Authorities have confirmed that fifteen year old third form student, Kassman Gill, died inside the KHMH this afternoon. Gill was hospitalized for over six weeks, after he was targeted by a gunman while he walked on Magazine Road, Belize City. The incident happened just about five minutes away from his house. Another youth riding a […]
The Belize International Financial Services Association has commented on the Pandora Papers publication by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. BIFSA says it is regrettable that this publication highlights decades’ old information which is no longer relevant in today’s highly regulated business environment. BIFSA says the publication creates the impression of an IFSI in Belize […]
A well-known taxi operator stationed at the P.G.I.A. was this evening murdered at his home in the Japan area of Ladyville. News Five has confirmed that Leo Skeen was fixing his vehicle when he was fatally shot. Reports are that the gunman came up from behind and fired several shots in Skeen’s direction. Police officers […]
The man who was stabbed to death in Lord’s Bank Village on Friday night has been identified by family members. A relative contacted news five to say that the deceased is thirty-eight year old Jason Andrewin. He was stabbed multiple times and nearby residents who heard his cries for help attempted to render assistance and […]
There was no drama today at the San Pedro Magistrate Court when Jasmine Hartin’s legal case continued. News Five was there early this morning as Hartin waited in the lobby on the second floor of the San Pedro Police Station before she was called into the court for disclosure. No attorney accompanied her. Around 10:30 […]
Three men were arraigned in the San Pedro Magistrate’s Court this afternoon in connection with this weekend’s shooting incident at sea that ended in the death of Jerry Espat. Twenty-two-year-old Pedro Tun, thirty-six-year-old Sergio Tun and thirty-four-year-old Gabriel Villafranco were remanded to prison until January fifth after they appeared before Magistrate Cristina Perera this afternoon. […]
The Belize Financial Intelligence Unit has responded to the Pandora Papers report. The release says the FIU is aware of the publication and the reported links to Belize registered entities. FIU says while no law breaking is alleged, extremely poor due diligence and oversight in conducting business is suggested, which they say is of serious […]
Over fifty purported gang members were incarcerated inside the Belize Central Prison during the recent Southside State of Emergency. CEO Murillo has seen various SOE’s over the years. He spoke about the core issues that need to be addressed to effectively tackle the issue of gang violence. Virgillio Murillo, CEO, Kolbe Foundation “We keep […]
Decisive action to strengthen regional and international cooperation to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and transnational organized crime in the fisheries sector is being taken by Caribbean ministers responsible for fisheries and blue economic growth. The ministerial meeting on IUU fishing and transnational organized crime is one of a series of meetings that are […]
The Espat family from San Pedro is asking for justice after one of their own was gunned down while fishing at sea on Saturday. Jerry Espat and three of his siblings were diving and fishing near Cangrejo Caye, about five miles south of Ambergris Caye when they were attacked by gunmen in two boats. Several […]
The first murder for the weekend occurred on Friday night in the village of Lord’s Bank in Belize District. A man was stabbed multiple times; his cries for help were heard by residents who came out to find his on the street, gasping for air. Police were called in and arrived on the scene, but […]
Last Thursday we reported to you how the body of Geoffrey Crawford was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area of Biscayne Village. A short distance away was his red SUV that also went missing from his house, located at the entrance to Crooked Tree Village. On Friday, police arrested and charged a […]
Last Friday, there was a fatal traffic accident between miles forty-three and forty-four on the Southern Highway. Rafael Ortiz was travelling on a motorcycle which was involved in a collision with a pickup truck driven at the time by Ramon Caserez. Reports are that Caserez was overtaking a tractor on the highway and came in […]
The Investigative Consortium of Investigate Journalism’s Pandora Papers was big news this weekend after a two year investigation by more than six hundred journalists across one hundred and fifty news outlets sifted through millions of confidential records from offshore services. According to the ICIJ website, the analysis revealed nine hundred and fifty six companies in […]
According to the Pandora Papers, one undated log identifies tax evader David R Hinkson, convicted in Idaho in 2005 of politicizing the murders of a federal prosecutor, a judge and an IRS agent. The log also reportedly identifies Martin Zarcadoolas, who pleaded guilty in 2000 to helping the Colombo crime family with its South Florida […]
There was a shooting in Belize City on Saturday that has left one man injured. But police say that information is sparse because the victim, Lyndon Sinclair has not given the police a statement. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Mister Sinclair was ferried to K.H.M.H. on Saturday with an apparent gunshot […]
On Tuesday, Jasmine Hartin’s case heads back to court in San Pedro. The Canadian woman is facing charges of manslaughter by negligence in the death of Police Superintendent Henry Jemmott in late May. She is also facing a charge of common assault against an employee of Grand Colony where she resided before the death. Tuesday’s […]
An arrest has been made in a case which caused public outrage this week. Today twenty-four year old Dane Gillett is facing the charge of murder in the death of fifteen year old Dwayne Gabourel last Saturday. Gabourel died on Monday morning. Police believe that Gillett was the trigger man who fired at Gabourel at […]
Police have detained one person in connection with the murder of sixty-nine-year-old Geoffrey Crawford, who was abducted from his residence near Crooked Tree Village on Wednesday morning. The body of the retired porter was found inside a shallow grave in the vicinity of Biscayne, one day after he was taken from his home after assisting […]
On Wednesday concerned residents reported that one of their neighbors living at the entrance to Crooked Tree Village may have been abducted. Today police located a body a few miles away. And while authorities are not saying that the remains are that of Geoffrey Crawford, indications are it may be, especially since a vehicle at […]
The murder of fifteen-year-old Dwayne Gabourel continues to play in the minds of households across the country. The promising SJC student was targeted by a gunman as he went to buy bread last Saturday; shot multiple times inside a store on New Road, a short distance from where he lived. But in the last two […]
Executive Director Nicholas says that as a society, we are reactive and not proactive enough. But will the unfortunate killing of Dwayne Gabourel trigger the necessary changes and interventions at all levels – community and policy level? Margaret Nicholas, Executive Director, NCFC “The killing of Dwayne may really and truly propel us to do […]
Police are searching for Geoffrey Crawford, a resident of Mile thirty one the Phillip Goldson Highway. He is reported to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Police say sometime around seven a.m., a neighbor saw two men enter Crawford’s yard. That individual later assisted the men when they needed a jump start. However, as the two […]
There have still not been any arrests in the murder of Dwayne Gabourel and those persons who were detained earlier this week have since been released. But in the wake of the senseless murder, the viral videos of the killing and the subsequent footage of the crying mother climbing into the pan of a police […]
Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa appeared on Open Your Eyes today where he spoke about the need to enforce the law on gang membership. Although a gang leader could get twenty years in jail under the law, this never happens and members who plead guilty generally just get a fine. Musa says the law […]
