There is a bone-chilling story coming out of Florida where relatives of Roaring Creek’s Russell Hyde have been murdered. The three victims are Dorla Pitts, her daughter Starlette Pitts and her boyfriend Michael Kelly. They were found inside the Pitts’ home in Lehigh Acres by a neighbor on Tuesday morning. A toddler, the daughter of […]
Back here in Belize, the news has been received with shock. Dorla Pitts was the sister of Russell Hyde and Starlette was his niece. The Hydes have also experienced a string of tragic events when the wife, cousin and close friend of Russell were killed within days of each other in May of this year. […]
As we have been reporting, the Belize Territorial Volunteers intend to proceed to the Sarstoon Island this weekend, without protection from the Belize Defense Force. But the situation is fraught with danger even before the BTV sets out on Sunday. This morning, BTV narrowly escaped detention when a reconnaissance team led by Wil Maheia fled […]
We have told you about the Belize Territorial Volunteers’ near brush with Guatemalan armed forces. Despite their narrow escape into Belizean waters, Sunday’s expedition to Sarstoon Island remains on schedule. The group has organized a trip that will see close to a hundred Belizeans trekking to the remote location. That excursion will be carried through […]
Petrocaribe is rolling into Lake Independence, as area representative Mark King broke ground this morning for a new community center. The new project, according to King, is one of several initiatives within the neighborhood which should boost employment in the area and provide afterschool programs for youths. While the politician lauded the efforts of his […]
Of course, King took the opportunity from the podium to castigate his predecessor and present political opponent Cordel Hyde. King accuses Hyde of failing to bring necessary infrastructure and social development to Lake-I during his successive terms as area representative. Interestingly, King went well past Cordel, and took aim at the Hyde family, including well-known […]
On April twentieth, P.U.P. Lake-I standard bearer Cordel Hyde, at the eleventh hour, prevented the demolition of a derelict bungalow situated in what is described as community space. The abandoned structure, according to Hyde, is the property of the Lake Independence Action Committee, a defunct entity which presumably operated during his tenure as area representative. […]
It’s no secret that Cordel Hyde is King’s arch nemesis in Lake Independence, ahead of the upcoming general elections and so are his family members squarely in King’s sights. After all, he called them out in his address during an official ground breaking ceremony. Well, according to the area representative, the media enterprise that is […]
Still on politics….The results of a survey conducted exclusively online by a group calling themselves, the Belize Independent Development and Research Group (BIDRG) have been released and it’s causing a stir. The survey took place between August first and eighth, 2015 and is published by BIDRG on a website. The group says that further surveying […]
Alleged drug dealer Hugo Casanova, who is from Corozal, has been in detention in a Chetumal since February 2013 for drug trafficking. But Casanova is in further troubles tonight because a few days ago, the Quintano Roo Attorney General linked him to the double murder of Arena del Rocío Palacios Valdés, a pregnant woman and […]
As we reported in Tuesday’s newscast, the body of fifty-one year old Andy Grant of San Andres Village was found floating in the sea in Corozal Town in the morning. In the afternoon at about four o’clock, there was another victim at sea. He has now been identified as fifty-six year old US retiree Jimmy […]
Nine students were awarded with scholarships today by UNICOMER Belize. For the past several years, we’ve covered the annual award and this year, UNICOMER says that they have increased the number of scholarships at all levels. News Five attended today’s ceremony at the Radisson Hotel and spoke with UNICOMER and a recipient of the award. […]
City Council has embarked on a project to reform and modernize the trade license regime with the view of making the taxes more equitable and less burdensome to businesses and professionals. Stakeholders gathered at the Radisson today for a workshop organized by CARILED and the City Council. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, […]
The Belize Police Department and other partners were in Pickstock early this morning doing a much needed clean up in an area popularly called “The Jungle.” There were bags and bags of garbage pulled out from all corners by residents and the officers on hand. News Five was there to learn about the wider effort […]
