Missing persons do not usually occupy a prominent place on this newscast, but tonight the confluence of three separate reports demands our attention. In the first, a Belize City man has reportedly vanished into thin air after he departed for an unknown destination earlier this month. Thirty year old Allison McField left his Antelope Street […]
Police have concentrated their search for a suspect in the chopping murder of twenty year old Guatemalan Jairo Lopez in the same area where the victim’s body was found. Authorities believe that prime suspect, Juan Manuel Dubon, is hiding in the Mayan King Farm area in the Stann Creek District, the same general location where […]
This morning, fifteen year old Michael Faux and his mother Sharon Augustus visited News 5 to complain about an instance of police brutality they claim was committed against the young man. According to Augustus, the police are looking for someone they say was involved in a shooting incident last month and that the person can […]
While some citizens were critical of the Police Department, other members of the force were being assisted in their efforts to contain crime. This afternoon I was on hand for a ceremony in Belmopan that looked like good fun. Janelle Chanona, Reporting It could be the Belizean version of “CHIPS”, but the emphasis is on […]
Also in Belmopan today was Commissioner of Police Carmen Zetina. He offered an explanation as to how and why a Belize police truck just happened to be seized in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. Carmen Zetina, Commissioner of Police “According to them, it was connected to some robbery. Somebody robbed the owner of it and they […]
We heard from National Basketball Team member Keith Acosta last night on Sports Monday, and today his team mates held a press conference to give a full account of their performance in San Salvador. News 5’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting While the team gave a good account of themselves, earning a bronze medal, […]
They don’t get a lot of publicity, but for the second consecutive year, employees at the Belize Sugar Industries office in Belize City are spreading Christmas cheer for those at the Sister Cecilia Home for the Elderly. Cashier at B.S.I.’s Storage Department, Sophia Contreras, says the activity is meant to brighten the lives of the […]
It’s a story you’ll see repeated several times over the next few weeks, but it’s one we never get tired of. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Christmas Day may be two weeks away, but one hundred primary school children got the lucky chance to spend some quality time with Santa Claus. The […]
