Tonight the family of a six year old girl is mourning her death after a freak accident involving a game of see-saw and a tree branch in a Cayo schoolyard went horribly wrong. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the sad story from the Santa Elena Roman Catholic Primary School. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Six year old […]
A weekend traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway has left two men dead and two others with serious injuries. According to authorities, around eleven on Friday night, Lindon Lewis was driving his white Toyota Hilux towards Belmopan when he lost control of the vehicle between miles thirty and thirty-one. The truck ran into a hill […]
A Belize City man is lucky to be alive tonight after he was shot in the neck. Police reports are that around three this morning, twenty-one year old Sheldon Watler was riding his bicycle on North Creek Road when someone shot at him. When cops arrived at the scene, they found Watler bleeding profusely from […]
In court news, today an eighteen old man from St. Paul’s Bank in the Belize district was arraigned on a charge of carnal knowledge in connection with a report made by a twelve-year-old girl. According to the victim, in August of last year she was at her father’s house in Belize City when Orie “Spike” […]
Meanwhile, the Chief Magistrate has sentenced a man in absentia in connection with a robbery reported by a Belize City woman. According to Sharlett Dawson, on November seventh, 2003, she was walking on Banak Street when someone came up to her and demanded her chain. She said no, to which her attacker replied “A wah […]
In Belmopan today, the Magistracy set a significant precedent in the prosecution of contraband cases. Court reports from the capital city indicate that Magistrate Henry Usher has found Guatemalan Jose Mario Escobar Porres guilty of “knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of customs duties.” On September nineteenth, Escobar was found on the Bullet Tree Road […]
With only twenty-two more days to nationwide municipal elections, this morning the People’s United Party officially launched its manifesto in ceremonies across the country. And as we found out on Queen’s Street this morning, the P.U.P. is going all out to secure dominance in the country’s two cities and seven towns. Janelle Chanona, Reporting As […]
In a bit of good news for the Belize Police Department, the force has received a donation from the government of India which they hope will improve response time to calls from the public, particularly in rural areas. The three-wheel Bajaj vehicles are currently being assembled at Price Barracks in Ladyville by members of the […]
On the occasion of its fourth birthday, today the Museum of Belize presented a gift to its visitors … a new interactive room that will allow for plenty of artistic freedom. News Five’s Karla Vernon explains. Karla Vernon, Reporting Since the Museum of Belize opened four years ago, the children have been told not to […]
As part of Black History month, the Belize City House of Culture has launched a special exhibition dedicated to black consciousness. Featured in the exhibit are musicians such as Bob Marley, Sister Carol, Mutabaruka, and Burning Spear. According to organiser Rita Mae Hyde, through their music, the artists have promoted the importance of self-identity. Rita […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we invite you to sit back and enjoy this edition of Sports Monday. The mighty M and M Tour has gripped the nation after its monster start Saturday at Sugar City. So we head to Orange Walk as seventy-one riders, representing ten teams, take off on the first leg […]
