Tonight, the Government of Belize is claiming victory after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour in the ongoing B.T.L. saga. Late Friday night in a surprise move, G.O.B.’s lawyers: Denys Barrow, Eamon Courtenay and Elson Kaseke, informed Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh that the stop order had been incorporated into a statutory instrument and would […]
It is hard to have sympathy for a billionaire…and following his first ever meeting with Belize’s press corps, it is doubtful that many journalists have suddenly become converts to Michael Ashcroft’s cause. However, what did emerge from the forty-five minute chat held today at B.T.L. headquarters, was that while Ashcroft may have been out-lawyered in […]
Tonight, Belmopan police are still searching for clues after a man went missing under highly suspicious circumstances. Rumours as to the reasons behind the disappearance of twenty-eight year old Mark Ireland ran wild today, especially after police took Ireland’s girlfriend into custody for intensive questioning. With the latest from the capital city, we go to […]
An early morning shootout just outside Belize City has left one man in serious condition and his attacker on the loose. News 5 understands that a man, identified only as Joel Waight, was meeting another man at the area known as Belizean Beach at about 5:00 this morning. Apparently the meeting went sour and a […]
A Belize City taxi driver is in serious condition after he was shot during a robbery on Friday night. According to police, around 8:00 that night, forty-four year old Richard Acosta was hired to take four men from the Biltmore Plaza to Ladyville. The men asked Acosta to take them to Marage Road, but when […]
In an update to a brazen robbery attempt in Placencia, police have caught the three suspects. Nineteen year old Ryan Valerio, twenty-nine year old Ecleston Bonilla, both of Dangriga and thirty year old Clifford Caballero of Seine Bight, have all been arrested and charged with robbery, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and several firearm […]
The body of a woman found on Friday at the Hattieville dumpsite has been identified as a Corozal businesswoman. According to police, the body is that of forty year old Sandra Williams of Bay Road in Corozal Town. Reports are that Williams left her home on Tuesday, January twenty-second, and never returned. Her pickup truck […]
While some may argue that the best way to deal with criminals is to lock them up and throw away the key, others will tell you that there’s always hope for the convicted. Today, the Department of Corrections took special interest in a place that has brought comfort to more than one inmate. News 5’s […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into Sports Monday. The battle for supremacy in the Regent’s Cup tournament raged at the M.C.C. Grounds. Yesterday we headed into week thirteen as the defending champions Kulture Yabra, hosted Builder’s Hardware Bandits. A quick look at this picture featuring David “Manu” McCauley, Charlie Slusher and Derron […]
