The murder of two Belizeans on the Guatemalan side of the border is under investigation by authorities in Melchor de Mencos. On this side, the cops say they have little information and no motive in the weekend murders. The first victim was from the village of Succotz and the other was from neighbouring Benque Viejo […]
Two Belize City youths were shot on Monday night on Kraal Road, and while they will live to see another day, the frequency of teen related crimes has become the subject of our nightly news headlines. On March twenty-sixth, sixteen year old Sharife Smith was murdered and his friend, also sixteen, was arrested on a […]
There was some drama in court today when a mother, father and son were remanded into custody on charges of Keeping a Firearm without a Gun License. The mother, fifty-three year old Lovinia Canto, fainted when she heard that she, along with her husband, forty-nine year old Mario Canto and their son, twenty-six year old […]
Immigration Officers have been cracking down on illegal immigrants and a number of cases have recently come before the courts. In the most recent case a Honduran Vendor, who had permission to enter the country, was in the Magistrates Court for overstaying her welcome. Thirty-three year old Maria Ramos arrived in Belize on September twenty-ninth, […]
The Fire Department is short of over fifteen thousand dollars in cash tonight. Assistant Fire Chief, forty-five year old Ted Smith, reported to police that between March twenty-third and April fifth, a manila envelope containing the money was stolen from a filing cabinet in his office at the fire service station headquarters on Cleghorn Street. […]
There is an update to report in the fatal traffic accident on Sunday in which four members of the Acosta family from the village of Cristo Rey perished. News Five learnt today that the condition of the five survivors has improved, fifteen year old Seidy and Joycie Acosta are now in stable condition at the […]
The four day Easter weekend is almost upon us and while many persons have prepared their itinerary of where to visit and what they will wear, the same attention has not been given to their automobiles. To ensure safety and in light of the recent fatalities caused by tire blow-outs, News 5 Jose Sanchez spoke […]
We last heard from him in the House of Representatives for the 2009-2010 budget debate. And one of the major issues brought up by Freetown Area Representative, Francis Fonseca, was the absence of a clear crime control strategy. Since the issue of crime is dominant in the media, when Fonseca took the couch on Channel […]
Graduation season is a couple of months away for schools but some twenty-five officers of the Belize Defence Force of the Light Engineer Company had an early start. The officers received certificates after completing a three month course at ITVET which is part of a multi-million dollar venture funded by the United States Military Liaison […]
‘When Disasters Strike Safe Hospitals Save Lives’. That’s the theme of this year’s World Health Day Symposium and the message that resonated at this morning’s opening ceremony as medical facilities begin to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season and other disasters. According to the Director of Health Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Michael […]
If you’re taking the public transportation system over the coming holidays you’re urged to be patient because since the new bus schedules were approved in October last year, there have been many complaints about blatant glitches in the system. These range from buses not leaving on schedule, late arrivals at destinations, and overcrowding. There have […]
Our Saturday afternoon live show, Masters of the Floor, has now reached semi final stage. The best dancers of Group A and B emerging from eight weeks of the competition are now in a final group that will compete for the next four weeks until the master of the floor is decided through text voting. […]
