News Five has learnt that a man and his dog were knocked down and killed earlier this morning. The incident happened on Stann Creek Valley Road in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek. Witnesses say they were knocked down by a white truck. The bodies remain on
News Five has confirmed that a Guatemalan gunboat illegally entered Belize near Sapodilla Cayes. Pictures shared by PGTV show the boat in Belizean water. This is a developing story. Back in November 2022, Belize officially filed an application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to secure a
Forty-five-year-old Curtis Molina has been officially charged with three counts of murder for the December 14, 2024, killings of his cousin, 39-year-old Elvis Garbutt Sr.; Garbutt's wife, 30-year-old Emerita Garbutt; and their three-year-old son, Ellis Garbutt, in Monkey River Village. The family was ambushed while driving
Two 21-year-old men, Christopher Smith Junior of Linda Vista and Karl Lindo of Mile 15 Hattieville/Boom Road, have been arraigned for the double murder of cousins Marvin Cante and Juan Carlos Raymundo. The pair appeared unrepresented before the magistrate’s court, where they were jointly charged
Over the weekend, a horrific triple murder in Monkey River Village left two children without their mother, father, and three-year-old brother, shaking the small coastal community to its core. On Saturday night, between seven and eight p.m., thirty-nine-year-old Elvis Garbutt Senior, thirty-year-old Emerita Garbutt, and
In a sad turn of events, eleven-year-old Eliana Garbutt and her eight-year-old brother, Elvis Junior, are now without their parents. The family of five was viciously attacked on their way home, resulting in the tragic deaths of their father, Elvis Garbutt Senior, their mother, Emerita
Tonight, a pair of twenty-one-year-old men, Christopher Alexander Smith Junior, a construction worker from Linda Vista, and Karl Lindo, an unemployed resident of Mile 15 Hattieville/Boom Road, has been arraigned for the double murder of two cousins in Hattieville. The duo appeared unrepresented before the
It's been less than a week since the tragic discovery of cousins Marvin Cante and Juan Raymundo, whose bodies were found buried in a shallow grave near Hattieville. The cousins went missing on November twenty-eight, and their vehicle was found abandoned, engine still running. Their
The first of two GST-free shopping weekends this Christmas season wrapped up on Sunday, with thousands of shoppers flocking to stores across the country. Belizeans took advantage of the tax-free days on December fourteenth and fifteenth to buy groceries, electronics, and other household appliances. This
Longsworth mentioned that Belize Tax Services personnel will revisit several stores where issues were raised about the tax waivers. She also noted that returns for the GST-free weekends won't be submitted until mid-January 2025. Michelle Longsworth, Director General, Belize Tax Services “As of today, we are sending
