For the third time in less than eighteen months, Belizean law enforcement officials are tonight investigating a murder in which the perpetrator burnt his victim’s body after inflicting the fatal wound. Around five this morning, police and fire officials responded to calls for help from residents on Victoria Street after neighbours noticed smoke coming from […]
Tonight, the University of Belize is facing one of its toughest challenges following reports of an incident on campus last weekend involving students, alcohol and sex. Details are still sketchy but this afternoon, university officials confirmed that sometime between last Sunday evening and early Monday morning, two female students and two male students were socializing. […]
Her dismissal was a direct result of the recommendations of the Senate Select Committee but tonight Narda Garcia is fighting back, determined not go down without a fight. According to court reports, this morning Garcia’s attorney, former Solicitor General, Elson Kaseke filed a motion in the Supreme Court asking that the committee’s report be quashed […]
In other court news, acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions Kirk Anderson, this afternoon perjury charges were filed against Gabby Affif’s secretary Ursula Hill. Hill appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser this afternoon and was formally arraigned on one count of Contradicting Previous Evidence and one count of Fabrication of Evidence. The […]
A baby has drowned in San Pedro Town. According to police, twenty-one year old Dina Pag has reported that around five on Thursday evening, she lost sight of her two year old son Oliver Amaya for about ten minutes. When she went looking for the child, she found him floating in a pond of water […]
An anti-drug operation in the north ended in bloodshed this morning after the weed farmers shot at the police. According to Corozal cops, around five today they discovered a marijuana field off the Consejo Road and were in the process of securing the area when they came under attack from assailants hiding in the surrounding […]
We usually see chefs behind the stove, not necessarily around a table or even in a classroom, but this week that’s where News Five’s Kendra Griffith found them. Chef Mark Ainsworth, Course Facilitator ?We sit down in the morning for theory, then we get in the kitchen, prepare meals and then we critique the food […]
In most homes with children, television is a luxury to be enjoyed on the weekends and long holidays. But tonight local officials are planning to use the popular medium as a teaching tool in an attempt to make learning fun. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This week, the Belize District Association of […]
On Sunday, love and laughter will take centre stage at the Birds Isle in Belize City to honour the one and only Beverly Smith Lopez. Four years after the comedienne passed away from heart complications, her family, friends and fans are determined to celebrate her life. Kendra Griffith, Reporting In the forty-five years of her […]
