Cayo Police are tonight on a manhunt for the killer of a resident of Unitedville who was fatally stabbed early Saturday morning. It happened at around three a.m. at the corner of Albert Street in the village. Thirty-seven-year-old Victor Vargas was stabbed in the neck, and bled to death shortly after, as he tried to […]
Police have not officially released the name of the man wanted for Vargas’ murder, but one woman from Unitedville is convinced that her nineteen year old son is the suspect. Today, Arita Gomez told us that she was picked up by Police and locked down on Saturday as Police tried to find her son Steven. […]
There was a serious accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway this morning. It happened between miles six and seven, where a loaded Ramos Shuttle Bus heading from Lord’s Bank to the city crashed almost head on into a red pickup truck, driven at the time by thirty-one year old Hugo Campos. The impact was massive, […]
The accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway happened at exactly eleven o’clock, and just a half an hour after that there was another accident on the George Price Highway. It happened just outside of Belize City, at mile two. Fifty two year old Rigoberto Itch was on the road when he was hit by a […]
Police are currently investigating a murder in Belize City – that of thirty-eight-year-old Oscar Richard Rubio. The investigation started on Thursday, when law enforcement officers were informed of a death by the KHMH and called to the morgue. But here’s the thing. It was Police officers who took Rubio to the KHMH on July thirtieth, […]
Since absconding to Belize in October 2013, many questions have been raised concerning the fugitive status of Dr. Errol Elrington, sibling of Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington. In the wake of initial media coverage, many, including Prime Minister Barrow, would chime in on the matter and subsequently the Minister of Foreign Affairs himself. But […]
The funeral of Ernest ‘JawMeighan’ Meighan this afternoon at Central Assembly of God drew hundreds of mourners, one of the largest gatherings of funeral-goers in Belize City of late. The audience was comprised of cyclists in uniform, childhood friends of the slain rider, family and friends, as well as onlookers who drove slowly in order […]
Ernest ‘Jawmeighan’ Meighan was killed on August ninth, executed with a single bullet to the back of the head. Police have maintained an intensive investigation into the slaying of the cycling icon, but no charges have been levied. Originally Police claimed that the motive was retaliation for the slaying of Chryslin Gladden, but today much […]
On Thursday, a group of journalists from across the local media participated in a round-table with U.S. Ambassador Carlos Moreno at the embassy in Belmopan. During the forum a range of issues were discussed, including financial assistance offered to UNIBAM to advance its awareness campaign on stigma and discrimination, gay marriage, Belize’s border dispute with Guatemala, the justice […]
F.F.B. President Ruperto Vicente remains in the hot seat tonight, after formally announcing earlier this week that Belize will not be able to participate in this year’s CONCACAF Champions League Tournament. Despite a massive investment and significant progress in the renovation of the stadium in Belmopan, the Bandits, winners of the 2014 Premier League of […]
Belizean sports fans and even general observers have been shocked and dismayed by the news that the Belmopan Bandits, champions of the Premier League, have been disqualified from the Champions League, scheduled to commence next week. The disqualification is through no fault of the team. The F.F.B. maintains however, that the decision was made by […]
There has been a spike in violent crimes in Belize City recently, fuelled by a resurgence in gang warfare and bloodshed. The Belize Defence Force has been brought back to assist, there have been major personnel changes and operations have been ramped up in hotspots across the Old Capital. But even with the police shifting […]
Around five-thirty Wednesday evening, the lifeless body of fifty-six-year-old Canadian national, Barry Lee Waskosky, was discovered inside his condominium at Reef Village Resort. Police responded immediately and found his nude body lying face up in the living room. Blood was found on the floor and there was a wound to his face. His body was […]
This morning, fifteen primary school graduates became official recipients of Belize Telemedia Limited scholarships for 2014. These very fortunate few will be assisted in every way through four years of high school – with tuition and fees, books and access to a tutor. The program started in 1991 and, including these recipients, five hundred and […]
The ongoing debacle which the F.F.B. finds itself in, not being able to field the Belmopan Bandits in the 2014 Champions League tournament, is one that many sports enthusiasts, including the minister with responsibility for that specific portfolio, have shared opinions. Despite the many expressions of disappointment, critics of Minister of Youth and Sports Herman […]
A police officer currently on interdiction is again in trouble with the law. On Wednesday, units of the Belmopan Police Department, acting on intelligence received, conducted anti-drug operations in Unitedville in the Cayo District. They searched the home of fifty-two-year-old Guy Jones, and discovered one hundred and eighty-nine grams of cannabis. Jones was not in […]
Just after six this afternoon, a U.S. national living in San Pedro for some years was found dead in his rented apartment at the Reef Village Resort on the island. As far as it is known, there was one visible wound on his face, but it is early to say if foul play was committed. […]
CONCACAF dropped a bombshell on Tuesday when it officially wrote to the Football Federation of Belize that the Belmopan Bandits will not be allowed to play in the 2014-2015 Champions League. The notice to the F.F.B. was at four o’clock and immediately after, the CONCACAF website posted that Costa Club Sport Herediano earns a wildcard […]
As we said, the contract to upgrade the pitch of the F.F.B. Football field in Belmopan was issued to a Belizean contractor…but the work has not been completed so Belize is being penalized and cannot participate in the Champions League. According to Vicente, aside from the one hundred and fifty-two thousand US dollars that was […]
This morning twenty-two year old Noe Gonzalez, nineteen year old Angel Cardenas and twenty-eight year old Mateo Pott were escorted back to the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court. On July ninth the trio were formally charged for the murder of seventy-one year old Ramon Cervantes. One day after, they were charged for his kidnapping. The three […]
A pair of minors, ages fifteen and seventeen, both Guatemalan nationals, has been charged with kept firearm and ammunition without a gun license after being nabbed near the Caracol Archaeological Reserve. The teenagers, along with two others, were discovered inside Belizean territory by a patrol consisting of police and B.D.F. personnel, as well as a […]
About thirty-four million dollars is being spent on road works in the Old Capital. Today, Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley, along with the Taiwanese Ambassador launched another project to complement the ongoing infrastructure works, as well as the aesthetics of the downtown area. The official renovation of the Commercial Center is taking off immediately and […]
Sanitation has been in the news incessantly, with the B.M.L. situation threatening to blow up and out of control. A very timely intervention by Prime Minister Barrow in the form of a financial bailout saved the day. It’s not the first time the PM has provided some serious cash assistance to the Belize City Council, […]
As anger continues to build, police have spoken for the first time since Saturday’s shocking execution of the sporting legend, Ernest “JawMeighan” Meighan. But they have still not been able to crack the case as to why the beloved cyclist was murdered. Was it related to the fatal stabbing of Chryslin Gladden or the murder […]
While a connection is yet to be established between the Saturday morning murders of Raheem Crawford and Ernest Meighan, police have detained several persons of interest. News Five understands that Crawford’s pre-dawn execution was the result of an ongoing feud between two Belize City gangs. The twenty-year-old was waylaid while riding a motorcycle on Gibnut […]
