The son of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Noel Leal Junior, was executed and his Ladyville house ransacked likely by his killer over the weekend. Leal Junior was shot once to the back of his head inside his vehicle in an isolated area in the Mahogany Heights community on the George Price Highway. The thirty-three-year–old Ladyville […]
Tonight, Kevin Thomas, a popular raffle man, is fighting to stay alive at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital having undergone various rounds of surgery. Thomas was shot multiple times on the head and abdomen while at a Chinese Store in the Yarborough area. His alleged attacker waylaid him before letting loose a volley of bullets. […]
Prior to the shooting of Kevin Thomas, there was another act of gun violence over the extended weekend. Around one-thirty on Monday afternoon, in the vicinity of Belize Water Services Limited, forty-nine-year-old Elroy Saldano was fired upon by a lone gunman as he rode a bicycle in the direction of Central American Boulevard. According to […]
A pair of Guatemalan lawmen is in hot water for having crossed over into Belizean territory over the weekend with a concealed weapon inside their vehicle. Police officers Juan Garcia Palma and Armando Hub Pop were busted inside the Benque Viejo Free Zone on Saturday afternoon in possession of an Uzi submachine gun with matching […]
Turning to political news…In August, the People’s United Party’s Southern Caucus announced that it will vote against taking the Belize/Guatemala dispute for resolution to the International Court of Justice. The caucus’ stance is based on a notion that the southern section of the country stands to lose the most if the I.C.J. rules in favor […]
As of next week, P.U.P. Leader John Briceño will embark on a nationwide ‘listening’ tour. It’s his way of getting to know how the party’s standard bearers, area representatives, and supporters feel about taking Guatemala’s maritime, insular and territorial claim to the International Court of Justice for final resolution. Briceño will visit all thirty-one constituencies, […]
Foreign Affairs Minister, Wilfred Elrington, has come under heavy criticism for the nature of the ministry’s I.C.J. Referendum Campaign. On April tenth, 2019 voters will head to the polls and answer one of the most important questions in Belize’s history: “should the Guatemala’s claim be taken to the I.C.J. for final resolution?” From the unofficial […]
While there is a chorus for a ‘YES’ vote in line with the Prime Minister’s position, we did find today an elected representative who hasn’t made up his mind. Whne we asked U.D.P. area representative for Belize Rural North, Edmond Castro, for his take on the I.C.J. referendum, he says he is waiting to see […]
The People’s United Part endorsed Andre Perez as the Standard Bearer for Belize Rural South. On Saturday, party supporters of the Belize Rural South constituency gathered at the Saca Chispas field on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, for the Perez’ endorsement where he pledged his full commitment and promised to deliver a victory for the P.U.P. […]
There was loss of life due to an accident over the extended weekend. A fifty-three-year-old Belize City resident died after the Ford Ranger pickup truck he was driving plunged into the Rio Hondo River. On Saturday night, at around eleven-thirty, security guard Francisco Paquiul was driving from Orange Walk town to San Antonio Village when […]
An American ex-pat died inside a swimming pool at her home on Saturday night in Consejo, Corozal District. Forty-nine-year-old Claire Elizabeth Rigdon was found floating in the pool by her husband who set out in search of her when he realized that she was nowhere to be seen. According to Robley Smith Rigdon, they were […]
Thirty-one-year-old Sharn Vanegas has been arrested and charged for the rape of a German national who reported to police that she was sexually assaulted by a pair of men with whom she caught a ride on Friday night. According to Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Cowo, both men were riding on separate motorcycles when they took the […]
Orange Police are making some progress in the murder of twenty-one-year-old Jose “Duffy” Medina. He was fatally shot last week Thursday while he was on an alley off Mahogany Street in Orange Walk Town. His girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Lucia Luna was also shot, but survived. One of the suspects who police were looking for handed himself […]
There was a fire in the city on Saturday night. The blaze destroyed a small, wooden home that was occupied by two persons. When fire officials arrived on the scene, the fifteen by twenty structure was engulfed in flames. At this time, the cause of the fire is still not known. News Five’s Andrea Polanco […]
In 2012, the Belize Audubon Society awarded the first of its small grants to fisherfolk to support income diversification in northern fishing villages like Chunox, Copper Bank and Sarteneja. To date, business ventures include poultry and honey productions, food catering, beauty and wellness services, through which thirty-seven individuals have benefitted. According to the Belize Audubon […]
In 2015, there was huge controversy when a section of a mound at the Uxbenka Archaeological Site was cleared by Rupert Myles, a resident of Santa Cruz Village. Because the site is sacred to the Mayas, Myles was asked to remove the house he had built on the mound. He didn’t, so the Maya tied […]
A regional conference aimed at empowering women in the maritime sector began today in Belize City. Representatives of sixteen Caribbean nations are participating in the third annual Women in Maritime Association Caribbean symposium to foster the development of the industry within the region. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, Reporting The third annual […]
Fourteen-year-old Danielly Tillett left her home in August Pine Ridge en route to a nearby shop on September twenty-fourth and has not been seen by her mother since. Despite communicating with her parent by phone, authorities have not been able to locate the minor whom it is believed is in the company of a male […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Tuesday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
