Police have detained a man pending charges of kidnapping after he reportedly took his own wife hostage today. The incident unfolded just after eleven this morning when Brian Saunders visited his wife, Claudia Saunders, a senior employee at the Belize Zoo. The couple became embroiled in an argument during which Brian began to choke Claudia. […]
A Benque resident has been charged with Drug Trafficking. On Thursday, police stopped twenty-two year old Jose Antonio Mis at the western border and searched him. In the left side of his pants waist, they found four black plastic bags with a beige substance inside, suspected of being crack cocaine and weighing in at three […]
This morning, Cecil Castillo, also known as ‘Saddest’, was charged with four offences: Robbery, Burglary, Damage to Property, and a Mischievous Act. And the complainant is none other than his girlfriend. Thirty-two year old Leonora Stevens reported that around two-fifteen p.m. on Thursday, she was in her yard when Castillo stole her beach cruiser bicycle. […]
Three persons were involved in a crash on the Northern Highway, leaving one of them critically injured. At about nine-thirty Thursday night, Eusebio Urbina, was driving from Corozal to Orange Walk with twenty-two year old Lelett Calderon, a domestic of San Roman Village and Sandra Bautista, a forty-eight year old teacher, also of San Roman. […]
A two storey structure on Victor Street in Benque went up in flames around six-eighteen Thursday night. The wooden upper portion of the structure was completely destroyed while the lower flat only received water and smoke damages. Fortunately the occupants, who were in the building when the fire started, managed to escape unharmed. The house […]
Two sixteen year old students appeared in the Family Court this morning to answer to firearm charges in separate incidents. The first youngster was busted on Thursday with a pen gun in his back pocket when police stopped to search him on the corner of Berkley and Plues Street. He was charged with keeping a […]
The increase in violent crimes has threatened the personal and commercial security of residents across the country, but tonight News Five’s Marion Ali discovered that it is also posing serious challenges to Belize’s tertiary referral centre: the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Marion Ali, Reporting According to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital’s Director Medical Services, Doctor Khalid […]
Two women who were found to be in possession of jewelry belonging to murdered victim, thirty-nine year old Sandra Ruiz are tonight in police custody. News Five understands that the women led police to the stolen items at a Belize City pawnshop. While we cannot yet release their names, they have been identified as the […]
Small businesses can now benefit from software designed specifically to suit their needs. The initiative was undertaken by the Belize Business Bureau in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and is known as the Economic Performance Benchmarking Tool (EPM). According to the agencies, E.P.M. seeks to improve the local and global competitiveness and sustainability of Belize’s […]
Nineteen Belizean and American businesses have set up shop at the Radisson Fort George Hotel for the annual Made in the U.S.A. Exhibition. The event is hosted by the United States Embassy and this year celebrates its seventh anniversary. Speaking at the opening ceremonies this morning, U.S. Ambassador to Belize, Robert Dieter, said the two-day […]
Today, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints donated two hundred and fifty wheelchairs of various sizes to CARE-Belize and Belize Red Cross. It is the second such gift that the church has made as in 2002 they double that amount to CARE-Belize when the agency was officially chartered as an NGO providing services […]
There are four Belizeans are among the thousands of athletes in Beijing, China, doing their best to make their country proud in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. So far only one of the Belizeans has competed and tonight Jose Sanchez takes a look at his performance and the scandal that had the local airwaves buzzing. […]
There are some new developments in the ongoing cable crisis in villages to the west and south of Belize. At news time tonight, Channel Broadcasting Corporation and Telemedia have agreed to restore limited service to subscribers in the Dangriga area. We say limited because Channel Seven and Krem will not be shown due to the […]
Tonight on What’s Happening Belize, Saffiyah has highlights of a wide variety of activities ranging from a DJ competition to a car show. Let’s check it out. Hey guys! This is your weekly edition of what’s happening Belize and I’m your host Safiyyah. The American Embassy would like to invite everyone out to their “Made […]
