One of Belize’s most wanted men was returned from Honduras this morning. He and his partners in crime are suspects in one of the nation’s biggest bank heists. Twenty-three year old Gabriel Salazar and company literally vanished from Belize after Spanish Lookout Scotiabank was robbed and the security was murdered on March thirty-first. Three weeks […]
Jackie’s Supermarket on Dolphin Drive in Belize City has been robbed four times in the past two years. The first robbery occurred on February sixteenth 2009, and an addition to cash, the three thieves stole the computer that stored the video of the robbery. The owners have recovered from the first two incidents but this […]
Two more immigration officers were arraigned today in a human smuggling ring that was busted last week. Mark Tench and senior immigration officer, Matthew Guy, both thirty-seven years of age were escorted by police before the Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie. Flanked by their attorneys, Tench and Guy were charged separately, each with two counts […]
While Belmopan police have made no arrests in the murder of forty-two year old Francisco Villanueva, they are following a lead that might answer some very critical questions. Villanueva had reportedly gone to his farm on the Roaring River Road in the Cayo District early last Friday morning along with family friend, Ramon Quijada, when […]
The response from our viewers to Tuesday night’s questions on whether there is a cover up by authorities on the facts of the Immigration scandal was a resounding yes. Ninety-six percent of voters on our e-poll said yes while only four percent voted against. In the comments, some point the finger of blame all way […]
For some time now, things have appeared increasingly unsettled in the Judiciary. First, an Attorney General questioned the competence of the judiciary at the Supreme Court opening. The Bar Association passed a resolution calling for the removal of a judge, then engaged Prime Minister Dean Barrow in a public tiff over his manner of appointing […]
Three out of every five students do not complete high school, that’s a high and damning percentage of young persons who have fallen from the wayside. Studies show that the number of youths out of school is contributing to the lawlessness on the streets. This morning, the Ministry of Education, launched an initiative that attempts […]
Back on July twenty-first, on the day of his fifty-second birthday, Romero Jimenez was convicted of one count of carnal knowledge for having sex with a fourteen year old girl. For the crime he was sentenced to seventeen years but today that sentence was set aside and a retrial was ordered by the Judges of […]
A Corozal businessman is out of pocket for twelve thousand dollars after a burglary at his store on Monday. Johnny Quan didn’t open for business since it was a holiday, so the perpetrators opened shop for him and helped themselves to a load of cash and two computers. Police have several leads, but according to […]
The body of an elderly man was recovered today from his home at twenty-one Kraal Road in Belize City. The man, identified to us by area residents only as “Dickie”, lived alone. He was last seen alive riding home last week. Neighbors didn’t see him for days and then began smelling a stench. Today they […]
A new exhibition of paints, sculptures and photographs opens this Thursday at the Mexican Cultural Institute. It is showcasing the work of new and upcoming artists in black and white photography as well as the more traditional works of an older generation of artists. Entitled Beyond the Border, New Visions from Belize, the exhibit’s first […]
This coming Friday, boxing aficionados will convene at the Biltmore for what is intended to be a revival of the very physical sport. This station is closely following the comeback and will air the matches after the evening news. Tonight we feature twenty-three year old Max ‘Pain’ Williams, an up and coming boxer who signed […]
Thousands of miles away in New Delhi, India, a contingent of Belizeans are competing against top athletes in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Controversy shrouded the games when they started because the facilities were either not up to par or had not been completed. But the games are now well underway and News Five got an […]
There was also some bad news about the females who competed in athletics. Meighan told News Five that two of the three runners were injured and had to drop out of the competitions while the third didn’t qualify to move ahead. Owen Sonny Meighan, Public Relations Officer, National Olympic Committee “Kina [Martinez], she is our […]
The final night of competition for Duets Season Three wasn’t without its share of laughter and energy. The audience held their breath as the names of the three top duos were revealed. When the show got underway, the Sittee River duo of Ava Kelly and Patrick McPherson did their best impersonations of Mr. Peters and […]
