There’s a heartwarming story to report tonight. Irene Garcia and her common-law husband, Alfred Avilez are the proud parents of a set of triplets. The girls, who weighed in at four and a half, four and a quarter, and four pounds respectively, were delivered at nine-fifty-one this morning at the Western Regional Hospital. The baby […]
The staging of KTV Duets, the song competition finals went off with a bang to a full house at the Bliss on Tuesday night. With energy pumping and excitement buzzing, the three duos proved why they deserve a spot in the final three. The duos sang their way to the title and ten thousand dollars […]
The P.U.P. finds itself in a conundrum tonight, days after it turned sixty-one. John Briceño officially stepped down today as leader of the opposition in the House and on the eve of the deadline for the leadership of the party, the interim leader, Mark Espat, has decided he will not be running for leader even […]
Security at the headquarters of the B.D.F. was breached last week. It was a stunning revelation that has brought disrepute to the force. Forty-two weapons, including seven M-4 carbine rifles were stolen from the armory at the weapons bulk store and these are surely to end up in the dangerous streets. The date of the […]
The Bar Association came out strongly against the Ninth Amendment, followed by the Chamber of Commerce and then the Council of Churches. More recently, eight branches of the B.N.T.U. have come out against the proposed amendment. News Five has also learnt that the prestigious Atlanta-based institution, The Carter Center, has written to the government asking […]
The Belize Family Life Association, a non-government organization established in 1985 to advocate for and promote reproductive health across the country, is tonight on the brink of closing its doors. BFLA, according to Executive Director Joan Burke, is in dire financial straits. The organization, despite having grown in scope over the past decade, can no […]
Tonight’s question is: Do you have confidence in the B.D.F. to protect our borders? 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.
The mother of a four-year-old alleged rape victim has been waiting since September twenty-seventh for answers about her daughter’s case. She has heard of rape cases that have resulted in immediate incarceration of alleged perpetrators, but justice it seems has turned a blind eye to her case. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Vidal, has […]
The land dispute between businessman Jitendra Chawla and Ricardo and Sheila Escalante over a half acre plot being occupied by the couple in the Krooman Lagoon area near mile two on the Western Highway was heard in the Supreme Court this morning. The Escalante’s had filed for an injunction halting the issuance of a title […]
A small car and a bus crashed on Monday night. It happened around mile eleven on the Western Highway, just outside of Hattieville. Thirty-three year old Melissa Almendarez and her two children were heading home when they spotted a green passenger bus parked half way on the road with no indicators. Thirty one year old […]
A cruise ship tourist was busted with marijuana he allegedly bought after he arrived in the old capital. Twenty-two year old Tech Support employee, Irvin Ashante Conner, a US Virgin Islands national, was busted with one point two grams of marijuana when he was searched by police at the Belize Tourist Village. Around three this […]
Two men were today charged with Handling Stolen Goods in the courtroom of Magistrate Dorothy Flowers. They appeared separately, but both charges were in connection with the recent robbery at US Imports on Cleghorn Street. Thirty-eight year old taxi driver, Randolph Audinett, pleaded not guilty and was released on bail of one thousand, five hundred […]
Unite Belize Initiative comprises of youths who have otherwise fallen from the wayside. Most of them are well known to the courts but they have come together for gainful employment. The youths at risk have been at work repairing the stretch of road between Albert and Regent Street adjacent to the Bank of Nova Scotia. […]
In the past few days an unbearable stench enveloped Fabers Road Extension and the Western Highway near the junction and dumpsite. Residents of the area have been suffering and they complained to News Five today about the headaches and discomfort they have been living with. Some say they have been forced to keep their houses […]
Tonight is the final round of competition for KTV Duets. Three of the four duos will move on and one will unfortunately go home. It has been grueling and highly competitive and when they take the stage tonight, the performances will determine who will take the glory and the thunder of KTV Duets. The judges […]
The long list of murder statistics for this year has gone up by two and now stands at one hundred and eight. Two men were killed over the weekend, one in Orange Walk and the other in the City. In both cases the motives are unknown. A security guard was killed in a pre-dawn murder […]
In Belize City, where the homicides are at all time high, a resident of King Parks was walking his girlfriend home when he met his death in the deadly South Creek area. Karl Galvez was shot at close range to his chest on Saturday night. His mother received the dreaded call after ten o’clock and […]
In other violence in the city, a disc jockey is recovering from a stab wound to the abdomen. On Sunday, Mauricio Lemus was inside a taxi, when he had a misunderstanding with the driver, Wilson Galvez. While the vehicle was near Element Night Club on Newtown Barracks, an unidentified man who was in the front […]
Several cases of the sexual abuse of minors have been reported in the news recently. In Sarteneja, a U.S. national has been accused of sodomizing three brothers. And in Belize City a wife has accused her husband of attempting to rape their seven-year-old daughter. In both cases, the accused men have been remanded. But before […]
On the political front, this Wednesday is the deadline for the submission of names for the P.U.P. leadership. We note that the Interim Leader, Mark Espat, is yet to put his name on the ballot because he is working on a financing plan before any announcement is made. It is also known that should Espat […]
So while Mark Espat has said if he will lead the Opposition at Friday’s House Meeting on the ninth amendment, the Council of Management of the Belize National Teachers Union has taken a position. The B.N.T.U. met on Saturday to reign in the votes on the ninth amendment from district branches. Eight of the ten […]
When helping an accident victim, most Emergency Medical Technicians would tell the public to call 911 and not to attempt to move the injured person. Good Samaritans who want to help can cause additional injuries. But Benque Viejo is facing a dilemma, as it is filled with good Samaritans who have no choice but to […]
In court today, an associate of the Ghost Town Gang was charged in connection with a shooting incident that occurred on August tenth. Nine shots were fired at thirty-one year old Nelson Kareem Bowen, who was at his home on Sibun Street. He was fortunate to only be hit once on the thigh. Since then, […]
Around twelve-thirty this morning, police busted a vehicle with four parcels of marijuana on Vernon Street. A pick-up truck driven by San Ignacio resident, Leslie Grinage was stopped where police discovered the stash underneath the vehicle where the spare wheel is kept. Also travelling with Grinage at the time was nineteen year old Mario Cunil […]
A family is seeking the public’s assistance in locating some medical instruments that went missing from their luggage on public transportation. A team of surgeons recently completed general pediatric surgeries on group of young children. Today, one of the patients was heading home on a bus to Chunox when upon approaching Orange Walk Town the […]
