Belize is no stranger to tragedy, but the events which occurred Tuesday morning in the village of Paraiso near Corozal Town have devastated the community. Today News 5’s Jacqueline Woods was in the area looking for answers in the wake of a freak occurrence that has left three men dead. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, the […]
The badly decomposed body of an unidentified man was found this morning in the Belize River just upstream of the Haulover Bridge. The corpse, clad only in blue pants, was missing its head and one arm. A post-mortem conducted this afternoon found the cause of death to be drowning. Police believe the victim had been […]
With more high-powered guns than potholes on the streets of Belize, the Police Department is under pressure to get them out of the hands of the criminals. Over the last four days, they’ve rousted the usual suspects, spent hours manning roadblocks and linked up with the Ombudsman’s office; their efforts haven’t been in vain. Today, […]
Acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions, police have arrested seventeen year old Kira Plunkett. Plunkett is the aunt of four-year-old Honey Flowers, who accidentally shot herself with a gun that Plunkett left in a bag on her bed. The case against Plunkett will question the level of responsibility gun owners must […]
In a follow-up to yesterday’s shooting of an armed robber by a Belize City shopkeeper, Ursilo Mendoza remains under guard in the K.H.M.H. as he tries to recover from a chest wound. Mendoza was shot by forty-nine year old Wai Tat-don after he allegedly tried to hold up Wai’s store on Baymen Avenue. Witnesses tell […]
A story we ran on yesterday’s newscast has elicited comment from the community. No, not the shooting of an armed robber or the latest talks with Guatemala. The story I’m referring to is the one on the frozen treat known as ideal, specifically how the flavoured ice got that particular name. At the end of […]
It has not been widely publicised, but earlier this week word reached News 5 of the death of a Belizean in the United States. Richard Burn, formerly of Belmopan, died of a heart attack on Monday in Mesa, Arizona. He was forty-seven years old. In 1994 we featured Burn as he, along with his wife […]
