Belize City gangs have once more turned portions of the city into their own private war zone with two men killed and three others injured during shootings on Cemetery Road, Police Street, and West Canal between Thursday night and this afternoon. We begin tonight with the latest incident around one-forty-five this afternoon when the meeting […]
Belize City police believe another murder may be related to the incident at Olympic Restaurant and are seeking a suspect. On Thursday night, the shooting victim was standing near an alley on West Canal talking to a woman when a young man rode up on a bicycle and fired several shots. This morning a relative […]
It was a point that made all the headlines: Glenn Godfrey’s claim that Belize Telecommunications Limited had made an undertaking to pay the debts of two of his companies, debts now part of a special Senate investigation into the financial affairs of the Social Security Board. But tonight B.T.L. has responded saying, one, the board […]
Tonight two men from the Belize District are behind bars, charged with sexual offences against a seven-year-old boy. Those men have been identified to News Five as twenty-one year old Alder Ulloa and twenty-five year old Ricardo de Jesus Mendez, both from an area of Ladyville called Japan. According to the child, on May thirty-first, […]
Child Labour: it’s a subject that most of us read about or watch on television, and tend to believe is about abuses in far away places. But Belize is very much a part of this global phenomenon. In preparation for “World Day against Child Labour” on Sunday, the Labour Department has released a statistical digest […]
The Ballet Art School is one of Belize’s premier dance schools, and throughout the years their recitals have always been eagerly anticipated, both for the quality of the performances and the costumes and set designs. This weekend the school will be putting on two shows. News Five spoke with Director Mamie Martinez about the programme […]
They came all the way from Hopkins Village to promote their new C.D. But for these young performers, making music is not necessarily about making money…it’s about carrying on their culture. News Five met the young drummers at the House of Culture in Belize City this morning. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting These young boys, who are […]
