It was a violent weekend in the Cayo and Belize districts. We start with this story of two cousins from Santa Elena in the Cayo District who were shot and killed on Saturday night during a failed attempt to rob a Chinese supermarket. Police say the men approached a security guard stationed outside the store, […]
In Belize City, just before nine o’clock on Friday night, a Belize City man was shot and killed on Neal’s Penn Road, not far from where Michael Bucknor was killed about twenty four hours earlier. Twenty-five year old Ashli Garnet died on the spot from gunshots that hit him on the forehead and abdomen. The […]
But while police are still looking for one person known to them in connection with the murder of Garnet, another has been charged for the murder of sixty-one year old Michael Bucknor. His nephew, twenty year old Sydney Bucknor Junior, was arraigned in court late this evening. Bucknor was shot once to the back of […]
There is other crime news from the Cayo district. A U.S Missionary is in coma tonight at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after a armed attack on Saturday night. Vicky Weaver and her husband were returning to the Valley of Peace over the weekend when armed men fired at their vehicle. Pastor Dan Weaver was […]
Tonight, there are persistent, but unofficial reports that planes believed to be Mexican military aircrafts were in Belizean airspace on Sunday. News Five has been told that the planes were picked up by radar, but the pilots refused to respond to communications and requests for identification. Today, News Five contacted the control tower and were […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is winding down what he has dubbed his quasi-official visit to London, which included an audience with the Queen and Prince Charles and meetings with high level government and business officials. Barrow’s visit, even if quasi-official, also attracted the attention of the media and the Prime Minister had a sit-down with […]
The Belize Jaguars is in its final preparations for football matches to be played against the national teams for the United States, Cuba and Costa Rica. The three games will be played in Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah and Hartford, Connecticut. The team leaves the country at the end of the week and it […]
Many believe that the government should do more to fund the country’s first national team to play in the Gold Cup. But last week, Minister of Sports, Herman Longsworth, indicated that the government has gone as far as it could to help the F.F.B. when he said, “We believe that it is the responsibility of […]
A man who pleaded guilty to stealing his stepdaughter’s purse got a lucky break today when he was fined and ordered to perform community service rather that jail time. Fifty-one year old Glen Miller was found with the purse in his possession after his step-daughter reported that she had put it down on a table […]
The number of homeless persons is on the increase. Around the city, the underprivileged have made their home on the sidewalks or under buildings and even in the parks. The well-established business, Diamonds International, has started a food drive to bring some comfort to the hundreds of needy persons. Darlene Graham told News Five that […]
The Lionfish is a threat to local fishery and up until recently, the predator fish got a bad rap. But all that is about to change because the Lionfish is on its way to becoming a hot commodity in at least fourteen markets across the United States. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was in Placencia where […]
Young Rowan Garel is preparing to take on another monumental challenge to raise funds for the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired. The young blind boy, who has scaled Victoria Peak and walked across Belize, is now training to dive deep into the great Blue Hole. His latest challenge is far more risky so Rowan […]
It is the countdown to the Gold Cup 2013. The national football selection heads to the United States in the next few days for their historic play against powerhouses from the US, Cuba and Costa Rica. But as the team prepares for the games, sports aficionados are tonight grieving the death of Bembe “the Mugger” […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. With Belize Telemedia waiting in the wings; Fresca Lady Rebels had to roll past the Belize Bank Friday evening inside Rogers Stadium to make it to the finals of the Belize Female Softball Championship 2013. We pick up the action in the 2nd inning all […]
