He was a man caught between his own instincts and training as a diplomat, and the demands of a political party steeped in a tradition of rejection of anything associated with Guatemala. But tonight it appears that Opposition Leader Dean Barrow has bridged that gap. In an interview this afternoon he told News 5’s Stewart […]
A man lies in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was mistakenly shot during a hunting trip. Sometime on Tuesday night, forty-one year old Rogelio Coh and thirty-one year old Jesus Pott of Guinea Grass decided to go hunting about three miles outside of the village. According to Pott, as they […]
Two persons have been arrested following a police operation in the Cayo District. Around 4:30 on Tuesday evening, officers from Belmopan went into Ontario Village and searched the home of thirty-four year old Michael Patrick Monroe. Inside the house, police discovered a number of firearms and an arsenal of ammunition including a three-five-seven Magnum pistol […]
San Ignacio police are investigating a hold-up and robbery that took place Tuesday night at Western Gas Limited in Santa Elena. Around 6:30 that evening, the company’s manager, Orlando Martinez, two co-workers and a watchman were at the premises when they were held up by three armed masked men. Martinez told the police that the […]
While those two Guatemalans await charges in Cayo, another has been handed over to authorities across the border. This morning one of Guatemala’s most wanted fugitives, Jose David Carrillo, was captured in a predawn raid in the village of San Lazaro in the Orange Walk District. Thirty-eight year old Carrillo, wanted in Guatemala on charges […]
With millions of dollars in cash, and major investments in key areas of the nation’s economy, the Social Security Board is perhaps the most powerful financial entity in Belize. But that power has not always been exercised without controversy; hence the appointment of a commission to suggest reforms in the way it conducts it’s business. […]
They say laughter is the best form of medicine, and whether that is true or not, Curtis Gillett Productions has put together one show that promises to uplift your spirits. Today, Gillett stopped by News 5 to talk about the show, Laugh-O-Rama, that takes place Thursday night inside cinema one at the Princess Hotel. Curtis […]
The recently concluded September celebrations were among the best organised in recent years… but while the flag prepared to raise on independence eve, News 5’S Janelle Chanona and Rick Romero were touching down in Los Angeles, California. They returned this week with a series of reports on the Belizean experience in Lala land. Tonight we […]
