In an update to our lead story on Thursday night on a robbery that caused a five car pile up, a shootout and kidnapping… police say they continue their investigations but so far have made no arrests. Forty year old Sheng Wang Chen of Barrack Road, who was held by the band of robbers and […]
A former security guard appeared in court this morning and was promptly charged with Arson. He is twenty-nine year old Nathaniel Thomas who is accused of setting on fire the house of his ex common-law-wife, Khara Craig. Thomas was additionally charged with Damage to Property. This goes back to an incident in the early hours […]
Police are seeking an employee of Grace Kennedy for questioning. According to the company’s finance manager, between June and October 2008 accounts manager Leon Staine collected over fifty thousand dollars from several customers and did not turn the money over to the company. The financial discrepancies came to the attention of the company back in […]
Another business is missing big money tonight after someone broke into their premises overnight. Supervisor at the Belmopan branch of Madisco, Linda Escalante, told police that the burglary occurred between five-ten on Thursday evening and seven-fifty this morning. The cash, which amounted to over fourteen thousand dollars, was stashed inside two grey and red FirstCaribbean […]
It’s not often you hear of the charge of ‘failure to produce license to possess or have in custody or control any ancient monument or antiquity. Today, a Guatemalan labourer was charged with this offense. On January twelfth, fifty-nine year old Carlos Alex Betancourt, of Nargusta Street, Orange Walk Town, was discovered with a plastic […]
The police department has made two arrests in the southernmost and northern districts in regards to separate incidents of carnal knowledge. Forty-six year old Andres Makin, a farmer of San Marcos Village in Toledo has been charged in connection with an incident which occurred on January thirteenth. And in the Corozal District, eighteen year old […]
A family in the south is homeless after a fire completely destroyed their home. Around seven-thirty on Thursday, thirty-three year old Otilia Ferrel was inside her house in the Bonesville Area of Independence when she saw flames coming from the ceiling of her children’s bedroom. The family was able to run out of the concrete […]
And this news. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is seeking assistance in locating the family of a patient that has been in the General Surgical Ward for the past three days without identification. According to the medical facility, the patient was admitted as a John Doe and has a fracture in his leg. His age […]
There are three lucky persons that are laughing all the way to the bank tonight and that is because this morning the cardholders of the Belize Bank won thousands of dollars in cash. It was the Bank’s fourth debit card raffle and Gabriel Magana of Belize City was the winner of the first prize taking […]
There’s a show this Saturday night that you can’t miss at the Bliss. It’s a production by the Trinity Assembly of God and church members who will be showing up their versatility in the two-hour show entitled, Mary’s Story: A New Perspective. In collaboration with NICH; the church will present a musical show that captures […]
Safiyyah is back in our studios and there’s plenty going on this weekend. And this What’s Happening Belize has something special for you to look forward to later this month. Hey Guys, I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? And we’re back in the studio. On Saturday night inside Club Next, DJ Motion will […]
There was complete mayhem this afternoon in the city following a robbery at the Water Store at Miles one and a half on the Northern Highway that escalated into a collision, shootout, and kidnapping on one of the busiest arteries in the north side. Just before four o’clock this afternoon, four robbers busted into the […]
Tonight the family of Darwin Grey has closure. The body of the twenty-three year old was discovered this morning floating in the Mopan River. Grey’s corpse was transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where at post-mortem investigation was conducted this afternoon. It is there that News Five caught up with the Grey’s brother, Kenyatta […]
The Cargo ship Westerhaven has been lying atop the barrier reef near Southern Long Caye, about thirty-two miles from Belize City for the past forty-eight hours. The ship left Belize City after eight Tuesday night after dropping off a few containers and the damage to the reef is considerable. According to Ports Commissioner Major Lloyd […]
It’s been a thorn in the side of Belizeans since December and tonight the governments of Belize and Guatemala have officially been informed that the bodega near Jalacte is entirely within Belizean territory. An on-site verification of the storage container, constructed illegally by Guatemalan Leonel Arellano, was conducted by the O.A.S. office at the Adjacency […]
The only official announcements came in the form of invitations to guests… but news of the Prime Minister’s impending nuptials has gotten the attention of the U.S. media. Why you ask? Because when he marries long-time girlfriend Kim Simpliss on February seventh, Prime Minister Dean Barrow will be saying his “I do’s” in Savannah, Georgia. […]
There are more questions than answers in the following story in which we found that a piece of the Caribbean Sea just outside San Pedro AC was surveyed in August in the name of a highly connected family in the island. There has been no environmental assessment done but can any individual own a piece […]
On Monday when we traveled to San Pedro to do our investigations, the weather was so bad that a water spout, more commonly prevalent over open seas near our cayes, was caught by our camera. While it never reached land, a closer look reveals the relative strength of the phenomenon as it churned over the […]
A Belize Bank employee has struck a ten thousand dollar jackpot… the lucky winner came not from a Lotto draw, but rather a raffle conducted by the Belize Chamber of Commerce Western Union. News Five was on hand when the winner was selected. Phillis Mendez, $10,000 Raffle Winner “I received some money from the states […]
Three men accused of breaking into a house and stealing over nine thousand dollars worth of household appliances appeared today before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers to face two counts of burglary. Twenty-four year old Robert “House” Jeffries, twenty-six year old Leon Robinson and his thirty year old brother, Barry Robinson. Jeffries was slapped with an additional […]
A Corozal resident is behind bars tonight after he was nabbed with an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. Twenty-one year old Natividad Nasario Reymundo of Sarteneja Village was charged after a search around six fifteen on Wednesday morning at his house yielded a sixteen gauge shotgun and two live rounds.
If you would like to support a worthy cause and have a good time while you’re doing it, then this coming Friday night there is an opportunity. CareBelize, the Belize Palliative Association and BlissfulSage Foundation have joined up for Bandaid, a dinner with live music and a silent auction. Raquel Battle, President of the Blissful […]
It’s a non-governmental organization assisting parents of children with disabilities that has been around for more than a decade. It is the Parental Association for Children with Special Needs which is currently run by 2008’s Unsung Hero, Hector Romero and today with the help of Cisco Construction, Johnson International, the International Women’s Club of Belize […]
He is known to his fans as ‘Ras Indio’ and today, David Obi the second, is just back from a music tour in Europe and the United States, and the release of his new album. The reggae album entitled ‘Jah Bless Us’ is a reflection of social issues in Belize and Ras Indio says that […]
Tourism is big business in Belize… even with the slump that we have been experiencing in tourist arrivals it continues to remain an economic priority. And while the Ministry of Tourism is looking at various means of re-attracting visitors to the country, for BTIA member and consultant Valerie Woods, there are still a lot of […]
