They were in front of a neighborhood shop Sunday evening when suddenly a car pulled out and a shower of bullets rained down. Three men were hit and children on the street ducked for cover. As the car sped away it riddled a nearby house with bullets. News Five spoke with one of the victims […]
On Thursday night Raymond Williams was shot and killed in his white convertible while parked on one of the streets near the municipal airstrip. His companion Janet Vasquez told police she survived the ordeal by jumping into the sea. Today she told News Five about her swim to safety and denied allegations that she may […]
A fifteen year old boy from Sandhill was killed in a hit and run accident on Saturday night. Clifford Requeña was walking on the Northern Highway around ten p.m. when he was knocked down by a pick-up truck. He sustained head and body injuries and was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial but pronounced dead […]
A Belize City shopkeeper was shot during a robbery attempt on Sunday night. Zhou Liang Huai reported he was closing up his shop, Eighty-eight Shopping Center on the Corner of Central American Boulevard and Neal Pen Road when a man tried to rob him. When he refused to hand anything over, the robber shot him […]
Prime Minister Said Musa will be in South Africa next week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The summit, in the city of Durban, will focus on how the Commonwealth can make globalization people-centered, and use it to improve the living conditions of people from all walks of life. Accompanying the Prime Minister is […]
The President of the International Children’s Hospital, the Honorary Counsel of New Orleans and actor Dennis Quaid are in Belize for a tour of medical facilities that have benefited from I.C.H. donations and services. Dr. Mayer Heiman founder of the hospital and Honorary Counsel Jean Bernand and other board members including Dennis Quaid were met […]
She surprised organizers by wanting to enter the contest at the tender age of eleven, but it was no surprise to the audience that little Nirise Martinez took the title. The standard six student from Georgetown became the new Miss Garifuna Saturday night at the City Centre. Organizers tell News Five despite the rainy weather […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re fully tuned into this edition of Sports Monday. The city waited for two weeks to view the B.F.L.’s battle for supremacy and finally on Sunday the only two remaining undefeated teams faced off at the M.C.C. Grounds. As host Culture Yabra gives way to the league leader Sagitun […]
