A traffic accident on the Southern Highway Thursday night has claimed one life. Twenty-six year old Armando Gomez, a resident of Mile six on the Southern Highway, was knocked down as he walked on the side of the road around six forty last night. Twenty-one year old Clifford Calam of Placencia told police that he […]
Two men have been wounded in a shooting early Thursday morning in Belize City. Police say Ernest Faber and Eugene Wallace were standing near the BTL Park on Newtown Barracks when they got into an argument with another man. The hard talk ended when that guy pulled out a nine millimetre pistol and started shooting. […]
The Young Women’s Christian Association today received a generous helping hand for its swimming programme from one of the country’s largest companies. During brief ceremonies at the Y’s offices on St. Thomas Street, representatives of Fortis, the majority shareholder in Belize Electricity Limited, handed over a cheque for four thousand dollars. According to executive secretary […]
Christmas eve is a funny time to announce a purge of the nation’s cabinet, and don’t worry you will not hear one announced tonight. But something is definitely afoot in Belmopan. No one is speaking on the record and several alleged targets are denying knowledge but it appears that Prime Minister Said Musa is finally […]
Patrick Jones Reporting “We are now on Albert Street where literally hundreds of Belizeans are still out doing last minute shopping. No doubt businesses in the downtown area of Belize City are going to be open very late tonight so that those who still have not gotten all that is on their shopping list for […]
Patrick Jones ?It is important that Belizeans on a whole feel safe this Christmas and be able to celebrate this joyous occasion without having to worry all that much. There are some simple basic things that people can do to stay safe and to talk a little about that, I am joined at this time […]
Patrick Jones ?Downtown Belize City is the busiest I?ve seen it in quite a while and people are going here, going there, vehicles going down the street can only mean one thing…last minute shoppers picking up just what they need for Christmas Day tomorrow.? ?For the last three weeks or so, the Salvation Army has […]
Best holiday wishes to all News 5 viewers. Please note that December 27th is a public holiday in Belize. We will rejoin you with news on Tuesday, December 28th.
Cayo police have detained a fifty-one year old Canadian man after over a thousand photographs of nude Belizean women including allegedly underage girls, were found on the suspect’s computer, diskettes, DVD’s and paper. Authorities say they will not release the man’s name until he is formally charged, saying only that he has been living in […]
Two men have been detained for the murder of a Cayo youth that occurred late last night. Around nine this morning, San Ignacio police came upon the body of eighteen year old Maxidonio Castellanos lying on the ground behind Santa Elena’s library. The body had what appeared to be several stab wounds to the neck […]
A robbery reported in Corozal has been exposed as an inside set up. According to police, twenty-nine year old Ada Palomo, a supervisor at Bethesda Medical Centre, conspired with her fiancé, nineteen year old Julio Novelo, to rip off her employer by staging a robbery of the establishment. On Tuesday night around nine Palomo was […]
This evening the Seventh Day Adventist Church hosted a Christmas party for over two hundred children from Fabers Road and surrounding areas. The boys and girls, who had to sit through a series of speeches before they were given their gift bags, did not seem to mind the long wait. According to the deputy leader […]
It was built as a facility catering to the needs of cruise ship tourists–a way for them to sample the best of Belize’s history and environment all under one roof. But today the attraction called Old Belize was turned over to a bunch of guys better known for jacking tourists instead of being tourists. As […]
To supporters it’s a virtual gold mine, in which thousands of Belizeans find employment, hundreds of merchants reap riches and the Belize Government earns millions in tax revenues. For detractors it’s a haven for crooks, con artists and contrabandistas who deprive Belize’s treasury of tens of millions in customs duty. But for most Belizeans, the […]
The occasion was a Christmas donation to the wife and family of slain police officer Uwin Armstrong. But with the past, present and perhaps future of the Police Department represented this afternoon at the Caribbean Shores station, it was an ideal opportunity to reflect on the state of Belizean law enforcement. First up was outgoing […]
And while Zetina is moving on, the leadership is being passed to Gerald Westby, who currently heads the National Crimes Investigations Branch. Westby says he will be building on the foundation left by his predecessor and leaning heavily on the support of his senior officers, especially his deputy, Maureen Leslie. Gerald Westby, Commissioner of Police […]
The police top brass, it will be recalled, were present at the Caribbean Shores police station to witness the handing over of a donation to the family of Uwin Armstrong, the policeman who was gunned down on November twenty-sixth as he walked to work. Businessman Santino Castillo donated toys to the children of the fallen […]
Police have arrested one of two men involved in an armed robbery early this morning in Belize City. Just after midnight twenty-two year old Mark Orozco was entering his yard on Zericote Street when two men, one with a handgun, tried to jack him. He reports that one attacker grabbed his neck while the other […]
Land: it’s a source of both great wealth and serious aggravation for many Belizeans. Today Cabinet took steps to deal with at least some of the problems surrounding land, namely taxes. In a press release that could only be described as cryptic, we are told that Cabinet considered proposals from the Ministry of Natural Resources […]
Over the last two decades virtually every major industry in the global economy has seen the number of competing players shrink though massive mergers and buyouts. Locally, however, with most businesses relatively small and family owned, it is rare to see two companies become one. That may be changing, however, at least in the insurance […]
Last week it was the children…and today senior citizens were on the receiving end of the Salvation Army’s Christmas goodwill. Close to sixty men and women from Belize City were invited to the organisation’s main church on Cemetery Road where they received food parcels from pastors of the church, Captain Anthony Sanchez and his wife […]
The Christmas season is always one of paradoxes. Never do people cry louder about hard times, but at the same time spend obscene amounts of money. Well today the best adjective to describe the cash flowing at Benny’s was…splenditious. It was the culmination of the four month long Benny’s Home Centre cash giveaway promotion, with […]
It’s as regular a seasonal occurrence as cool weather and the appearance of apples and grapes. I’m talking about Christmas crime…and the proactive efforts of police. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from downtown Belize City. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting According to Assistant Commissioner of Police and the officer in charge of Eastern Division Maureen Leslie, Belizeans […]
The driver of a car that veered onto an Orange Walk sidewalk on Sunday, injuring four children, has been arrested and charged. Forty-five year old Carlos Roberto Cruz, a logger from Trial Farm, today pled guilty to driving without due care and attention, failure to report an accident, four counts of negligent wounding, four counts […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on the Supreme Court’s decision to grant leave for the judicial review of the Carnival Cruise Terminal contract as requested by the Belize Tourism Industry Association. Today Port of Belize Chief Luke Espat, Carnival’s local partner in the hundred million dollar project, told News 5 that while the starting date […]
