Today an escaped prisoner was apprehended by police on Caesar Ridge Road, but it took a bullet to stop him. News Five was called to the scene this afternoon. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting After being on the run for three weeks, the police finally caught up with twenty-four year old Dennis “Desho” Quilter. The prisoner apparently […]
A police officer has been suspended and BDF soldier and a civilian are hospitalized following an incident in Douglas Village early Sunday morning. Although Orange Walk Police and Internal Affairs are still trying to determine exactly what occurred, initial investigations indicate that around three am, following a village fair, some youths were having an argument. […]
A fishing co-op in Belize City was robbed on Friday morning. According to police, Iman Ken, an employee of Northern Fisherman’s Cooperative, was just getting out of his vehicle in front of the building on North Front street when a man approached him with a gun and demanded money. Ken handed over a bag, with […]
The body of an infant was found in Dangriga on Saturday morning. A passerby found the corpse on the bank of Havana Creek. It is not known at this time if the child was a full term stillborn or an aborted fetus.
Two weeks ago Emolyn Burgess bought a car. However, the young woman claims that ever since she bought the vehicle, someone has been trying to destroy it. She says about a week ago someone threw a bottle filled with gasoline and tried to set the car on fire. Her family managed to save the car, […]
Police have arrested a man from Independence after he allegedly brought a fourteen year old Guatemalan girl to Belize and then raped her. The girl claims she met Raul Acevedo in Rio Dulce, Guatemala on the fourth of February and he transported her to Belize on the sixth. She told police that the same day […]
This morning, News Five received a frantic call from a Belize City woman, telling us the Belize Guatemala Border had been shut down. However, a quick check at the Belize Customs, put any fears about increased international tension at least, to bed. Officials along the border tell us about ten Sunday morning, angry Guatemalans, upset […]
Although the final fate of the company is not yet known, those holding life insurance policies with the Belize International Insurance Company Limited, BELINSCO, will be interested to know the latest developments. On Friday, the Supreme Court appointed the firm of Deloitte and Touche to act as judicial managers for the next thirty days. The […]
In September, Barclays Bank announced it would be celebrating fifty years in Belize by giving the city of Belize a present: a monument at the Pallotti Roundabout. This weekend Barclays’ vision became a reality as the Belizean flag went up, for the first time surrounded by the flags of the Caricom nations and the countries […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly, welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. It’s the second week of the BFL Playoffs and the San Pedro Dolphins took their championship hopes into the Norman Broaster Stadium, looking for a win against Real Verdes in a battle of teams searching for their first playoff victory. Right off the […]
