miles forty-five and forty-six. A badly damaged bicycle was found nearby. Thus far, […]
The Christmas jacking season appears to have started early this year as another Belize City business establishment has been hit by armed robbers. Two men entered the Highway Grocery at mile two and a half on the Northern Highway around eight Tuesday night and one pulled a gun on proprietor Mia Tag Lui. The crooks […]
Police in Cayo had better luck in capturing two of four people who held up the Three Flags Service Station in Unitedville last week Friday. Investigations have led to the arrest of Arleigh Guild and Germaine Smart, both twenty-four years old and residents of Belize City. They have each been charged with three counts of […]
Two women were rescued from a burning house early this morning by a policeman. Around three A.M., police received reports of a fire at this small wooden house behind the Zoe Ministries World Outreach Centre on Vernon Street. Police Constable Lazaro Catch, who was working at the Mayflower police booth, was dispatched to the scene […]
And in news just in…a boating accident this afternoon offshore San Pedro town has left two people seriously injured. According to police press officer G. Michael Reid, a boat being piloted by thirty-three year old Amado Watson, ran over a smaller boat and its two occupants. Twenty-seven year old Anthony Thomas and thirty-one year old […]
Their two parks in Belize City–one on each side of the Creek–are popular places for residents who need a place to stretch out and chill. And now BTL has added a third public area to its domain, this time in Placencia. The park, located in the centre of the picturesque village, was built at a […]
They are fresh off the plane and heading soon to a health centre near you. Patrick Jones has the scoop on the latest batch of volunteers reporting for duty in Belize. The seventeen Nigerian technical cooperation volunteers arrived in the country on Tuesday and are headed straight to their assignments at different health posts around […]
Whether you like it fried, stewed, baked or barbecued, chances are chicken is on your menu more than any other source of protein. That’s why any possible threat to Belize’s favourite bird is not taken lightly. This morning I joined agricultural health officials in Spanish Lookout as they investigated what is hopefully only a blip […]
With major holiday weekend events set for Dangriga and Hopkins there will be no shortage of activities centred around Garifuna Settlement Day. But not all the celebrating will take place in the Stann Creek District…as News 5’s Patrick Jones found out. Patrick Jones, Reporting The style is the same…and so is the sound…but come Friday […]
