Tonight we have a murder to report, not to mention news of the recovery of the bodies of two fishermen who were lost at sea … but we’ll lead our broadcast with the story of a thirteen year old girl. The unnamed minor has already been introduced as the babysitter who left her post only […]
A suspect is in police detention following a chopping incident that has left one man dead and another hospitalised. According to police reports, twenty-four year old Marvin Ramirez of Blackman Eddy was at home with his wife and his friend, Hipolito Choco, on Tuesday night when around eleven a man wielding a machete entered the […]
The luck of fishermen has not been good this week as two men have drowned while on separate fishing trips. Reports are that twenty-two year old Denver Gomez of Forest Home left Punta Gorda with two other men on Monday morning to go fishing. According to his companions, sometime around two that afternoon their eighteen […]
A police officer has been accused of bringing dishonour to his badge. Thirty-two year old Constable Richard Arnold of Hattieville was today charged with Theft in connection with the taking of personal items from a criminal suspect he had detained. According to court reports, on July twenty-eighth Arnold took into custody one Kendale Oshon at […]
A Corozal businessman remains in police custody tonight pending a charge of rape. According to investigators, a sixteen year old girl has reported that Free Zone businessman Curtis Arnold had sex with her against her will on August thirteenth at a beach party in Corozal Town. Attorney Michael Peyrefitte told us this afternoon that his […]
The murder trial of Chadrick DeBride, the man accused of killing an off duty police officer, has been aborted and moved to the Supreme Court’s October session. As previously reported, one of the jurors in the case was injured in a traffic accident and his ability to hear the case was in doubt. Today those […]
Consumers who have just received their July light bills may be disappointed to discover that those promised refunds on June G.S.T. payments have yet to appear. News Five contacted B.E.L. to see what was the problem and we were informed that while the government and B.E.L. came to an agreement that the June G.S.T. would […]
In news from the Stann Creek Valley officials have confirmed that two international companies will be making significant investments in Belize’s citrus industry. A joint press release from the Belize Citrus Growers Association Investment Company and Citrus Products of Belize Limited indicates that two companies, one from Trinidad and the other from Barbados, will buy […]
This September Belizeans will be celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of our Independence and the two hundred and eighth anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye. And while the festivities have had their ups and downs over the years, today the September Celebrations Committee made it clear that next month’s revelry will be long, large […]
And while on the subject of September, the United States Embassy has provided us with this shot of Queen of the Bay, Carrie Wong K in her Air Force blues. Carrie, a member of the Belize Defence Force, was one of three Belizeans this year to earn a coveted scholarship to U.S. Military academies. U.S. […]
In the spirit of the September celebrations, the Belizean Studies Resource and Data Analysis Centre at St. John’s College today released a collection of essays on the Battle of St. George’s Caye. The special publication consists of five articles written during the late 1970’s and early 80’s by Richard Buhler, Peter Ashdown, and Francis Humphries […]
