For as long as there have been hunters, there have been hunting accidents. Last night in the Cayo District a man lost his life after a colleague mistook his movements for those of a wild animal. Today, News 5’s Patrick Jones travelled out west and found that while the killing appears to have been an […]
While the death in Cayo may still lack some evidence, at least all those involved are present and accounted for. Not so in the case of the eighty-four year old businessman found bound, gagged, and dead yesterday in Belize City. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has an update. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It is hard to imagine […]
Chalk it up as another as-yet-unsolved mystery. Almost two weeks after the body of U.S. National Jovanna Poe was found floating in the lagoon in Gales Point, Dangriga police are no closer to solving the brutal murder. It is believed that Poe, who was scheduled to leave the country on Friday, February twenty-seventh, was killed […]
Two more suspects have been arrested for their involvement in last week’s bank robbery in Orange Walk. They are thirty-three year old Rafael Campos, a naturalised Belizean originally from El Salvador who resides in San Jose Village, and thirty-one year old Benjamin Orellano. Police believe that Campos is the leader of the gang that robbed […]
It may not have been on the scale of the blazes we covered on Wednesday, but once again the fire pumps were working overtime in Belize City. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the fourth time in two days, this afternoon fire officials were called to a house fire, this time at number twelve Vernon Street. According […]
The bashment was held on Friday, but it was today that the money raised from the Mayor’s Charity Banquet and Ball was officially handed over. Presenting a cheque for twenty thousand dollars to Belize City Mayor David Fonseca was committee chairperson Pauline Smith-Wade. Donations are still being accepted, which will be used to alleviate the […]
In the confusion of yesterday’s fires and subsequent downtown power failures we were unable to bring viewers the story of a major step forward in the world of education: the dedication of a brand new junior college on the southside of Belize City. Patrick Jones was on hand. Patrick Jones, Reporting The spanking new two-story […]
As in any society there are a number of children in Belize who do not live within a traditional family setting. Likewise, there are a number of adult couples who would like to initiate or expand a family of their own. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has been busy trying to match the supply with the […]
