Just two days after News Five ran a story on heightened security measures and efforts to improve overcrowding at the Hattieville Prison Correctional Facility, another inmate has been fatally stabbed at the compound. It is the third death since the beginning of the year. News Five understands that this time the incident did not take […]
Many Belize City residents have fond memories of weekend dances at the Riverside Hall on North Front Street. Others remember it as the headquarters of Bradley’s Bottling Works. While those days are long gone, there was a certain amount of regret when the old wooden building was destroyed by fire this morning. But a more […]
The mother of a child who was picked up in the street by a stranger last week on Euphrates Avenue has apparently reconsidered her request not to press charges and today police picked up twenty-eight year old Harold Smith for a second time. The mother came back to the police on Saturday and asked that […]
The strike by workers at the Hummingbird Citrus Limited two, has been resolved. The Christian Workers Union announced today that the management agreed on Friday to increase the hourly pay rate from $2.00 to $2.25. The contract rate is also being increased to $0.62, an increase of 2 cents. Although the workers had initially asked […]
News Five doesn’t report every missing teenager because more often than not they show up safe and sound after a few days, but there is growing concern over the disappearance of fourteen year old Noemi Hernandez who left home last Tuesday. Tonight the police are issuing an urgent appeal to anyone who may know her […]
In July Blanca Chinchilla of New Road reported that a police constable punched her at the Traffic Office at the Raccoon Street Station. The constable claimed he did know the woman but that she showed up drunk around 2:30am and tried to choke him so he pushed her off. He says she fell and hit […]
There was a special occasion today in Sand Hill with the inauguration of a new school building. As News Five found out, the previous structure was so dilapidated, it was a danger to the students. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The new school building, which replaces an old church, contains three classrooms and a library. Two weeks […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and you’re right on time for a new dish of Sports Monday. The two league leaders from regular season play in the BFL football competition, continues their battle for supremacy all the way into the playoffs. While Sagitun has not beaten Kulture Yabra all season long, the team from the […]
