A man was found hanging from the ceiling of his home early Saturday morning. According to police reports, they received a call around seven thirty and immediately went to number twenty-nine Banak Street where they found the lifeless body of thirty-five year old Francis Dougall hanging from a rope. Police say Dougall’s common-law wife Irma […]
A young man was shot at while taking a bath at his home on Neal Pen Road over the weekend. Twenty-four year old Cecil Gill who resides at sixty-one Neal Pen Road told police that he was in his bathroom around seven thirty Saturday night when a man entered his yard and fired three shots […]
A full fledged strike at the Belize Sugar Industries was averted this weekend when B.S.I. and the Belize Workers Union came to an agreement over disciplinary action taken against one of the workers. Vice Chairman of the Union, Thomas Chan had been put on a one-day suspension following a clash with management when Chan was […]
Residents of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye were plagued by a series of malfunctions and mishaps this weekend that left some portions of the community without power for over 19 hours. B.E.L. says excessive dust and bad weather are responsible for the power loss to the center of town and southern areas of the island. The […]
Young people are always hearing that they should stay away from drugs but to make sure the message is truly being heard the National Drug Abuse Control Council has launched the first national anti-drug ad competition. NDACC says they are involving Miss Belize Viola Jeffery, who has an interest on educating our youngsters about drugs, […]
They may be small in stature but the recently formed Belize National Football team is being described as the country’s first team that has been fully trained to compete effectively in tournaments. Today the team left for Costa Rica. News Five was there for the send-off. Hilberto Muschamp, Team Captain “This is a very young […]
This Friday night will see the opening of the long awaited semi-pro basketball season. Five teams will be competing for the B.B.A. title and tonight News Five’s James Adderley profiles one of them: the Dangriga Isanigu. The new Semi-Pro Basketball league kicks off its inaugural season on March 19th at the City Centre. On Saturday […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re certainly welcome to this fresh serving of Sports Monday. The volleyball competition at the City Center has picked up much intensity people so we sneaked our cameras in Saturday night for the featured match-up between Continental Flyers and Advance Advertising. We pick up the action with the score […]
