It was a bloody weekend across the country, with four murders recorded in three districts. Two persons were killed in separate stabbing incidents in Belmopan, a man was bludgeoned to death with a crowbar in Hopkins and a fourth died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital two months after he was shot in the face. […]
There were two murders in Belmopan on Saturday night. Both victims were stabbed to the neck and later succumbed at the Western Regional Hospital. The first fatal stabbing happened on Rose Garden Street at around seven o’clock. The victim is thirty-two year old Ronnie Daly. He was with some friends when he was approached by […]
A little less than five hours later, nineteen-year-old Franklin Tut became the second victim to be fatally stabbed in Belmopan on Saturday night. It happened sometime before midnight inside Mary’s bar in the Maya Mopan area. Tut ran inside the bar with the intention to flee from a person with whom he was arguing with […]
He was shot two months ago and ever since then, Eugene Henderson Junior has been fighting for his life. Henderson Junior was given a fifty percent chance of survival; he and his family kept that hope for two months, but on Friday, it fizzled out when the twenty-two-year-old died. News Five’s Andrea Polanco spoke with […]
There is an update to the murder of Richard Foster. The seventy-four-year-old British filmmaker, who made Belize his home forty years ago, was taken from his home at the Savannah Guest House off the George Price Highway last Tuesday and twenty-four-hours later, his body was found in the Rivera area of Belmopan. Foster had been […]
A man was knocked down and killed along the Philip Goldson Highway over the weekend. Police say it was a hit and run that claimed the life of Virgilio Mena on Sunday sometime around nine in the night. There are not many details about the deadly traffic accident, but police say they are following several […]
A police constable is facing criminal and disciplinary charges after he was found with a stash of contraband beers. Benque Viejo Police were conducting a vehicular checkpoint around five on Sunday evening when they stopped a vehicle driven by Godfrey Moreira. Inside the pickup, they found the uncustomed beverage. ACP Joseph Myvett told us more: […]
A Guatemalan national has been charged for having unlicensed firearm and ammunition in his possession. Police say that forest rangers discovered the Guatemalan inside Belize’s territory somewhere near the Caracol archaeological site. He was detained and handed over to the authorities. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Forest Rangers handed over to […]
A Canadian woman was stabbed four times on Sunday around four-thirty p.m. in San Pedro. According to police, Christina Pott was asleep inside a hotel room on the north end of Ambergris Caye when a man broke in through a window and attacked her while she slept. Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Cowo gave a brief on […]
An argument between two friends on Sunday night in Maskall Village has left one man hospitalized. Police say that sometime before eleven o’clock, Samuel Torres was walking in the village when he met a friend; the men got into an argument and Torres was stabbed twice. He is in a stable condition at the Karl […]
Victims of the August fifth inferno which decimated ten homes in San Pedro, leaving eighty-seven residents displaced, are preparing to commence the rebuilding process. It is expected that persons who were renting property in the Boca del Rio community that have been affected by the massive blaze, are situating themselves elsewhere on the island. Those […]
Popular Belizean athlete Brandon Cattouse, an elite rider, is free to participate in all sanctioned events hosted by the Belize Cycling Federation after his suspension was lifted on Friday. The decision to clear Cattouse of doping allegations succeeded an investigation conducted by Dr. Alberto Bravo, an arbitrator assigned to the Anti Doping Tribunal of the […]
Attorney Hector Guerra outlines the personal circumstances and experiences that Cattouse faced in light of the suspension. According to Guerra, the steps that were taken by the National Anti Doping Organization’s representative in Belize did not comply with established international standards. Hector Guerra, Attorney for Brandon Cattouse “The background that surrounds the allegations are […]
According to Guerra, NADO, which is represented by former Director of Health Services, Doctor Michael Pitts, is short of basic resources for storing specimen collected from athletes. The operation of the woefully lacking one-man organization has been called to question in light of Bravo’s decision. Hector Guerra, Attorney for Brandon Cattouse “The decision has […]
The Ministry of Education is hosting a four-day literacy training for teachers from underperforming schools in Belize City, Stann Creek and Toledo. The purpose of the workshop is to equip teachers with strategies to teach students to better read and write which will help to improve their performance in school. News Five spoke with the […]
Doctor Rose Bradley was also asked why students are still struggling with reading and writing in the primary school classrooms. She says that a number of factors are at play, but it is expected that the new and dynamic teaching strategies, combined with empowering families, may have a positive overall impact on how students do […]
The importance of providing timely and accurate information, particularly to those most vulnerable to the effects of disasters, is not lost on the National Emergency Management Organization. Earlier today, government commenced a two-day seminar as an introduction to various stakeholders, including the met service, the fire department and other N.G.O. participants, to the Common Alerting […]
The National Women’s Volleyball Selection is still riding the crest of a stellar performance at this year’s Regional Volleyball Championships. Earlier today, the girl’s, their coaching staff and their fans took to the streets of the Old Capital in a motorcade to celebrate their second place victory. Here are the sights and sounds from the […]
A female referee was physically assaulted by a football player on Sunday evening in the Corozal District where she was officiating a match between San Antonio and Concepcion Village. According to thirty-one-year-old Yuri Daniels, she was viciously punched in the mouth after issuing a red card to Darnel Mossiah for unsportsmanlike behavior towards other players. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
