We may be in the midst of a national debate over how the nation’s finances are being handled, but ask most Belizeans their greatest concern and the answer you’re most likely to get is one word: crime. Today the institution that represents an important part of the overall equation introduced its newest members. News Five’s […]
While the police recruits were preparing for the big event in Belmopan, their future colleagues in Belize City were engaged in the type of police work that they don’t necessarily teach in the academy. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin explains. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Since the Yabra Community Policing Centre opened its doors a year ago on […]
And now to a more traditional type of police work: that is the collection of evidence. Almost daily we hear an accused has been set free due to the lack of it. But that situation may be changing as law enforcement agencies improve their capabilities in crime scene investigation. Through the assistance of the U.S. […]
A thirty-one year old man has been sentenced to the minimum of eight years in prison after being found guilty of attempted rape. The twenty-four year old victim testified in the court of Justice Troadio Gonzalez that David McKoy unsuccessfully tried to engage in sexual intercourse with her at a house party in Belmopan in […]
While David McKoy may have received an eight year sentence for his crime, chances are if he behaves himself he’ll be back on the streets in less than three. The process is called parole and the prison’s Parole Board met yesterday and approved twenty-six out of the fifty-three applications. Among those rejected by the board […]
A man, who escaped from a prison bus last month but later turned himself in, has died–perhaps as the result of drinking contaminated water while on the run. Although the results of a post mortem have not yet reached News Five, the sister of deceased prisoner Casey Allen says medical authorities suspect that Allen may […]
As the family and friends of the late David Price continue to make preparations for his funeral, today the Government of Belize announced it will assume the costs of paying for transporting Price home as well as his medical treatment in Cuba and the cost of the air ambulance that took the critically ill patient […]
Vance Cabral, the tour operator accused of negligence in the death of a diver and causing great trauma to three others, has had his license revoked for a minimum of five more years. A release from the Belize Tourism Board states that the Tour Operators Licensing Committee, following a November second meeting, reconvened today to […]
Belize will be represented at the summit of the Central American Integration System this weekend in Costa Rica by Deputy Prime Minister John Brice
Tonight the residents of the Placencia Peninsula have something to cheer about. The Caribbean Development Bank has approved a twelve point six million U.S. dollar loan to upgrade and pave the Placencia Road. The twenty-two year loan carries an interest rate of six point two five percent and five year grace period. Work is slated […]
They may not always be on our minds but in times of need we are grateful that they are always on the front lines. News Five’s Kendra Griffith looks at a new exhibition at the Image Factory that spotlights the many accomplishments of the Belize Red Cross. Lily Bowman, Director General, Belize Red Cross
With violent crime such a major issue in Belize it’s only logical to take a close look at the question of guns … and at Christmas time even the toys come under scrutiny. Kendra Griffith has more. Norman Rodriguez
This next story needs little introduction other than to say that if you are easily confused regarding issues of gender and sexuality you would do well to stay close to home this Saturday night. Our entertainment reporter has more. Janelle Chanona, Reporting True to its design, the flier announcing this weekend
