At news time tonight, a Texaco security officer was murdered just before seven o’clock at the gas station in front of Courts Belize on the Northern Highway. A second person was shot and taken to the hospital. Initial reports are that it appears that the incident was a robbery. We’ll have more on this on […]
A US fugitive was captured in Belize today. The details are just coming in but the wanted man was hiding out in the old capital. James Donald Baker, described as being red haired, hazel eyes, weighs one hundred sixty pounds, and is five feet nine inches in height. His US address is 3737 North West […]
The alarm went off early this morning at a business establishment in Orange Walk Town. Thieves had broken into the business, they made away with a small amount of goods worth a couple hundred dollars, but that was only the beginning. The watchman was murdered and his body hidden. Murder victim number one hundred and […]
Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro was fired from his post as Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, since last Wednesday but he has been unable to escape the spotlight. New details are surfacing as to one of the reasons why the Prime Minister felt it necessary to clear Castro as a Minister of […]
There is no end to the immigration scandal. Our investigations have taken us to far away countries whose nationals are willing to spend mightily and take risks to get to the United States. Along the way, they are facilitated by a well organized ring of human smugglers who earn mega bucks to get the human […]
Edmund “Clear the Land’’ Castro was fired for behavior inconsistent with that of a government minister. So tonight’s question is: Do you think that the new recall legislation should be tested the case of fired minister of state Edmund Castro? To take part in the conversation all you have to do is to email comments […]
While US fugitive, James Donald Baker, will be deported to the US on Wednesday, Carlos Keme, the man who local police had on their wanted list for murder is back in their custody. The fugitive was handed over to Belizean authorities today by their Mexican counterparts. Keme was apprehended in Mexico earlier this month. It […]
Earlier we told you about the brutal murder of an elderly man in Orange Walk Town. In the city, also last night, a woman was stabbed by another in what appears to be a case of a love triangle. Wendy Martinez is hospitalized and the other woman is wanted. News Five’s Isani Cayetano has more […]
On Monday night, Anthony “King” Major spoke to News Five from his hospital bed. Major was gunned down last Friday night in the vicinity of Hyde’s Lane. He told us he was approached by two men and one of them handed the other a gun. After he was told he had no business in the […]
A resident of Mayflower Street, thirty-one year old Shemika Trapp, is fast becoming one of the few well known female crooks. Today she was in court charged with Robbery, her third offense this year. Allegations against Trapp are that on November fourteenth, she forced Taletha Cruickshank to hand over an eight hundred and seventy-five dollar […]
Two adults and two minors were charged with Burglary today after police allegedly caught them in the act. But the Ladyville residents, twenty-five year old Lionel Brigal and twenty-four year old Ernel Caliz, along with the fifteen and sixteen year old minors are now claiming police brutality. Brigal had a bruised right eye and a […]
HIV/AIDS will be the primary focus of activities taking place on Wednesday, as Belize observes World AIDS Day. But the churches got a head start on the discussions with a three day summit that ended on Saturday. Over one hundred and thirty pastors, church leaders and volunteers participated in the workshop, where they were sensitized […]
The 2010 hurricane season officially ends today. During the months of June to November, there were three scares but the category one hurricane called Richard hit Belize hard when it was least expected. Millions of dollars were racked up in damages and there was loss of life. The worst is over and News Five’ Delahnie […]
