There is breaking news just in to our newsroom. The details are trickling in but a Ladyville resident was shot within the last forty-five minutes. What we have been able to find out is that a woman, identified as Lorna Alarcon, was inside her home when she was shot. According to reports, a man identified […]
Officials from the Customs and Excise Department have launched an intensive investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the contents of a twenty-foot container which was destined for the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. The container entered the country through the Ports of Belize Limited on Monday and it was later transferred to the neighboring Customs […]
While customs officials are looking into the puzzling loss of cargo en route to the Commercial Free Zone another investigation is currently underway at the Port of Belize Limited where a pilot boat used to transport stevedores to cargo ships off the coast has been reported missing. It is unclear when the boat went missing […]
Turning to the hottest and most watched Tuesday night television show, what started out as an entirely new concept for a local live production, culminated with a bang on Tuesday night at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. Fourteen persons were selected from as many as seventy who auditioned from around the country late […]
So what’s next? A reality wedding. The couple who won the bid for Channel Five’s new show: from Yes to I do, Channel Five Will Follow You – was announced at the KTV Latino grand finale last night. Forty couples entered the competition, five were short listed but it was Julio Escalante and Vanessa Ramos, […]
There have been many incidents of sexual exploitation and violence against children and teenagers in recent days. We asked the question “Do you support a curfew for teenagers?” Those participating on our E-poll generally supported the notion of imposing a curfew. One viewer expressed “We need to get back our country and we need to […]
Belize City has few parks, and by all accounts only one is frequented by families every weekend and that is the BTL Park on Princess Margaret Drive. To fulfill a campaign promise, Mayor Moya Flowers delegated one of her councilors, Dean Samuels, to find a way to pay for a beach to be placed along […]
Back in 2008, Osman Mitchell was shot as he was on his way visit his child. The trial into the shooting was finally set to begin today in the Supreme Court, but there was an unexpected twist when Mitchell informed the court that he wanted to withdraw charges of attempted murder, use of deadly means […]
A police raid at a residence on West Canal on Tuesday yielded a makeshift firearm and two rounds of live ammunition. The bust led to the arrest of five persons who were at the house. At about a quarter after six Belize City police, conducted a search of the property which netted a homemade shotgun, […]
A Guatemalan woman who has lived in Belize for over ten years has been caught in a scam against the Social Security Board. Twenty-two year old Mirna Ramirez has been making claims from SSB for her son, but she tried to collect twice by using two different names. On August fourteenth 2009, Ramirez submitted a […]
There were no reported shootings or murders in the city on Tuesday night possibly because everyone was tuned in to KTV Latino. However, the police have been busy keeping marijuana off the streets. Thirty-eight year old Mark Higinio of Banak Street, Dangriga was charged for eighty four point five grams of cannabis which was found […]
The Belize Audubon Society is one of the environmental groups that works all year round to promote sustainable development and preservation of the country’s resources. You may want to dust off your canvas or photos of nature, because as part of its public awareness campaigns, the Audubon has devised several activities for May which are […]
It’s another milestone for the tapir we have come to know and care for over the years. And what’s a birthday without a party? April, is among the first animals at the Belize zoo, so the occasion was marked with a birthday bash. As we have over the years, News Five’s Delahnie Bain headed to […]
Representatives from various organizations and government ministries in the Caribbean are on a working visit to Belize to discuss effective leadership in the fisheries sector. The catch is decreasing and so is the livelihood of many people who depend on small scale fisheries. Leaders in the industry are taking a critical look at improving the […]
Their job is to keep the peace and restore law and order to the community, but today the Police Department was engaged in another form of public service. The Yarborough Community Policing Unit held its first ever open day at the Cumberbatch Field on Caesar Ridge Road. The event, according to Sergeant Dehanne Williams, the […]
The annual month of activities focusing on cancer awareness has traditionally been held in October in honor of the founder of the Belize Cancer Society, Juliet Orosco Soberanis. But this year cancer month is being observed in May in hopes of better weather. The events are a means of spreading information and promoting prevention and […]
Wilfred Peters is known for old time classics such as Solomon Gyah and the more recent hits like Run Mister Peters Run. Earlier this month the King of BrukDong Music celebrated his seventy ninth birthday. His peers have been acknowledging his contribution to the development of his unique musical genre all month long. The National […]
