Tonight the family of a six year old girl is mourning her death after a freak accident involving a game of see-saw and a tree branch in a Cayo schoolyard went horribly wrong. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the sad story from the Santa Elena Roman Catholic Primary School. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Six year old […]
A weekend traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway has left two men dead and two others with serious injuries. According to authorities, around eleven on Friday night, Lindon Lewis was driving his white Toyota Hilux towards Belmopan when he lost control of the vehicle between miles thirty and thirty-one. The truck ran into a hill […]
A Belize City man is lucky to be alive tonight after he was shot in the neck. Police reports are that around three this morning, twenty-one year old Sheldon Watler was riding his bicycle on North Creek Road when someone shot at him. When cops arrived at the scene, they found Watler bleeding profusely from […]
In court news, today an eighteen old man from St. Paul’s Bank in the Belize district was arraigned on a charge of carnal knowledge in connection with a report made by a twelve-year-old girl. According to the victim, in August of last year she was at her father’s house in Belize City when Orie “Spike” […]
Meanwhile, the Chief Magistrate has sentenced a man in absentia in connection with a robbery reported by a Belize City woman. According to Sharlett Dawson, on November seventh, 2003, she was walking on Banak Street when someone came up to her and demanded her chain. She said no, to which her attacker replied “A wah […]
In Belmopan today, the Magistracy set a significant precedent in the prosecution of contraband cases. Court reports from the capital city indicate that Magistrate Henry Usher has found Guatemalan Jose Mario Escobar Porres guilty of “knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of customs duties.” On September nineteenth, Escobar was found on the Bullet Tree Road […]
With only twenty-two more days to nationwide municipal elections, this morning the People’s United Party officially launched its manifesto in ceremonies across the country. And as we found out on Queen’s Street this morning, the P.U.P. is going all out to secure dominance in the country’s two cities and seven towns. Janelle Chanona, Reporting As […]
In a bit of good news for the Belize Police Department, the force has received a donation from the government of India which they hope will improve response time to calls from the public, particularly in rural areas. The three-wheel Bajaj vehicles are currently being assembled at Price Barracks in Ladyville by members of the […]
On the occasion of its fourth birthday, today the Museum of Belize presented a gift to its visitors … a new interactive room that will allow for plenty of artistic freedom. News Five’s Karla Vernon explains. Karla Vernon, Reporting Since the Museum of Belize opened four years ago, the children have been told not to […]
As part of Black History month, the Belize City House of Culture has launched a special exhibition dedicated to black consciousness. Featured in the exhibit are musicians such as Bob Marley, Sister Carol, Mutabaruka, and Burning Spear. According to organiser Rita Mae Hyde, through their music, the artists have promoted the importance of self-identity. Rita […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we invite you to sit back and enjoy this edition of Sports Monday. The mighty M and M Tour has gripped the nation after its monster start Saturday at Sugar City. So we head to Orange Walk as seventy-one riders, representing ten teams, take off on the first leg […]
Today there are still far more questions than answers over events in San Pedro town that has left thirty-nine year old caretaker Danielo Villatoro dead and his boss, sixty-six year old William Douglas Campbell fighting for his life. Investigators tell News Five that because it is believed that the two men were the only witnesses […]
Tonight Belize City police continue to investigate a booze burglary that occurred at the Brodie’s branch on the Northern Highway. According to authorities, sometime between eight on Wednesday night and eight on Thursday morning, a thief or thieves broke into the building and stole more than seven thousand dollars worth of liquor. A check by […]
A Belize City teenager has been arrested, charged, and fined for robbing a Magistrate of the Court of more than six thousand dollars. According to the authorities, last November Magistrate Roberto Ordonez reported that a gold chain and gold bracelet went missing from his home on Raccoon Street. But Ordonez didn’t write off his property, […]
Three men have been sentenced to spend the next seven years in the comforts of Hattieville prison for their involvement in the armed robbery of Peppers Pizza last July. Twenty year old Shandon Avila, twenty-one year old Vallan Avila, eighteen year old Allan Guzman, and a fourteen year old minor were all found guilty by […]
Consumers got a break in butane prices today as according to a press release from the Ministry of Finance the cost of a hundred pound cylinder has dropped six dollars countrywide. The new price tag now reads ninety dollars in Belize City, ninety-two in Belmopan, ninety-five in San Ignacio, ninety-six in Benque, ninety-one in Orange […]
The Belizean cycling scene will heat up this week as the 2006 M & M Tour of Belize kicks off in Orange Walk town tomorrow morning. For the next nine days more than eighty riders will race through five districts, taking on not just the challenge of the course itself but also some strong competition […]
This weekend, local reggae fans will gather at the B.T.L. Park on the Barracks for the first annual Bob Marley tribute concert. According to organiser Joel Robinson, on Sunday local artists will be performing a wide range of Bob’s songs on stage. Robinson says the idea is to give entertainers a chance to emulate a […]
The Belize Police Department has embarked on a major overhaul of one of its most high profile locations: the Queen Street Police Station. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods discovered, officials are hoping the physical alterations will also improve the public’s perception of the police. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting According to authorities, construction work at the […]
Deep in the Cayo district, the archaeological site of El Pilar straddles the Belize-Guatemala border. But the ancient Maya ruin is facing a modern day dilemma: development that includes the preservation of the natural environment while promoting tourism. News Five’s Karla Vernon explains. Dr. Anabel Ford, Archaeologist ?El Pilar is probably six times the size […]
San Pedro police are investigating a shooting incident that has left one resident dead and another seriously injured. Authorities are still not sure how the case will be treated because just what led up to the drama is shrouded in mystery. According to reports, around midday sixty-six year old William Douglas Campbell, a U.S. citizen, […]
The next time a friend asks you to co-sign a loan, you may want to think twice. That’s what one man from Sandhill is doing tonight as a Magistrate generously gave him back his vehicle. Manuel Acevedo, a fruit and vegetable vendor, had his pickup confiscated when the friend he signed for, Franciso Gomez, left […]
There was ruction this afternoon in Belize City Magistrate’s Court as a man charged with immigration violations went freaky during his trial. Thirty-nine year old U.S. citizen Donald Pletts had no means of financially sustaining himself and was charged with being a prohibited immigrant. His behaviour has been erratic and he was cuffed with both […]
After weeks of lying dormant, the former Novelo’s bus terminal on West Collet Canal was today a beehive of activity. A heavy duty tow truck was on site, preparing to haul away the rolling assets of the Development Finance Corporation. And while commuters were still forced to use the street, according to Planning and Policy […]
In Belmopan today, Minister of National Development, Investment, and Culture, Mark Espat, officially received a check valued at more than three million Belize dollars from Head of Delegation of the European Commission, Gerd Jarchow. Present during brief signing ceremonies in the Cabinet room this morning were Minister of Agriculture Mike Espat and Minister of State […]
