Three hours later, there was another victim of gun violence. The first attempt on Keith Middleton was back in October, but on Monday night Middleton was shot in confines of his home and in the presence of his girlfriend. The blast caught him in the chest but so far he has survived both attempts. News […]
Two days after a vicious stabbing in San Pedro ended the life of twenty-three year old Lionel Pinelo, police have a suspect in custody. Today, twenty-one year old Jason Reyes, a resident of the Boca Del Rio area, was arraigned for Murder in the San Pedro Magistrate Court. No plea was taken on the indictable […]
The government is being completely silent on the gaping holes being exposed in Belize’s national security apparatus by the continuing revelations about the immigration scandal. Our investigations have shown that there are ongoing breaches, at multiple layers, in Belize’s national security arrangements at our diplomatic missions abroad, and locally at the Ministry of Defence and […]
There is a report to News Five that Denroy Tillett, the principal of Belmopan Comprehensive School, was taken into custody this afternoon. Belmopan Police have confirmed that Tillett was detained for allegedly sexually assaulting a female teacher, but they would not release any further information on the incident and it is not certain if he […]
There’s breaking news just into our newsroom tonight. Keon Williams Myvett was shot in the head just before news time on Castle Street. Williams was rushed to the K.H.M.H. and is believed to be dead. We’ll have more on this tomorrow but Williams was recently acquitted of Manslaughter charge in the 2007 of Michael Gladden.
In our newscast on Friday we left you with the story of Eric Savery, the notorious street figure who was killed on East Canal on Friday afternoon. A little over twenty-four hours later, a minor was executed as he slept at an abandoned house in close proximity to the Savery murder scene. It is not […]
As we said, Eric Savery, also known as Eric Lewis, was murdered on Friday afternoon. Tonight Belize City Police are questioning one person in his shooting death. The thirty-seven year old was executed near East Canal sometime around two o’clock after an attempt on his life in the morning. The individual in custody is said […]
The weekend’s other murder took place in San Pedro where a cabinet maker was stabbed to death outside a bar. Lionel Pinelo had moved to the island years ago in search of a better future. But just before midnight on Friday, he was viciously stabbed outside a bar and he died hours later, early Saturday […]
Police are still trying to close in on leads in the other murder in San Pedro of Spanish flight attendant, thirty-seven year old Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez who was strangled to death on October thirty-first. Late last Friday evening San Pedro police detained a man who matched the description of the suspect in whose company […]
In the past twenty-four hours, there was a resurgence of gun violence in the city. The first did not turn out fatal and the victims were fortunate to survive. In the other shooting, a well known street figure was violently gunned down. We’ll have more on that shortly but first, it is believed that a […]
There is tension in the streets tonight following the murder of a well-known street figure who reputedly wore a bullet proof vest because he felt his life was under constant threat. Today, who ever wanted him, got Eric Savery dead. Eric, who resided in Ladyville off and on, was shot at twice today; once in […]
San Pedro police have taken into custody a suspect wanted in the vicious murder of Spanish flight attendant, thirty-seven year old Maria Plaza Gomez. The suspect, who was picked up in Caye Caulker, was transported to San Pedro a few minutes ago. Two other men who were detained following the brutal murder have since been […]
Family members of the murdered Spanish flight attendant, thirty-seven year old Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez, will be transporting her body back home. But the police are still conducting an intense investigation to capture her murderer and bring that person to justice. Plaza, a mother of one, mysteriously went missing sometime after eleven on Sunday morning […]
It’s a sizeable quantity of drugs and a huge bust for the Punta Gorda police. Three Dangriga residents are in police custody in Punta Gorda after being busted with marijuana. The trio was traveling along the Southern Highway in the direction of Dangriga Town when they were collared at a checkpoint in the Toledo District. […]
Maria Plaza Gomez, a Spanish flight attendant with Swift Air of Guatemala was holidaying at La Isla Bonita when she was murdered on Sunday morning. As we told you on Tuesday night, she was last seen alive by a fruit vendor in the company of a heavy set man. It was a most heinous murder, […]
On Tuesday night we broke the news that at the top of the Ministry of National Security, directives were issued to the Immigration Department to grant visas to Chinese nationals via the Belize Embassy in Cuba. The Chinese and other nationals stopover in Belize on chartered flights and then make their way to the promised […]
Police are still trying to close in on the assailants of Monday night’s armed robbery at Seashore Store in Belama Phase one. The attack occurred at around seven o’clock and lasted for a little over a minute. The robbers, who first approached the security guard outside the store and carried him inside the business, then […]
Thirty-seven year old Maria Plaza, a Spanish flight attendant, was reported missing in San Pedro Town since Sunday. The tragic news tonight is that shortly before three this afternoon, her badly bruised, half-nude body was discovered at a yard in a busy area of town. Plaza went for a stroll that took her less than […]
There are lingering questions about the tragic death of a four year old girl from Roaring Creek Village. It was first reported as an accidental death but following the post mortem examination police are investigating the possibility that Hidalia Jomany Maldonado died as a result of child abuse. Hidalia passed away at home on Friday […]
There hasn’t been a murder in the city in a few days but the criminals are still at work. An armed robbery at a Taiwanese store was reported on Monday night and the owners say they believe the culprits were the same as those who attacked another supermarket in the same area less than a […]
In other news, an elderly citizen of Flowers Bank Road in the Belize District feels aggrieved tonight after he claims elements of the Ladyville Police Unit and a Justice of the Peace threatened him. According to Ralston Myvett, the officer also roughed him up when he could not tell them the whereabouts of his nephew, […]
Unconfirmed and late reports to our newsroom are that a flight attendant from Spain has gone missing on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. She has been identified as Maria Antonia Plaza Gomez. According to reliable sources, she works as a flight attendant for Maya Island Air Regional. A representative for the company referred the media to […]
There is confirmation tonight that alleged Guatemalan drug dealer Otoniel Turcios Marroquin was caught in San Ignacio this past Monday. We can also confirm that Turcios has been handed over to the DEA and flown out of the country without a court hearing for his expulsion. There was no official word from the police, nor […]
Delahnie Bain, Reporting Former politician, Eduardo “Dito” Juan, who now manages the Cayo High Road Cycling Team, was viciously attacked at around four-thirty p.m. on Thursday when he arrived at his farm in the Georgeville area. Today, shortly after his release from the hospital, Juan was still in pain and relived the brutal experience. Eduardo […]
Bruce Cullerton was mauled to death by Max the Jaguar, on Monday night. It is a stunning and rare event and also a tragic one. Cullerton was the neighbor of Richard and Carol Foster, two outstanding film makers for the National Geographic Channel. Cullerton was an established roving mechanic and his remains will be cremated […]
