Another young man was shot to death on the streets of Belize City last night, several robberies, a rape and burglary were reported, and this afternoon two men accused of a 2003 murder were acquitted in the Supreme Court. But we’ll lead our newscast tonight with a story that, while less spectacular, may be more […]
A Belize City man was killed execution style on Monday night as he socialized with a female companion near the seaside in Port Loyola. According to police reports, twenty-four year old Arleigh Guild and twenty-three year old Nicole McKay were in a car on the Old College Road around ten o’clock when three masked men […]
Two Belize City men walked free today after murder charges against them were dropped in the Supreme Court. Twenty-five year old Terence Bailey and twenty-six year old Jerry Bush were freed after Justice Troadio Gonzalez instructed a jury of four men and eight women to find both men not guilty of the charge of murder. […]
There is another report of rape tonight, this time involving a twenty-two year old woman. According to court reports, the victim told the cops that on Saturday night she was partying, along with her sister and her sister’s husband, identified as twenty-six year old Honduran Sandro Rojas of Belize City. But we understand that around […]
Just two weeks ago, the neighbourhood was the scene of a cold-blooded murder, and on Monday morning, the corner of St. Matthew Street and Princess Margaret Drive became the site of another violent crime. According to the victim, sixty-six year old former Fire Chief Boisrand Panton, he had just pulled up to the corner when […]
Since opening its doors, the staff and students of Ladyville Technical High have been the victims of numerous break-ins, resulting in thousands of dollars in damage and lost equipment. Over the weekend, the school’s resources were taxed yet again. According to officials, sometime between six on Friday evening and eleven on Sunday morning, a thief […]
Mark Medina, the murder suspect and shooting victim who gave the cops the slip at the K.H.M.H., finally made it to court today after he turned himself into police. The twenty-one year old resident of Berkeley Street was charged with the offence of escape in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. Medina pleaded not […]
Despite the vast improvements made to our roads and highways over the years, travelling from Punta Gorda to Corozal, even in a car can be an arduous journey. So you can imagine what an adventure it will be to travel from the southernmost to the northernmost town by BICYCLE. That’s exactly what a group of […]
It’s a quiet community out west. Nestled in the Cayo foothills, Santa Familia boasts well-maintained, spacious yards and easy-going country living. But things are far from perfect in this laid back village as a battle is brewing over a precious resource: water. In a mini imitation of B.T.L., it seems that there are two Water […]
Tonight there is a file sitting on the desk of the Director of Public Prosecutions asking for the arrest of the Chief Executive Officer of the Development Finance Corporation, Troy Gabb. His alleged crime? Refusing to provide crucial documents to an officially appointed commission of inquiry into the financial affairs of the D.F.C. This afternoon […]
He was demonized by the People’s United Party in its successful 1998 election campaign as the dreaded VATMAN, the wicked U.D.P. Prime Minister who imposed a burdensome and unfair Value Added Tax on an already suffering citizenry. Well, on Friday that same VATMAN, former Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel, watched as seven years later Cabinet Minister […]
The Government of Guatemala will ask the O.A.S. to once again become involved in settling that country’s claim to Belize. That’s the word from Guatemalan Foreign Minister Jorge Briz, who announced on Sunday that he will be meeting this week in Florida with O.A.S. Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. Briz’s move appears to come in […]
A Belize City family is mourning the loss of two of its youngest members following a deadly traffic accident on the Southern Highway on Sunday. Thirty-nine year old Dennis Burke told police that around three-thirty on Sunday afternoon he and his family were travelling in a van, heading to Belize City following a trip to […]
A Belize City man is dead following an unusual accident this morning at a government office compound. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Calvin Neal, Junior, Son of the Deceased ?Anytime you want him to work, he is the one that they go to get. And everybody was so shocked that that happened this morning […]
For the second time in the last seven days, a Belize City businessman stands accused of molesting a little girl. The latest incident finds forty-five year old Bernard Williams accused of one count of carnal knowledge and five counts of indecent assault. According to court reports, a thirteen-year-old primary school girl is alleging that on […]
A thirty-four year old Benque Viejo woman is behind bars tonight accused of blackmailing a Cayo businessman. Maria Dominguez was arrested and charged early on Monday morning for the seldom heard of crime of blackmail. According to San Ignacio police, during the nationwide blackout last Monday night, Dominguez tried to extort money from Nelson Tillett, […]
Belize City Police this Sunday captured a man who was wanted in connection with the death of Wasani Belgrave, which occurred on May nineteenth and have charged him with murder. Police followed up on a tip that led them to a house on Iguana Street in Belize City where they found Alex Palacio, who did […]
Belize City police were left with egg on their faces this weekend after a murder suspect pulled a Houdini act. Twenty-one year old Mark Medina was spotted by police as he showed up for a concert on Saturday night at the Belize City Centre. When cops identified him as the man wanted for questioning in […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week four of the Regent?s Cup playoffs found two of the pre-season favourites locked in bitter combat inside the People?s Stadium yesterday as Juventus of Orange Walk hosted the defending champions Sagitun of Independence. The home team looks to establish the lead six minutes in, […]
With the nation’s finances in the grips of a crisis, today the Musa administration announced its latest attempts of belt-tightening and expenditure cuts. Following a special Cabinet meeting in Belmopan on Thursday, the executive has decided that rather than enter into a formal standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, it will seek to administer […]
But with a cynical public ready to question the sincerity of the Musa administration’s promises to get the country out of its financial troubles…financial troubles created by the same people now claiming to have the answers, this morning Minister of Works and Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Jose Coye maintains that things […]
Included in Belmopan’s adjustment programme are plans to review and revamp the tax system. And it seems that while the P.U.P. was eager to use the “Killa VAT” slogan during the 1998 elections campaign, twenty-twenty hindsight is now revealing that a return to that tax regime, though perhaps at a lesser percentage, might actually prove […]
And last on the long list of hot topics on the table at today’s Cabinet briefing was an update to ongoing negotiations between Belmopan and the employees of B.T.L. regarding the latter’s acquisition of thirty-seven point five percent of the telecommunications company shares. According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Information, Godfrey Smith, financing continues […]
Two men were shot today while sitting at a food stand on Vernon Street, just yards from a police booth in a neighbourhood designated as a “special police area.” Reports are that just before noon a man drove up on a blue and white Honda Supercab motorcycle and opened fire on Kelvin Jones and Dion […]
A man who reportedly refused medical attention or assistance from police early this morning was found dead just a couple of hours later. Police say Francisco Che’s body was discovered lying on Amara Avenue around four a.m. Two hours before, police and BERT had responded to a call for help for the same individual. They […]
