Police in San Pedro are investigating a report by a hotel manager that almost six thousand dollars was stolen from the island company. According to the manager of Pheonix Hotel, on August seventh she tasked employee Carlos Perez with purchasing some lumber. She says Perez then gave her an account number in which to deposit […]
And in more news of robbery, police report that around four-forty-five on Monday evening forty-six year old Jose Abelino Ramos was walking towards a farm at mile one and a half on the Southern Highway when the incident occurred. Ramos says he was seventy-five yards away from the farm when he was approached by two […]
Another home invasion has been reported; this time in Gales Point. Thirty-five year old Francisco Perez told police that he was at home on Sunday night when just before midnight someone knocked on his door. Perez says that upon opening it, three masked men wearing dark clothing forced their way inside. A struggle ensued during […]
A man who faces a number of charges in connection with a fatal traffic accident is out on bail. Wilfred Pascascio of Dangriga appeared on Tuesday before Magistrate Aretha Ford and was ordered to return to court on November third. The charges of Manslaughter by Negligence and Causing Death by Careless Conduct were placed following […]
A seventeen year old has been charged for the carnal knowledge of a thirteen year old. The female minor visited police in the company of her mother and reported that she went to see her seventeen year old boyfriend in Dangriga Town on Saturday and had sex with him. Police have since arrested and charged […]
The shooting incident occurred in August, but the long arms of the law today caught up with twenty-one year old Aaron Brooks who appeared in Magistrates’ Court and was charged with Attempted Murder, Wounding and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. The shooting incident took place shortly before eight o’clock on August fourteenth when twenty-three […]
There’s a new member to the diplomatic community in Belize. And he is from Cuba. Manuel Rubido Diaz presented his credentials as Cuba’s representative in Belize this morning to Governor General Sir Colville Young, expressing anticipation to work and strengthen the friendship that already exists between the two countries. Diaz replaces Eugenio Martinez Enriquez.
It did not make it on the official celebrations calendar, but on September thirteenth the embassies of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Belize will join forces to hold an Independence Day celebration. All six countries celebrate their independence this month and will commemorate it with an artistic festival and concert to […]
We reported in our newscast last night that patriot Philip Goldson would posthumously be bestowed with the Order of the National Hero and that the former Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel will receive the Order of Belize, the highest honours to be bestowed for distinguished service. Today, the names of three Belizeans who will receive the […]
Thirty-three percent of the Belizean population is suffering from poverty and these persons are primarily in the Rural Areas. The Flowers Bank Community, however, no longer intends to remain with that distinction. Today, the community members joined forces with U.N.D.P. through the B.R.D.P. to launch the Cohune Oil Project which they strongly feel will also […]
There is a new executive committee for the Belize Basketball Federation. Elected last Saturday, are Paul Thompson as President, Brads Neal and Charles Ellis as Vice Presidents, Julian Murillo as Secretary General, Luigi Zaldivar as Treasurer, Enid Dakers, Frank Lord and Eugene Jex serve as Executive Committee members. The mission of the B.B.A. is “to […]
You better sit down for the next story because the names you are about to hear may be that of your relatives. How would you feel if you found out that your loved ones who have passed away were now applying for Social Security cards? Sounds strange, but that’s what happened yesterday when the names […]
Two tertiary level students won’t be in class this week as they have been locked up for their involvement in a violent burglary at the Belize Foam Factory at mile two on the Western Highway. Forty-three year old Richmon Gillett, the factory’s watchman, reported to the police that about ten-forty-five Sunday night he was at […]
News Five has confirmed with Commissioner of Income Tax, Eric Eusey, that both an internal and police investigation are ongoing to determine how income tax funds went missing. According to a source close to News Five, an audit completed between June and July of this year showed that over six thousand five hundred dollars were […]
We reported last week on a robbery in which a thief jacked a woman on Cemetery Road shortly after she withdrew money from an automatic teller machine and then ran in the vicinity of Logwood Street. And on Monday yet another woman was targeted in a similar fashion when a jacker, who is believed to […]
We’ve reported many strange thefts over the years on this newscast ranging from cheese to energy drinks … but tonight we’ve got a new one: recado. According to thirty-four year old market vendor Jose Lopez, on June eighth, he arrived at the Queen Square Market around five in the morning and began unloading his vehicle […]
A B.D.F. private this morning pleaded not guilty to Theft. Twenty-five year old Hubert Cacho is accused of stealing his ex-common-law wife’s cell phone, valued at nineteen hundred dollars and is additionally charged with using threatening words for using the stolen phone to threaten his ex. The private pleaded not guilty to the charges and […]
Police showed no mercy when they threw the book at Corozal businesswoman in the import/export business, Gloria Hall, following a traffic accident in which her own grandson was killed. On Monday, police formally arrested and charged fifty-four year old Hall with a string of charges including manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, negligent […]
There are two incidents of sexual crimes to report tonight. In the first case, thirty year old Ethan Grant, a fork lift operator, was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge of a fifteen year old girl when he appeared in Court before Magistrate Roberto Ordonez today. Grant was additionally slapped with a charge of grievous harm […]
The annual Tribute to Belizean Patriots will be held on Thursday, September eighteenth. Two of the persons proposed for honours on that night are Manuel Esquivel and Phillip Goldson. The former prime minister and U.D.P. party leader will be bestowed with the Order of Belize, while the National Hero award will be given to Goldson. […]
Former track star and Belizean hero Marion Jones will be released from prison on Friday. In March, Jones entered a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas and began serving a six-month sentence, her penalty for pleading guilty to two counts of Obstruction of Justice. In January, Jones admitted she lied about a check-scam involving the […]
The Opposition, People’s United Party, has reacted to reports of firings in the public service. In a release today the P.U.P. condemns the dismissals branding it as political and calls on the Prime Minister put an end to the firings. The release points to the recent case involving the Minister of Agriculture, Rene Montero, who […]
The Olympic Games in Beijing are over, but in Belize the annual triathlon is about to get underway. The ninth annual Lionman Triathlon and the Corporate Relay which are among the major multi-sporting events in Belize kick off this coming Sunday at Sand Lighters Promenade and will feature swimming, cycling, and running races. News Five […]
And if you can’t condition your body in time for the grueling Lionman triathlon, then you can begin to prepare for the less intense, but equally healthy Family Fun Walk and ten K run. The activity is being organised as a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health, HECOPAB, National Sports Council, Youth for the […]
Yesterday, the WISH foundation handed out school supplies and today the spirit of giving extended to another generous donor organization. The donations aren’t coming from the typical NGO but from a group that is normally cruising the highways of the country. This evening at the Karl H. Menzies parking lot, the members of the Dynamiq […]
