Two others lost their lives, but to gun violence. We start with the chatter of gunfire, an all too familiar sound, echoed shortly before midnight on Thursday as residents of Ross Pen Road scrambled for safety. Others peered through windows to see what the commotion was about. When the smoke cleared twenty-two year old Ervin […]
The bloodbath in the old capital continued on Thursday night when a second shooting incident claimed the life of yet another Belize City resident who was socializing with his girlfriend on Supal Street. This incident occurred prior to the shooting death of Ervin James and was a stone’s throw away from Ross Pen Road. Police […]
When we checked our e-poll on our website this afternoon on the response to the question on whether or not corruption was pervasive in the police department, the answer was a resounding yes. The number that responded yes was as high as ninety one percent and only eighteen persons said no. On our IMS and […]
In our Thursday newscast, we reported on a water crisis in San Pedro Town. The speculation was that it is being caused by a large scale housing project on the south end of the island. Well today the Belize Water Services called a news conference in the island to explain that the problem is no […]
Earlier we reported on two murders but there was more violence in the streets where criminals were out playing target practice between last night and this morning. In the first shooting incident, three minors were hit with bullets while they were in a yard on West Canal just after six on Thursday evening. But this […]
But the crime wave is not limited to the city; it extends to other parts of the country. In Orange Walk a thirty year old resident, Vanessa Briceño, reported that while she was away between December 2009 and April eighth 2010, her home was broken into. The thieves must be happy campers because they got […]
In other violence, after eight thirty last night there was a robbery at the Shell Gas station located on the Northern Highway at the Ladyville junction with the Phillip Goldson International Airport. Reports are that two masked men, one carrying a point thirty- eight revolver and the other a nine millimeter stormed into the grocery […]
We do not normally report on suicides, but this story caught our attention because the attempted suicide went terribly wrong in the Corozal District. Tonight the perpetrator, a teen from Cristo Rey Village, is receiving treatment, but his brother is the one who lost his life. The seventeen year old who attempted to take his […]
There is another accident to report, it occurred on the Western Highway this afternoon at mile forty-one, in the area that residents have dubbed Harmonyville. The victim, thirty three year old Sharmane Dawson, was lucky to survive the accident which totaled her sport utility vehicle. According to witnesses at the scene, Dawson was heading towards […]
The well known case of the Krooman Lagoon concluded last Wednesday. Belize City businessman Jitendra Chawla, proprietor of Xtra House, took action against the Attorney General and the Minister of Natural Resources for revoking the sale of nine point three acres of land within Krooman Lagoon near mile two on the Western Highway. Chawla, or […]
A twenty-seven year old mother of four will be spending the weekend behind bars after she was caught smuggling weed into the Kolbe Foundation. Jenkins, who is a babysitter was arraigned before newly appointed, Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer and read a single charge of drug trafficking. Allegations are that this past Thursday, she was found […]
Two men accused of handling stolen goods belonging to an attorney at law are behind bars after he was denied bail. Twenty year old Selvin Castillo pleaded not guilty today in the Magistrate’s Court, but the prosecution objected to bail on grounds that Castillo is being investigated for other offences. Police say he had the […]
La Isla Bonita is experiencing hardships from a low tourism season. Aside from the economic downturn which has reduced the number of visitors, the island is now hit with a water crisis. This means that while San Pedro has enough water in its environs, potable water is a commodity that is not available on demand […]
Where are the rogue cops? That is the question many are still asking tonight. After last Thursday’s press conference, the country waited to hear which cops were inside the crime ring that had infiltrated the police department. To date only one officer, Jermaine Mangar, has been charged in relation to a suspected robbery of Chon […]
What started as welcome news has now become a nightmare. But the Prime Minister today told News Five that he stands by the statements he made along with the police top brass that there is a ring of rogue cops within the department wreaking havoc. Barrow said this afternoon via phone that the high command […]
The Saturday night bust in Vista Del Mar that turned up silencers for weapons, drugs, along with books on making the sound suppressors and guns reveals a new dimension that the police department is facing in its battle against crime. More than a smoking gun, the police found Errol Haynes inside the home during the […]
Young remains in hiding tonight. News Five spoke to his attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley this afternoon. Bradley says that because the charge involves the use of a prohibited item, if Young turns himself in, he will be locked up by the police despite the fact that he was not present at the location of the […]
The Police Department is facing a backlash over recent allegations that some rogue cops are involved in criminal activity. There are now differing statements from within that have people on edge. So today’s question is: Do you believe corruption is pervasive in the police department? Send your responses using your SMART phones to 8668 or […]
In the mid 1800’s, over three hundred thousand persons ventured by land and sea to take part in the California Gold Rush. When they got there, families staked their claim to the American dream. Fast-forward and today, over a hundred and fifty years later, at an area on the outskirts of Belmopan, you may have […]
Controversy continues to loom at the University of Belize over the future of its president, Dr Santos Mahung. There have been statements made by the Ministry of Education, a UB faculty member and students. While we have not heard from Mahung, PM Dean Barrow weighed in today on the ongoing wrangling. But to get a […]
Three senior members of staff at Belize Telemedia are jobless tonight. Arturo ‘Tux’ Vasquez and Dean Molina received their marching orders indicating that their services were no longer required. A third person, Reynaldo Magana, had given a verbal indication that he would be moving on and today he was also released. Molina and Vasquez, in […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about the water problems, and if that were not enough, San Pedro residents just found out via their new property tax bills that the San Pedro Town Council will increase the rates. This was unwelcomed and burdensome news to the island’s business community which is already grappling with […]
Late on Wednesday, in the Dangriga Magistrate’s Court, a jury of nine persons found Toledo resident, Tyrone Coe, guilty of six counts of carnal knowledge of a young girl. Early in the two week trial, the primary school student testified that Coe had sex with her at his home six times in 2008. In his […]
A proviso in the law allowed a magistrate to use her discretion to impose a non-custodial sentence on a man with a previous drug trafficking conviction. Andrew Burke and his common law wife, Shian Ireland, were found in the possession of just over nine ounces of weed. Burke pleaded not guilty but was spared from […]
Three youths, including a primary school student, are receiving treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after they were shot around six this evening near Rocky Road in Belize City. Sketchy details to our newsroom are that a lone gunman on a bicycle rode past an alley off Rocky Road and opened fire. Witnesses say […]
