Two Belize City men lost their lives to violence over the past weekend in the continued bloodbath in the city streets. One was the brutal stabbing of a man described as a hard-working churchgoer early on Friday night. In the other case, an eighty year old father was badly beaten and killed by his son […]
The second murder claimed the life of an elderly citizen just after midday on Saturday. But the actual incident took place the day before, at around two on Friday afternoon, when a man severely beat his father into a coma from which he never recovered. Sadly, the motive for the beating was for a shilling […]
With public outcry against crime at an all time high, police made a number of arrests over the weekend in unresolved murder cases. Businessman Jason Coombs was murdered back in the evening of November eleventh, 2009 while at his construction site in the area of the Port Authority compound. According to sources Jamil Betancourt is […]
The son of Assistant Commissioner of Police Noel Leal, has been arrested along with a group of men following a robbery that occurred after ten p.m. Friday night on Santa Familia Street in Orange Walk Town. A cache of weapons was found on Leal Junior and his friends. Reports are that a man was standing […]
The brutal murder of basketball player and teacher, Aubrey Lopez, left the country in disbelief that someone considered to be a model citizen would meet such a tragic death. Police have detained two suspects since the incident on May twelfth, and today one of them, twenty-two year old Paul Jex, was read a single charge […]
Three Belize City men including a minor and a resident of San Ignacio Town were arraigned this morning before Magistrate Rachel Montejo in San Ignacio Town on murder charges following the shooting death of Zhen Zhennong. Zhennong, a Chinese national, was murdered inside her restaurant on Mother’s Day during an armed robbery. Joint efforts between Belize […]
On May tenth, a forty-one year old self employed resident of Belize City claimed he was beaten unconscious and robbed by two of his friends. According to Darrell Smith, he was invited to a bar by Armando Avilez, and was joined by another friend, Ignacio Villanueva. The three later headed to Villanueva’s home located on […]
Aubrey Lopez, son of Belmopan’s Mayor, was laid to rest on Sunday. Several buses transported his colleagues to the funeral. The service was attended by teachers, students, and politicians, including the prime minister. His death was attributed to violence which has enveloped the country and reached crisis levels. On Friday, his friends in Belmopan organized […]
Last week News Five reported gross discrepancies and possible missing monies from City Hall in connection with payments for overdue rent made by vendors at the Queen’s Square Market. Councilor Kevin Singh said that they cannot account for the payments. While officials investigate the unaccounted funds Belize City police have been able to recover thirteen […]
Just recently we heard about the problems at Mount Carmel School when students were sent home over unsold raffle tickets. And now there is trouble at another school in the west. Residents of Santa Familia will take to the streets on Tuesday morning to protest what they say is abuse of authority on the part […]
Last week News Five received a report about a Tubal school student who was allegedly beaten with a machete which was being wielded by the driver of the Commissioner of Police Crispin Jefferies. When the driver hit the boy on the leg, the machete broke the cellular phone that was in the boy’s pocket. The […]
The Belize Audubon Society held an artistic competition to bring awareness to the importance of biodiversity. They invited schools and the general public to submit photographs or art work showing life forms that are a part of the country’s flora and fauna. Of the hundreds of submissions, the best works were chosen to be displayed […]
It’s the beginning of the harvest for the cashew, so the annual festival to celebrate the fruit, took place over the weekend at Crooked Tree. We took the trip north and drove into the village just off Mile thirty-three. There were enough nutty treats, from wines to roasted nuts to jams and jellies. The yellow […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the M.C.C Grounds where F.C. Belize hosted the Belize Defence Force in the final match of a two game series to determine who moves on to the championship round from this particular grouping. F.C. Belize went into yesterday’s match down […]
