A spate of deadly violence plagued the three-day weekend. The bloodshed started on Saturday morning and in the next twenty-four hours, three persons had been killed separately in the City and in Roaring Creek. In the City, a grocery store owner and a father of two were murdered. But we start with a stabbing that […]
In Belize City where the number of murders is a record, a Chinese grocery store owner met a horrific death at his business place. On Saturday morning after nine thirty, C.I.B. personnel visited number seventy six Vernon Street which is the home and business place of Bing Chang Zhao. They found the fifty-three year old […]
Later on Saturday, a father of two and former B.D.F. soldier was stabbed to death allegedly by a seventeen year old minor. It is believed that a feud over a stolen bicycle several weeks ago led to a string of altercations between twenty-seven year old Jason Pott and Devaughn Goodger. Pott was among sixty recruits […]
Aside from the murders, there were other fatalities over the weekend. The Mexico Creek Bridge at mile nineteen and a half on the Northern Highway was the scene for a deadly accident; two persons lost their lives when their vehicle ran off the highway. An elderly American couple, eighty-three year old Ronald Moran and his […]
The accident that killed the elderly couple was not the only traffic fatality. An unidentified man was killed in a hit and run incident on the outskirts of Belize City on Friday night. After ten p.m., the cops headed towards miles two and three on the Northern Highway where they found the body of a […]
Tonight’s question is: Should government continue to grant licenses for oil exploration or drilling in any protected area or national park? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
Over the weekend, OCEANA intensified its campaign towards a referendum on the question of whether or not to drill. Seventeen thousand signatures are required and the results of the petition will be known at a later date. But before that, there is another development that is angering the Association of Protected Areas Management Organization. APAMO […]
OCEANA today took its campaign to the south of the country with an oil summit in Punta Gorda where the community is already fighting with the government over a contract issued to Capital Energy, a U.S. company. They claim the contract was only for seismic testing, but now G.O.B. contends that the courts have provided […]
A man from Bermudian Landing was unfortunate to have car trouble on Kraal Road. Instead of finding helpful residents, he found himself a target for gunmen. According to reports, thirty-three year old Eldon Williams’s explorer got bogged in a drain on Waight Street. Williams went to use a nearby pay phone on foot and on […]
Steven Buckley, a civilian, was shot a little less than a year ago by a police inspector. The shooting angered the community because Buckley was shot even as he complied with a police order. Now, Inspector Dennis Lopez will stand trial for the attempted murder of Buckley. That was the outcome of a preliminary inquiry […]
His sheep were all slaughtered just prior to the last General Elections and about a year later someone broke into his constituency office and left a hog’s head on his desk. Now Belize Rural North Area Representative, Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro has lost three cabanas containing fish feed, an amount he says is valued […]
As we reported last week, the Tower Hill factory has resumed grinding operations after a delay caused by faulty turbines. News Five’s Marion Ali headed north and got the reaction from the cane farmers on how the crop will fare off the season. Marion Ali, Reporting Barely any steam spews from the huge chimney at […]
Despite all the bad news, there is the positive story of a remarkable woman. She experienced horrors, that included sexual abuse, but she didn’t allow it to keep her down. Beverly Small reformed her life and is now devoted to public service. Today she was honored as the US Embassy’s Woman of the Year. News […]
Beverly Small won an award today for her work in her community but when it comes to the political process, as a country, women are far behind. Over the past twenty-five years the number of women who have held ministerial posts has only been six; a figure which pales in comparison to the number of […]
It’s Tuesday night and that means that all around the country people will be tuning in to KTV Latino. Group B will take center stage at the Bliss tonight for another round of spectacular performances of Latin songs. Of the seven contestants who sang their hearts out two weeks ago, six have advanced to another […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sport’s Monday. The 14th edition of La Ruta Maya brought with it the finest competition this 170 mile river challenge has ever seen and indeed fans loved every moment of it. Here is the start on Friday morning below the Hawksworth Bridge in San Ignacio where 81 […]
