The sensational KTV Latino was a huge hit and we are now in full gear for another promising entertainment show. Our debut edition of reality wedding ‘From Yes To I Do’ kicks off tonight as Julio Escalante and Vanessa Ramos prepare to make that important commitment in life. The one-hour show starts immediately following Caribbean […]
Since December of last year, five persons have been victims of police shootings. The most incident occurred on Sunday evening in Caye Caulker Village when thirty one year old Alex Goff was shot dead in the Police cell block. Last December, when Christopher Galvez was killed, a Corporal was fingered as one of the key […]
Just over a year a half ago, Zhen Zhennong, and her family moved to Santa Elena from the People’s Republic of China in search of a better life. But instead, her life ended tragically on Mother’s Day when she was shot dead at her restaurant. The twenty-seven year old mother was murdered when three minors […]
Cayo police had their hands full on Sunday in the west. In addition to the murder on Sunday night, earlier in the morning two bodies were found in the district. Police have detained four men for questioning. They are: thirty four year old Victor Vargas, twenty three year old Selvin Coronado, twenty-seven year old Manuel […]
News Five broke the news last Friday night that Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development Juan Coy, was in a traffic accident in the area of Indian Creek Village. Accompanying Coy, was his wife Brigida and his brother-in-law, Venancio Salam who was driving the government vehicle. The maroon Nissan Navarro pickup reportedly […]
Government backpedalled in court today in a land case involving Former Minister of Health, Jose Coye. Coye is suing the government for a piece of land that was wrongfully acquired from him. Coye’s family-run company, Aquaworld, purchased and was developing ten acres of land in the inner Placencia lagoon for commercial purposes. But in July […]
Earlier we reported on questionable killings of civilians while in police custody. Well reliable information reaching News Five is that the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has instructed police to charge two of their own with Manslaughter in the death of Jamaican national, fifty four year old O’Neil Jones. Jones shot on February twelfth […]
A Pakistani national who has residency in Belize, is in trouble with the law for weed allegedly found under a mattress in his apartment. Muhammad Faisal, a resident of Chancellor Avenue appeared in Court today and was read a single charge of drug trafficking. Faisal pleaded not guilty to the charge and said he was […]
It may have been an act of jealousy that led Nicole Lovell to break in the house of her ex on Ordonez Avenue. Lovell is also accused of stealing a Canon camera and causing damages to clothes belonging to Alvaro Avilez. Avilez reported to the police that when he got home last Sunday, he found […]
It is still not confirmed what will happen to a forty foot container that arrived in Belize in April containing an illicit substance chemical used to manufacture methamphetamine or crystal meth. The container’s final destination was a business named Gina and Angel in the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal, but despite strenuous attempts by attorneys […]
Twenty-two year old Jose Malgar was one of five inmates who orchestrated a prison break on the night of April twenty-seventh. But it seems Malgar didn’t go very far because on Sunday night he was caught by prison officials at a house in the Hattieville area. While Malgar is back inside a prison cell, fellow […]
The police check point at the Belizean Beach entrance at mile four on the Western Highway came under fire on Sunday night. A police constable from the Criminal Investigations Branch was stationed at the booth along with two B.D.F. soldiers, Privates Julian Coc and Fidelio Canti. At a quarter to two that morning a hail […]
There was much more violence over the weekend in murder capital, Belize City. Fortunately, none of the shootings were fatal but one teen was injured in the leg. Yearwood provided details of those three incidents. Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Pres Officer “The first one was on Friday the seventh of May at about ten p.m. C.I.B. […]
Arthur Young, who was wanted for questioning in relation to an incident in Ladyville, has been caught. Two days ago Young was intercepted after he crossed the Northern Border with a fake Belizean passport. Corozal police have confirmed the incident and say he has been handed over to the Belize City police. It is not […]
There was a bit of uproar early this Monday morning in Benque at Mount Carmel High School. A group of students were told by the school administration that they could not stay at school. They weren’t sick and they did not display bad behavior. So why were they sent back home? Apparently they did not […]
For the past two months San Pedro Town has been having significant water problems. While the crisis was pronounced in the week leading into the Easter break and over that long weekend, it has been somewhat alleviated but not resolved. In fact, while the company in charge of supplying tap water to the island is […]
He once served as the Attorney General for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He is Lord Peter Goldsmith, a luminary in legal circles both in Britain and the US. And what does he have to do with Belize? Well, this morning he was called to the Belize Bar to enable him to practice law in […]
But in the US courts, Mario Villanueva, the former governor of the state of Quintana Roo was charged for drug trafficking and money laundering earlier today. Villanueva was extradited to the United States over the weekend. According to the Mexican Attorney General, Villanueva quote, “gave orders to allow shipments of cocaine to be unloaded and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re very welcome to this delivery of Sports Monday. The Caribbean Motor Cup Playoffs moved into high gear over the weekend as the four finalists began the fight to make it into the championship round. Inside the Carl Ramos Stadium, the new home site for Georgetown Ibayani, who hosted […]
They say that progress brings problems and tonight a new project in San Pedro Town is in the eye of the storm. There are numerous environmental woes which the residents and environmentalists are outraged about in the new underwater project in the Mexico Rocks area. It is proposed by developer, David Gegg, and is known […]
But the developer of the proposed project, David Gegg, says the concerns are based on unrealistic impressions and false information. The project was originally planned for the Tuffy area, south of the current site. But San Pedro Town Mayor, Elsa Paz recommended that the location be changed to the Mexico Rocks area. She was not […]
What happened to the Prime Minister’s promise that things would ‘get betta no matta what’? That’s the question that comes to mind when you buy just about everything, including fuel. At midnight on Wednesday, the prices soared well above the ten dollar mark. And in the case of premium, it went up a whopping twenty […]
Belize City Mayor, Zenaida Flowers this past week, launched an initiative aimed at preventing crime. Billed as a summit, the event attracted known personalities but does the City Council have the capacity to tackle crime? This is the question we posed to our viewers. The majority of persons who polled on our e-poll, thought that […]
The international news has been replete with the horrors of the massive oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty-five thousand barrels have spilled so far since the well exploded on April twentieth. Oil exploration is a relatively new industry for Belize and while the operations on land have so far experienced no major accidental […]
The all too familiar problem of land has reached the remote village of Sarteneja in the Corozal District. Unlike other villages that are growing exponentially, the availability of land is not the problem in Sarteneja. There is enough of it, but over a hundred villagers have had titles to their land cancelled. News Five’s Isani […]
