Three days after the tragedy, there are more questions than answers surrounding the shooting death of nineteen-year-old Albert Hoy The Third. On Friday evening the S.J.C. Junior College student’s body was found lying in the corridor of his house at the corner of Slaughter House Road and Cleghorn Street in Belize City. Hoy had suffered […]
By all accounts it was a pretty fierce beating, and after spending three days in the hospital, the victim is talking to the press. Jennifer Phill today told News 5’s Jacqueline Woods that she didn’t deserve what she got. Jennifer Phill, Stabbing Victim “I need justice, I need real justice for this because I noh […]
The nation’s largest broadcasting company, R.S.V. Ltd. suffered a blow in July when its Cahal Pech entertainment complex in San Ignacio was set ablaze by a disgruntled patron. This weekend disaster struck again in Cayo as the proceeds from a Love FM sponsored event were jacked at gunpoint. According to police reports, entertainment coordinator Edith […]
Counterfeit currency is back in circulation and citizens are once again urged to be careful. Bogus hundred dollar Belizean notes were reported over the weekend at a Belize City gas station and a Dangriga nightspot. In each case a man made a relatively small purchase with the counterfeit blue note and received good money as […]
Police are investigating a traffic accident on Saturday that has resulted in the death of a young Toledo man. Twenty-one year old Thomas Rash of Laguna Village was riding his bike on the Southern Highway two miles outside Santa Rosa Village around six forty-five p.m. when he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee. The vehicle […]
Ten Belizeans have been awarded scholarships for the 2003-2004 academic year under programmes administered by the Organization of American States. Haydee Alonzo will attend Alberto Hurtado University in Chile and work towards a Masters Degree. Lydia Balderamos will pursue a doctorate at New Mexico State. Nic Requeña will go for a masters in marine biology […]
The satellite feed came in too late for Friday’s newscast, but the results of the latest Caribbean Broadcasting Awards are in… and Belize took more than its share of honours, winning the top prize in three categories. Janelle Chanona and Rick Romero won for best news feature with their story on Santa Rosa. The best […]
If you weren’t at Club Calypso Sunday afternoon or tuned in to Channel 5, you missed a refreshing look at some talented young Belizeans. It was the first week of our Children’s Karaoke competition, with a total of eight contestants divided across junior and senior categories. Here’s how it went after the judges marked their […]
It opened last week at the Mexican Cultural Institute and has been receiving strong reviews. Today News 5’s Patrick Jones dropped in to see what has become an annual photographic event. Patrick Jones, Reporting The full colour photographs are Noel Escalante’s tribute to the cultures of Belize and our neighbour to the north. Escalante says […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Regent Insurance Cup topped the billing going into the weekend as football fans countrywide anticipated a veritable feast from the four teams schedule. However, by the time the weekend concluded, it proved to be a case of Raymond Waters 2, B.P.F.L. nil. We take […]
