One man is in police custody tonight and another is being sought by authorities following the violent death of a San Pedro resident over the weekend. This morning, News Five’s Kendra Griffith travelled to the island and joined investigators looking for answers. Kendra Griffith, Reporting A blood stain on concrete marks the spot where police […]
Gunshots rang out again on Sunday night and in the aftermath nervous residents emerged from their homes to discover that yet another young man had been fatally wounded. And as I found out today, the motive behind the cold-blooded killing may be a son’s revenge for an assault on his father. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This […]
A teenager is tonight recovering after he was stabbed in the back during a fight. According to police, around six on Friday evening officers on mobile patrol found fifteen year old Elmer Martinez and a fourteen year old boy scuffling on Bishop Street. By that time, Martinez was already bleeding from three wounds in his […]
Tonight authorities need your help in locating a suspected sex offender. Jorge Castellanos of Benque Viejo del Carmen is being sought by police after he allegedly entered a home in that town and assaulted a teenage girl. Reports to our newsroom indicate that around three-thirty on Saturday morning, forty year old Isidro Alvarado woke up […]
Tonight prison officials are investigating the brazen escape of three inmates from the young offenders section over the weekend. According to Chief Executive Officer Marlon Skeen, around two-thirty on Sunday morning, guard Charles Galvez reported that sixteen year old Francisco Martinez and his seventeen year old brother Sergio of San Pedro, and sixteen year old […]
For many people, political equality in the Caribbean happened in the 1950’s when women were empowered with the same voting rights as men. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, Belizean women and their regional sisters are still struggling for recognition of their contributions to society. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning one hundred and twenty […]
In political news out of Belmopan, this morning the new members of Prime Minister Said Musa’s Cabinet were officially sworn in as ministers. Florencio Marin was first to take the oath in the presence of Governor General Sir Colville Young. Marin now has responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Rodwell Ferguson was […]
A Belize City resident is grinning ear to ear tonight after his numbers matched those drawn in Saturday night’s Lotto. Late this afternoon, Lennox Flowers walked into Tropical Gaming Company’s offices on Queen Street to pick up his fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollar check. Lennox Flowers, 57.500 Lotto Winner “Well the winning number was a […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and here’s this week’s dish of Sports Monday. The drums summoned Belizeans from every corner of the Jewel as the Carl Ramos Stadium came to life with Game II of the R.F.G. Insurance Title series between F.C. Belize and Revolutionary Conquerors at Dangriga yesterday. As visitors, F.C. Belize comes in […]
