Tonight a Burrell Boom resident continues to recover from gunshot injuries to his hand after a shootout at his home early Tuesday morning. But as News Five’s investigations reveal, this was not a robbery attempt gone bad, as a black cloth bag filled with duct tape, rope, a syringe with liquid inside, and a steel […]
A Belize City man has been arrested after he was busted stark naked running away from his neighbour?s house. According to reports, twenty-one year old security guard Luis Reyes appeared in Belize City Magistrate’s Court where he pleaded not guilty to attempted burglary. Reyes was granted bail in the amount of two thousand five hundred […]
A shooting incident in the St. Martin De Porres area has left a Belize City man recovering from gunshot injuries. According to sixty-two year old Rufus X, around two on Wednesday morning he went to check on his house on the southside of the city and immediately noticed that several pieces of two by four […]
Tonight a postman stands accused of stealing mail after being caught red handed with envelopes in his shoes and pockets. According to police reports, thirty-one year old Brian Luna has been arrested pending charges of mail tampering after concerned citizens reported seeing a mailman removing letters from his carrier bag and putting them in his […]
Tonight police have arrested and charged a mother for procurement after official investigations confirmed that the woman was forcing her teenaged daughter to have sex for money. Authorities have identified the mother as fifty-two year old Petronila Urratio, a naturalised Belizean living in San Ignacio town. We understand that for the past year, Urratio has […]
Usually when we talk of living in a concrete jungle, it’s not meant to include the wildlife that actually does call Belize City home. But this afternoon one family came face to face with an animal that desperately needed their help. According to the Perez family of Berry Street, around twelve-thirty this afternoon a boy […]
A two day workshop called “Making Motherhood Safer” began today in Belize City. Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization, participants include midwives, hospital and health centre workers. The workshop is designed to determine ways of improving the care delivered to Belizean mothers from the first stages of pregnancy, through […]
This weekend Belizean music legends will hit the stage at the Bliss for the second annual Lord Rhaburn Music Awards. This morning News Five’s Karla Heusner caught up with the artists for a preview of the event. Karla Heusner, Reporting As performers for the Lord Rhaburn Music Awards Show arrived today at the P.G.I.A. it […]
Last December, Belize’s small entertainment industry proved to be anything but modest as it stepped out in full regalia for a special award show to honour the top performers of the year. This Saturday night, the second annual Belizean Entertainment Awards Show takes place at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts… And today, public […]
Today drivers from across the country gathered in the southern town of Dangriga in the latest chapter of the bus wars. Demonstrators included fired employees of Novelo’s Bus Line, the recently jobless men and women of National Transport, and of course, commuters. But to absolutely no one’s surprise, while today’s protest may have vented frustrations, […]
