Tonight two young men are behind bars, arrested for the shocking murder of security guard Oliver Blanco on Wednesday morning. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the disturbing details of the case. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Eight hours after the cold blooded murder of fifty-eight year old Oliver Blanco the Belize City Crimes Investigation Branch arrested the […]
One week after eighty year old George Anglin Senior was fatally stabbed fifteen times in his Orange Walk home; his son has been arrested and charged for the crime. According to investigators, today, twenty-six year old, Berris Anglin and twenty-three year old, Calbert Carcamo stand accused of attacking the elder Anglin in his yard on […]
Summations in the case against Jabor “Gabby” Affif continued today in the Belize City Supreme Court. Presenting the defence team’s review of the case was Senior Counsel Ellis Arnold. The defence attorney told the jury, “We are not saying that those forms are not forged. There is also no dispute of who forged them. The […]
In case you’ve missed all the warnings, today marks the official start of hurricane season. Belize might have escaped disaster last year but as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, preparedness is key. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Hurricanes remain one of the most unpredictable forces of nature but scientists have been getting better in tracking these often […]
The Public Utilities Commission has put the brakes on an April advisory by B.T.L. to its analogue and fixed cellular customers that itemized bills would cost an extra five bucks a month. According a P.U.C. press release issued this afternoon, the implementation of a new billing system has in fact “constituted a change in the […]
Word out of the Cuban embassy tonight is that a neurosurgeon has been dispatched to work in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Fifty-one year old Dr. Abigail Matos is described as a doctor with twenty-five years experience, most recently at the Saturnino Lora Hospital in Santiago de Cuba. Matos arrived in Belize in mid-May and […]
It’s an issue that has been swept under the rug in too many Belizean homes. In an effort to get rid of domestic abuse, this morning, the Women’s Department launched a video that will put the reality of the problem in your face. Dr. Carol Fonseca, Director, Women?s Dept. ?Too many times we hear our […]
The results are in but educational officials have had to admit that while there were some improvement in grades, overall performance in the primary school examination can be much better. News Five’s Kendra Griffith was on hand today as administrators shared the good … and bad news. Maud Hyde, Chief Education Officer ?We have adopted […]
It’s an initiative that has been launched all over the world … human interaction with marine animals in an enclosed environment. But when the idea took root in Belize, local conservationists expressed concern that captivity would tarnish the country’s image as having abundant wildlife in natural ecosystems. Earlier this week, cameraman George Tillett and I […]
