There is breaking news tonight. News Five has been able to confirm that attorney Oscar Selgado will be needing an attorney for himself. While the details are brief at this time, we have learnt that the police have in their hands critical information in terms of a recording in which Selgado is heard talking to […]
According to Police, Doren was last seen alive on July ninth around five-thirty p.m. around mile nineteen on the Old Northern Highway. As we said, the lower half of a body, believed to be that of a young male, was retrieved this morning from the river behind Sand Hill. The family believes that it is […]
Fidel Bardalez suffered a horrible death at the hands of his murderer. He was beaten and chopped to death multiple times and his body left along the Hummingbird Highway. The Alta Vista resident left his home in the village on Friday night to hang out with friends; hours later, his body was found. His family […]
A minor is in police detention pending the investigation into the brutal murder of Bardalez. According to ACP Joseph Myvett, Bardalez and the minor, both believed to have been consuming alcohol, got involved in an altercation during which the minor produced a machete and inflicted the fatal wounds on Bardalez. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, […]
Joseph Budna is home safe, following a daring and successful escape from a Guatemalan prison where he was serving a twenty-five-year sentence for kidnapping and extortion. It was his second attempt at freedom, having fled briefly from another penitentiary in 2014. According to the Camalote resident, he crossed the western border into Belize shortly after […]
According to Budna, on Thursday a group of plainclothes police officers swooped down on him as he was walking along the George Price Highway near Camalote Village. With guns trained on him, Budna was taken into custody in Belmopan where he was held for a little over forty-eight hours. When News Five spoke with Commissioner […]
This afternoon Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett explained why Budna had to be released after being picked up and detained since Thursday. He told the media that they are looking into a previous drug trafficking offense for which Budna was arraigned in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes […]
In a matter of minutes, a family of eight was displaced by fire in the village of Georgeville, Cayo at the start of the weekend. It is believed a four-year-old boy accidentally caused the fire to start when he was playing with matches inside one of the bedrooms. Fire-fighters tried to contain the blaze, but […]
The executive of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Workers Union met with the Minister of Health, Pablo Marin; C.E.O. Doctor George Gough and Director of Health Services, Dr. Marvin Manzanero in Belmopan today. The meeting was scheduled two weeks ago, before Friday’s impromptu demonstration which saw approximately one hundred K.H.M.H. staff members gathered in front […]
In the letter sent by President of the K.H.M.H. Workers Union, Lidia Alpuche Blake, to Michelle Cox-Hoare, Blake tells the C.E.O. that the staff is unhappy with her administration. Cox-Hoare is told, “the general sentiment of our staff is that your administration is at the very least not interested in their overall well-being and their […]
Another drug plane lands in southern Belize. Remnants of the drug plane were found in southern Belize on Sunday evening in the vicinity of Graham Creek. As in most cases, the planes are destroyed and the cargo dealt with by the time police gets to the scene. In the most recent case, residents reported hearing […]
Dangriga police continue to investigate the execution of Edwin Nasario which occurred on Friday in the parking lot of the Southern Regional Hospital. Nasario was about to enter his vehicle when he was gunned down. The incident has shocked the community and police say that they are looking at the possibilities that the murder may […]
Three men have detained on separate occasions in respect of the murders of San Pedro tour guide Mario Graniel and American Doctor. Gary Swank. These suspects, according to Superintendent Alejandro Cowo, are different from an initial trio that was brought in for questioning. Despite not being able to make an arrest, Cowo says that they […]
Nineteen-year-old Raheem Chambers remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after being shot near Lacroix Boulevard on Thursday night. The incident is believed to be gang-related as police are saying that it is the result of an internal dispute within one of the gangs operating in the area. Superintendent Alejandro Cowo says police are still investigating the […]
Today was a big day for the northern districts, as the 2018-2019 sugar crop closed off at A.S.R/B.S.I. It ended on a positive note for the sugar industry with record breaking numbers for sugar cane milled and sugar extracted. There are, however, some farmers who were not able to deliver all their cane. But the […]
And so while sugar experts and farmers are happy about the boost in this year’s sugar cane milled and sugar extracted, it also brings into the focus the much needed market for this sugar. The Ministries of Agriculture and Trade and Commerce, along with its sugar industry partners of A.S.R./B.S.I., Santander and other regional bodies […]
Neal says it would be significant for Belize Sugar to get into the CARICOM market. B.S.I. alone is producing upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand tons of sugar and just a fraction of that is being consumed on the local market; the surplus can meet the needs of CARICOM. William Neal, Communications & […]
Another round of village council elections was held this past Sunday. According to a P.U.P. issued release, this round saw elections in thirty-five villages across the country. The release states that the P.U.P. won twenty villages, while the U.D.P. won fourteen and the Independent won one village during this fourth round. Week five of the […]
A two-week summer programme with a focus on agriculture concluded over the weekend with lots of fun activities for the budding farmers. As many as two hundred young people took part in the annual programme which teaches them different aspects of agriculture, which is one of the key pillars of the economy. News Five’s Duane […]
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