On Wednesday night, we told you about the ruthless home invasion of thirty four year old Sylvan Roberts, an ultrasound technician of Santa Elena, Cayo. Roberts and his family were inside their home when he heard noises in his living room and upon making checks he encountered masked and armed robbers inside his house. One […]
Apparently in addition to Roberts, the youth who drowned in Dangriga and the homeless man in the park, there was a fourth person who died during the Christmas Holiday. It was not put into any police report but the Belize Defense Force has confirmed that one of its own, a veteran of over a decade, […]
The soldier’s death is not the only issue that is weighing heavily on the thoughts of PG residents. The border has been patrolled by soldiers like Teul for years, but near the villages where there is no visible barrier foreigners have been taking advantage of the natural resources. Incursions by Guatemalan poachers have been documented […]
Sculptor, inventor, author and juice man are only a few of the hats that the man known as Stephen Okeke has donned over the past fifteen years in Belize. Okeke is also a mayoral candidate for the upcoming Belize City Council elections. His fame does not necessarily always bring fortune and several missteps have been […]
Ever since he was shot in November of 2010, well-known street figure, Anthony Major, better known as ‘King of Pinks Alley’, remained bed-ridden. Major, was by no means an innocent gun violence victim, in June 2009 he was arrested during a failed robbery attempt at Tong’s Supermarket. Major’s partner in crime, Richard Flores, didn’t survive […]
The extended Christmas weekend may have brought seasonal cheer to most of the country but there is still grief as three persons lost their lives. Two died by accident, but a man known for spending quality time with his family and for taking them on trips to Disney Land has been murdered. The well-known and […]
All was not quiet in the former capital either. Fifty-eight year old Alfonso Zetina was shot in the shoulder while walking along Youth For The Future Drive on Christmas Day. Interestingly, the laborer, of a Belize City address, was unaware that he was the victim of a shooting incident which occurred an hour earlier. According […]
There were two other persons who lost their lives over the holiday weekend. At 11:50pm on December, twenty-fifth, Police responded to a scene at the Battlefield Park on Albert Street, in Belize City where they found the body of Clifford Stephen junior. The police investigation into his death is ongoing. However, an unofficial report says […]
At the top of the newscast, you heard of the Santa Elena resident that was brutally murdered during a home invasion. There was another aggravated burglary that occurred and it happened during the most festive if not sacred part of the weekend. In the early hours on the morning of December twenty-fifth, Christmas Day, an […]
And while the police are fresh on the case of that aggravated burglary, another case that occurred earlier in the year still has fresh wounds for its victim. On September twenty seventh, a four-year-old girl was taken out of her classroom by someone she knew. Not only did she tell her mother a detailed account […]
A near fatal road traffic accident involving two vehicles traveling in opposite directions along the Western Highway several miles outside of Benque Viejo Town on Monday morning has left three people, employees of Windy Hill Resort, severely injured. The collision occurred between miles sixty-nine and seventy as a green Toyota HiAce, driven by Luis Polanco, […]
News Five also spoke with Assistant Superintendent Claudio Mai who said that San Ignacio police are continuing their investigation into the accident. Asst. Supt. Claudio Mai “Okay this traffic accident occurred between seventy and seventy-one miles western highway which is just the dump area which is between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo. Reportedly Mister Luis […]
At least three B.D.F. soldiers will not be having a good Christmas. That’s because a decision has been handed down in respect of forty-two weapons, handguns and high-powered weapons that were discovered missing in mid October. The B.D.F. revealed on October twelfth that an arsenal including twenty-two M-sixteen A1 rifles, two M4 commander rifles, eleven […]
Belize’s most wanted fugitive, sought by authorities for the heinous murders of his former in-laws, remained on the lam for less than twenty-four hours; that is until he committed suicide. The lifeless body of forty year old Lorne Lisbey, wanted for the vicious slaying of Anacleta Pech and her daughter Ana Cortez on Thursday, was […]
Thousands of files of what appear to be irregularities at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital have come into our possession. It contains from mundane administrative information to questionable financial charges. There are copies of credit card charges and orders and payments placed to a US based company, Skilled Solutions, for purchases of hospital supplies and […]
Herrera claims that it went downhill for him following a dispute with Fabro. He was subsequently dismissed. Delroy Herrera, Former KHMH Employee “I was terminated based on a quote that stated that I was in a fight. Fight is defined in the Webster Dictionary as “to use physical force with fists or to overcome an […]
If there was any intention to suppress information, then that could be counterproductive because Herrera’s attorney says the documents are being thoroughly reviewed. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney “Presently we have a team going through the documents quantifying the values in terms of monies spent that went through the purchasing department of the KHMH in particular under […]
We asked our viewers on Tuesday: Are you better off this Christmas, than in previous years? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that seventy percent of those who voted on our e-poll said no. Meanwhile, thirty percent voted that they are better off this Christmas.
There is a heinous double murder to report tonight. A mother and her daughter were cold bloodedly shot this morning at their house in Carmelita Village on the Northern Highway. Another family member was injured and is hospitalized. What makes this latest double homicide even more insane is that the trigger was allegedly pulled by […]
There is outrage over the successful bail application of a thirty-six year old accused of Carnal Knowledge upon a fourteen year old girl from the Stann Creek. Since we reported the story on Wednesday night, our blogs have been overflowing with angry comments from viewers that we have had to filter. Earlier today, the United […]
Henry Cole, an English man, made the first official Christmas card in 1834. He was too busy to write personal greetings so he hired an artist to design a ready to send or instant card. Little did he know that his clever shortcut would become a household tradition around the world. But in recent times, […]
There is a recall of a frequently used pain killer. The Johnson and Johnson Company has recalled medicinal drugs at least six times in the past two years. During that period Belize has been affected by three of those tainted shipments. The third announcement came as recently as Wednesday when the company revealed that it […]
We lead our newscast tonight with three unprecedented decisions handed down today in respect of bail applications by Justice Denis Hanomansingh. In the first, the judge ruled that a thirty six year old man on a carnal knowledge charge would be granted bail if he marries the fourteen year victim. Hipolito Itza is a resident […]
In another bail application, an Orange Walk man who brutally stabbed his wife during a domestic dispute is out on bail and his wife is in fear of her life. There were statements from witnesses, but in the view of Justice Hanomansingh, the prosecution did not demonstrate that the Crown had a case against thirty-six […]
The third bail application was is in respect of forty-four year old Kent McKenzie, who is accused of stabbing Police Constable, Delia Hyde on November twenty-first at the police station. McKenzie also appeared before Justice Denis Hanomansingh and was granted bail of five thousand dollars. He was ordered to surrender his travel documents and not […]
