This past weekend, two Belize City residents were shot and killed for allegedly being witnesses to homicide. One of the victims was scheduled to take the stand against an accused murderer but did not live to testify in his trial. The other was gunned down because it is believed that he may have seen who […]
A modern day story of Cane and Abel almost came to a deadly end when one brother pulled out a weapon on his older brother. A family dispute last Sunday between brothers has ended with the younger brother facing criminal charges and the possibility of spending time behind bars for aggravated assault with a machete. […]
Two cases before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie ended with charges being withdrawn today. The first individual who got a ruling in his favor is eighteen year old Leon Ebanks, who was accused of stabbing Owen Jimenez in Mahogany Heights back on September twenty-first, 2009. Ebanks was initially charged with Attempted Murder and Wounding, but […]
The case of the two fighting doctors marked the end of another chapter today as Doctors John Gough and Irvin Gabourel were finally charged in Belize City Magistrates’ Court. The two physicians—who fought publicly at the Santa Elena Border last week Tuesday, August eleventh—were each charged with one count of disorderly conduct. Yesterday, the men […]
It’s not a topic that makes it around most dinner tables, but this afternoon, representatives of the utility companies gathered at the City Hall’s Conference Room to discuss the possible perils their heavy duty equipment can pose to properties in times of natural disasters, like hurricanes. According to City Engineer, Benjamin Mendoza, while the meeting […]
It’s the second in the series by the Fantauzzi-Jacobs brothers of Clenched Fist Production. While last week at the Bliss Centre the focus was on hip-hop in Cuba, today’s feature presentation was on Home Grown Hip Life in Ghana. News Five’s Jose Sanchez spoke with the brothers not only about the documentary but also about […]
The fourth annual Natural Resources Management Research Symposium started today at the University of Belize Belmopan campus. Topics up for discussion in the two-day forum include deforestation, marine and terrestrial wildlife as well as the highly controversial issue of oil exploration. Organizations involved in protected areas management are swapping notes on recent research and projects—information […]
The prize pot on Saturday’s lotto was a hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred dollars and when the numbers were announced, there was celebration, but not in only one household. In fact, the last lotto draw produced two winners: seventy two year old Sandy Cabral, a businessman and the other, Joan Perrera—a cook and mother […]
Utility equipment and satellite dishes are not all that City Hall is looking at, they are also working on ways to encourage property owners to keep not only their yards clean, but also the front of their drains. City Engineer, Benjamin Mendoza, says it is really a matter of civic pride. But, don’t worry, if […]
While Restore Belize continues to slowly take shape as the Government of Belize’s panacea to crime and violence, gun play continues to wreak havoc on Belize City streets. Over the weekend, the Old Capital saw three murders. Isani Cayetano looks at the possible links between two of the three murders. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The murder […]
Police are investigating a third murder in Belize City which occurred on Sunday as a result of a shooting that took place shortly after nine a.m. Reports indicate that Eyan Arnold, a thirty-five old caretaker of a Berkeley Street address in Belize City was shot and later died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police […]
The fourth murder over the weekend occurred in the immigrant community of Salvapan, Belmopan and was the result of a scuffle between two sets of youths. At the end of the brawl, one lay fatally injured and two had to be hospitalized. Marion Ali went in search of answers and filed this report. Marion Ali, […]
Michael “Popeye” Foreman is a familiar face at the Magistrates’ Court and a common name in the news because of his criminal record. The twenty-eight year old Belize City resident, who already had two robbery charges pending before the court, had a third added to his list today. This time, Foreman’s charges stem from the […]
There were two separate gun and firearm busts in Belize City over the weekend that resulted in the arrests of two persons. The two accused men are behind bars for the offenses of Keeping Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. This morning, twenty one year old Jaimie Chavarria of Ladyville and thirty year old Guatemalan national, Oscar […]
Twenty-two year old Beresford Jones, an employee of Belize Recycling Company, was today freed of firearm related offences when he appeared in court before Magistrate Edd. P. Usher. On February twenty-seventh, 2009 Jones was found in possession of five live rounds of ammunition and subsequently charged for the crime. In court today, arresting officer Fernando […]
Two esteemed professionals in their field, Doctor Irvin Gabourel and Doctor John Gough were both charged with Disorderly Conduct at the Corozal Police Formation on August tenth. Prior to their incarceration, the doctors got into a fight outside the custom’s building at the border. Doctor Gabourel has just returned to the country following his scheduled […]
The opening and closing of restaurants are not usually covered within the newscast but we believe this new initiative deserves mention. Located just behind Belize Elementary School, Jamborees opened on Saturday to a long line and great fan fare. Today News Five went to see what all the fuss was about. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Jamborees […]
The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), is a Pan-African movement founded in Jamaica in 1914 by Marcus Garvey. Garvey started many community based organizations, including the Black Cross Nurses which has been in existence for over ninety years. The Black Cross Nurses came to prominence in Belize when they were called to active duty during […]
The University of Belize (UB) through the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) and its partnership with the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation (MSBC) is hosting the fourth Annual Natural Resources Management (NRM) Research Symposium. The two day symposium begins on Tuesday at the University of Belize (UB) Jaguar Auditorium, in Belmopan. The theme for this […]
It was once said that faith can move mountains but only knowledge moves them to the right place. Well that statement could not ring more true than in the case of Baby Faith Ortiz who was born in early August with a birth defect. In a story aired on News Five, a tearful mother, Dina […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We’re off to the M.C.C. Grounds where the Belize Bank Super League playoffs saw City Boys United F.C. play host to the Placencia Assassin who came in without a win in three weeks of the four team double round robin format. There’s a lot on […]
The Chinese community is still reeling from the murder of fourteen year old Hellen Yu, a student at Edward P. Yorke High School. Her life was cut short on Thursday morning during a robbery at her family’s grocery store on Iguana Street Extension. Later tonight the Chinese Association will meet with family members to comfort […]
Tourism numbers seem to be picking up after a slow season. The livelihood of hundreds depends on the industry and everyone is after a slice of the pie. So a contract awarded by Carnival Cruise Line to provide shore excursions has angered local operators who claim it is preferential treatment. The Federation of Cruise Tourism […]
Belize City’s Mayor, Zenaida Moya Flowers, made another in a series of court appearances today. This particular case goes back to an audit of City Hall’s finances after which she was charged with Uttering false documents. As she exited the courtroom on October first, the Mayor used rather unconventional language directed at the Prime Minister. […]
You will know by now that two well known doctors caused a spectacle at the northern border this week when they engaged in a very public scuffle. The two had an old beef which was further complicated because Doctor John Gough blamed Doctor Irvin Gabourel for e-mails circulating that Gough had beaten up a young […]
