One accused jacker who didn’t get away is twenty-eight year old Michael Usher. Usher, of a Faber’s Road address, has been charged with theft after he was identified by a sixty-two year old man as the guy who snatched a gold chain off his neck. The incident took place on Sunday night in a grocery […]
On last Wednesday’s newscast we reported on the injuries suffered by forty-five year old Hugo Silva who was found beaten and unconscious on Marine Parade on Boxing Day morning. No one was arrested for that crime, which has now been upgraded to murder. Silva succumbed to his injuries on Monday at the KHMH and thus […]
It may not be the kind of news the Tourism Board wants to hear, let alone publicize, but it appears that a well-armed gang is spreading fear along what has always been considered one of Belize’s favourite areas for visitors. New 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The Stann Creek Valley is one […]
There was bad news for consumers today as the Public Utilities Commission reports that the folks at Belize Water Services are asking for yet another rate increase. The request, which seeks a seven percent price hike, effective April first, comes on top of the seventeen percent increase granted last year that the water company is […]
Today was an unusual one in the field of Belizean philanthropy…for two reasons. The first is that the hardworking staff at the Salvation Army finally got a chance to have some fun. The second is that one of the major players of the tourism industry–that is the cruise lines–have dared to get involved in the […]
The case of missing police officer Morris Martinez has become a homicide investigation…and while no body has yet been found, three suspects have been charged with robbery and are expected to eventually face charges of murder. I’ve just returned from Corozal with the latest developments. Superintendent David Henderson, O.I.C., Corozal Police ?Based on what we […]
A San Pedro man is dead following a fire at his house and while initial reports suggest the blaze was an accident, there are indications that it may be a case of arson or even murder. Twenty- four year old Mauricio Rodriguez perished on Friday night when his small plywood home at the corner of […]
Belmopan police are investigating the tragic death of fifteen-month-old Samuel De Jesus Rivera of La Democracia Village in the Cayo District. Around three thirty on Sunday evening, young Rivera, who was home at the time, was playing with other children under a shed in the yard that housed a large butane gas tank. It is […]
Seven days after Sergeant Alford Grinage was left semi-conscious following a traffic accident on the Western Highway we are pleased to report tonight that the commander of the Crimes Intelligence Unit is doing very well and was scheduled to be released from Universal Health Services sometime today. But as one family gets ready to welcome […]
Following any Cabinet shuffle, especially one in which the number of ministers is reduced, there usually comes a reassignment of chief executive officers. Today, in the wake of last week’s departure of four ministers, the Prime Minister’s Office has released the new CEO line-up. The names and posts, effective January first, are as follows: The […]
It happens every year at this time…that is the race to become the year’s first Belizean. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports from the KHMH. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Baby Lucio Briceno, junior weighed in at five pounds, five ounces when he was born at eight forty five on New Year?s Morning making him the first born […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley with the first dish of sports Monday for the year 2005. Of course the New Year?s Day Cycling Classics held its annual appearance on the first of January intact and some sixty senior riders made a bid to the biggest man in Belize on the very first […]
