As anger continues to build, police have spoken for the first time since Saturday’s shocking execution of the sporting legend, Ernest “JawMeighan” Meighan. But they have still not been able to crack the case as to why the beloved cyclist was murdered. Was it related to the fatal stabbing of Chryslin Gladden or the murder […]
While a connection is yet to be established between the Saturday morning murders of Raheem Crawford and Ernest Meighan, police have detained several persons of interest. News Five understands that Crawford’s pre-dawn execution was the result of an ongoing feud between two Belize City gangs. The twenty-year-old was waylaid while riding a motorcycle on Gibnut […]
San Pedro police are tonight continuing their investigation into the grisly murder of fifty-seven-year-old Santiago Trapp whose remains were unearthed from a shallow grave in the Basil Jones area, approximately fourteen miles north of town. The officers, accompanied by coast guard personnel, initially responded to information of a fire at a fishing camp belonging to […]
There were four murders reported over the weekend between Saturday and Monday morning…two in the city, one near the eight miles community and one in San Pedro. Well today, the police are adding one more to the already growing list of homicides…it means that as many as five persons were killed over the past weekend. […]
And our question for tonight is: Police top brass has blamed the media for the perception that crime is out of control, do you agree? 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 […]
Tonight one man from Belmopan is in Police lockdown and another is in the morgue following a traffic accident on Monday. It happened about eight miles off the George Price Highway near the Green Tropics Compound. Both men, Marcelo Reymundo and Yeymi Saquic, are employees of that company and were heading home when the accident […]
A couple of students from Colombia University in the United States are in Belize putting off a timely three-week program targeting youths between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. The first two weeks of the program focuses on intensive workshops for thirteen participants and the final week will involve school tours to provide leadership workshops […]
After spending eleven plus years behind bars for a murder, Jamie Dawson learnt his fate today. He’s twice been tried for the December 2002 murder of Maurice Neal which took place at the Bismark Club in Belize City. In his first trial in February 2004, he was found guilty but that conviction was overturned and […]
Tonight, two-fifteen year old friends are on remand at the Wagner’s Youth Facility located on the compound of the Belize Central Prison until their next appearance in court on September twenty-ninth. Both were charged for allegedly having sex with a thirteen year old girl last Friday in Belize City. This afternoon, the duo was escorted to the […]
A British national on vacation in Caye Caulker is alleging that she was raped by tour guide Jaime Rosado early Saturday morning. The female, whose name we cannot mention, told Caye Caulker Police that she and six friends went to a private island off Caye Caulker on Friday with a tour guide they called Captain […]
The body of a retired American national was found floating off Caye Caulker just before three p.m. on Monday. Police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination, but they do not suspect foul play in the death of sixty-two year old Drury John Craig. The elderly man was living in a forty-five foot yacht […]
On Monday’s newscast, News Five told you about Tyrone Davis, wanted for a frightening home invasion in Crooked Tree in July. He’d been on the run since then, but was captured in Belmopan where he was hiding out. Davis is the second fugitive to be captured in Belmopan. In May, Edwin Paula, charged with robbery […]
Fugitive Edwin Paula was charged for robbery for his role in a brazen jacking on the UB campus in Belmopan in 2013. On and off the campus, students have become easy targets for robbers. Recently Belmopan Police were forced to step up operations after a series of sidewalk robberies, and with school opening next week, […]
In the aftermath of the heartbreaking loss of champion cyclist Ernest ‘JawMeighan’ Meighan, there have been overwhelming expressions of sympathy to family and friends, as well as the wider cycling community. On Monday, we reflected on fond memories of the two-time Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Champion. His colleagues celebrated his many achievements both on […]
Following the national song competition over the weekend, the September Celebrations Committee officially announced the calendar for the 2014 September celebrations. Preparations have been underway since February of this year and the calendar is packed with activities for the entire family. News Five spoke to Communications Officer for the National Institute of Culture and History, […]
Nello Player and TR Shine are among the top vocalists in the Jewel. This past weekend, they energized the crowd at the Memorial Park during the national song competition 2014 with their original songs. At the end of the marathon competition, the defending champs retained their titles as Patriotic and Carnival Song winners and were […]
