Money laundering charges against businessman, Dean Fuller, were dropped today, but in the case of the Coye family, more charges were brought against them on Tuesday. The Coye Family—Melanie Coye, her husband James Gerou; parents Michael and Marlene; brother, Jude and their two employees: Dietrick Kingston and Athlee Matute—appeared in court and were read five […]
In the west, a resident of Camalotte Village is tonight facing a charge of forgery after he allegedly passed himself as the Manager of Recondev to obtain thousands of dollars from an unsuspecting businessman. According to Zhi Yiang Zhang, sometime between the eleventh and thirteenth of April, while at the offices of Recondev in Belmopan, […]
In Tuesday night’s newscast, we told you how the Ministry of Health was preparing to deal with cases of dengue fever which surge during the rainy season. The Ministry of Health says that while it fears a possible outbreak, once preventive measures are in place, the situation can be controlled. There is no outbreak and […]
The Museum of Belize preserves and displays artifacts that tell tales of our national identity and history. But there is a little known secret about the museum; it is also a center that kids can seek knowledge of art. Twice a week, the museum hosts an after school program that teaches primary school students how […]
The National Basketball team is preparing to take on regional heavy weights in Santo Domingo at the upcoming Centrobasket 2010 tournament. The head coach, former N.B.A. player, Marques Johnson, has already been recruited and the composition of the team will soon be determined. Belize hopes to repeat its COCABA stellar performance at the July games; […]
A family event will take place at the Bliss Institute this weekend to coincide with Father’s Day. It’s a concert and a competition among artist that will pay tribute to fathers. According to Tony Wright of the Association for Belizean Artists First, the competition and concert start at seven thirty on Sunday night and it’s […]
The Belize Tourism Association’s Annual Belize Tourism Expo is fast approaching and this year, despite the gloomy economic times, it is described as a promising event. The event runs from June twenty-third to the twenty-seventh and today there was an orientation to prepare the local suppliers for their meeting next week with their international counterparts. […]
The tragic death of a Hattieville man caused by two ferocious pit bulls went unreported when it happened two weeks ago. How that fell under the radar, is still a mystery, because the man was attacked, died several days later and still the results of an autopsy did not raise any red flags by the […]
According to Patnett, an incident occurred a few nights prior to the attack when several young men entered her property and began banging on her door. Despite reporting the incident to Hattieville police, it prompted her to have the dogs transported from Belize City to her residence in Tropical Park. Patnett said she released the […]
Two men are in custody for the cold-blooded murder of Marlon Rivera that occurred in San Ignacio this past weekend. They are Trevor Lamb and Adrian Arzu, who are facing charges of abetment to commit murder and abetment to commit attempted murder. The two are believed to have retrieved the weapon used in the murder […]
Crime is at an all time high but what does it take to get a conviction or even proceed to trial? Well, five men bolted from the Magistrate Court this morning when charges against them were struck out even before a preliminary inquiry got underway. It was no ordinary case, four were facing murder, all […]
In the most recent murder of San Ignacio resident, Marlon Rivera, the culprit was identified as Dionicio Salazar, by the surviving victim. Salazar was initially convicted for murder, but on appeal, he was freed despite the testimony of an eyewitness. Earlier today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, four persons were released even before proceeding […]
Cases of dengue also known as break-bone fever are usual for this time of the year because of the large quantity of mosquitoes that breed during the rainy season. We got confirmation from the Director of Health Services, Doctor Michael Pitts, that there was one confirmed case and five suspected cases showing up at the […]
A murder suspect was rushed by ambulance to the K.H.M.H. from the Belize City magistrate court. It caused a stir but not to the extent as the commotion last week when Andre Trapp was murdered behind the courts. There was also no foul play involved in today’s incident. Apparently, nineteen year old John Chessman was […]
Since his capture in early February, Gary Seawell has been behind bars on eleven charges for firearm offences. But when he was taken to court today under heavy police escort, for his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie, it was for another matter. The U.S. government wants his extradition and he was read […]
Also in court, a thirty two year old female tacos vendor who was accused of stabbing a woman eight times in front of the Publics Supermarket will be spending one year in jail. Myra Leticia Pineda originally claimed she stabbed a waitress, Claudia Gutierrez, in self defense. Gutierrez was left scarred for life; she is […]
Last week we brought you the sad story of twenty year old Stacey Kerr, the young woman, who broke her neck after she fell backwards from a chair on her verandah in Burrell Boom. Doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital realigned her neck but Kerr remains in a critical but stable condition at the […]
The mood was celebratory at the Western Regional Hospital this past Monday. While on another assignment we found that the Belmopan Hospital has leaked from one era to the other. Through a partnership with Project Cure, the hospital has received modern medical equipment to provide the community with more efficient health care. News Five’s Jose […]
Two of the world’s richest men are teaming up with the government of Spain in a one hundred and fifty million dollar health plan for Central America, including Belize and Mexico. It was announced by the wealthiest man in the world Carlos Slim, and Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon and Spain’s Princess Cristina. […]
We don’t usually carry stories about missing persons, but we are making an exception because of the mental condition of a young woman. Her family is concerned over her well-being because she has not returned since she left home two Fridays ago and they fear something is awry. Twenty one year old Melanie Conorquie left […]
It is common for Belizean journalists to run into each other while out in the field working on different stories. On occasion they set aside personal and professional differences to assist each other in putting stories together. But what’s a bit unusual is having them under one roof exchanging ideas on how to improve the […]
Julio and Vanessa, you have been seeing them every week as they plan their upcoming August wedding. The preparations are extensive; from the menu, to the rings, to the wedding dress and cake… it’s all happening before you on this station. After the first five shows, the couple is getting ready to move to another […]
There were at least three shootings over the weekend in the City, but the crime wave spilled to the west on Sunday night. More on the shootings later, but in San Ignacio, one man was killed and another was badly injured in an early morning shooting. It is believed the shooting was motivated by revenge […]
The execution style murder of Southside gang leader, Andre Trapp, took place last Thursday in the most unlikely of places during broad daylight, the area of the Magistrate Court. Today two men with links to the police were arraigned for the murder. It is believed that the hit on Trapp was a contract killing, but […]
The Court of Appeal today made a decision on the case of the Belize Telemedia Employees Trust versus the Government of Belize. The case was brought about after the Barrow administration compulsorily acquired B.T.L. last August. Trustees representing the Employees Trust, Dean Boyce and Keith Arnold, initially took the case to the Supreme Court challenging […]
