Two illegal immigrants, including a fifteen year old boy, will spend the next five years behind bars after they pleaded guilty to Theft and Damage to Property. Forty year old Willy Nunez and the minor today received prison sentences of three years for the theft charge and two years for the property damage. Both sentences […]
Marion Jones may be giving her medals back but that doesn’t mean that Belize is devoid of Olympic gold. A release from Belize’s team at The World Special Olympics in Shanghai, China indicates that Belizean athletes have earned four medals in various events: three bronze and one gold. The gold came today in the male […]
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on a school in Dangriga seeking help to upgrade its overcrowded facilities. This morning News Five’s Marion Ali visited a school in Belize City that is already beginning to enjoy the improvements provided by a generous benefactor. Marion Ali, Reporting In June of this year B.T.L. announced that it would […]
While B.T.L. was helping out in Belize City, another well-known Belizean business entity was doing its part in the Corozal District. Janelle Chanona has the story. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Seven weeks after Hurricane Dean destroyed her home in San Antonio Village, this morning Adelita Gilharry became the new owner of a one bedroom house. Adelita […]
It is no secret that dozens, perhaps hundreds of Belizeans, serve in the United States armed forces. They join for many different reasons and while many become fully assimilated into the U.S. and military ways of life, others retain at least a part of their Belizean identity amidst the pressures of war. Today I travelled […]
Last night’s first semi-final round of Ultimate KTV was full of pressure as the judges grew critical with the competition heading towards its ten thousand dollar showdown. It opened with the announcement that Angelo Fabro won the final show of the first round and will appear in next week’s semi-final. Here’s how the rest of […]
Each week the police press office issues to the media dozens of reports on crimes committed nationwide. And while media houses know better than to rely too heavily on the often inaccurate details, it is unusual that an entire police account is deemed a fabrication. But that’s exactly what residents of one Belize City neighbourhood […]
The Police Department is also under fire tonight from another Belize City resident. Nineteen year old Jaime Ramirez, an employee of the Riverside Tavern, along with his girlfriend, Claudia Orellano and their attorney, Audrey Matura Shepherd, called a news conference to say what happened yesterday evening and what they plan to do about it. Jaime […]
Acting police press officer, Assistant Superintendent Bart Jones was present to listen to the complaint and offered the police version. Asst. Supt. Bart Jones, Ag. Police Press Officer “Sometime around four-thirty or thereabouts yesterday evening a police mobile was on patrol on the East Canal turning into Orange Street when a citizen informed them that […]
Twenty-seven year old tour guide Angel Dorado is home tonight recovering from a bullet wound he received during an incident that unfolded in his neighbourhood last night. Dorado reported to police that around nine-thirty on Monday night he was riding his girlfriend on the handle of his bicycle on a street in the Mile Eight […]
It’s a decision too many parents are making these days … and young children left home alone can all too often mean big trouble. That’s exactly what happened ten days ago in Independence Village when a two year old boy left unattended died in a house fire. But tonight one of that child’s parents is […]
Seven months ago, two men were charged with the armed robbery of a Belize City courier. But tonight only one of those defendants is behind bars. In court this afternoon, the case against twenty-one year old Herman Elijio and twenty-five year old Richard Russell concluded before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie. Based on the evidence presented […]
After being lost at sea for almost twelve hours, tonight two Belizeans reported missing on Monday are home safe. Around six-thirty yesterday morning, Kendra Schofield and captain Errol Jacobs left Long Caye at Glover’s Reef for Dangriga in a thirty-eight foot Colombian style skiff with twin two hundred horsepower outboards. But hard rain, rough seas […]
Something approaching stability has settled over the citrus industry following almost a year of upheaval in the governance of the Citrus Growers Association. And while today’s ruling in the Supreme Court is not expected to reopen old wounds, it will change the way business is done in the Stann Creek Valley. The ruling, by Justice […]
Too many students and not enough classrooms. It’s a common compliant in this young and rapidly growing country and today in Dangriga News Five’s Janelle Chanona listened to one school’s plea for help. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Overcrowded classrooms are a reality for many Belizean schools but for the teachers and staff of Sacred Heart Primary […]
In a correction to a story aired on Monday night’s newscast, the fundraising event held on Sunday for the Pallotti Music School was organised by members of the mainland Chinese community, and not Taiwan as we had reported. We sincerely apologise for the error.
With only three hundred and sixty-five days in the year the calendar is increasingly crowded for organisations wanting the public’s attention focussed on their cause. We don’t know how they manage, but with Thursday designated as World Blind Day and Friday being observed as World Food Day, Mental Health Week, which opened last Thursday, is […]
Disgraced Olympic champion Marion Jones has returned the five medals she won at the Sydney games. According to international press reports, today Jones’ lawyer, Henry DePippo, confirmed that earlier today the sprinter “relinquished” the three gold and two bronze medals that she was awarded in 2000. The move comes five days after Jones admitted that […]
The controversy over the twice promised Belize City cruise port continues to wallow in the heavy seas of politics and economics. The latest development is that the temporary injunction granted to developer Luke Espat and his Port Loyola cruise terminal has been extended indefinitely. The ruling by Justice Minnet Hafiz Bertram prohibits Government from issuing […]
While shootings and violence continue in Belize City, the good news is that for the past twelve days there hasn’t been a homicide. In the interim, police detectives say they have been able to make an arrest in connection to the last killing to rock the old capital. This morning, seventeen-year old Aaron Bailey was […]
And back to those non-fatal shootings … The latest victim is a popular singer and as I found out this morning, his quick reflexes may have saved his life. Louis Maksall, Shooting Victim “Right after the KTV 2003, a lot of individuals came up to me and started looking up to me and whereby entertainment […]
And while investigators search for the man who shot Louis Maskall, police have another problem on their hands. In less than two weeks, two separate mobile patrols have been fired upon by armed assailants. The latest incident took place around ten-thirty on Friday night on Central American boulevard. According to the officers, they were on […]
While gun related charges are a common offence in Belize, human trafficking is not. But that’s exactly the accusation being levied against a Corozal bar owner tonight. According to cops in the north, on Friday they got a tip that drug dealing was taking place at the Mira Montes Bar, located at mile eighty-five on […]
Details are sketchy but reports out of Dangriga tonight are that two people are missing at sea. According to our sources, this morning Earl Jacobs and his boss, Kendra Schofield left Long Caye at Glover’s Reef around six-thirty this morning heading for Dangriga, but they have not been seen or heard from since. The pair […]
While there is only a minor disturbance being monitored in the Caribbean Sea tonight, six years ago Belize was battening down for the arrival of Hurricane Iris. The category four storm made landfall around seven-thirty on the night of October eighth, 2001, with the eye passing just north of Monkey River. Weather experts would later […]
