News of a shooting incident on Faber’s Road spread quickly across Belize City on Wednesday night, when it was discovered that three men had been injured while standing in front of a Chinese grocery store. Footage of the brazen attempt on the lives of Sylvester Bahadur, Michael and Emerson Requena and Tricia Benguche mushroomed even […]
Just a few minutes before the daring assault on a group of men at Win Kee Saloon, Belize City police were busy securing a crime scene on Cemetery Road. A preliminary investigation has revealed that Hugh Thomas was driving a vehicle in the area of Pregnant Alley when he was ambushed. A shooter reportedly emerged […]
The rash of shootings overnight was not limited to the Old Capital, as gun violence also found its way to Burrell Boom Village. This time, however, the intended target was a police officer who came under fire when a masked gunman struck the police station. PC Chris Staine narrowly avoided injury after being shot at […]
A criminal investigation into the Labour Day murder of Owen McFoy, in the Windmill community of Hattieville, continues tonight, despite police not being able to make an arrest. The thirty-year-old was in the company of family and friends, socializing and watching a basketball game on television outside in his neighbor’s yard when gunfire erupted. The […]
Thirty-five-year-old Ricardo Mendoza remains in police custody, following the vicious stabbing of his father-in-law in San Pedro on Monday afternoon. The pair had been known to have a troubled relationship as in-laws. Both men, along with a third, unnamed individual who left moments earlier, were socializing at the family home in the San Mateo community […]
Jason Williams, a resident of Dangriga, was lucky to have escaped with his life on Tuesday night when a gunman let loose a hail of bullets at him. He did not get away unscathed, but his injury is not considered life-threatening. Williams, according to police, was with two other men when they were attacked. During […]
It is now official: the People’s United Party is continuing with businessman Gilroy Usher, Senior, as standard bearer in the Port Loyola division. Usher had been facing a challenge from first-time Belize City Councilor Candice Pitts. But News Five has received a letter sent by the party’s secretary-general, Linsford Castillo, to Usher informing that the […]
Candice Miller was back at City Hall this afternoon, attorney Magalie Perdomo in tow. She spent upwards of a few hours in what appeared to be a closed-door session with the City Council caucus. Neither side appears to be speaking tonight as of news time, ahead of Miller’s suspension being lifted as of early next […]
News Five has confirmed with the Belize National Teachers’ Union that there is an intention by school managements to dock a day’s pay for teachers, between five and seven hundred of them countrywide, who attended the March twenty-second Belmopan rally against violence to women and children. We are told that managements intended to implement this […]
He was just eighteen when he was incarcerated for the murder of businessman Jerminie McNab at his store, Mobile Hardware, in Belize City. But today, Anthony Carballo Junior was adjudged not guilty due to lack of evidence after errors in interrogating the suspect were revealed. McNab was shot three times and died on the spot […]
Twenty-four-year-old Nisani Garcia was found with a loaded point three-eighty pistol in the area of Saint Jude’s Street on Wednesday night by police responding to a shooting incident. Today, he appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer, charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and unlicensed ammunition. Police received information about shots being fired in the Back-A-Town […]
There is concern by villagers in Maya Mopan, Stann Creek where for some time now, persons from neighboring Santa Maria Village have been illegally logging in the area. Today, Alcalde Constancio Teul traveled to Belize City and visited with News Five where he confirmed that permits were issued to a resident to remove forest produce […]
Alcalde Constancio Teul says that he is also reaching out to the Ministry of Natural Resources because two plots of land in Maya Mopan Village, where the illegal logging has been taking place, were recently surveyed. Who authorized the survey and why is not known. But Teul fears that there may be hanky-panky afoot. […]
Today, Belize joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. May third is a day used to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression. The Reporters Without Borders’ 2018 World Press Freedom […]
Earlier this week, BELTRAIDE’s Export Belize and the Directorate General for Foreign Trade held a roundtable meeting with private sector enterprises to share their experiences in exporting to CARICOM with potential exporters. The purpose of the session is for companies that have an interest in exporting to markets in CARICOM to receive first-hand account of […]
Health and education are not normally paired together, unless it’s a subject in school. But the Belize District Education Center is kicking off the Education Showcase held every May by emphasizing knowledge of health and wellness. Its first ever community health fair brought together students from across the Old Capital with health-related organizations, both governmental […]
World Asthma Day is celebrated on May first. But what is really known about it? It’s a lung condition that can be caused by any number of conditions. Healthy Living tonight discusses the condition, which is not curable, and how it can be kept under control. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Asthma is chronic condition that […]
