After five months behind prison bars awaiting his fate, thirty-one-year-old Lorenzo Smith Junior, accused of the murder of his prison inmate, Alfonso Eck, was found guilty of the crime today. Justice Troadio Gonzalez has deferred sentencing for May fifth, 2017. Smith Junior was accused of murder after Eck who found dead inside his cell on […]
There is a disturbing report from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. A minor in the island is accusing her father of incest. Because of the sensitivity of the case, we will not reveal identities, but we can say that the accused father is a construction worker. The minor claims that he had unlawful sex with her […]
Seven thousand, one hundred and forty-three hopefuls sat part two of the Primary School Examination countrywide today. As hard as they studied, as thorough as their preparations were, there is nothing quite like facing the Math Paper Two or problem-solving section of the examination. Certainly there were no complaints about the multiple-choice Paper One or […]
On Easter Sunday afternoon, fire personnel were called to put out a fire inside a room at an unpainted wooden bungalow house belonging to domestic Dawn Faber of Racoon Street Extension. Damages were limited to a few items. But News Five was called back this afternoon to the same residence, to find the scene of […]
The Football Federation of Belize has suspended the chairman of the Corozal Football Association after it was discovered that Frank Sutherland had been misappropriating funds used to pay the monthly rent. Sutherland was reportedly presenting fraudulent receipts to the federation purporting that the rent was being paid in a timely manner. When the landlord queried […]
Do you know how to contact the emergency response authorities if you come across the scene of an accident? The number to call is 223-3292, but many people don’t do that immediately. In this age of technology, they take pictures and upload them to online social media networks. And while in many instances that is […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday [Highlights of weekend sporting activities…}
