The Chinese community is trying to make sense of the murder of well-known businessman, Zheng Liu. Liu, who is one of the principals of the Eighty-Eight chain of stores was executed near Old Belize on Saturday night and as investigations take place, it is be believed he was lured to his murder on Saturday night. […]
Three fishermen, who went fishing on Friday at Mapp Caye, are believed to be dead. That’s the latest word from family members just before news time. It follows the discovery of their boat, the Lorraine, around midday today in some mangroves on Drown Caye. The trio comprises Sheldon Gibson, Elijah Usher and Kevin Roches. Family […]
A child was also injured by gun violence over the weekend. The one-year-old girl was fast asleep when she was hit by a gunshot on Sunday night. She was at her grandmother’s house on Antelope Extension, Belize City. The child’s uncle and his girlfriend were at the gate of the yard and were also injured […]
Collin Francis, believed to be suffering from mental illness, has been charged with the murder of Nestor Vasquez Junior in June of this year. Francis spent the weekend in the same cell where the deadly beating of Vasquez took place. He was being detained for the attempted murder of a nurse who was treating him […]
Police in Belize City are looking for one man believed to have broken into a home, held up three persons at knife-point, tied and robbed them. On Sunday night, forty-three-year-old Dorette Vernon was inside her house on Raccoon Street Extension along with forty-two-year-old Gloria Henry when an intruder dressed in full blue clothing and a […]
Police say Omar Gomez is the name of the man who was found floating in the Haulover Creek on Friday morning. Gomez’s body was discovered at around eight o’clock that morning behind Dream Like City. Here’s more from ACP Joseph Myvett. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “That person had been identified […]
A man was knocked off his motorcycle on November sixteenth and a week later he succumbs to his injuries. Police say that Adan Diaz was hospitalized ever since the road crash that happened on the Iguana Creek Road in the west. The driver of the vehicle that hit him, Pedro Bahadur, is expected to face […]
A Belize City man was shot and seriously injured on Thursday evening. Police say that security guard Justin Stephens was standing on New Road when someone shot him twice. Stephens was taken to the hospital and remains there in a critical condition. A family member told News Five that he has a long road to […]
The Belize Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man whose body was fished out of the Haulover Creek this morning in Belize City. John Doe’s body was discovered at around eight o’clock behind Dream Like City. The person has yet to be identified and police have confirmed that no signs […]
Unconfirmed reports reaching our news desk this evening is that there was a shootout in Dangriga this afternoon. Reliable sources tell News Five that five men, reportedly dressed in blue, opened fire on a group of men inside a boat. We understand that the incident occurred at a pier in the Harlem area of town. […]
In an unprecedented move, Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lyn Vidal, in her capacity as president of the Bar Association, has lodged a claim against Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, following her removal as a member of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission. On October twenty-second, attorney Andrew Marshalleck filed a claim on Vidal’s behalf in which […]
Recent appointments, according to Marshalleck, have seen an obvious increase in the number of judicial officers from the Caribbean taking up posts in Belize. This, he says, is deliberate. But with a claim against the presiding judge of the Supreme Court languishing within the system, who will the case be assigned to and how does […]
Back in November of 2016, a young girl shot on Racoon Street Extension, Belize City. Police soon picked up Anthony Crawford and charged him with “use of deadly means of harm with intent to cause grievous harm.” At the time of the incident, the girl was only thirteen years old; fortunately, the bullet grazed her […]
On the occasion of International Children’s Day, a special sitting of the House was convened in which young students assumed the role of parliamentarians, all thirty-one members of the House. The sitting on Wednesday gave the youths the opportunity to be heard on the issues that are critical to their development as contained in the […]
Arguments wrapped up before the Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin on a case brought against the Government by John Briceño and Julius Espat of the People’s United Party. In the two-day proceedings the P.U.P. argued that the government spent one point three billion dollars without required approval and that is against the law. In his testimony […]
The case suit against the Minister of Finance, the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General hinges on four main points and at the conclusion of the hearing, Espat told the media that the attorney for the government conceded to two of those four claims pertaining to the supplementary appropriation. Judgment in the matter has been […]
The outcome of the challenge, according to Opposition Leader John Briceño, should set precedence for other jurisdictions within the region insofar as the expenditure of public funds. He also explains why the People’s United Party proceeded with the claim, despite the notion that the P.U.P. may very well form the next government in 2020. […]
Since the Belize Tax Service was launched back in August, as an amalgamation of the General Sales Tax and Income Tax departments, there have been various concerns among members of staff. Those issues have to do with placement of public officers within that department. On Wednesday afternoon, the executive of Public Service Union met with […]
This morning twenty-eight-year-old Collin Francis was offered bail for the attempted murder of Nurse Augustina Elijio. Bail was set at eight thousand dollars plus two sureties of the same amount. We were made to understand that he wasn’t able to meet bail up to four this evening. But there is one family on record that […]
According to Jules Vasquez, the family hasn’t heard of further development in the case. He says that he has reached out the Director of Public Prosecution. Today, he told reporters that the way the criminal justice system works in Belize is regrettable, but that it is a dysfunctional mechanism that the family expected. Here’s what […]
Guatemalan squatters who continue to illegally occupy private property belonging to businessman Jorge Espat on the Belizean side of western border, near the Adjacency Zone, continues to be an issue. Despite having reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the matter seems to be treated with little to no urgency on the part of […]
The third member of the Wagner family was murdered in Dangriga on the eve of Garifuna Settlement Day. The southern municipality was overflowing with revelers in anticipation of the holiday when death came knocking at the door of Jahvis Wagner. The twenty-year-old was on Commerce Street when one of three gunmen, believed to be from […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that the police will maintain an increased presence in Dangriga. The Police Department will be carrying out a number of operations in that town, which in recent weeks has been plagued by rivalries. The commissioner says that he is confident that they will be able to stem the surge […]
Police also gave an update on another case in Dangriga involving a gruesome murder. In early August, we reported about missing man Derrick Ramirez whose body had washed up in Dangriga. Ramirez’s body was found decapitated after he was missing for over a week at Cross Caye when his boat was attacked. Back then, we […]
The Commissioner of Police says that the police will be cracking down on establishments that sell liquor, particularly the nightclubs. According to Chester Williams, the crackdown is to ensure that that these businesses are in compliance with the law when it comes to their liquor license. On Tuesday, the police officers made a check at […]
