The reports of tragedy began to come in early and didn’t let up until mid afternoon. By newstime it was clear that at least six people were confirmed dead today of various causes, three in a single traffic accident…and that’s where we’ll begin our newscast. Six children in the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout are […]
A resident of Biscayne Village has died at the hands of his stepson. Police say around 8:00 on Monday night Gilbert Lamb, seventeen, had a quarrel with his thirty-eight year old stepfather Kenneth Ferguson. It is alleged that the cause of the argument was Lamb’s scolding of one of Ferguson’s sons. The misunderstanding led Lamb […]
Another stabbing incident, this one at the Hattieville Prison, has left an inmate recuperating from his wounds. Reports are that prisoners Erlin White and Marlon Fisher had a fight while on break. Inmates reported that White was stabbed to the right side of the abdomen and that shortly after, Fisher was seen running with a […]
Police have found a dead body in Corozal. He is identified as sixty-eight year old Theodocio Tzul of Santa Rita. Tzul was discovered in the Finca Solana area of Corozal Town around 7:00 on Monday night. The fully clothed corpse, which had facial injuries, was lying beside a blue racer bicycle. Police are trying to […]
Police have finally caught one of the four men they believe murdered a woman in cold blood, injured her husband and raped a young lady on Thursday in Corozal and Orange Walk. Twenty-seven year old Mark Vega was picked up by police around nine last night as he arrived in Belize City by bus from […]
Police have detained a security guard for questioning in connection with the robbery of the Belize Water Services office in Santa Elena, Cayo. B.W.S. public relations officer Paul Lecky told News 5 that around two this afternoon a lone dark complexioned gunman entered the office, ordered the guard to lie on the floor and demanded […]
Prime Minister Said Musa returned home today after a four-day official visit to South Korea. According to a government press release, the P.M. met President Kim Dae Jung at the Blue House, the president’s office in Seoul, to talk about a number of issues. These included financial support for Belize through Korea’s Economic Development Co-operation […]
The name became synonymous with government ineptitude when an earlier attempt to build a new bridge at the location resulted in the incomplete structure being washed away in a flood. But tonight the new Iguana Creek Bridge is a reality. On Monday morning officials cut the ribbon on the new two-lane steel span, which replaces […]
The impending privatisation of the management of the Philip Goldson International Airport has received some recent media attention, but less obvious on the radar screen has been an ongoing negotiation for the establishment of a free zone on lands surrounding the airport. Today News 5’s Janelle Chanona travelled to the Ladyville site to find out […]
