‘In cold blood’ is the only way to describe one of the most heinous murders that we have reported in our newscast. While most of the callous crimes are set in the confines of Belize City, this one takes place in the north. On Tuesday night, three family members were found murdered in Carmelita Village. […]
The other murder took place in the west where a birthday celebration ended tragically for twenty-two year old Jesse Jones of Ontario Village. Jones and a group of friends left a party at around eleven on Tuesday night. They set out to make amends with another group with whom there was a dispute over a […]
The lawlessness in the streets of the old capital is undiscriminating. It has taken many lives from as young as a seven year old to a seventy-four year old man. Last night it almost claimed the life of a police officer responding to a crime. According to reports, there was a robbery in progress and […]
The story of the missing children from the San Marcos Village, Toledo, has grabbed the attention of the nation. The siblings had left home in their village to sell fruits in surrounding villages when they disappeared, two days before returning to school. On Tuesday night we asked our viewers if they thought there should be […]
It has been a turbulent week for the San Marcos community in southern Belize. Hopes are dimming in the search for a young brother and sister who mysteriously disappeared more than a week now. Desperate villagers, who were led to believe that the siblings had been abducted, set a crocodile sanctuary on fire last Sunday. […]
There’s more trouble in the Citrus Belt. For months the embattled Citrus Growers Association and its subsidiary, the Citrus Products of Belize have been battling over investments in the C.P.B.L., which is owned by both the CGA and Banks Holdings. That issue has now come full circle for the new board of the C.G.A. Less […]
Earlier this year, Doctor John Gough and his neighbour, Egbert Nicholson, were both charged for wounding sixteen year old Carlos Zelaya who was dating doctor’s daughter. It was a sensational incident because pictures of the badly beaten minor were widely circulated and it involved a prominent doctor. The trial of the two men concluded in […]
Marlon Contreras was found guilty of Manslaughter for stabbing to death forty year old Jose Howe, a taxi driver of Benque Viejo Town. He received the bad news on August nineteenth, his birthday. Today Contreras learnt that for his crime, he will spend fifteen years in prison in addition to the three he has already […]
If you were in the main arteries of the old capital today, you would have seen hundreds of children parading to celebrate the International Day of Literacy. The event took added importance in Belize because the literacy rate has declined in recent years. The Ministry of Education launched its Literacy Campaign for 2010, which analyzes […]
Jamaican Dancehall artist, Charly Black is in the Jewel. Charlie is here to promote a concert at Club Next on Saturday. He arrived earlier today and wanted an immediate taste of local culture. But instead of food, he got a haircut at Super Cuts, a popular barbershop on Hyde’s Lane. News Five spoke with Black […]
But before the Charly Black concert, one event you can’t miss is tonight’s Duets. Four duos will take centre stage at the Bliss Auditorium when the show kicks off at nine o’clock, so get ready for the performers of Group B. The show promises to be highly competitive and thoroughly entertaining with drama, song and […]
