The trial of Gabby Affif continues this week in the Belize City Supreme Court. In testimony on Tuesday, former immigration officer Ursula Hill told the jury that after leaving the department in 1999, she started working with the defendant and his wife at the Beirut Trading Centre on Queen Street. On examination from Director of […]
If you ever owned a boat, chances are you’ve paid more than one visit to the establishment at mile four and a half on the Northern Highway known as Duke Marine. Tonight we regret to report that the founder and owner of Duke Marine, Paul Duke, is dead. The fifty-four year old businessman apparently died […]
Details are still sketchy tonight, but reports area is that a quarrel between tour guides ended in a mid afternoon shooting today. Sources tell News Five that the tour guides, who both work near Jaguar Paw, had a misunderstanding on Monday; however, around two-forty-five this afternoon one of the men approached the other with a […]
The Belize City Centre was filled with drama and patriotism last night as basketball fans gathered in the old capital to witness our national team face off with their Mexican counterparts. But as James Adderley reports, the joy of an early lead quickly degenerated into the agony of a disappointing rout. James Adderley, Reporting When […]
But while things are tough on the hardwood at home, out in Texas Belizeans are expected to fare much better in international canoeing competition. Six paddlers including Efrain Cruz, Armin Lopez, Daniel Cruz, Amado Cruz, Jerry Rhaburn and John Bugge left the country earlier this week to prepare for the Texas Water Safari. According to […]
There are few things that raise the morale of a nation more than success in the arena of international sport. Belize, a country very much in need of a morale boost, will have a chance to enhance our self esteem tonight and tomorrow when we take on the national basketball team of Mexico. They are […]
Corozal Town was the scene of the month’s first murder. Twenty-seven year old Jamid Amin Manzanero was fatally shot in the forehead and chest in the wee hours of Monday morning. His body was found in the street in front of the Malibu Disco in the Rainbow Town area of Corozal. Twenty-seven year old Gilbert […]
Also in Corozal, a traffic accident on the Northern Highway has claimed a life. Twenty year old Eduardo Mollinedo of Xaibe Village was a passenger in a pickup truck that collided head on with a van on Friday night north of Corozal Town on the Northern Highway. A total of fourteen other persons, primarily passengers […]
Robbers in Orange Walk scored big on Friday afternoon. According to police, three dark complexioned men with bandanas over their faces entered Charms Amrapur’s Store, which also houses an office of Western Union. One of the men brandished a handgun and demanded money from the employees. The trio left with around sixteen thousand dollars in […]
Most of us may have spent Labour Day relaxing but on the old Northern Highway police were busy putting a major dent in the nation’s marijuana supply. Between three thirty and six on Monday afternoon the cops raided five weed fields located in an area five miles north of Bomba Village in the Belize District. […]
Details are hard to come by but News Five has confirmed that the Chief Justice of Belize, Abdulai Conteh, has been hospitalised. The C.J. reportedly took ill at his Belize City home on Sunday and was transported by ambulance to Universal Health Services, where he is said to be recuperating. The Chief Justice’s four colleagues […]
On Friday we brought you the story of two year old Kimora Leslie, the Belize City child was badly in need of a life-saving surgery. It was an operation that never did take place and early on Saturday morning Kimora died. But the little girl’s death has sparked a storm of controversy. According to Shawn […]
Good evening. I?m James Adderley this is Sports Monday. Week nine of the RFG Trophy Tournament found Placencia Pirates at the Isidoro Beaton Stadium against Belmopan United as the mad dash to make the playoffs continues. So the host team Belmopan tries to jump on this spotkick to grab the early lead, but the launch […]
