Things got chaotic on Sunday evening in Santa Cruz Village in the Orange Walk District. Santa Cruz is an illegal port of entry which leads to the popular Mexican village of ‘Botes’. In 2017, the Ministry of Immigration warned that it would prohibit and prosecute persons who use these types of illegal border crossings to […]
Police are tonight looking for the gunman responsible for the murder of Asher Saunders. The twenty-year-old Bagdad Street resident was sitting at the bar of the Pier One night club when a single shot to the left of his head ended his life. As music blared and patrons moved around, Saunders was executed within minutes […]
A Guatemalan man was viciously chopped to death on Friday night in a western village. Police believe that Guatemalan Filiberto Itche attacked and killed Dimas Choc in a fit of jealous rage. Both men had recently been living together at a piece of farmland in Cristo Rey Village along with their separate common-law-wives. But on […]
Police have been unable to charge any suspects for the murder of Brenda Castellanos. The twenty-five-year-old mother was mortally wounded last Thursday as she stood inside a yard on Bishop Martin Street in Santa Elena, Cayo. Her friend, Jennis August, was also injured in that shooting and has since been treated and released from the […]
The family of Anisha “Annie” Young is desperately looking for her. The young woman, who is an employee of Voyse International went missing on Saturday night. She attended her staff Christmas party and seems to have disappeared in thin air; calls to her phone are unanswered. She was last seen alive at Sit and Sip […]
Two persons lost their lives in traffic mishaps. On Friday morning, a Belize City businessman driving from Roaring Creek to Belize City knocked down and killed a person who was running across the highway in the Saint Mathew’s Village. Ian Rhaburn reported that he could not avoid hitting the victim, who has since been identified […]
Meanwhile, in Louisville a man perished four days after he was involved in a traffic accident in that northern village. Sometime last week, John Thomas was one of two victims in a collision at the junction in the village. Eyewitness reports are that the driver of the offending vehicle was intoxicated and that could have […]
Two months after the Paz family in San Pedro Town received information that forty-nine-year-old Jose Milo Paz had perished, on Friday; his wife Ermijines Paz filed a missing person’s report at the police station saying that the pilot cannot be located. In early October, reports spread like wildfire that the veteran pilot and aviation pioneer […]
There was a shootout between police and a man in the Mayflower area, Belize City on Sunday night. According to reports, a barrage of bullets echoed in the distance and cops attached to a checkpoint in the area responded and set chase after a man who was seen in an alley with a firearm in […]
There are a few more details about the rape and robbery of a forty-nine-year old U.S. national in Ladyville. The victim, who is a student, reported to police that on Thursday morning at around nine o’clock the woman was sexually assaulted by a man as she was about to get into her vehicle. After she […]
Every year, the world comes together to attend the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is the largest gathering of international climate change policymakers who have committed to make changes to reduce the risks associated with a warming earth. This year’s COP24 is a technical summit as […]
Also on the crime blotter…There was a chopping incident in Saint Margaret’s Village on the Hummingbird Highway. Jose Ical was maimed and his left hand amputated above the wrist following a dispute at a bar in the village. Ical and a friend were injured as three men waylaid them outside the bar. According to Assistant […]
Twenty-two-year-old Nathaniel Perera, the cashier at Benny’s Bargain Center on Freetown Road reported to police that he was robbed of over four thousand seven hundred dollars on Friday. Around four-thirty p.m., he was approached by a gunman at the entrance of the store and relieved of the deposit bag containing the day’s sales. ASP Alejandro […]
This month Great Belize Productions/Channel Five marked its twenty-seventh anniversary of broadcast. In a time honored tradition, we celebrated our milestone the way we have from the very first year to this, the twenty-seventh, with our annual Gimme Five giveaways. Every night, lucky winners said the magic words via phone to secure themselves a heap […]
Miss Universe Belize, Jenelli Fraser, appeared on stage this morning in Bankok, Thailand where the national costume competition of Miss Universe took place. Fraser wore a stunning ensemble designed by David A Matus and Roberto Pasos Dominguez showing off the Mayan culture. It depicted Kinich Ahua, the Mayan sun god designated as God D in […]
One hundred and three students from Stella Maris School were filled with joy today as Belize Bank Limited threw its tenth annual Christmas party for the children. The purpose is to spread Christmas Cheer for the children, who in some cases, would not participate in these types of merriment. This year’s Christmas festivities took place […]
The sixth edition of BELTRADE’s Investment magazine was launched this morning with the theme, “Our Green Economy, Your Trade Opportunity.” As the name suggests, the magazine is geared towards sustainable development initiatives. Inside you will find writings from experts on matters relating to responsible business and investment to keep the environment safe. News Five’s Duane […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
