Police have arrested and charged three men suspected of robbing a Chinese shop. One week ago, four men entered Vin Hong Store and robbed the owners of thirty thousand dollars in cash and ten thousand more in cheques. Twenty-one year old Ronald Cox, twenty-eight year old Mark Henry and seventeen year old Kareem Williams have […]
A man is dead after the vehicle he was travelling in overturned on the Northern Highway. According to Orange Walk police they received a report on Sunday morning about an accident on the Mamayal Curve between miles fifty-nine and sixty. Upon reaching the site, police saw a blue four-door car, which had overturned and landed […]
One week after being reported missing, twenty-eight year old Jose Angel Hernandez’s body has been found. The corpse was discovered floating in the Belize River about a mile from Santa Familia Village in the Cayo District. Police at this time say they do not know what led to Hernandez’s death and are investigating the case.
Today family members mourn the loss of a well know preacher. Fifty-one year old Joseph Matura, an ailing diabetic, was last seen moving about his yard on Central American boulevard around six a.m. Sunday. Twenty minutes later his brother Glenford found him lying face down on the ground. Janice Martinez, Niece “In the past the […]
To eradicate and prevent the exploitation of children, the Government of Belize through the Ministry of Labour, Local Government and the Sugar Industry has launched a Child Labour Project. Presently there are no statistics available on how many children are out of school and illegally working. However, it is strongly suspected that the problem does […]
Today Courts held another raffle in its 2000 and Win promotion. This is the final draw before their big give away of a furnished house and lot. News Five stopped by to see who were the lucky winners. Anamarie Bennett, Advertising/Promotions Manager, Courts “For San Ignacio we have Neida Waight; Orange Walk we have Lloyd […]
“The Rise and Fall of the Black Caribs,” a historical documentation on the struggles of the Garinagu in the Eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent has been re-released for the Belizean market. The fifty-two page paperback book is written by Vincentian doctors I. Kirby and C. Martin. Godsman Ellis, a member of the Board of […]
Blood sugar testing clinics were held all over the country today to mark World Diabetes Day. News Five’s Ann-Marie Williams visited one of the Belize City clinics. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Several known diabetics and those who just wanted to find out if they have the disease attended free blood sugar and blood pressure testing clinics […]
