Police usually show up just after a crime has been committed but on Sunday evening two constables actually witnessed a double murder. Around five thirty that day, cops were called out to an area near the Haulover Creek Bridge and on a lonely feeder road, authorities found the decaying body of a murdered man. Six […]
As we said, Sunday night’s double homicide was the second time detectives had to be dispatched to the Haulover Creek area as earlier in the evening a partly decomposed body was also found on the same feeder road. The victim is described as a man of slim built dressed in long jeans, a black t-shirt […]
The weekend’s killing spree was not confined to the Belize district as on Saturday a stabbing resulted in the death of an Orange Walk man. According to police, around five in the evening, twenty-eight year old Roberto Patt had just gotten off a bus near his home in Guinea Grass Village when he and another […]
Round two of the village council elections were held on Sunday in fifty-six more villages across the country. And just as they did the last time around, this week both political parties are claiming victory. The United Democratic Party has their party winning in thirty villages, with ten independents running successful campaigns, leaving the People’s […]
The weekend’s fourth murder occurred around eight-thirty on Sunday morning. Forty one year old Gary Gabourel and his common law wife Topaz Smith and children were on one of their weekend retreats at the family farm in Willow’s Bank Village in the Belize District when the peaceful atmosphere was shattered by a fight followed by […]
While the burglary of a school may have once been considered a rare event, these days it appears to be commonplace. The latest institution to suffer the injustice and indignity is Living Hope, located on the ground floor of the Belize City Centre. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports. Natalie Lino, School Manager “Those people did […]
There are disturbing reports of child abuse emerging from the Ladyville area tonight as three girls have made allegations of sexual assault against an elderly security guard. The victims, aged six, eleven, and fourteen have told authorities that seventy year old Francisco Ortega molested them and then threatened to kill their parents if they told […]
It wasn’t Tropical Gaming’s biggest jackpot but hey, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars isn’t exactly chump change. That’s why there were more than a few people keeping their fingers crossed during the Saturday night’s lotto draw. And when it was over, two lucky people came away winners. According to San Ignacio resident […]
Teacher results caused controversy in February and prompted calls for a boycott, but tonight it appears that the 2007 Primary School Examination went off without a hitch. This afternoon News Five’s Kendra Griffith gauged the student reaction to the test. Kendra Griffith, Reporting According to the Examination Unit, six thousand, two hundred and eighty-six students […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s this week’s issue of Sports Monday. This was the scene that greeted us on Saturday morning when we pulled up in front of the Football Federation of Belize compound at Belmopan to witness the vote for the executive positions in the FIFA affiliated body which comes up every […]
