A Belmopan resident died after being held in police custody for four days. He is twenty-six-year-old Daniel Cal. A postmortem was conducted on his body today. The examination concluded that Cal died from widespread inflammation in the lungs and chronic alcoholism. His family alleges that
On Thursday, sixty-one-year-old Ubaldo Guzman died after being viciously chopped with a machete by a drinking companion. The incident occurred in Guzman’s home in Santa Elena Town, while he was drinking with Peter August. Reports are that the two engaged in an altercation during which
Earlier this month, Los Angeles firefighter, Gilbert Lightburn Junior, was remanded to prison until October thirtieth after an altercation at Shisha Nightclub resulted in him stabbing three people. Lightburn claimed that he was acting out of self-defense and that he had been robbed that night
A police operation in Orange Walk District this morning led to the discovery of eight hundred and seventy-five cannabis plants on a plantation. The officers descended on the farm shortly after four a.m. and carried out the operation. The plants they found measured between two
Over the weekend and leading up to this morning, it appeared as if Belize City experienced a tropical storm that dropped at least four inches of rain fall. Streets across the city were flooded, but there has been little to no rain in sight for
Fifty years ago, British Honduras, now Belize, celebrated the country’s first ever gold medal on an international stage. The National Women’s Softball Team, now dubbed the “Golden Girls” were the ones to secure that medal at the twelfth Central American and Caribbean Games. The Golden
The Belize Police Department has confirmed to News Five the cause of death of 26-year-old Daniel Cal. According to the Department, Cal died of "Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, pending histological and toxicological analysis. Other significant conditions contributing to his death included chronic alcoholism." The post-mortem examination,
Prime Minister John Briceño is scheduled to give the State of the Nation Address on Tuesday. An official media invitation was sent this afternoon. The Prime Minister's State of the Nation Address is expected to begin at 9:30 a.m. It will be LIVE on News
On Monday, September 16, between 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., police officers carried out an operation in the Orange Walk District, leading to the discovery of a plantation containing 875 marijuana plants. The plants, measuring between 2 and 6 feet in height, were found without
Ambulance driver Josh Barrillas has been charged with two counts of manslaughter by negligence and two counts of causing deaths by careless conduct. This is in connection to a traffic accident that occurred on February 20, 2023, near the Beaver Dam Bridge in St. Matthews
