For the past two months, most of us were convinced that the fifty thousand U.S. dollar a day meter set by a Miami Federal judge had stopped ticking…but in a ruling this week, Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages dropped a bombshell on Belize’s international attorneys. On Wednesday, in a judgment entitled “Order denying…defendant’s motion to recognize purge”, […]
Just two days after he was shot to death, police picked up two youths they believe are responsible for the killing of Alberto Saragoza Jr. Today Kyle Edwards of Reggae Street and Roger Batty of Kraal Road, both eighteen, were jointly charged with murder. They were remanded to Hattieville to await trial on August eleventh. […]
An accident last night on the Western Highway has left a bicyclist dead, a family in mourning, and the passengers of a bus shaken. News Five visited the scene today. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sixty-two year old Gerald Mervin Underwood usually rode his bike to his home near mile six on the Western Highway. But as […]
In an update to a storied aired Wednesday night, we regret to announce that forty-three year old Gilberto Pat has died. Pat, who was found on June eighteenth, lying unconscious near the Tower Hill Bridge in Orange Walk, had a fractured skull, broken hand, and damaged lung. Police say Pat was also extremely intoxicated. Authorities […]
Police have also arrested one man and are seeking another in connection with the robbery of two Running W Meats employees in Belize City on Tuesday. Twenty-one year old Raymond Allen was today charged with attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm, dangerous harm, and robbery when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. […]
Three men accused of stealing everything but the kitchen sink from a Belize district resident are tonight enjoying the comforts of the Hattieville Correctional Facility. Twenty-one year old Brian Yorke, nineteen year old Aaron Arnold, and twenty-one year Darrel Grey appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today where they were formally arraigned on charges of […]
We first got to know Steven Griffith back in November of last year when the fifty-two year old resident of Unitedville participated in that village’s unique celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day. Unfortunately for the transplanted U.S. citizen, life in the months following that party has been less enjoyable. Griffith has languished in Hattieville prison since […]
It’s a new record for the Central Statistical Office…the release of quarterly figures just two months after relevant surveys were conducted countrywide. But according to officials at the C.S.O., the timely production of accurate information will become a consistent trademark of the department. This morning, officials presented the latest numbers on the economy, and according […]
Most of us would consider ourselves blessed with a long life if we reach eighty or ninety. But as this next story shows, there are those among us who reach one hundred and arrive at this amazing milestone full of energy, vigour and good humour. News Five was invited to a very special celebration at […]
While most of us sought shelter from the heat this week, one group of students was willingly toughing it out in a room filled with hot stoves. But the sweat beading on their foreheads did not deter them from their goal of becoming more proficient at what they love best: cooking. News Five was invited […]
