An employee of the Sales Tax Department has been charged with extortion after being busted trying to hustle money from a local businessman. According to Lloyd Sutherland, owner of Royal Catering Services, on the fourteenth of November, two men identifying themselves as Leodan Torres and a Mr. Bol, employees of the Sales Tax Unit, walked […]
A shooting incident on Newtown Barracks over the weekend has resulted in the arrest of two Belize City men. According to police reports, around two on Saturday morning armed men entered the compound of the Fisheries Department and ambushed the lone security guard. As they were in the process of bounding the guard with duct […]
A resident of Dangriga is in police custody tonight pending charges of murder following a fatal stabbing early this morning. According to authorities, the twenty-one year old suspect and the twenty-four year old victim, identified as Dave Nunez, got into an argument in the Wagierale area of the town. A knife was introduced to the […]
Tonight local INTERPOL officials in Belmopan continue to investigate a reported case of human trafficking involving a minor, the child’s parents, and an American citizen. Information about the case is still sketchy as authorities have remained tight-lipped. This is what we do know: a thirteen year old Belizean girl was found in the company of […]
We’ve reported some bizarre criminal activity over the years, but this one still stands out in the weird category. A Belize City teen has reported that he was robbed by his own brothers. According to fifteen year Robinson Michael, he was on Rocky Road around noon on Saturday when his brothers: nineteen year old Orin […]
Tonight, a Ladyville family continues to nurse their loved one to good health after a traffic accident almost claimed his life five days ago. But as I discovered this morning, that traumatic ordeal pales in comparison to their frustration with the justice system. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eight year old Darwin Melendez had just had lunch […]
It’s official, today Belize Electricity Limited served the Public Utilities Commission with an official request for higher rates. According to a press release issued to the media, B.E.L. is asking for an additional five point four cents per kilowatt hour. Company C.E.O. Lynn Young continues to maintain that the “financial integrity of B.E.L. is threatened […]
When it comes to local programming, it’s closest competitor is KTV…that’s right, tonight at eight, Gimme Five kicks off right here on Channel Five. This year, the show celebrates its fourteenth anniversary and the return of host William Neal. And for an extra twist, this time around Gimme Five will not only be rewarding callers […]
Two days after the hurricane season officially closed, weather experts christened Hurricane Epsilon in the Atlantic Ocean. And with surface temperatures still above normal, tonight the weather is anything but predictable. That’s why the Catholic diocese is calling on Christians everywhere to join in prayer in thanksgiving that Belize was once again spared Mother Nature’s […]
Two Belizean students have been honoured regionally for their academic excellence in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations. According to the Ministry of Education, Saint John’s College student Lowell Navarro is the country’s top scholar, while Jessica Chee of Saint Catherine’s Academy placed second. Navarro received nine grade ones in biology, Caribbean history, English A, […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and you?ve just landed aboard this monster ride we call Sports Monday. It survived a two-week postponement and a highly intensive vetting process, but by the time the first ever Mountain Bike Cross Country event rolled off from its start yesterday at Garbutt?s Gas Station in Roaring Creek, it had […]
