Details are scarce, but official reports to News Five have confirmed that this evening a police officer fatally shot a man inside a house in the Los Lagos area of Ladyville. The victim appears to have been a burglar who refused to surrender after officers were called to the residence. We’ll have more details on […]
It may not be the revolving door we became used to in years gone by…but now and then prisoners do escape from Hattieville. Early this morning four inmates managed to bust out and tonight two remain on the loose. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Initial investigations reveal that all four inmates […]
It may not seem like much compared to the two and a half ton cocaine bust of two weeks ago, but as they say, one-one full basket. Around seven on Monday night police at the Boom checkpoint on the Northern Highway hit pay-dirt when they stopped a Novelo’s bus heading north. According to police reports, […]
Did you ever wonder what happens to all those stolen cars that disappear off the streets of Belize City? It looks like police have at least discovered the remains of one… along with some folks with some questions to answer. Twenty-three year old Samuel Nicholas, twenty-three year old Egbert Jones, twenty-four year old Andy Hernandez […]
And in another late development, viewers in Belize City are asked to be on the lookout for a white Mercedes which this evening is believed to have knocked down a little girl riding a bicycle. A phone report to News Five indicates that the hit and run occurred at the corner of Mahogany and Mopan […]
Employees of the Belize Port Authority took to North Front Street this morning in protest against the Sagicor Capital Life Insurance Company. According to the demonstrators, for more than a year donors to a pension fund have been locked in negotiations with the company to have the scheme closed and monies collected disbursed to contributors. […]
Her candidacy had been floated weeks ago, but on Wednesday afternoon Zenaida Moya will officially announce her intention to be the United Democratic Party’s candidate for Mayor of Belize City. Moya, the union activist who has recently resigned from her post in the Ministry of National Development, will launch her campaign at Battlefield Park at […]
He may not be running for mayor, but the name Michael Ashcroft is not exactly unknown in these parts. Despite that notoriety, the scholarship fund that bears his name is one of Belize’s best kept secrets. At any given time nine Belizeans are enrolled in the degree programme at the Ashcroft International Business School at […]
A century ago the death of a woman in childbirth was not an unusual occurrence. And while today modern medicine has made great strides in reducing maternal mortality, Belizean officials say we need to do more… and have been meeting this week in Belize City to figure out how. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting One out of […]
As many of us seek to delve deeper into our ethnic and cultural roots, there’s one body of early Belizeans that seems to have been lost in the shuffle. I’m talking about those much-maligned seafarers called pirates. And while it’s doubtful that any modern-day citizen of the Jewel will be agitating for pirate’s rights, one […]
Belize City police had their hands full this weekend as they were busy literally catching thieves in the act. The most recent arrests took place around two this morning on Freetown Road when authorities say they received a tip informing them that a burglary was in progress at H.L.’s Burger. When the cops arrived on […]
Joan Bennett, the woman on trial for fatally stabbing her common-law husband, is tonight a free woman. The fifty-two year sanitation worker, who had been charged with manslaughter, appeared this afternoon in Magistrate’s Court where prosecutor Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait read a memo from the Director of Public Prosecutions requesting that the case be withdrawn. The charges […]
The demonstration held on Saturday may not have provided the spark to immediately oust the present government, but the determined crowd that marched through the streets of Belize City was sufficiently large to remind the Musa administration that people are watching… and reacting. The protest, organised by the Association of Concerned Belizeans, was prompted by […]
This morning in Belmopan, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Johnny Briceño signed two long-term forest licenses. The forty-year agreements will allow Thomas Gomez and Sons Limited and Bartholomew Young to log ninety-seven thousand acres of the Deep River Forest Reserve and sixty-seven thousand acres in the Swasey/Bladen Forest Reserve in the Toledo District. According […]
In our youth oriented society, they may not have the political muscle that they deserve, but fear not, Belize’s grey panthers are still kicking up dust… especially this week. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting There may have been far more junior than senior citizens at the official opening of Senior Citizens Week, but the folks at Helpage […]
If you happen to have visited the United States in the last few years, you would have noticed that going grocery shopping now means heading for giant warehouses like Sam’s Club, Costco, and B.J.’s. And while Belize may not be ready for such mega-stores, the local trend has definitely been toward discount groceries like Public’s, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re very welcome to this latest edition of Sports Monday. Week three of the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament brought undefeated Wagiya of Dangriga into the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday for an old time shoot-out against archrival Kremandala of Belize City, a team looking to establish its dominance in its second […]
Most Belizeans are aware of the threat of hurricanes, but earthquakes? While they are seldom felt here, they do occur occasionally, like this morning. News Five visited the Met Office in Ladyville today to find out about this rare seismic event. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, reports that people living in […]
Last week Prime Minister Said Musa addressed the United Nations and today it was Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Smith’s turn. Smith spoke about the need for the nations of the world to really commit themselves to poverty alleviation as there can be no true security when people live in fear of starvation and […]
The remains of a man who disappeared almost three years ago have been found off the Western Highway in Cayo. The discovery was made on Wednesday afternoon near Windy Hill Resort. A white Toyota car, which had been extensively burned, was also found at the location. Minata Calderon of Bullet Tree Village was able to […]
A man accused of setting fire to his brother-in-law’s van has been freed for a second time. Emerson Elijio walked out of the Supreme Court last night after a hung jury could not reach a verdict. The trial featured two witnesses: the owner of the van, Ricardo Palma and Elijio’s former girlfriend, Martha Odette Palma. […]
Police have arrested and charged one man in connection with a brazen jewellery heist in downtown Belize City. According to court reports, around six-thirty Tuesday morning, employees of Medina and Sons were inside the Albert Street branch getting ready to set up the street side stalls when three men burst into the store. Emmeth Jones […]
A man appearing in Magistrate’s Court for allegedly pulling a machete on a police officer claims he was “chanced” by another officer. Olivaro Rojas, a mechanic of East Collet Canal, was formally arraigned on charges of aggravated assault this morning. However, he appeared in court drenched in blood and complained to Magistrate Margaret McKenzie that […]
On Saturday morning, hundreds are expected to take to the streets of Belize City in an organized demonstration against the Government of Prime Minister Said Musa. According to the Association of Concerned Belizeans, abuse of ministerial power combined with bad economic decisions out of Belmopan, such as the Social Security Board’s ten million dollar loan […]
Hurricane Rita continues to barrel its way towards Texas tonight and although the storm has weakened in the last twenty-four hours, its impact on the U.S. Gulf Coast is expected to have disastrous consequences. This morning rising sea levels crushed levees in New Orleans, inundating parts of the devastated city once more. Rita is expected […]
