Who would want to kill a disabled man? And why? Those are just two questions that Belmopan police are trying to answer as what appears to be a murder in Roaring Creek over the weekend has shocked residents of the village and outraged the victim’s family. Twenty-four year old Sherman Herrera, a resident of Teakettle, […]
The plot thickens in the investigation into the weekend murder of Orange Walk merchant Ghanshayan Alamchandani. This morning police detained a suspect in the case, saying only that he was a man “close to the victim”. At the same time information reaching News 5 indicates a possible motive that is nothing short of disturbing. Alamchandani, […]
No arrests have been made following a dramatic shooting incident on the Hummingbird Highway in late November. According to a traumatised U.S. couple, just after ten on the morning of Saturday, November twenty-seventh, they were heading to the airport after vacationing in Placencia but when they stopped at a speed bump between miles 19 and […]
Meanwhile, Belmopan police are tonight investigating another incident on the Hummingbird Highway. According to the authorities, around seven on Saturday night, employees of Sibun River Farm, located near the Sibun Bridge, were inside their house preparing dinner when there was a knock on the door. Farm worker Rudolfo Mendoza opened it only to find three […]
And in a follow up to our coverage of the robbery of the Belize Water Services office in Belmopan, police today wrapped up their investigation after the third suspect was taken into custody. According to Sergeant Sinquest Martinez, the community played a big role in catching the criminals. Sgt. Sinquest Martinez ?We have recovered over […]
Fortunately, no one was killed, but a road accident Monday evening between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo has left a trail of pain stretching across two Belize City hospitals. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-four year old Gessy Hernandez is just one of five passengers who were seriously injured after the […]
While some people will be celebrating Christmas in the comfort of their homes, others will be recovering from illnesses and injuries at the country’s main medical institution, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. So, once again the KHMH is receiving some much needed help to make things a little bit brighter. This evening the staff of […]
Tonight Belizean investors behind a tourism project involving Belize’s barrier reef are remaining tight-lipped about their plans, claiming reports in the local media are threatening to swamp their scheme even before it hits the high seas. Being sold under the title of the Belize Barrier Reef Park, the proposal is financially backed by Belize City […]
It is estimated that over forty-two million people around the world are infected with HIV and AIDS and a whopping twenty six million of those living with the disease are workers between the ages of fifteen and forty nine years old. To respond to this global problem, the International Labour Organisation and the United States […]
The last time someone tried to build a major span over the Belize River was June of 1993 at a place called Iguana Creek. A flood washed the nearly complete structure into oblivion and its contractor firmly into the nation’s folklore. Today, with the lessons of history still fresh, another bridge is arching over the […]
