The shooting death of a Dangriga businessman has left a family in mourning and a community up in arms. According to police, fifty-two year old Wen Dong-lui, the owner of Chen Kee Store on Commerce Street, had just opened for business around seven Saturday morning, when two customers, one armed with a gun, entered the […]
A police internal affairs investigation has been launched into the drowning death of a Belize City man. According to the cops, in the wee hours of Saturday morning, twenty-one year old Guillermo Montejo was detained on drunk driving charges. But while he was being transported to the Queen Street police station, Montejo escaped from custody. […]
Police press officer, G. Michael Reid says the department is looking into the family’s allegations, but says so far, their investigation has revealed nothing out of the ordinary. G. Michael Reid “We will do a thorough investigation to find out what exactly occurred. This man was obviously drunk, very drunk, which is the reason he […]
Meanwhile, a recreational stop at the Macal River proved deadly for one Belmopan resident over the weekend. Family members tell News 5 that on Saturday, twenty-two year old Lisani Arzu of Moho Street attended a church leadership group meeting in San Ignacio. As part of the day’s activities, the young people stopped to bathe near […]
In crime news from the city, police are looking for several thieves involved in separate robberies over the weekend. Around nine-thirty on Friday morning, two men, one brandishing a handgun, walked into the office of St. John’s Cathedral on Rectory Lane and demanded money. The cashier handed over approximately seven hundred and ninety dollars in […]
Coming off successive years of direct hits by major hurricanes, the terror attacks of September eleventh and a looming worldwide recession, Belize’s tourism industry deserves a break. And this year it’s getting one in the form of a tremendous increase in the number of airlines serving the country. The first newcomer out of the gate […]
Nobody seems to be making much of an issue about it, but a Belize City man lies in the K.H.M.H. tonight with some serious gunshot wounds. Reports to News 5 indicate that shortly before noon today, Glenford “Cracker” Middleton was hit by several bullets as he hung out in the neighbourhood of King Street and […]
One set of people who are not being shy about talking to the media, live on Raccoon Street Extension in Belize City. They say that last night the only ones doing any shooting were police. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Calvin Richards says there was no reason for the police to fire […]
On Friday, we introduced you to five month old Noel Reina, blinded by a severe eye condition and in desperate need of financial help for corrective surgery. Tonight, we are pleased to report that several businesses and private individuals have generously contributed to help give Noel the gift of sight. According to the baby’s paediatrician, […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome on board for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. After a one week break, the Belize Premier Football League resumed regular season play over the weekend. We take you out west to the week eight shootout at the Norman Broaster Stadium as Acros Real Verdes plays host to […]
