Yolanda Schakron says that any cover up she unravels on the police will not bring back her nephew, but says she doing it for other Belizeans who don’t have the resources to do it themselves. And she is now calling on them to join her fight. Yolanda Schakron, Aunt of Christopher Galvez “I di ask […]
A chilling home invasion in the Ladyville area was reported last Friday night. And soon enough police recovered the stolen items and had in their custody, three accused men. No one was injured, but the victims were traumatized by the incident. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a detailed report of the crime. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
We reported last Friday on the murder of eighty-two year old William Neal, a resident of Corner Central American Boulevard and Vernon Street in Belize City. Neal was found dead late Friday afternoon and there were no signs of forced entry into his home nor is it known when he was actually murdered. Witnesses have […]
There might well be a fourth murder for this year on the hands of the Police Department. That’s because shortly before five p.m. on Friday, the headless and partially decomposed body of a man was discovered on a feeder road between miles fifty and fifty-one off the Hummingbird Highway. The skull was found suspended by […]
Turning to the courts, five months after fifty-three year old Alton Roy Peyrefitte was killed in a traffic accident, a forty-two year old contractor, of Belama Phase two, Carlo Magno Romero, was slapped with three traffic offences when he appeared in court today. Peyrefitte, who was represented by attorney, Dickie Bradley, was charged with Manslaughter […]
A land dispute in Cayo is causing an uproar among residents. On one side is Samuel Bruce, a activist who has been involved in the community policing program and on the other side is the government of Belize. In fact, Bruce is a Zone-4 Captain, and Police Special Constable. In 2008, the Cayo resident began […]
One of two police officers under investigation for securing the release of Keon Williams, aka “Gambis” was charged today. Last Friday, Williams was captured and this morning, police levied criminal charges against one of the cops in the center of the investigation. He is thirty-five year old Special Constable, John Myvett, a police attached with […]
He was found living in the Lord’s Bank Area last week. And while he was not charged criminally for any wrong doings in the country, this morning Magistrate Edd P. Usher signed the expulsion of fifty-three year old U.S. national, Martin Petrella. Petrella was brought before the court in the company of Senior Immigration Personnel […]
The generosity of Belizeans has been overwhelming towards the victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January twelfth. That in itself shows compassion and when coupled with homage to the legendary Andy Palacio, then that combination is a winning one. Our concert was a resounding success by every measure; in fact the Channel initiative […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association is celebrating its silver anniversary…that’s a big deal so the events span throughout 2010. On the twenty-fifth of each month, B.T.I.A. is hosting a special activity, starting today with the annual general meeting of its Toledo branch. The association is looking at several areas that need to be addressed to […]
The winner of the 2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara is…Marvin Skeen. Skeen, who is a frequent customer of Shell One Stop at the Corner of Cemetery Road and Central American Boulevard, participated in the ten-week V-Power raffle by SOL Belize. He was flabbergasted when he found out that he had won the grand prize—a red 2009 […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize City first division football competition for the Smart Challenge Cup has moved into the second round. So we took in Saturday’s matchup between Kraal Road and BWEL Jaguars inside the M.C.C. Grounds. The first real threat at g oal comes from the Jaguars […]
Two persons from Orange Walk Town are dead tonight. And it is not the usual type of homicide but a shocking case of murder and suicide. The horrifying ordeal took place on Thursday at a popular hangout spot on Princess Diana Street. It was about four-thirty in the evening when an intoxicated man entered Las […]
At about four this afternoon, an elderly Belize City man was brutally stabbed at his home on Central American Boulevard. The man lived alone and there are no witnesses to give evidence on what transpired behind the wooden walls. Because there are no signs of forced entry into his home, police are not ruling out […]
A number of fugitives have recently been caught in Belize. Coming on the heels of Monday’s capture of William Russell Jewett Jr., another U.S. national will be spending the night behind bars. Earlier today Ladyville police made the bust at two-thirty p.m. on Thursday after receiving a tip that fifty-three year old Martin Petrella, a […]
But back to William Russell Jewett Jr., who has been in and out of court since Monday. Today he appeared once again to answer to charges brought by the Financial Intelligence Unit, Customs and Immigration departments. But after he decided to plead guilty to the Money Laundering charge filed by the FIU, all other charges […]
Former Minister of Health, Joe Coye was charged in April of 2008 for theft and obtaining property by deception. The proprietor of J.E.C., Alfred Schakron, alleged that he gave five hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to Coye and his driver Cornel Flowers for the government property on which the Putt-Putt Bar was located on Newtown […]
Earlier this month, Centaur Cable owned by the Briceño brothers of Orange Walk Town, was directed by the Belize Broadcasting Authority to disconnect cable subscribers in Maxboro, on the Northern Highway. That license was then transferred to Helen Castro, the wife of Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro, the UDP Area Rep. Centaur has said it […]
On Thursday night we reported that a yacht named the Great Escape is still sitting on the reef in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve; two months after it ran into the reef. The owner, Albert Barcroft, was released within days of the incident when he complained of a heart condition. The vessel continues to damage […]
Still on the exploitation of our natural reserves, xateros from neighbouring Guatemala continue to exploit the Chiquibul National Park. The military forces in Belize patrol the area, but because the area is generally dense and the number of patrols is limited, it has been difficult to apprehend the xateros. On Tuesday, however, park rangers moved […]
The murder of twenty-seven year old Salvador Jose Martinez, which occurred on Monday evening during football games at the M.C.C. Grounds, remains a mystery. So far there has not been any arrest in the murder, even though there were many witnesses who saw when Martinez was stabbed as he attempted to stop a fight during […]
Accused sex offender, thirty-two year old Keon “Gambis’ Williams, is now in police custody after eluding the law for the past nine days. Gambis, who was supposed to be on remand at the Hattieville Prison since last Tuesday, was instead on the loose after two officers allegedly allowed him to walk free. A police inquiry […]
A Hattieville family is tonight pleading for help in locating their loved one after he went missing one month ago. Thirty-eight year old carpenter, Glen Smith, was last seen by his sister on December nineteenth at their home on the Dollar Bank Road in the village. The family believes that Smith could have been kidnapped […]
And this is it! Channel Five’s benefit concert for Haiti and tribute to Andy Palacio is about to launch right outside at our Coney Drive Yard. The weather is clear; the artists have lined up, and the musicians have tuned their instruments to give each note the perfection that the late Andy would have demanded […]
Tonight Channel Five will be having their first open air concert of 2010. This concert is indeed a special one as it is not only going to be held as a fundraiser to help the earthquake victims in Haiti but it is also a tribute to the late great humanitarian and artist Andy Palacio. This […]
