Our first news story to begin the year is about a million dollar case of money laundering that has now taken on a new twist. It involves a family of five that had been arrested on New Years Eve for money laundering of over one and a half million dollars. But now several police officers […]
The New Year has started in earnest with more internal problems for the Barrow Administration. Early this afternoon, Minister of Culture Marcel Cardona was summoned by Prime Minister Dean Barrow. The trip to Belmopan has to do with the ongoing saga involving a contract between NICH President, Diane Haylock and David Gegg’s Zip Line Adventures […]
The last day of the year is a day when love rules and old sins are forgiven with the hopes of a fresh start. While that may be the norm, a Rancho Dolores woman had her own twist for the New Year. She wanted to do it alone or at least without her common-law-husband. But […]
And in an update to a story we carried earlier this week, police have made an arrest in the murder of a Valley of Peace resident. On Wednesday, police formally charged thirty-eight year old Edelio Rios for Murder. Rios has been in detention since Tuesday when police discovered the body of thirty-three year old Arturo […]
One of the first deaths recorded in 2009 was the drowning of a San Ignacio teen. On Thursday afternoon, eighteen year old Essner Calderon and nineteen year old Jorge Chuc went swimming in the waters off Calla Creek Village. Calderon reported to police that Chuc suddenly disappeared under water and did not resurface. Calderon searched […]
And in Belize City, a man is tonight recovering from a gunshot wound to the buttocks. Around one-thirty on Thursday morning twenty-seven year old Kent Taylor was riding on Kraal Road. When Taylor reached the junction with Faber’s Road, however, he said he heard six gunshots ring out behind him and realised he had been […]
A couple of fire victims had their problems compounded when they were arrested on firearm charges. On Tuesday, U.S. nationals fifty-three year old Robert Jones and his wife, fifty year old Tammy Lee Jones, both of Arizona, checked into the Diamond Hotel at mile four on the Northern Highway, leaving the trailer house they drove […]
Police moved quickly to arrest a man in connection with another burglary report in Belize City. This morning, Christopher McKoy, also known as Mac, appeared in Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods. The thirty-six year old was found in possession of several items stolen from the home of eighty […]
There are two home burglaries to report. Leslie Sanchez and Troy Foreman had a stream of bad luck coming their way as before a traffic accident, their home in Los Lagos was burglarized on New Years eve. The burglars gained access through the rear part of their home. Sanchez says that when she and her […]
Fuel prices in Belize have consistently been going down during the past few months, but today the prices at the pump are headed in both directions. So depending on what type of fuel you use, you may want to run out and fill up after this newscast. News Five understands that shortly, premium or super […]
In regional news, as of Thursday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community. It comes at a most difficult time when the global recession is hurting the economies of the region that are mostly dependent on tourism. In a New Year’s address to be aired locally and on Caribbean media through […]
Two traffic accidents were reported in the city on New Year’s Day. The first incident occurred around six-forty a.m. as a red Toyota Camry was being stolen from the parking lot of the Palm Island Night Club. The jackers were leaving the driveway when a black Rodeo was coming from the north interrupted the theft […]
The other incident occurred about a mile away at the bus-stop near San Cas Plaza. Reports are that a parked airport bus was letting off night-shift workers when it was rear-ended by a car. It is an alleged case of drunk driving and the incident occurred around six-thirty the morning when friends; Jerry Bush, Leonel […]
A Penal judge in Chetumal, Quintana Roo has found enough evidence to arraign Samuel August for the death of Mexican national, Mario Aguilar Chan. The Belizean has now been charged with Manslaughter. In the early morning hours of December eighteenth, August was driving a Blue Bird minibus when upon reaching kilometer two hundred and sixty-five, […]
There is a cycling event to accompany almost every major holiday in Belize… and for New Year’s it’s the Krem Cycling Classic. News Five’s cameras were there on Thursday afternoon when the riders cross the finished line and tonight sportscaster James Adderley has the results. James Adderley, Reporting The nineteenth annual New Years Day Cycling […]
She has provided months of tips on wholesome activities around Belize and now Safiyyah has a look at the best features in What’s Happening Belize. Hey Guys, Happy New Year! I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Well 2008 is a thing of the past and its time to jump into 2009.Before we take […]
Due to the high demand for copies of the interview with Lord Michael Ashcroft on Channel Five’s breakfast show, Open Your Eyes, on December eighteenth 2008, the entire interview can now be seen on a link to the www.channel5belize.com. So log on for a full look at the Ashcroft interview.
