There was a murder on Thursday night in Belize City. Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Gillett and forty-two-year-old Glenford Soberanis were with a group of men near the corners of Alrington Drive and [...]
Another man was shot dead shortly before four-thirty this evening in Belize City. He is thirty-six-year-old Jarett Crawford. Crawford was apparently inside his house when someone ambushed him and shot [...]
The 2022 Ocean Heroes Award ceremony was held virtually on Thursday night. And, in its tradition of honoring those who have been serving as champions in marine conservation, advocacy and [...]
Belize Telemedia Limited hosted its sixteenth annual general meeting this morning. The A.G.M., held virtually by means of Microsoft Teams, was used to announce the company’s profits over the past [...]
Five murders have been reported in the last ten days, a concerning increase for the Belize Police Department and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Today, we caught up with Minister [...]
And with the latest increase in murders, the Opposition continues to demand the removal of Kareem Musa from his position as Minister of Home Affairs. In a Facebook post earlier [...]
As we reported, police arrested and charged thirty-three-year-old Nimrod Catzim for the murder of Belize City resident Bernard Timmons on Independence Day. Catzim is no stranger to the law, as [...]
The families of three men who lost their lives in a deadly head-on collision on the Philip Goldson Highway on Tuesday morning are still reeling from the tragic road traffic [...]
Tuesday’s triple fatality has brought into sharp focus issues of road safety and driving behaviours. Reports over the past few years would suggest that traffic fatalities are among the leading [...]
The Statistical Institute of Belize today held its third press conference for this year and presented G.D.P. estimates for the second quarter of 2022, as well as the consumer price [...]
It’s one of four Belize City high schools that have been selected for the Education Upliftment Program dubbed Together We Rise. Students who attend the four institutions: Sadie Vernon, Excelsior, [...]
Around eight-thirty this morning, news spread like wildfire of a fatal road traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway in the village of Sand Hill. As time passed, reports confirmed [...]
The last time News Five spoke with Brandon Gillett was back on August eighteenth, when several areas across the country, including parts of Crooked Tree Village, were under water after [...]
There was a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Monday that involved a B.D.F. truck that was traveling to the northern border on Monday morning. It didn’t result [...]
Deadly violence among feuding groups in the area of Antelope Street Extension continues unchecked. For months, the neighborhood has seen a number of incidents that resulted in lives being lost [...]
Thirty-nine-year-old Leon Perez will stand trial for the murder of Elton Morter who was fatally stabbed during an altercation in Hattieville on Independence Day 2021. In court on Monday, Perez [...]
An American national is the latest victim of a murder which occurred out west in San Ignacio. Details as to why Jeffrey Coats was shot as many as nine times [...]
So who was Jeffrey Allen Coats? While he migrated to Belize and started his nightclub, Coats had a criminal past. Reports surfacing online reflect that back on September sixth, 1994, [...]
This is yet another murder in less than four days in the twin towns of San Ignacio/Santa Elena. It is something unusual within the community and has Mayor Earl Trapp [...]
On Friday, San Ignacio police arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Christian Kelly for the crime of murder, in the wake of a deadly Independence Day stabbing at the Macal River Park. [...]
Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber is the most senior politician on the opposition bench. The former leader of the United Democratic Party has won his seat as a member of [...]
In an interview with News Five via phone this morning, U.D.P. Chairman Mike Peyrefitte explained the role of the Nomination Committee which is reportedly being chaired by Shirlette Martinez. While [...]
Is the decision of the Nomination Committee final? That’s a question we posed to U.D.P. Chairman Peyrefitte earlier today. He referred to a particular clause within the letter written by [...]
What about the Shyne factor? Is the continued tailspin of the United Democratic Party the result of poor leadership? According to former U.D.P. Chairman Alberto August, working with Shyne Barrow [...]
There were three murders reported since our break on Tuesday night. Two of them occurred after the Independence Day festivities and the victims in both cases were men from Belize [...]
