After three weeks of peace in the streets, tonight homicide detectives are working on the first murder of the year. And as News Five’s Marion Ali reports, the motive behind the killing may be drug related. Marion Ali, Reporting Just after five this morning, thirty year old Norman Reyes, also known as “Ne Me”, became […]
And while killing in the streets picked up right where it left off, crimes against the country’s children continues unabated. Police reports out of Seine Bight are that a twenty year old man has been arrested and charged for molesting a two year old girl. On Monday, the toddler’s mother says she noticed abrasions and […]
Parchue will stand trial for the offence but on Monday a jury found two other people accused of child molesting guilty as charged. After deliberating for two hours, a nine-member panel convicted thirty-four year old Wilfred Gillett and his common-law wife Beverly Simpson. Gillett was found guilty on five counts of carnal knowledge while Simpson […]
Details remain sketchy but reports are that around four this evening a head on collision on the Southern highway has left one person dead and five others injured. Witnesses tell News Five that it appears a tow head truck was heading towards Dangriga when it collided with a pick-up truck that was exiting the Hopkins […]
Two men accused of murder were free to leave the court today after the Director of Prosecutions withdrew the charges against them. In the first case, eighteen year old Kenroy Humes had been charged with killing twenty nine year old Gilbert Phillips, which occurred almost two years ago. But Crown Counsel Douglas Carr was forced […]
Following their first meeting of the year, tonight the Bakers Association of Belize is advising consumers that dramatic price hikes in flour could mean a rise in the cost of bread in the very near future. According to the release, while the extra cost of the commodity was anticipated, additional increases in the price of […]
As part of our general elections coverage for 2008, News Five will be touring the country introducing candidates to the electorate. Tonight correspondent Ann-Marie Williams takes us to the Cayo Central division. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting With only twenty-three days left before the 2008 general elections, candidates all over the country are on the campaign trail […]
Five more Belizean students have graduated from Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom. Christopher McGann, Elmer Murray, Sergio Acosta, Caryn Ann and Leni Ysaguirre successfully completed their studies in November 2007 but were celebrated at home on Monday in a short ceremony at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City. University Chancellor Lord Michael Ashcroft, […]
Over the last decade the Rotary Gift of Life has helped over three hundred Belizean children receive life saving cardiac care. To assist those patients and countless others with heart conditions, the programme relies on donations from businesses and the general public. In their latest fundraising attempt, Rotary has found a way to give back […]
At the start of every school year, a common complaint among administrators is a lack of space. But this week, one institution took time out to say “thank you” to generous benefactors who helped them better accommodate their student population. News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports from Dangriga. Janelle Chanona, Reporting This morning the students and […]
