News Five has confirmed that at least one man is dead following a shooting at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. The incident occurred this afternoon inside the compounds of the Free Zone. The victim, forty one year old Wilhelm Braun, was reportedly shot nine times in the chest, hands, feet and behind the ear. […]
There is still no resolution to the cable dispute and many villages remain off the cable system. Late this afternoon the Board of the Belize Cable Television Operators Association concluded a meeting in Belize City on the current stalemate between C.B.C. and Telemedia over the disruption of cable services in certain areas in the west […]
He has been in the news almost on a daily basis, and he is not one to give interviews. But Michael Ashcroft has agreed to come out publicly and will give an exclusive interview to News Five to be aired this coming Friday, August twenty-second. If you have been following the news, you already know […]
Chester Williams is fighting back and his attorneys say they are appealing the recent findings of the Security Services Commission against the former senior Superintendent and are taking issue with the public disclosure of its findings before Williams himself was informed. Senior Counsel Edwin Flowers, speaking on behalf of Williams who has been prohibited from […]
A university student is in the lock up tonight for firearm and ammunition offences. Twenty-two year old Lattania Choc, who is a student with the University of Belize, is the second woman in two days to go to prison for these offences. Choc appeared in court this morning and was charged with keeping a nine […]
And in other news from the courts, a woman appeared in the Magistrates’ Court this morning on forgery charges that had been previously dismissed. Accounts Executive, Beverly Burke, is accused of altering Scotia Bank withdrawal slips amounting to four thousand dollars on August ninth and tenth, 2005. On the instructions of the D.P.P., the charges […]
You will know from the airwaves that national celebrations are around the corner. And today the B.T.B. and the National September Celebrations Committee teamed up and presented a glossy calendar of activities which show that festivities this year begin early and conclude on September twenty-second with an Independence Day Bram. There is plenty of the […]
Opening tonight at the Belize-Mexico Cultural Institute is an art exhibition called The Magic of Dreams. The thirty-five pieces of art that comprise the show are by famed Mexican artist Rodolfo Morales, who died in 2001. It’s too late to make it to the opening ceremony, but News Five got a special preview this morning. […]
There is a twelve year old student of Saint John Vianney, who needs urgent assistance. The standard six student has undergone surgery for a tumor in his stomach, but now there are signs of yet another tumor. The young man’s mother is pleading for your assistance. Karen Dougal, Mother of Marquis Wade “Well, actually I’m […]
Seven months ago the nation mourned the passing of beloved musician, Andy Palacio who was at the peek of his career when he died from a heart attack as a result of a series of strokes. Andy had just been internationally recognized for the Watina release and had won the prestigious Womex from the World […]
