A Belize City fisherman who is the father of five children will not be with his family for Christmas this year. George Rochester was gunned down on Saturday night in Ladyville as he was making his way to a party. He was shot multiple times by an unknown gunman. At least one man was seen […]
Last Friday, an unidentified man was found with multiple stab wounds; in fact, police say that as many as fifteen were inflicted on the body. Up to Friday evening police were unable to determine the time of the murder or the motive, but he has now been identified as forty year old Abayomi Olatunji, a […]
Aside from the two murders, there’s other violence to report. The Texaco Service Station, popularly known as Texaco North Star, located near mile one and a half on the Northern Highway, was targeted by a pair of armed robbers during a midmorning heist today. Shortly before eleven o’clock the duo entered the premises where store […]
Speculation has been rampant that the government is considering early elections. Back in 1993, the P.U.P. administration called an early poll before their term of office had expired; that move backfired and the then government was kicked out of office. We put the question of early elections to viewers. Most people thought that the government […]
We broke the story of the rice crisis back on November twenty-fourth. The largest producers in the rice industry from Blue Creek have seen their sales dip since last year. Uncle John has been hit so hard, it is getting out of the business. Recently, there was a lot of heat when it came to […]
The decision was taken almost two weeks ago but went under the radar. At the end of November, the Bar Association decided to challenge in court the status of Belize’s Solicitor General, Cheryl Krusen, as a Senior Counsel. From what we know, this is the first time that the elevation of a senior counsel is […]
A horrific accident occurred in Double Head Cabbage on December ninth; two young siblings were hit and one died shortly after at the KHMH. Two-year-old Rushina McFadzean and her five year old brother, TeJohn McFadzean were both knocked down as they were heading to a baby sister. The tragic accident occurred in the vicinity of […]
A group of seven, including two women, appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer today for the possession of a loaded nine millimeter Luger brand pistol. The weapon and ammunition were found inside a vehicle they were traveling in on the Northern Highway on Saturday morning. Earl Gill and Jamie Young, both residents of Sand Hill Village, […]
A first form student has been missing for four days and her family is desperately trying to find her. Twelve year old Kevona Williams was last seen after school on Thursday. She was waiting at the West Collet Canal terminal in Belize City, but no one actually saw her boarding a bus and there has […]
Wood sculpting is an art, a passion and a business for those forming and shaping new life into the grain. At least nine locals joined a team of international artists for the first Belize at Thirty – Sculpting the Vision symposium. The artists brought in their own machinery to cut deep into eight enormous boulders […]
Two organizations of the United Nations this morning donated a heap of books to the national library service. The publications will spruce up the library’s health collection on a wide range of issues from bio-medical to technical literature that have been published by PAHO and the WHO. News Five’s Delahnie Bain also found out that […]
Norman Simplis, the father of the wife of the Prime Minister, Kim Simplis Barrow, passed away on Saturday. Ninety-two year old Simplis was the father of seventeen children and a long serving career public officer. He will be laid to rest later this week.
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It was a chilly morning inside Capital City, Belmopan yesterday as 56 elite riders assembled for the blastoff of the 14th Annual Alpheus Williams Cycle Classic sponsored this year by the Ministry of health and UBDP. Among the hopefuls is the sole female rider, Shalini […]
