A pedestrian has reported to police that after almost being knocked down by a car, the driver then got out and tried to shoot him. Twenty-three year old Epitacio Navarro told police that around four thirty a.m. on Sunday he and three of his friends were walking on Newtown Barracks heading towards Cinderella Plaza to […]
Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a tourist at Caye Caulker. Tom Young Jr., owner of Tom’s Hotel on Caye Caulker, told News Five that around ten forty-five this morning, he discovered the body of Gordon James Higton, from the United Kingdom, hanging by what appeared to be a bag strap in the room’s […]
The occupants of a house which burned down on Nurse Seay Street on January seventh have been charged with arson. Rudolf Lopez Wade and his common law wife Marsha Cattouse reportedly got into an argument around two fifteen a.m. and knocked over a candle setting the house on fire. Police picked up Wade and Cattouse […]
Police are still trying to determine who was at fault in an accident on Friday night between miles six and seven on the Northern Highway. One of the drivers received a broken leg. Reports are that thirty-year-old Stanley Banks of Euphrates Avenue was heading towards Ladyville when he collided into a truck driven by Philberto […]
The descendants of a man buried in a portion of the Yabra Cemetery which is part of the Yabra Redevelopment Project have reacted to statements made last week by Acting Archaeological Commissioner Allan Moore. In an interview with News Five on January seventh Moore was asked what he would say to people who don’t want […]
National Resource Management, Development and the Environment, Population Growth and Local Perspectives on Environmental Issues are among the topics at the third annual Symposium on the State of the Belize Environment later this week. The two-day event on Thursday and Friday will include presentations by experts from government departments and non-governmental organizations as well as […]
The Cuban doctors working in Belize will soon be joined by professionals from Nigeria. Today the Ministry of Health announced that a team of fourteen professionals will arrive this week to work in medicine, pharmacy image diagnostics and nursing as part of a bilateral agreement. They will be assigned to various parts of the country. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley, welcome to this fresh dish of Sports Monday. The battle for supremacy in week sixteen of the Belize Football League’s Regent Cup Tournament took center stage at the Michael Ashcroft Stadium Saturday night where the two league leaders, tied at thirty points apiece, went toe to toe for ninety minutes […]
