A thirty-five year old Belize City man is behind bars tonight accused of raping his son. According to the police, the nine year old told his mother that on March fifth, he was at home with his father when he was taken to a bedroom and raped. Medical examinations have certified that the child was […]
News of freak accidents are reported every day, but when they involve children, the story takes on a sense of urgency. Tonight, we feature the sad tale of nine year old Darwin Cruz. For the past month, Darwin has been fighting to survive third degree burns to much of his body … and even though […]
A brazen shooting in the Toledo district over the weekend has left a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Police reports out of Punta Gorda are that around eight-thirty on Friday night, forty-three year old Eric Flowers was walking into his yard on West Street when someone he knew walked up to him, pointed a shotgun […]
A high school teacher is charged with burglary tonight after an incident in Belize City over the weekend. Court reports are that thirty-one year old Denroy Tillett, a teacher at Saint John’s College pleaded not guilty to the charge and is now out on five thousand dollars bail. According to the victim, Rhondine Tillett, around […]
A thief busted by school children and an alert police officer was today charged in Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Forty-seven year old Nicaraguan Luis Saquaira appeared before Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie where he was formally arraigned on one count of theft. Saquaira pled not guilty, but when the court found out that he was also […]
A Mexican national arrested on Friday for firearm offences has been fined. Thirty-four year old David Rendon appeared in Corozal Magistrate’s Court today where he pled guilty to two counts each of possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He was fined ten thousand dollars on each count or in default four years in jail. Acting […]
Left paralysed after a shooting near her home in Taylor’s Alley, tonight twenty-three year Lisa Garoy continues to amaze her doctors in defiance of their prognosis that she would never walk again. We caught up with Garoy and her now seven month old son, Leroy, at home where she told News Five’s Karla Vernon about […]
Father’s Day may not be until June, but one grateful son is paying tribute to his artist father the only way he knows how: by dedicating his first exhibition to his favourite teacher. News Five was at the House of Culture in Belize City today for the opening of Alex Croft’s “Uncovered”. Karla Vernon, Reporting […]
It’s become a trendy thing for American college students to devote their Spring Break to volunteer service instead of just partying the time away. But for the undergrads at the University of Louisville, coming to Belize is nothing new as the Kentucky school’s International Service Learning Programme has been active here for the past seven […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week three of the RFG Trophy Tournament brought Hankook Verdes of Cayo into the M.C.C. Grounds for a Sunday evening date with the Belize City team called F.C. Belize. And talk about a fast start for the home team. We?re only five minutes into the […]
