The “perp walk” … It’s a term used to describe the movement of accused criminals, also known as perpetrators, from police holding cells to their appearance in court. Over the years we’ve followed many of those suspects into a number of different judicial venues … and beginning next week, viewers will see a new one. […]
Haul out your most comfortable shoes because come this Saturday, the Belize Defence Force will be hosting its fourth annual Running Festival. And according to race coordinator Major Oscar Mira, with twenty-five thousand dollars in prize money, there’s good reason to participate. Major Oscar Mira, Sports Coordinator, B.D.F Sports Day ?It?s our annual B.D.F. Sports […]
It’s Back to School time, and that means books, fees, uniforms, shoes and a whole lot more … which means Belizean families are scrambling to find ways to stretch their dollars. But one set of residents in the Lake I area of Belize City has gotten very creative, and are holding the first ever Little […]
Their motto is “Be Prepared” and some visiting scouts from North America came well equipped to lend a helping hand. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from the Cayo District. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the past three weeks, twenty-four members of the Tri-shores Scout Group in Ontario Canada have been learning to cut metal pipes … […]
Tonight we have a murder to report, not to mention news of the recovery of the bodies of two fishermen who were lost at sea … but we’ll lead our broadcast with the story of a thirteen year old girl. The unnamed minor has already been introduced as the babysitter who left her post only […]
A suspect is in police detention following a chopping incident that has left one man dead and another hospitalised. According to police reports, twenty-four year old Marvin Ramirez of Blackman Eddy was at home with his wife and his friend, Hipolito Choco, on Tuesday night when around eleven a man wielding a machete entered the […]
The luck of fishermen has not been good this week as two men have drowned while on separate fishing trips. Reports are that twenty-two year old Denver Gomez of Forest Home left Punta Gorda with two other men on Monday morning to go fishing. According to his companions, sometime around two that afternoon their eighteen […]
A police officer has been accused of bringing dishonour to his badge. Thirty-two year old Constable Richard Arnold of Hattieville was today charged with Theft in connection with the taking of personal items from a criminal suspect he had detained. According to court reports, on July twenty-eighth Arnold took into custody one Kendale Oshon at […]
A Corozal businessman remains in police custody tonight pending a charge of rape. According to investigators, a sixteen year old girl has reported that Free Zone businessman Curtis Arnold had sex with her against her will on August thirteenth at a beach party in Corozal Town. Attorney Michael Peyrefitte told us this afternoon that his […]
The murder trial of Chadrick DeBride, the man accused of killing an off duty police officer, has been aborted and moved to the Supreme Court’s October session. As previously reported, one of the jurors in the case was injured in a traffic accident and his ability to hear the case was in doubt. Today those […]
Consumers who have just received their July light bills may be disappointed to discover that those promised refunds on June G.S.T. payments have yet to appear. News Five contacted B.E.L. to see what was the problem and we were informed that while the government and B.E.L. came to an agreement that the June G.S.T. would […]
In news from the Stann Creek Valley officials have confirmed that two international companies will be making significant investments in Belize’s citrus industry. A joint press release from the Belize Citrus Growers Association Investment Company and Citrus Products of Belize Limited indicates that two companies, one from Trinidad and the other from Barbados, will buy […]
This September Belizeans will be celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our Independence and the two hundred and eighth anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye. And while the festivities have had their ups and downs over the years, today the September Celebrations Committee made it clear that next month’s revelry will be long, large […]
And while on the subject of September, the United States Embassy has provided us with this shot of Queen of the Bay, Carrie Wong K in her Air Force blues. Carrie, a member of the Belize Defence Force, was one of three Belizeans this year to earn a coveted scholarship to U.S. Military academies. U.S. […]
In the spirit of the September celebrations, the Belizean Studies Resource and Data Analysis Centre at St. John’s College today released a collection of essays on the Battle of St. George’s Caye. The special publication consists of five articles written during the late 1970’s and early 80’s by Richard Buhler, Peter Ashdown, and Francis Humphries […]
If you have been watching U.S. cable television you couldn’t help but notice the media frenzy over the arrest of a suspect in the 1996 death of Jonbenet Ramsey in Colorado. And while many observers are sceptical of the supposed confession of the accused, his guilt or innocence will be conclusively proven by D.N.A. testing. […]
While certainty often proves elusive in solving crimes there were no doubts today about giving praise to an effort involving the Belize Police Department. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today, international telecommunications giant Motorola awarded the Belize Police Department and the Yabra Community Development Committee for its work to prevent crime and improve the quality of community […]
Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of fuel from a Belize City gas station as well as armed robbery … and the charges may be just the beginning for Erwin Castillo, Paul Ferguson and Maxwell Anderson. For now Castillo bears the brunt of the prosecution including the Attempted Robbery […]
They may be an endangered specie in the upper echelons of our political leadership … but within the ranks of the civil service Belizean women rule. Today new appointments were announced at the important Lands and Survey Department, with the two top positions going to females. Noreen Fairweather becomes the first woman Commissioner of Lands […]
Day seven of the Commission of Inquiry into the running of the Development Finance Corporation opened with a familiar witness. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from her twice weekly beat at the Belize Institute of Management. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Located next to the Belize Institute of Management is the headquarters of one of the D.F.C.?s […]
It is with regret that we report the result of today’s international football match-up between Hankook Verdes and Costa Rica’s Puntarenas. The score was five nil for the Costa Ricans in the first round of the UNCAF Club Tournament, held in Costa Rica. Puntarenas led only one zip at the end of the first half, […]
It’s called Belize: 2021 and though it may sound like the name of a new movie, it’s actually the government’s fifteen year vision for the nation’s security. And while it is not the kind of initiative to happen overnight, that hasn’t stopped the Belize Defence Force and other agencies from pushing forward. In the second […]
On yesterday’s newscast we looked at happenings at the Bliss. Today we discover that when it comes to the summer art scene, there’s a whole lot going on in many different places. News Five’s Alyssa Noble reports from the Museum of Belize. Alyssa Noble, Reporting According to the programme?s coordinator, Colonel Parks, the young participants […]
The Belize City Council will be receiving some badly needed funds from the Belize Tourism Board … but the strings attached to the grant may not do much to ease the city’s cash crunch. According to a release from the B.T.B., that body met on Friday and agreed to fund a list of tourism related […]
The combination of babies, buckets and water has once again proved fatal to a Belizean toddler. This morning I sought out the story behind the latest accidental death … and found the details all too familiar. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Fourteen month old Jaisha Smith and her two year old brother were left in the care […]
