Just before news time this evening, several shots rang out in the Queen Square area, approximately a block away from the Raccoon Street Police Station. Two Belize City youths were hit by what is described as a barrage of bullets, as they stood in a yard near the Wesley Upper Primary School. Details are sketchy […]
Corozal Police are investigating a broad daylight robbery which occurred in the Commercial Free Zone on Monday morning. It happened in the parking lot of the Fabrica de Mayoreo, and when it was over, two men had escaped with just over two hundred thousand dollars, or one point two five million pesos. The money was […]
Belize’s star striker Deon McCauley, one of only three athletes to score eleven goals during the qualifying stages of competition leading up to the approaching FIFA World Cup, has found a new home in professional soccer. McCauley, on the heels of a recent victory with the Belmopan Bandits, as champions of the Premier League of […]
While the Belmopan Bandits, the Football Federation of Belize and his teammates on the Belize National Selection celebrate the success of one of their own, Deon’s father, David ‘Manu’ McCauley, himself an established local athlete, says that accomplishment is a mere stepping stone in his son’s career. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. David ‘Manu’ McCauley, Father […]
A post mortem examination on the body of Thomas Ferguson Sr., who succumbed over the weekend to an injury received on December seventh, 2013, confirms that he died of complications resulting from the stab wound. Ferguson was stabbed once to the chest by his nephew Oliver Peters, following a bitter dispute over title to a […]
Last Friday, the Golden Princess Casino located at the Northern border closed its doors. The news was immediate cause for concern, particularly so because reports were that as many as one hundred and thirty Belizeans had been laid off. Today, News Five has gotten confirmation on the actual figures, which are not as high as […]
In Monday’s newscast, we reported on the shooting of twenty-one year old Computer Technician, Andrew Augustine. While Augustine remains hospitalized, police believe the alleged gunman was twenty-three year old Stephon Anderson. And late this evening, the Ebony Street resident was charged and arraigned before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. An unrepresented Anderson was slapped with […]
Tanya McNab, a Belize City resident, was robbed at knife point in December 2012 by a man who stole her handbag valued at two thousand dollars. Her bag contained her equally expensive two thousand, five hundred dollar phone and other personal items. But ultimately it was the phone that assisted in the capture of her […]
Sherman Rodney is claiming he was beaten badly by the police and had to be hospitalized. And while the cops say he escaped from the K.H.M.H., Rodney says he walked out because he was not booked. That is what he told News Five on Monday night, adding that he made a report to the Office […]
Repairs to the wharf at Port of Belize Ltd. have been ongoing since an accident last Tuesday during which an incoming barge caused significant structural damages when it collided into the supporting columns below the pier. New beams, we are told, were successfully installed on Monday and tonight finishing works are underway. The pier should […]
Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to Archeological Sites…It is a project that is the brainchild of the Belize Tourism Board, the National Institute of Culture and History and the European Union to enhance the product and services offered to tourists and visitors to Mayan ruins throughout the country. Two consultants are currently here in the […]
Throughout the years, many animals at the Belize Zoo, including the now deceased April the tapir, celebrated their birthdays to much fanfare from animal lovers across the country. Junior Buddy, the progeny of a problem cat who was committed to the zoo’s rehab program a few years ago, celebrated his seventh birthday in grand fashion. […]
Another jaguar, Edgar Hill, was caught in a trap within the Mennonite village of Pine Hill, in the Toledo District. The predator cat had attacked a horse and buggy and was taken into the Problem Jaguar Rehabilitation Program at the Belize Zoo. Well today, Founding Director of the Zoo and environmentalist, Sharon Matola, spoke about […]
As we mentioned earlier in this newscast, Belizean footballer Deon McCauley has signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Silverbacks, where he will be playing in the North American Professional League during the upcoming season. For many who have followed McCauley’s illustrious career, his path to football stardom has been turbulent at times. The young […]
