While Restore Belize continues to slowly take shape as the Government of Belize’s panacea to crime and violence, gun play continues to wreak havoc on Belize City streets. Over the weekend, the Old Capital saw three murders. Isani Cayetano looks at the possible links between two of the three murders. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The murder […]
Police are investigating a third murder in Belize City which occurred on Sunday as a result of a shooting that took place shortly after nine a.m. Reports indicate that Eyan Arnold, a thirty-five old caretaker of a Berkeley Street address in Belize City was shot and later died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police […]
The fourth murder over the weekend occurred in the immigrant community of Salvapan, Belmopan and was the result of a scuffle between two sets of youths. At the end of the brawl, one lay fatally injured and two had to be hospitalized. Marion Ali went in search of answers and filed this report. Marion Ali, […]
Michael “Popeye” Foreman is a familiar face at the Magistrates’ Court and a common name in the news because of his criminal record. The twenty-eight year old Belize City resident, who already had two robbery charges pending before the court, had a third added to his list today. This time, Foreman’s charges stem from the […]
There were two separate gun and firearm busts in Belize City over the weekend that resulted in the arrests of two persons. The two accused men are behind bars for the offenses of Keeping Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition. This morning, twenty one year old Jaimie Chavarria of Ladyville and thirty year old Guatemalan national, Oscar […]
Twenty-two year old Beresford Jones, an employee of Belize Recycling Company, was today freed of firearm related offences when he appeared in court before Magistrate Edd. P. Usher. On February twenty-seventh, 2009 Jones was found in possession of five live rounds of ammunition and subsequently charged for the crime. In court today, arresting officer Fernando […]
Two esteemed professionals in their field, Doctor Irvin Gabourel and Doctor John Gough were both charged with Disorderly Conduct at the Corozal Police Formation on August tenth. Prior to their incarceration, the doctors got into a fight outside the custom’s building at the border. Doctor Gabourel has just returned to the country following his scheduled […]
The opening and closing of restaurants are not usually covered within the newscast but we believe this new initiative deserves mention. Located just behind Belize Elementary School, Jamborees opened on Saturday to a long line and great fan fare. Today News Five went to see what all the fuss was about. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Jamborees […]
The Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), is a Pan-African movement founded in Jamaica in 1914 by Marcus Garvey. Garvey started many community based organizations, including the Black Cross Nurses which has been in existence for over ninety years. The Black Cross Nurses came to prominence in Belize when they were called to active duty during […]
The University of Belize (UB) through the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) and its partnership with the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation (MSBC) is hosting the fourth Annual Natural Resources Management (NRM) Research Symposium. The two day symposium begins on Tuesday at the University of Belize (UB) Jaguar Auditorium, in Belmopan. The theme for this […]
It was once said that faith can move mountains but only knowledge moves them to the right place. Well that statement could not ring more true than in the case of Baby Faith Ortiz who was born in early August with a birth defect. In a story aired on News Five, a tearful mother, Dina […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We’re off to the M.C.C. Grounds where the Belize Bank Super League playoffs saw City Boys United F.C. play host to the Placencia Assassin who came in without a win in three weeks of the four team double round robin format. There’s a lot on […]
