A father of two was gunned down in Belize City around one-fifteen this afternoon in the middle of a gang-ridden neighborhood. But the authorities and his family don’t have a clear motive why because Carlton Moreira was a law-abiding citizen. He worked hard, took care of his family and avoided the criminal lifestyle. But someone […]
Within hours of the murder of Luis Carlos Moh, taxi operator of the Kings’ Park area of Belize City at mile eight on the George Price Highway, police have made an arrest. His accused killer, Nicholi Rhys, is a familiar face, having previously been charged with and acquitted of the murder of the late former […]
While Belize City police are yet to make an arrest in the Monday morning execution of Michelle Anderson, the children of the slain fish cleaner are seeking public assistance in defraying the cost of her burial. Daughter, Natalie Ortiz is making an appeal to anyone who is prepared to lend a helping hand in covering […]
There was a fatal accident on Tuesday night at the intersections of Central American Boulevard and Mahogany Street. Sometime before nine o’clock, Belize City police were called out to the roundabout where they saw an extensively damaged Toyota Camry on the traffic circle. Inside the vehicle was fifty-two-year-old Rudolph Kelly, a landlord of Eight Mile […]
He was originally charged, and subsequently convicted, of the murder of a teenager during a fight at a school in Orange Walk Town. However, he was ordered to stand trial again, and today twenty-four-year-old Abimael Pott admitted to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Seven years ago this past May fourth, the younger brothers of the […]
Sharon Ferguson has been reported missing as of Tuesday afternoon although she has not been seen by her family since last week. But there have been several sightings since our news story reported Tuesday night. Common-law husband Steve Bennett messaged News Five this afternoon to report that many persons, at least twenty, have seen her […]
The body of twenty-two-year-old Jose Zelaya was found in a cane field in Calcutta this earlier today, after reportedly attending a beach party in the Corozal District. Zelaya was a resident of a Mahogany Street Extension in Belize City. News Five will have more on this story in Thursday’s newscast.
Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai appeared on this morning’s Open Your Eyes to discuss the upcoming re-registration process. The first and only re-registration of voters took place in 1997 and has been repeatedly put off, but it is law and applicable to all of Belize’s two hundred and four thousand voters, even those who may […]
The express concern of those seizing on the re-registration process as a means of “cleaning up” the voters’ list is the presence of many persons of Guatemalan descent who claim to have renounced their nationality for Belize’s. But there is no way to be sure, as pointed out by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and […]
Over the past week, several people have been murdered. Now, it is nothing new for Belize City, really, but for many these killings are worrying because most of the victims in recent times have been productive citizens not typical of gang-related crimes. Today when the media caught up with Region One Commander Howell Gillett, we […]
As Belizeans, we all play an important role in the framework of education and the development of our young people and adult learners. That’s the mission of a pilot group of four high schools from the south and west. Today, a Street Law Belize Introductory Consultation Forum was held in Cayo which seeks to empower […]
For a third time this month gas prices are seeing yet another increase at the fuel pumps. Premium gasoline has gone up by thirty-one cents, from eleven dollars and thirty-six cents to eleven dollars and sixty-seven cents per gallon. Regular gasoline sees a twenty-one cent hike to eleven dollars and thirty-five cents a gallon. While […]
Fire Chief Ted Smith is presently away in the United States where he has visited with a pair of Belizean firemen studying in Virginia. Patrick Parks and Johnny Cardenas are both attending a six-month program at Hanover Fire Academy. While there, Fire Chief Smith also met with Chief of the Hanover County Fire and Emergency […]
Over the weekend, on May nineteenth at noon, persons from communities and organizations across the country joined hands on beaches, across bridges, in conference rooms and along seawalls and other public areas to celebrate in OCEANA’s 2018 Hands Across the Sand. In its eighth year, the celebration was extra special because Belize recently made the […]
Every two years there is a gathering of Belizeans and international participants making use of geographic information systems technology under the aegis of its world-leading provider, ESRI, and its chief booster in Belize, Total Business Solutions Limited. The ESRI User Conference is intended as an awareness builder of a still developing, though rapidly so, industry […]
Next Friday, June first, marks not only the start of the hurricane season but an important milestone in Belizean history. On that date in 1797, the vote of twelve free black men and two whites residing in the area at a public meeting in Belize Town irreversibly swayed the decision of residents of the Belize […]
Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett was on hand this afternoon to receive a brand new police booth on the north side. We met Gillett on Barrack Road where the police booth was installed. The purpose is to improve the working conditions for police officers. This is the second booth to be donated to the Belize Police […]
Earlier in the newscast, you heard Commander Howell Gillett speak briefly about the crime in the city. While he has been on the Southside for less than three months, there are some quarters in the Belize Police Department that are critical of his approach to crime. Many feel that while he is doing some good […]
This evening, officers attached to Precinct Two in Belize City took to the streets to meet with residents in the areas of Euphrates and Amara Avenues, as well as nearby George Street. The brief session was part of the department’s weekly outreach where cops learn from the public its concerns regarding safety and citizen security […]
