You better sit down for the next story because the names you are about to hear may be that of your relatives. How would you feel if you found out that your loved ones who have passed away were now applying for Social Security cards? Sounds strange, but that’s what happened yesterday when the names […]
Two tertiary level students won’t be in class this week as they have been locked up for their involvement in a violent burglary at the Belize Foam Factory at mile two on the Western Highway. Forty-three year old Richmon Gillett, the factory’s watchman, reported to the police that about ten-forty-five Sunday night he was at […]
News Five has confirmed with Commissioner of Income Tax, Eric Eusey, that both an internal and police investigation are ongoing to determine how income tax funds went missing. According to a source close to News Five, an audit completed between June and July of this year showed that over six thousand five hundred dollars were […]
We reported last week on a robbery in which a thief jacked a woman on Cemetery Road shortly after she withdrew money from an automatic teller machine and then ran in the vicinity of Logwood Street. And on Monday yet another woman was targeted in a similar fashion when a jacker, who is believed to […]
We’ve reported many strange thefts over the years on this newscast ranging from cheese to energy drinks … but tonight we’ve got a new one: recado. According to thirty-four year old market vendor Jose Lopez, on June eighth, he arrived at the Queen Square Market around five in the morning and began unloading his vehicle […]
A B.D.F. private this morning pleaded not guilty to Theft. Twenty-five year old Hubert Cacho is accused of stealing his ex-common-law wife’s cell phone, valued at nineteen hundred dollars and is additionally charged with using threatening words for using the stolen phone to threaten his ex. The private pleaded not guilty to the charges and […]
Police showed no mercy when they threw the book at Corozal businesswoman in the import/export business, Gloria Hall, following a traffic accident in which her own grandson was killed. On Monday, police formally arrested and charged fifty-four year old Hall with a string of charges including manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, negligent […]
There are two incidents of sexual crimes to report tonight. In the first case, thirty year old Ethan Grant, a fork lift operator, was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge of a fifteen year old girl when he appeared in Court before Magistrate Roberto Ordonez today. Grant was additionally slapped with a charge of grievous harm […]
The annual Tribute to Belizean Patriots will be held on Thursday, September eighteenth. Two of the persons proposed for honours on that night are Manuel Esquivel and Phillip Goldson. The former prime minister and U.D.P. party leader will be bestowed with the Order of Belize, while the National Hero award will be given to Goldson. […]
Former track star and Belizean hero Marion Jones will be released from prison on Friday. In March, Jones entered a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas and began serving a six-month sentence, her penalty for pleading guilty to two counts of Obstruction of Justice. In January, Jones admitted she lied about a check-scam involving the […]
The Opposition, People’s United Party, has reacted to reports of firings in the public service. In a release today the P.U.P. condemns the dismissals branding it as political and calls on the Prime Minister put an end to the firings. The release points to the recent case involving the Minister of Agriculture, Rene Montero, who […]
The Olympic Games in Beijing are over, but in Belize the annual triathlon is about to get underway. The ninth annual Lionman Triathlon and the Corporate Relay which are among the major multi-sporting events in Belize kick off this coming Sunday at Sand Lighters Promenade and will feature swimming, cycling, and running races. News Five […]
And if you can’t condition your body in time for the grueling Lionman triathlon, then you can begin to prepare for the less intense, but equally healthy Family Fun Walk and ten K run. The activity is being organised as a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health, HECOPAB, National Sports Council, Youth for the […]
Yesterday, the WISH foundation handed out school supplies and today the spirit of giving extended to another generous donor organization. The donations aren’t coming from the typical NGO but from a group that is normally cruising the highways of the country. This evening at the Karl H. Menzies parking lot, the members of the Dynamiq […]
