While shy of the record set four years ago, the count of one hundred and thirty-six murders as of this evening is still a heavy toll. Eastern Division South, according to its commander Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, is the only division to record less murder this year than in 2015, a surprise were […]
Eastern Division South police have arrested and charged twenty-year-old Frank Young for the murder of nineteen-year-old David Andrews. Andrews was shot dead on Raccoon Street a week ago tonight, after receiving a phone call and going to meet a friend around the corner from where his mother was a food vendor on Central American Boulevard. […]
Traffic accidents have not been limited to the highways and by-ways. On Wednesday night in Belize City, a driver said to be an officer of the Belize Coast Guard lost control of his Jeep four-door SUV while taking a curve and wound up crashing into a fence next to a hardware store on Central American […]
The Eastern Division’s South region, long used to being the neglected step-child of the Police Department, finally got a major “come-up” with the recent distribution of vehicles to the Department a few weeks ago. Many of those vehicles have been pressed into service for patrols in both precincts under the command of ACP Chester Williams, […]
2016 is drawing to a close as one of the bloodiest years in recent times. Most murders remain unsolved as did a string of homicides that occurred between 1998 and 2000, which we revisit tonight. As many as five primary school girls from Belize City were viciously murdered. There was a common thread in the […]
Fifty-five-year-old Moises Roberto Soriano of Pescador Drive, San Pedro Town, is out on bail after being caught in possession of cocaine on the island. Soriano pleaded not guilty before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer and was released on bail of three thousand dollars by lunchtime. On Thursday, he was found by police to be going against […]
An ex-pat in San Pedro Town has been robbed by a pair of men whom he thought were his friends. Sixty-five-year-old Gary Hamilton, a retiree of Sea Grape Drive, told police that on Wednesday night he was socializing with Omar Delgado, a construction worker of the San Mateo community. The men were leaving from River […]
Forty-eight-year-old Jorge Montero, a former employee of Priority Security, appeared unrepresented this morning in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer to answer to a single charge of burglary. It is alleged that on December twenty-sixth, the Lord’s Bank resident entered into the home of Stephanie Lupp on Princess Margaret Drive and stole a pink […]
The Prime Minister’s annual New Year’s message is being aired elsewhere in this newscast. PM Barrow highlights the achievements of his government throughout the course of the calendar year and also sheds light on various socioeconomic challenges. While 2016 has had its ups and downs, the past twelve months have seen a contraction in the […]
The highlights of the message also include a recap of several achievements by way of social reform, particularly the appointment of the Integrity Commission, the signing of the United Nations Anti-Corruption Convention and a date being set for the Thirteenth Senator Law; all points that were demanded by teachers during their strike in October. […]
Forty-eight-year-old Carol Parham and her three grandchildren were handed the keys to a new house this morning, after living in a not-so-great condition for some time. In three days, the property on Fuller’s Alley was filled, and construction began for what the family can now call home. News Five’s Duane Moody and intern Maria-Isabel Reneau […]
As we bid farewell to 2016 and reflect on all the trials and triumphs over the past twelve months, we look forward to a fruitful year. With God as the anchor in our lives anything is possible. Tonight, we end our final newscast for the year with a thoughtful message from Canon Leroy Flowers on […]
With New Year’s Eve just hours away, everyone starts making their resolutions – a tradition where a person makes a promise to themselves to fulfill throughout the year. Whether it is to lose weight or to be a better person, the pledge differs with each individual. So today in downtown Belize City, News Five’s Duane […]
The spate of traffic fatalities continues across the country, the most recent collision claiming the life of a newly-wed on Wednesday night. The Sandhill Villager was driving his pickup truck along the Phillip Goldson Highway when he overtook another vehicle and collided into a bus travelling in the opposite direction. Police have since detained the […]
Is Alfonso Noble a religious convert and if so when did he become a Jehovah’s Witness? Late this evening, attorney Herbert Panton issued a statement concerning comments he made in the media following Wednesday’s arraignment. Tonight, we revisit the tragic incident that claimed the life of Gilbert Myers and we look at Noble’s refusal to […]
Last week, you heard ACP Edward Broaster say that they were waiting for lab results from the national forensic lab in the Pakeman-Dawson case. ACP Broaster was hopeful that they would have gotten something last week, but today when he was asked he said that the report is still not forthcoming and that is holding […]
A total of sixteen persons were injured in five separate traffic accidents over the Christmas weekend. Of these, twelve were involved in two separate accidents in the Orange Walk District. On Christmas Eve, the first of these two accidents claimed the life of a minor, Benjamin Krahn of Shipyard. Seventeen-year-old Benjamin, a mechanic, and his […]
He was the baby of their family, the apple of his mother’s eye. Ramona Carcamo, a vendor known as “Mama Chula,” joins the long list of grieving Belize City mothers after the untimely death of her son David Andrews on Christmas Eve night. Andrews’ family says he was shot four times – once in the […]
Last week we told you that Police have since identified the homeless woman as – Michelle Moriera- whose body was retrieved from the Belize River two weeks ago. Moriera’s badly decomposing corpse was discovered with several chop wounds to the head. Now police have one person detained. The man is said to be Moriera’s common-law […]
Is the Belize National Teachers Union alone in its face-off with the Ministry of Education over the resumption of classes in January? The Belize Association of Principals of Secondary Schools, led by Chairperson Omar Longsworth, is the most recent group to call on teachers and students to return to school next Tuesday. The BAPSS is […]
According to Longsworth, there are no indications from secondary school teachers that they will be absent from work on Tuesday. In the interest of high school students who will be sitting exams in the second semester, the BAPSS chair is asking that the issue be resolved quickly. Isani Cayetano “I take it that the […]
It has been six weeks since five families were wiped out by a fire in a hidden corner of Trio village, Toledo District. The incident appears to be linked to a land dispute involving over fifteen thousand acres of land located four miles outside of the community. So far, the company that claims the land […]
A rookie cop and his friend were accused of the attempted murder of Nigel Castillo in July of this year after a shooting incident at a basketball court behind the Charles Bartlett Hyde building. According to Castillo, he was shot in the lower abdomen while on the court along with Gilbert Arana. However, nineteen-year-old Constable […]
Twenty-five-year-old Stanley Moore is back on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after being read two charges in connection with the attempted robbery of an elderly businessman on Wednesday night. Seventy-three-year-old Henry Bulwer and fifty-four-year-old Richard Thurton were both at a fruit and vegetable shop when they were accosted by a pair of armed […]
Government is holding a public consultation on marine multi-beam and Sea Seep Survey. In a release issued today, the Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum says that they, along with the Geology Department, intend to complete the multi-beam and sea seep survey in the deep offshore territorial waters of Belize. The release says that the […]
