There is breaking news. At around two pm this afternoon the body of a woman was found in a lagoon on the Chan Chen Road in the Corozal district. She has not been identified, but News Five has confirmed that there were signs of extreme violence on the body, which was found completely nude and […]
The past Easter weekend had its share of traffic mishaps, robberies and murders. We start our newscast with a report on a sixty-eight year old Jamaican woman who died on Sunday at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after she was found clinging to life at her house. The retiree lived in the small community of […]
The second murder of the weekend happened in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. The body of young Benque Viejo resident Edwin Chan was found in a remote area early Saturday morning by Guatemalan Police, who were alerted by residents. Chan had been badly beaten and shot to the head. Benque Police have been forced to rely […]
There was another tragic loss of life two days into the Easter weekend and it involved yet another school-aged child. Sometime after five p.m., five year old Akeela Wade met her untimely death when a scooter she was riding on along with two other family members slammed into the rear wheel of a Progressive Shuttle […]
And now to an unfortunate issue close to home; Channel Five has covered the Holy Saturday Cross Country Classic for twenty-three years, but disappointingly, the tradition was broken this year. We regret that we were not able to bring to our viewers at home as well as regionally and internationally, the energy of the anticipated […]
On March twenty-ninth, Guatemalan Tomas Ramirez was shot and killed inside Belizean territory. Reports are that a joint B.D.F. and Police Patrol came under fire by a group of men. They returned fire and Ramirez was killed. For the purposes of diplomacy and confidence building, the incident occurred at the worst possible time. Facing heat […]
It’s not the first time B.D.F. patrols have come under fire while patrolling our border…and Tomas Ramirez is not the first Guatemalan casualty of such an altercation. High level diplomatic discussions and confidence building measures notwithstanding, incursions continue unabated. And so does the plunder of our timber, xate, gold and other resources. Still, Minister of […]
George McKenzie Junior was hauled before the courts on Thursday morning accused for the murder of fifty-seven year old Alfonso Cruz. Cruz was killed on the night of April twelfth as he stood inside his yard on Rhaburn’s Alley. Four days later, nineteen year old McKenzie Junior was picked up by police, arrested and charged […]
Attorney Matura-Shepherd as well as McKenzie Junior’s family maintained from the onset that he was wrongfully accused for Cruz’s murder. While the attorney questions the actions of the arresting officer, McKenzie’s mother says that the police have been constantly harassing her son because he carries his father’s name who was a reputed gang leader killed […]
Over the weekend, a transgendered woman who came into the public spotlight two weeks ago was the subject of a heated, emotional debate on Facebook. A post reported that Vanessa Champagne Paris had been murdered while in Placencia at the start of the Easter Holidays. That post sparked an immediate frenzy of comments, more than […]
While Vanessa was not killed or seriously injured, Orozco says that the increased attention drawn to the LGBT community has to some extent resulted in them being targeted. He, however, refuses to be pushed back into the invisible closet. Caleb Orozco, Executive Director, UNIBAM “One of the things I’ve learnt is that our community […]
Thousands of Belizeans traditionally head to the beaches over the Easter holidays. But unfortunately, two persons lost their lives due to drowning. On Friday, just after noon, Santa Familia resident, Arsenio Landero, drowned when his small canoe capsized as he and his common-law wife made their way across the river from Esperanza village. Landero was […]
Earlier we told you about a motorbike accident in Belize City which claimed the life of a five year old. There was another incident on the George Price Highway on Saturday, and again, a motorcycle was involved. It happened at around two p.m.; about one hundred yards in front of a News Five team heading […]
Joseph Budna, a former freelance reporter, who gained notoriety for kidnappings in Guatemala is on the lam tonight. According to Prensa Libre, Budna had an illness and had to be taken to the hospital. It is from there that he managed to escape even though three officers stood watch at the hospital. The guards have […]
There is a video that has gone viral on social media. It involves a confrontation between police and a civilian, on Sunday afternoon. A visitor to Caye Caulker was physically restrained by what onlookers call an excessive use of force by officers. The video shows at least three police officers, one in civilian clothing, holding […]
Amid the bad news, there was a bright spot over the Easter weekend for those following the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Scotland. The Queen’s baton relay reached Belize on Monday. The relay was launched in London last October and by the time the baton is delivered to the Queen or her representative […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s the sporting news. The 86th running of the Annual Cross Country resigned supreme on Holy Saturday as expected from the biggest one-day sporting spectacle in this beautiful Jewel of ours. A total of 105 riders participated of which 21 were foreigners; about 20% of the field. Among […]
