So far this year we have had the grim task of reporting the murder of eleven Belizeans. While it was painful to recount the details of those crimes, tonight, murder number twelve is particularly traumatic. Just after seven p.m. on Thursday an elderly Belize City man was viciously beaten to death by a mob of […]
This morning, the frightening sight of thick, black smoke rising in the air over the fire prone Pickstock Division, sent nervous residents into panic mode and left one family without a home. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Thick smoke filled the skies over Belize City this morning as flames engulfed the upper […]
The Police Department is on a natural high tonight, after arresting five men and confiscating close to eighty pounds of weed in two separate incidents along the Western Highway. Police officials in San Ignacio say that around nine Thursday morning officers on patrol spotted two men walking on the highway carrying backpacks. But as the […]
They were major issues pushed by the People’s United Party in their campaign leading up to the March fifth general elections. But this week, it looked like reality might override the rhetoric. First, there’s the income tax exemption for Belizeans making twenty-five thousand dollars or less, which was promised to take effect on April first. […]
But today, it was the Prime Minister and his administration that took centre stage as the new government and Senate was officially sworn in as elected representatives. News 5’s Patrick Jones was in the capital this morning. Patrick Jones, Reporting The pomp and ceremony of today’s opening of the National Assembly was the symbol of […]
Homelessness on the streets of Belize City is nothing new, but tonight News 5’s Janelle Chanona talks to the men and women who spend their days and nights on the streets, hustling for their place in society. You might expect to hear sob stories and screams for sympathy, but what she found will surprise you. […]
