The woman who shot her ex-boyfriend in Benque Viejo del Carmen yesterday has been arrested and charged. Thirty-one year old Alma Gonzalez appeared in Magistrates’ Court where she was charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, and Deadly Means of Harm. She has been remanded to Hattieville Prison pending trial. Gonzalez visited twenty-five year old Andy […]
The case against a Belize City man accused of homicide has ended with a conviction. Last February, Kermit Meighan was charged with the stabbing murder of twenty-five year old Lionel “Tubbs” Gabb. On the night in question, an argument between the two men on Antelope Street ended with Gabb being stabbed with a five inch […]
The delegation is pitifully small, an acknowledgement of both our financial limitations and lack of national commitment when it comes to sports … but while the seven athletes heading to the Pan American Games in Brazil will be short on support, they’ll be long on heart. In case you don’t see them on E.S.P.N. our […]
Staying with the theme of sports, we’ll turn to the always intriguing world of cycling where this week, reports News Five’s Janelle Chanona, the biggest race does not require a bike. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Historically, cycling in Belize has been a source of intense competition, athletic camaraderie, and of course … tremendous controversy. And while […]
And to round out our coverage, we report on a competition that, while not technically a sport, combines all the elements of skill, strategy, and physical conditioning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Which team will top this year’s fire fighting Olympiad? This weekend fire fighters from across the country will converge on Punta Gorda to display their […]
It’s a tried and true formula, but beginning tonight Channel 5’s popular K.T.V. entertainment show will kick off with a new format, improved venue, and plenty of cash. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has a preview. William Neal, Host Ultimate KTV “Our first constant for Ultimate KTV is Jazel Shanine Pascascio from Sandhill.” Kendra Griffith, Reporting […]
Free: It’s one of those words that we all like to hear … and no matter how many times we are reminded that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, we’ll take free over paid every time. The latest freebie to come our way is especially critical to parents, many of whom endure a […]
A twenty-seven year old woman remains in police custody tonight after police say she stabbed her common-law husband in the stomach. Forty year old Honduran national Emilio Castillo lies in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. Dangriga police say initial investigations reveal that Castillo was home around three this morning when he became involved in […]
Charges against Alwin Gabb have been upgraded to murder following the death of stabbing victim Nolan Arana. The thirty year old hospital security guard died late Friday night from injuries suffered last Sunday night, when he was stabbed eleven times. It is alleged that Gabb attacked Arana in a jealous rage after he found the […]
Two years ago, an argument between two parents in a Cayo schoolyard escalated to violence and left a man and a small child injured. But today justice has been meted out. In April 2005, sixty-seven year old Alberto Reyes was charged with attempted murder and use of deadly means of harm after he shot Albert […]
Traffic accidents over the weekend have left a man dead and a woman critically injured. Around three on Saturday morning twenty year old Randy Ramclam drove his pickup truck into a parked car in Independence Village causing the pickup to turn over. Ramclam was thrown out of the vehicle on impact and was crushed when […]
The Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef has claimed another victim. Thirty-one year old tourist Bernard Kim was SCUBA diving at the popular destination Saturday morning along with a group of other divers when he began to experience difficulties. He was pulled from the water but died before reaching San Pedro, Ambergris Caye.
After years of bitter controversy, the Chalillo Dam was finally built on the upper Macal River and, as far as we know, in conjunction with the Mollejon facility has been quietly and efficiently providing Belize with lower cost power for over a year and a half. But not everyone is thrilled with the hydro system […]
If you’ve ever been hospitalised you know all too well the vital importance of the nursing profession. This week the organisation that represents the Caribbean’s thousands of nurses is meeting in Belize … and as I found out this morning, there’s plenty to talk about. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting In the past two years the number […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s another dish of Sports Monday. Lester Cadle and the Orange Walk Eagles found themselves facing the golf course if the could not muster a win Saturday night against the San Pedro Tigersharks who took Game I of the semi-final semi-pro basketball playoffs by a 96 – 86 score. […]
For the second time this week, detectives in the Cayo District have a murder on their hands. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, while the victim was discovered yesterday, the killing might have taken place as early as Monday night. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Around eight-thirty on Thursday morning, the body of sixty-seven year old […]
And while cops in Camalote are chasing down that lead in the Rivas case, according to San Ignacio police they’ve hit a dead end in the investigation to solve the cold blooded killing of businessman Guo Quiang Su. Six people had been detained by police following the fatal shooting on Wednesday morning, but they were […]
Two weeks ago, an eleven year old girl’s disturbing report that she had been abducted and raped made a lot of parents nervous. Tonight police believe they’ve cracked the case, but the events are different from the victim’s initial account. According to authorities, twenty-five year old Leonard Arnold Junior is the man who walked up […]
In news from the courtroom, this afternoon a Belize City man arrested over the weekend for shooting at police, has been charged. Thirty-two year old Alfred Smith appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazier where he pled not guilty to Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition, Failure to Provide a Blood Specimen, and Causing a […]
Meanwhile, a Belize City driver who pled guilty to Causing Death by Careless Conduct this week has been fined for the offence. Justo Reyes appeared before Justice Adolph Lucas today to learn his fate for killing thirty-nine year Carlos Alamilla last April. But family members of the deceased got up and told the judge they […]
Government’s plan to provide free textbooks to primary school students has met as much criticism as praise. The formal announcement came at the end of June and on Monday the Ministry of Education will be holding a press conference to release the details of its National Textbook Programme. Under the initiative, text books will be […]
Belizean talent has never been in short supply, but according to the experts creativity is usually a challenge. With that in mind, over the next two months local artists are being asked to step outside the box and come up with a photograph, painting, sculpture, video … just about anything that will excite the judges […]
For some people, a birthday is just another day, but even those naysayers can agree that surviving one hundred and two years on earth is cause for celebration. Kendra Griffith, Reporting For more than a decade, every Friday Isabel Garbutt has been coming to the Helpage Centre for religious devotion. But this week’s gathering was […]
Two weeks ago, the Bird’s Isle boasted a capacity crowd of spectators there to watch the Big and Beautiful pageant. Tonight, the organisers of a similar event are hoping for the same success. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This afternoon, contestants in the first annual Big, Bold, and Fabulous pageant hit the […]
It might seem strange, but for a number of years the United States has been paying Belize, and several other nations in the region, not to cut down trees. The initiative is called the Debt for Nature Swap Programme and was born of an agreement signed between the United States and eleven other countries. For […]
