The final bell has not yet rung in the legal boxing match between Jeffrey Prosser and the Government of Belize…but so far Prosser is ahead on points…way ahead. Today a Federal Court in Miami ruled in favour of the U.S. Virgin Islands based tycoon and ordered G.O.B. to remove its newly appointed board members, retaining […]
More information is emerging about the crash of a commuter plane in the sea off Belize City. Specifically, what made it go down and how did the passengers get out? News 5’s Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This morning the Tropic Air Cessna Caravan that went down into the sea soon after its take […]
It is hard to imagine the panic and confusion that occurred inside the overturned Cessna Caravan as passengers tried to feel their way out of the aircraft. The plane?s windows had broken on impact and the inside of the aircraft started to fill with water and debris causing visibility to be very poor. But thanks […]
Another criminal suspect has found himself on the receiving end of police bullets, this time in Roaring Creek. Around twelve this afternoon, police cornered two men wanted in connection with a series of crimes in the Belmopan area, but taking them into custody has left one man hospitalized with gunshot wounds, another receiving treatment for […]
Police in Belize City have arrested and charged two suspects following a shooting on Tuesday night, which injured two people. Seventeen-year-old Deon Williams has been charged with four counts of attempted murder, four counts of aggravated assault, two counts of the use of deadly means of harm, and one count each of wounding and causing […]
Two Belize City men have been detained following a report of a robbery in Orange Walk town. Thirty three year old Shao Hau Zhen of Happy Valley Restaurant told police that around eight on Thursday night, he and his wife were inside the business establishment when two men entered, one armed with a knife and […]
The cargo ship that went aground at Lighthouse Reef over two months ago remains high and dry atop the coral and there is a great likelihood that its owners will be fined heavily for causing environmental damage. That’s the word from Major Gilbert Swaso of the Port Authority, who has recently concluded the Harbour master’s […]
In the best of times the running of Excelsior High School in eblize City is a touch and go position. But these are not good times for the institution…as News 5?s Jacqueline Woods discovered this morning. Gayle Thompson, Principal, Excelsior High School ?It is very frustrating. We are a poor school operating in a poor […]
Today preschoolers from across the country celebrated Cultural Day as part of activities in connection with Child Stimulation Month that is observed each year in March. This afternoon the children of Morning Star Preschool invited their moms and dads to a special luncheon that had a wide variety of local dishes from various ethnic groups. […]
“What do women want from politics?” That will be the burning question at the heart of what is being billed as a “passionate and informative” dialogue on Saturday morning in Belize City. The women’s arm of the United Democratic Party is organising the event, but coordinator Dianne Haylock says women from either side of the […]
