Gunshots rang out in the Pink’s Alley neighbourhood on Monday night and in the silence that followed, residents emerged to find their friend and loved one murdered. And while the victim was a husband and father, he was also a notorious street figure and tonight there are fears that his execution will trigger even more […]
Meanwhile, investigations into Sunday night’s shooting in the Rocky Road area have resulted in the arrest of one man. Police reports are that twenty year old Ashley Zuniga has been charged with three counts of Attempted Murder, three counts Use of Deadly Means of Harm and three counts of Dangerous Harm in connection to injuries […]
While homicide detectives are working overtime following the spate of shootings in the old capital, their colleagues at the Anti-Drug Unit are also keeping busy. Last Thursday, a mobile unit detained thirty-three year old Arthur Young with a nine millimetre pistol loaded with twelve rounds of ammunition. However before Young could be taken into custody, […]
An American tourist visiting his daughter in Belize has drowned at sea. According to police reports, around noon on Sunday sixty year old Terrence Langville was snorkelling at Gallows Point, off the coast of Belize City with his wife and daughter Emily when he started having trouble breathing. Langville was pulled onto the boat where […]
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dean the cancellation of cruise ships calling on ports along the Yucatan peninsula was to be expected but even after the all clear had been declared in Belize, one cruise line extended its withdrawal. Last Wednesday local port agent for the Carnival ships, Eurocaribe, was asked for official confirmation […]
And while those working in the cruise tourism sector are anxiously awaiting the Valor and the Legend next Thursday, an even bigger problem is brewing in the Belize City habour. News Five’s Janelle Chanona explains. Tracy Taegar Panton ”I think that it has gotten to the level where the cruise lines say, you know, either […]
Over the last two days, representatives of the government and people of Spain have been in Belize to hand over computers and kitchen appliances to two local institutions. News Five’s Marion Ali reports. Marion Ali, Reporting This morning’s ribbon-cutting ceremony was not the typical opening of a new school or health facility as the event […]
One week after Hurricane Dean slammed into Northern Belize and Southern Mexico, efforts to clean up, rebuild and reopen are well underway. Today I travelled to two popular sites in the affected areas for progress reports. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Inside the Corozal Free Zone this morning, it was business as usual. Joel Cervantes, Director General, […]
