There was a major shake up in the hierarchy of the police department late last week. Officer Commanding the Eastern Division, David Henderson, has been replaced by Assistant Commissioner of Police Elodio Aragon. Senior Superintendent Russell Blackett now becomes the Deputy Officer Commanding the Eastern Division, while Assistant Superintendent of Police, Alden Dawson, is now […]
The United States Army is testing two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Cayo District. The YMQ-18A /FORESTER, which is essentially a remote controlled helicopter, reportedly crashed while attempting to land at the Central Farm Airfield. A release sent from the U.S Embassy says that no injuries or fatalities resulted from the accident and the […]
At the top of the newscast, we told you that the property of Vincent Rose, a U.S. crocodile expert who has been running a sanctuary a few miles outside of Punta Gorda Town, was on Sunday completely destroyed by fire. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was back in Punta Gorda today and has more on this […]
The Carnival King and Queen Competition was held on Saturday night and we’ll bring you all the action on Tuesday. But even with that aspect of the judging out the way, the bands still have a lot of preparation before the road march on September eleventh. The Jam Jam Mas Band worked until about two […]
Tickets are already on sale but viewers are reminded that due to events in the September Celebrations calendar, Duet’s will move to Wednesday instead of its regular Tuesday schedule. The venue remains the Bliss auditorium. This Wednesday, group B’s four remaining duos will be back on stage battling for the grand prize of ten thousand […]
Good Evening. I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The three game championship series for the Belize Bank Super League 2010 Football Title between Nizhee Corozal and City Boys United. Yesterday, the Ricalde Stadium with 35000.06 hanging in the balance. We must add that we were impressed with the opening ceremonies Nizhee Management. However, […]
The couple had a long history of domestic abuse but the two were no longer living together. This past Thursday night, Shamir Henry went to the house of his ex, Leshawn Lino, the mother of his daughter. It is believed that like in other instances there was an altercation between the two. But this time […]
In Belize City, a little girl was killed in a traffic accident around three-fifteen this afternoon. The four year old, Elisha Gilharry, was knocked down reportedly while crossing North Front Street to meet her father at a barber shop. The driver of the vehicle, Lyle Harris, reported to police that he had just turned off […]
There was another shooting in the old capital on Thursday night. Luckily, no one died. The victim, however, was shot two times while driving his Sport Utility Vehicle along the city streets. There are no known motives for the senseless shooting and Police Press Officer Sergeant Fitzroy Yearwood explained how the incident unfolded. Sergeant Fitzroy […]
Fifty-seven year old Gregorio Cornejo fell and drowned after he was punched in the face at Mata Chica Resort on San Pedro Ambergris Caye. The incident happened after seven on Monday night during a staff party. Oscar Barela of Coral Angel Street on the island was arrested following the incident. There were witnesses to the […]
By now you would know that the City Center has been condemned as unsafe to accommodate mass events. The building was not maintained over the years and has deteriorated to the point where structural damages make the facility a dangerous place. So we asked the public their views on whether it should be demolished or […]
We’ve felt it in our pockets throughout the year; the May 2010 Consumer Price Index released by The Statistical Institute confirms that the price of goods and services are on the increase, in particular in transportation. The CPI shows an increase of one point eight percent over the same period last year. It is attributed […]
The ongoing search for siblings nine year old Onelia and eleven year old Benjamin Rash who were reported missing on Monday has so far turned up fruitless. The children left their home in San Marcos Village on the morning of August thirty-first along with their father Pedro Rash and proceeded to town with his brother […]
If you live in the neighbourhood you would know of the competitiveness between St Luke and St Martin’s Primary school. Both traditionally put off superb music performances at the annual Festival of Arts. While the competition is friendly, it is about to get a bit more fierce in their music programs. St. Martin’s has just […]
In the Orange Walk Supreme Court, it took a jury of twelve less than three hours to unanimously agree on a guilty verdict for a murder charge against Daniel Ku. He was convicted late Thursday evening for the shockingly brutal murder of his estranged common-law-wife on December sixteenth, 2006. Nurse Anna Basto was stabbed thirty-two […]
While Daniel Ku was found guilty of murder up north, two men did not waste the court’s time and pleaded guilty to separate charges in Belize City. The first is a well known recycler from Vernon Street who was caught shoplifting at Save-U Supermarket on Thursday. Fifty year old Mervin Swift was charged with Theft […]
On Wednesday, News Five aired a story of twenty-three students who stayed away from classrooms at the Santa Clara Seventh Day Adventist Primary in the north. At the eye of the storm is Principal Wilbert Tamay and the parents told News Five that they have concerns over the students’ poor performance on the Primary School […]
The Women’s Issue Network of Belize received a grant of close to two hundred thousand dollars today. The grant will assist the agency in addressing gender-based violence in Belize. When domestic abuse goes unresolved, the consequences can be deadly, as we reported earlier with Shamir Henry and Leshawn Lino. The grant was made by the […]
The Concert in the Park series is a monthly venture held by the Belize City Council in collaboration with partners such as SMART and the Belize Diabetes Association. Since September is a month of national celebrations, the concert series has been expanded to an all out block party and health fair. City Councillor Dion Leslie […]
The revelry of the senior carnival bands continued on Thursday with the second night of mas camps. The judges were out making the rounds once again and so was our News Five crew that moved to the different venues. Safiyyah Mohammed visited the Eternity Masqueraders and Jump Street bands where the music and the moves […]
Mas camps are over but the September festivities are just getting started. The Sound Fest, Queen of the Bay Pageant, Carnival King and Queen showdown; that’s all packed into this weekend. And of course, there are always the after parties, which are happening in the city, the capital and La Isla Bonita. Safiyyah has it […]
Gun violence erupted on Wednesday, the first time this week. The victim was just a month shy of his eighteenth birthday. Jordick Thompson’s life was in danger for months; he had been receiving threats by text and Wednesday night as he left the home of his girlfriend on Glenn Street, he was gunned down by […]
On Monday night fifty-seven year old Gregorio Cornejo lost his life during a staff party at Mata Chica Resort on San Pedro Ambergris Caye. While on the pier of the luxury resort, Cornejo, was punched in his face by Oscar Barela, a guest at the party, who is a resident of Angel Street, San Pedro. […]
Linsbert Bahadur was charged after the April 2006 murder of his brother-in-law, Albert Wade, who was killed by a single bullet to the face in the Cayo District. His trial started on August twenty-third and concluded today at the Belmopan Supreme Court with a nolle prosequi. The main witness, who drove Bahadur to the scene, […]
We reported earlier this week that the Belize City Center will be out of commission for a number of activities in this month’s national celebrations. The facility deteriorated over the years and has now been declared unsafe due to structural damages. The Ministry of Words has inspected and deemed that it should be closed off […]
