Three persons were murdered within twenty-four hours as Belizeans celebrated Garifuna Settlement Day. Two men were cold bloodedly killed in the south and one in Belize City. The madness started on Wednesday night here in the city where a well-known employee of Bowen and Bowen was gunned down as he smoked a cigarette on Lancaster […]
The second murder takes us to Dangriga where a twenty-one-year-old fisherman was shot and killed on nineteenth night. Roger Blanco and another man were reportedly walking to a shop when two men approached them, one of whom fired shots in their direction. The bullets caught Blanco as he ran away from the scene and later […]
Today, ACP Joseph Myvett of the National Crimes Investigation Branch says that they are looking for one man in connection with this fatal shooting in Dangriga. Myvett told reporters that investigators are unable to say whether Roger Blanco was the target of the shooting, considering he was in the company of another man when the […]
Further south, thirty-year-old Eden Mejia was shot and killed in Punta Gorda Town shortly after midnight on November nineteenth inside the home of someone who is also well known to police. Mejia’s bullet-riddled body was found lying face up on a mattress inside a room. It was identified by his sibling, a police corporal who […]
The death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to go up with two additional casualties being reported on November nineteenth. Both persons are elderly, a man in his eighties from the village of Santa Cruz, Orange Walk and a woman in her seventies from Duck Run community. The octogenarian had been feeling ill while […]
Torrential rains over the last few days have water levels along rivers, streams and ponds way above normal and floodwaters are gushing into yards and in some cases, seeping into homes. News Five has received reports of flooding in the cayes, once again in the west at Roaring Creek Village and across urban and rural […]
On Garifuna Settlement Day, Prime Minister John Briceño and Agriculture Minister, Jose Mai visited Maypen Village in the Belize District; this is one of the many villages in the Belize River Valley area that has been tremendously affected by flooding. Briceño and Mai were accompanied by area representative, Marconi Leal. Now, the residents in that […]
There is an advisory from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. A fuel tanker has overturned at mile thirty-four on the Hummingbird Highway and motorists are advised to be cautious when approaching that area. There is also urgent restoration work being done at mile twenty-nine on Hummingbird Highway. The ministry is urging motorists to […]
It’s going to be a wet weekend – that’s the news coming out of the national met service. The forecast is for a weekend with mostly rain and some thunderstorms. Forecaster on duty Francisca Wellington says that we may the rains slow down a bit Sunday but don’t go making any outdoor plans because it’s […]
As of November nineteenth, there has been a change in fuel prices at fuel pumps. The prices for premium gasoline and diesel registered an increase, while regular gasoline took a dip. Premium fuel increased by twenty-nine cents and is now being sold at nine dollars and forty-nine cents per gallon. Diesel went up by seventeen […]
The Public Service Union is coming down hard on the previous U.D.P. administration after finding out that a fire sale of government assets, particularly a fleet of vehicles that was being used by former ministers, had taken place back in September. Upon learning of the disposal of these vehicles at rock-bottom prices, as low as […]
A Burrell Boom family is still shaken up tonight after they were held up at gunpoint inside their home on Wednesday night. Police say that just after seven that night, fifty-three-year-old Gary Samuels and his family were at home when the attackers wearing face masks and hoodies pounced on them and robbed them of several […]
An assortment of firearms was stolen from the Succotz Police Station. Police say that four nine-millimeter pistols, two rifles and a twelve-gauge pump action shotgun were stolen during a burglary early this morning. There are a lot of questions about how the weapons were removed from the police station, considering there is a shift system […]
The body of Jose Mendez was retrieved today, two days after his canoe capsized in Franks Eddy Village. Police say that Mendez, his son and a friend were transporting some items in a motorized canoe when the engine cut off and caused the canoe to drift and suddenly overturn. Two of the men swam to […]
Today is being observed as World Children’s Day across the globe. November twentieth was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, used to promote awareness and advocate for the rights and welfare of children. The theme this year is “Reimagining a Better Future for Every Child,’ with UNICEF putting the spotlight on how the […]
To also mark the occasion, Belizean children sent Children’s Day greetings to other kids across Belize. [Greetings from Belizean Children on World Children’s Day…]
This year’s Garifuna Settlement Day celebration was a wet one, as it rained incessantly throughout the day. While an official ceremony was held in Dangriga, the Culture Capital, many across the country sought their favorite Garifuna dish and reveled in drumming and Punta music. Minister of State and Dangriga Area Representative Doctor Louis Zabaneh was […]
