Two bodies have been recovered in the aftermath of last week’s shipwreck off Wee Wee Caye. They have been identified as Belizean Ibrahim Adamu and Nigerian Henry Osbgbue. Today, an aerial search continued to look for the two other passengers still missing and presumed drowned in Thursday night’s tragic sinking of an unnamed vessel enroute […]
An argument on Thursday afternoon between two car washers has left one young man dead. According to a witness interviewed by News Five, Leroy McKoy and another young man were arguing near the Triple J dock on Southern Foreshore. The witness says he does not know what the argument was about but the two men […]
In the Corozal District police have charged 3 men in connection with a bizarre incident which occurred on Sunday morning. 54-year old Manuel Lin, 19-year old Eusebio Lin and a 16-year old minor, all of San Roman Village, have been charged with the crime of forcible abduction. A 25-year old woman of the village alleges […]
With the successful visit of Cuba’s foreign minister fresh in his memory, Prime Minister Said Musa hit the road on Saturday for an extended working visit to Europe. Musa’s first stop will be the United Kingdom where, as a guest of the British government, he will call on a number of cabinet ministers as well […]
Prime Minister Said Musa is not the only family member involved in diplomacy. On Friday his wife Joan, Head of the Women’s Commission and special envoy to the United Nations, addressed that body’s general assembly which was meeting to follow up on the Women’s Summit held in China five years ago. In her address Musa […]
The CARICOM basketball championships are less than three weeks away but by Belizean standards that’s plenty of time to get our national team organized and ready to defend its title. Today the Basketball Association held a press conference to introduce the team’s coaches and update the public on how preparations are going. News Five’s James […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and we certainly want to welcome you aboard for this ride on Sports Monday. Game 2 of the Regent Millennium Cup championship series took us to the Michael Ashcroft Stadium in Independence Saturday night, where Sagitun needed to win, to stave off elimination. After losing 2-zip to Grigamandala last weekend, […]
