Dorian Pakeman, he is the Director of the Government’s Press Office and a familiar face at Government press conferences and other official events. But earlier this year he became part of the news cycle when, back on March thirtieth in Biscayne village, Belize District, he knocked down and killed forty-five year old Dean Dawson, a […]
This afternoon, Prime Minister Dean Barrow reacted to the news, stating that once he has looked into the matter, action will be taken if appropriate. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I certainly have…I’ve heard about it and I certainly have to look into that. I don’t know enough at this juncture, but that is a […]
Police are investigating a fatal encounter between a resident of Carmelita, Orange Walk and an unknown man who chose to sit in the middle of the Burrell Boom-Hattieville road early in the morning – and wound up paying the ultimate price. ACP Edward Broaster has more details. ACP Edward Broaster, Regional Commander, Rural Eastern […]
An unfortunate traffic accident claimed the life of a popular mechanic of Belize City. The predawn accident occurred at mile four and half on the Phillip Goldson highway. A taxi driver, Godwin Panting, collided into the vehicle of Lionel Villanueva, which had experienced mechanical difficulties moments earlier. Villanueva was killed on the spot and Panting […]
Forty-one-year-old Ismael Jimenez Junior, a mechanic employed at BELCOGEN, lost his life this afternoon after being pinned between two vehicles at the energy plant on Tower Hill. It is unclear what exactly transpired that resulted in Jimenez being fatally crushed. Co-workers at the facility were later able to free Jimenez before rushing him to the […]
Police continue their investigations into how Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber’s Toyota Prado ended up in the Caribbean Sea near Marine Parade on Sunday night. The Minister says it was stolen from its parking place on the George Price Highway, but many are sceptical to say the least. Today, the Belize Progressive Party’s chairman, Paco […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber’s assigned vehicle was reportedly stolen from his girlfriend’s house near mile four on the George Price Highway on Sunday evening. The Collet Area Representative was at the Old Belize Adventure and Marine Museum socializing when, unbeknownst to him, someone entered the parked 2013 Toyota Prado and drove off in it. […]
Was the theft and damage to Faber’s vehicle the result of a personal grudge or enmity and how did the thief gain access to the vehicle? According to the politician, he’s not aware that he has that many enemies. Patrick Faber, Deputy Prime Minister “I always say that I don’t have much enemies but […]
Coincidentally, while Faber’s vehicle was being retrieved from the Caribbean Sea, Chief Education Officer Doctor Carol Babb’s Mitsubishi SUV was engulfed in flames elsewhere. The vehicle which was previously assigned to Faber had been passed down to Babb who was driving it at the time of the fire. According to Faber, he does not believe […]
Another traffic accident has ended tragically for a well-known mechanic. On Monday night, Lebert Louriano was travelling alone to Ladyville, Belize District, when he lost control of his SUV, overturned and ran into a tree. Louriano was flung out of the vehicle and died after the vehicle landed on him. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
There was a near fatal traffic accident on Saturday morning involving another Ladyville resident. Alfred Espejo sustained head and body injuries during a traffic accident near the Napa Roundabout on the Phillip Goldson Highway. He was riding a ninja motorcycle when he lost control of the bike which overturned, sending him to the pavement. Since […]
Just after six on Saturday morning, a senior public officer was hit in front of the Novelo’s Terminal, Belize City, by a vehicle driven by Victor Gibbs. Emily Guy and friend were in that neighborhood to purchase coconut water when the horrible accident happened. The area was buzzing with market activity when Gibbs crashed into […]
Sixteen year old Tyrese Carcamo succumbed to injuries he sustained following a traffic accident on Tuesday between miles eight and nine on the George Price Highway. Carcamo was riding home around six p.m. that evening when he was hit from behind by a taxi heading to Belize City. The impact sent the minor to into […]
After nine this morning, there was a traffic accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway in front of Enrique Martinez and Sons Limited. It involved two government vehicles, a Ford Ranger Pickup registered to the Fisheries Department and a grader for the Ministry of Works. Both vehicles were traveling into the city and collided when the […]
Now the last time we spoke with Senior Superintendent Flowers, traffic accidents were a perennial problem in the precinct four area. Today it still remains the most prevalent issue officers find themselves policing in that zone. Flowers told News Five that a mobile patrol will soon be installed along the stretch of highway from Save […]
For hours this morning, traffic was backed-up on the Phillip Goldson Highway. A tractor-trailer loaded with products from Bowen and Bowen overturned near Mile Eight where road works are ongoing. The trailer was heading to Belize City from the bottling plant in Ladyville when the driver, Henry Williams, lost control of the vehicle and overturned. […]
A chain reaction originally begun with this morning’s turnover of a Bowen and Bowen vehicle in Ladyville in which two vehicles traveling into Belize City were severely damaged. Because of the Ladyville scene, traffic had slowed down considerably coming into Belize City, with cars nearly bumper to bumper up to just before eleven this morning. […]
While no one was injured during the accident, those involved exchanged insurance information to sort out damages. As a motorist who commutes along the thoroughfare daily, Swasey told News Five that he is surprised that there aren’t more accidents occurring especially at peak rush hour. Gilvano Swasey, Eye Witness “It will happen someday, I […]
There was yet another fatal road traffic accident in southern Belize. On Tuesday night, a well-known electrician and father of two from Independence Village lost his life after the pickup truck he was driving, crashed head-on with a James Bus Line passenger bus on Savannah Road. Two passengers from the bus and its driver were […]
There was a second fatal road traffic accident under the jurisdiction of the Intermediate Southern Formation of the Police Department. It occurred on Saturday morning and also involved a passenger bus and a Chrysler van. About five-forty a.m., police were called out to an area known as Nuts Curve on the Southern Highway. There they […]
That’s a total of three fatal accidents in southern Belize since the weekend, two in the Independence area alone. But Inspector Ramclam says that there have been many other traffic incidents in the jurisdiction, despite the many efforts by the police to reduce the numbers. Insp. Sherlet Ramclam, Acting O.C., Intermediate Southern Formation “It […]
Tonight, Roaring Creek resident and teacher, twenty-eight-year-old Jodine Gill and her thirty-year-old colleague Dania Portillo remain hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, recovering from varying degrees of injuries sustained during a traffic accident last Friday at mile thirty-five on the Hummingbird Highway. Just after four o’clock, Gill lost control of her 2004 Nissan X-Terra […]
At five-thirty this evening, the administration of the Belmopan Comprehensive High organized a vigil at the school compound as a remembrance for Escoto. Residents, as well as former students, are asked to wear white and bring candles to share in the memories of the Spanish teacher. Vice Principal Guzman and English Lit Teacher Ysela Logan […]
A deadly collision involving a pair of vehicles in the Toledo District claimed the life of a young woman on Sunday evening. The accident which occurred approximately fifteen miles from Punta Gorda Town, left several persons, including Wendy Valdez, seriously injured. Upon impact she was violently flung from the vehicle she was traveling in and […]
There was another fatal road traffic accident over the weekend. On Friday evening, just after four o’clock twenty-eight-year-old Jodine Gill, a teacher of Roaring Creek Village, was driving her 2004 Nissan X-Terra SUV to Belmopan, when she lost control of the steering and overturned in the vicinity of mile thirty-five on the Hummingbird Highway. Traveling […]
