The trial of Assistant Superintendent of Police Jeffery Martinez, who was accused of causing the death of a fifteen year old Camalote resident concluded in the Belmopan Supreme Court today. Martinez hit Felicito Chun and twenty-one year old Vitalino Chun as they crossed the Western Highway between miles forty nine and fifty on May nineteenth, […]
A nineteen year old domestic worker from Camalote Village in the Cayo District was allegedly raped by her ex-common-law husband. The woman told police that she went to her ex’s house to pick up their child at around eight-forty-five on Tuesday night, but he told that the baby was asleep inside the bedroom. According to […]
A fourteen year old high school student left her home on Rivero Street early Monday morning to start the school week, but she hasn’t returned home since. Her family now fears that she may have fallen victim to the crime and violence that plague Belize City Streets. But they are holding on to hope and […]
Access to potable water is often taken for granted in urban areas. But in many rural communities the provision of adequate water systems remains a challenge. We traveled west today and found a preschool set in the middle of a roadside village on the Western Highway without a water supply. News Five’s Marion Ali has […]
And though Good Start Preschool doesn’t have access to potable water, the Camalote School was among the shining stars at this week’s Preschool Festival of Arts for the Cayo District. Today was the last day of performances in the nation’s capital. The organizers say there is need for youths to practice public speaking whether it’s […]
Throughout this month activities are taking place to celebrate women and their achievements. The sixth Women’s Summit was held today, but it was not only about women and women’s rights, it also dealt with gender equality. The organizers of the summit also heard the views and ideas of participants on how to empower the female […]
A Belize City man has deep pockets tonight after he won Saturday night’s Lotto Jackpot. Forty-nine year old Stephen Canto collected his cheque at the Tropical Gaming Office this afternoon and News Five was on time to learn from him that he will invest his winnings in real estate. According to Canto, his luck finally […]
The use of acupuncture is becoming more prevalent around the globe. Started by the Chinese it is a way to relieve pain or simply to promote well being through the use of thin needles on specific body points. He has made an appearance on Open Your Eyes, and this week’s Healthy Living, discusses with Kevin […]
Twenty-three vendors along Mahogany Street have come under pressure to move from their current locations. Belize Electricity Limited has written to the vendors justifying the directive on the basis that it is concerned about the safety of the vendors who are positioned dangerously close to the city’s main transmission line. The electricity company has given […]
The vendors on Mahogany Street aren’t the only people being affected by the one hundred and fifteen kilovolt power lines. There are other parts of the country where lines are in dangerous proximity to buildings. B.E.L. is looking at a similar instance of vendors operating under power lines in San Pedro. But in the old […]
For weeks, it has been reported that Allen Saum, is on the police’s wanted list. Saum is the man who is being accused of tampering with legal documents filed at the Company’s registry in Belmopan, naming him as one of the super majority shareholders in Paradise Energy Limited. The others are Oren Miles first and […]
Tonight’s Question is: Should Mahogany Street vendors be compensated for losses incurred from their relocation to a yet unknown venue? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
A group of over fifty persons, including students and contractors from the Monterrey Bay Academy Seven Day Adventist High School, arrived in Belize today. The purpose of their visit was to construct a new Seven Day Adventist School in Progresso Village, replacing the current one which is congested and not up to scratch. But the […]
Last Friday night, Miguel Rivera, a fruit vendor, was killed as he sat in the vicinity of the Michael Finnegan Market. The homicide spurred security concerns among fruit and vegetable vendors, which was one of the issues discussed today in a meeting at the market. The council is planning to move the vendors from the […]
Mexican National, Jose Luis Robles Beltran was busted at the Free Zone on February twenty-fourth with a loaded point twenty-five Beretta Pistol and over twenty-thousand US dollars, eighteen hundred of which were counterfeit. His case started a firestorm because the Mexican national was ordered to be released even when he had pleaded guilty to one […]
It’s a trick that has played out many times and the perpetrators have been caught as many times. A Ministry of Works employee who went to visit an old childhood friend at the Belize Central Prison is in trouble with the law because officials there allege they found weed stashed in one of five plates […]
Founded in 1956 by Lady Winnie Ward, the local Young Women’s Christian Association is celebrating its fifty-fifth anniversary this month. It coincides handily with Women’s Month and its programs are geared to providing young women with opportunities to lead purposeful lives. News Five’s Marion Ali has a full report on the Y’s role in meeting […]
Government announced it is providing over two million dollars for a food program that will be rolled out from the Southside to the north side of the city, but with more than forty percent of the population living in poverty, every little bit counts. Earlier today we found the police partnering with Restore Belize on […]
Only three of five performers from Group A of KTV Latino will move on to the semifinals following Tuesday night’s round of competition. They all sang their hearts out to sway the judges, viewers and voting public as the competition heads to another level where only the fittest will survive. All be told, the judges […]
Two men were arraigned this morning in court for the weekend murder of a market vendor. But even before the two suspects were hauled to court, there was another round of deadly gunshot blasts on Monday night. Hours later, while hospitalized, Reymundo Quinote died on his twenty-seventh birthday. The shooting occurred on Faber’s Road in […]
Progresso Village in the north is known for its pristine beaches and tranquility, but on Monday hell broke loose in the village over the perennial trouble of land. And unlike the use of gunfire in the urban warfare gripping the old capital, the weapons of choice were machetes, shovels and anything that a group of […]
The Public Utilities Commission won a suit brought on by Belize Electricity Limited. It was a big win for the P.U.C. that has been in an out of court in a number of cases with the electricity company. Earlier today the Supreme Court dismissed B.E.L.’s appeal was based on thirteen grounds against the P.U.C.’s final […]
We reported earlier about a brawl in Progresso Village, and while that was nasty, further north in Cristo Rey Village, Corozal, a machete war early Sunday morning left three men injured. Police have since found out that twenty year old Richard Cantun was along with eighteen year olds Dennis Villatoro and Henry Pena as well […]
She is only five years old, but a school girl is reporting that she has been sexually abused. The alleged perpetrator is her step-father and the girl says that the crime occurred at her home in the San Pedrito Area of San Pedro Town. Last week she told police that her two younger brothers were […]
Over the weekend there was a major heist at the Maya Island Air office at the Philip Goldson International Airport. The brazen thieves easily penetrated the building and walked away with items, including tools, electronics and appliances as well as aircraft equipment. Over one hundred and thirty-one thousand dollars. Two men, thirty-one year old Lindon […]
