After days of intense investigation, today officials charged two men in connection with the theft of a hundred passports from the Belmopan Immigration Office. The accused are an uncle and nephew from San Ignacio and as Assistant Commissioner of Police Eduardo Wade explains, one of the two is an employee of the Immigration Department. Eduardo […]
In February 2005, the death of Leslie Rogers Junior sparked public outrage and controversy. Tonight, the fact that the police officer who pulled the trigger is now a free man threatens to do more of the same. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Aldo Ayuso, Cleared of Charges ?Tremendous relief, after a year of going through […]
A guilty verdict handed down to a former Caye Caulker police officer has been upheld in the Court of Appeal. According to court reports, this morning Linsbert Willis appeared on behalf of Sheldon Arzu to argue that his client was unfairly convicted because the trial judge failed to properly instruct the jury before deliberations. Willis […]
Meanwhile, separate shooting incidents in Belize City have left two men charged with attempted murder. According to police, around eight on Thursday morning, thirty-four year old Eric Savery was in his car with his three children and a male companion but as they turned onto Dolphin Street a man on a bicycle rode up alongside […]
On a regular basis the police department reports the destruction of a marijuana plantation somewhere in the bush. But tonight there is word that a ganja farmer or farmers have been hard at work, right on Jane Usher Boulevard in Belize City. According to police, around two thirty this afternoon an anonymous tip sent them […]
Lack of space is a perennial problem for Belize’s educational institutions, with many schools reporting that year after year they have to turn away students because they’ve simply got nowhere to put them. That reality exists at Pallotti High School but this year, the sisters are embarking on an ambitious project to increase capacity. And […]
Across the country, orphanages and homes for battered women are bursting at the seams, which is why it was such devastating news to hear that one such facility in Belmopan had been destroyed by fire. But as News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports, community members have banded together to give the children a reason to smile. […]
As the sun set again today, search and rescue teams in the Chiquibul Forest Reserve continued their efforts to find missing Belize Defence Force Solider Sgt. Ramon Aguilar. Those efforts were fuelled by some excitement today as we understand that something Aguilar had in his possession at the time of his disappearance was found. While […]
Today our roving reporter Jacqueline Godwin and her trusty cameraman Chris Mangar headed south to participate in the annual activities marking World Food Day. But as they discovered, a lack of proper nutrition, especially among the country’s poorest citizens, remains a significant challenge. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today farmers, producers and processors from across Belize gathered […]
