The autopsy of slain police corporal Gavin Sanchez was conducted this afternoon at the K.H.M.H. morgue. Of the number of bullets which penetrated Sanchez’s body during the shooting on Thursday morning at the police precinct at San Pedro, one proved to be fatal. News Five spoke with Tara Li Sanchez, wife of the deceased officer, […]
In other news about crime, an overnight burglary at the Central American Health Science University near the Boom cutoff inconvenienced some sixty students who gathered inside the lecture hall today for a seminar on forensic medicine. The theft of a safe containing cash and legal documents has also set back the university. It is believed […]
A murder suspect was freed in the Supreme Court today when the judge upheld a no case submission made by his attorney. On Easter Monday of March twenty-third, 2008, thirty-two year old Alvin Guzman was accused of setting on fire, his twenty-three year old common-law-wife, Avette Augustine. It was alleged that he doused her with […]
Two men who were surprised inside the home of Elma Augustine in the Lake Garden area were found guilty of Burglary on Thursday. Nineteen year old Moses Pacheco and eighteen year old Pedro Gonzalez were caught in Augustine’s bathroom on August tenth 2009 when the cops were informed about a burglary in progress. Police found […]
Twenty-two year old Telswin Lara, once beat a murder charge but today he was back in court for robbing two minors at gunpoint. But while in the Magistrate’s holding cell, he picked up another charge, this one for robbery. Shortly before eleven o’clock, while Telswin was in the lockdown, Alex Rojas, a detainee in the […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on a number of rulings handed down by the Court of Appeal. The justices also dealt with the appeal of a man found guilty of raping a mother of four and who was sentenced to twelve years behind bars. Forty year old Levi Jackson appealed the Supreme Court’s decision […]
Also in the courts Justice Boyd Carey who has been sitting in the Belize Court of Appeal for ten years got a warm send-off today. The imminently qualified judge started his legal career as a registrar of the court of appeal and eventually was elevated to the Supreme Court and then the court of appeal. […]
The days are counting down to the judgment that the National Basketball team has been waiting on ever since it competed in the COCABA games in Cancun last year. In August of 2009, the team won silver, but the international Basketball Federation (FIBA) claimed that some of the players did not receive their Belizean citizenship […]
As you may know by now, March is Women’s Month. The activities to celebrate the achievements of women are moving full steam ahead. The Women’s Issues Network (WinBelize) has been leading the charge in promoting issues affecting girls and women. WinBelize, through support from the Mexican Embassy, is hosting a fundraising event on Saturday night. […]
Early this morning, a pioneer in broadcasting with tremendous experience in the public service, Rudolph Castillo, passed away in Belmopan. Castillo did not recover from a coma he slipped in about a month ago following surgery for injuries he suffered in a fall. Castillo was among top broadcasters in the early days of Radio Belize […]
Five days after the armed robbery at the Social Security office on Princess Margaret Drive, the Board issued a press release on the incident. And the amount the Board is saying the two thieves got away with on Monday when the incident occurred was far less than the media has reported. In fact, SSB’s figure […]
If you have an interest in pageantry then make plans to go out this weekend. Coming up, Safiyyah has a list of weekend events, ranging from two pageants to a cultural day and a talent show. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? This weekend there will be not one but 2 School […]
La Isla Bonita is Belize’s top tourist destination. This week, tourism stakeholders addressed the rising crime. Less than twenty-four hours had elapsed when gunshots rang out in the silent of the night. It was not one of the usual shootings and news spread quickly to the mainland that a sergeant had shot and killed a […]
Earlier we reported on the police version of the killing of Corporal Gavin Sanchez. This morning we caught up in Belize City with the family of the deceased officer which is still reeling from his shooting death. Sanchez’ aunt, Delita Moody, told News Five that her nephew has been working in San Pedro for about […]
While Police Corporal Gavin Sanchez swore to protect and serve the Belizean public, he had several high profile incidents on record. On several occasions Sanchez had been involved in shooting incidents with known criminals while on and off duty. Today Commissioner of Police Crispin Jeffries commented on the circumstances the slain officer may have found […]
And in Belize City, the violence continued today when a fruit vendor who was working to earn an honest living was attacked by someone who instead wanted easy money. Thirty-six year old Honduran national Alfred Martinez was selling fruits in the Southern Foreshore area at about twelve-thirty this afternoon and had just left Continental Airlines […]
In respect to our new segment on “Questions and Reflections”, the number of persons who responded to our first question on the hike in GST grew in the past twenty-four hours both on our e-poll on our webpage. More than eighty-two percent said they were dead set against the GST increase. Today’s question is: Do […]
The controversial ‘Barrow Bond’ was passed by the House of Representatives this past Monday. The debate was steered by the Prime Minister and led to one of the most scandalous House sittings. In the Senate today, the tone was much different, in fact subdued, when the Bills came up for consideration. There was one voice […]
Senator Godwin Hulse who represents the business community chose not to participate in the vote. He, however, shared a different perspective on the passage of the three bills. Godwin Hulse, Senator “The greater concern that I’ve had with all of this and all three bills together is as always my position is government’s transparency. And […]
A News Five team is just back from La Isla Bonita where the shooting death of a police corporal took place before dawn this morning at the hands of a sergeant. We’ll have a full blown report on this story, but first we start with the ongoing public spectacle at City Hall. Belize City Mayor, […]
But beyond that, Moya also pulled out documents she says proves that other allegations made against her are false. The Councillors had accused Moya Flowers of signing agreements and contracts without approval and behind their backs. Zenaida Moya Flowers “No monies can pass as it pertains to a contract or any contract can go ahead […]
Four days after it was held up and robbed, the Social Security Board has still not released the exact amount of money they were relieved of on Monday afternoon. But as News Five reported on Wednesday, we have been reliably informed that the thieves made off with around four hundred and fifteen thousand. We understand […]
A ruling was handed down today in a case that will have a bearing on the future of the embattled citrus industry that has been pitting the Citrus Growers Association against the Citrus Products of Belize Limited. A group of six growers who sell and deliver citrus to the Citrus Products of Belize, took the […]
He pulled off a brazen act when he ordered a fry chicken, grabbed it and ran away without paying. When the proprietor set chase after him and caught up with him, he pulled a weapon that turned out to be a “Toy gun” but the Chinese businessman ran in fear for his life. Today, twenty […]
He was accused of molesting an eight-year-old child for five years but time caught up with forty-eight year old Corozal laborer, Mario Olivera who is now convicted of five counts of carnal knowledge. Late Tuesday evening, before Justice Herbert Lord, a jury of eight men and one woman, deliberated for an hour and thirty five […]
