Also in court, the charge of attempted murder brought against Austin Rowland in August of 2008 was today withdrawn in the courtroom of Justice Herbert Lord. Rowland, who was accused of the shooting of twenty-nine year-old Richard Russell, was dismissed of the charge when Russell told the court that he could not identify his attacker. […]
It is not a summer camp, but the subject is totally absorbing the minds of a select group of young persons from around the country. They are between the ages of twelve and sixteen and for the entire week they will be spending time at the Petters Institute of Dangriga learning about the intriguing yet […]
There were plenty grieving mothers and a couple fathers at the Belizeans For Justice press conference on Monday. One man sat amongst the organizers of the group at the head table. That man, Steven Buckley, miraculously survived gunshot injuries to the head. Buckley and co-workers were repairing a building when he was stopped by a […]
Manatees, also known as sea cows, are some of the most docile sea creatures. In fact their diet consists mainly of plant species but unfortunately, the manatee is under threat. A Vista Del Mar resident contacted the Coastal Zone Management Institute and Authority to inform them about a baby manatee that was hit by a […]
It’s finally here, the brand new season of Duets kicks off tonight at 9:00 o ‘clock live from the Bliss Centre. As we speak, the final touches are being put on the stage for tonight’s grand opening of the greatest family show on live television that identifies the best local talent in the jewel. The […]
The bloodbath continued over the weekend; two men were murdered within hours of each other on Sunday and a third who was shot a month ago died past midnight on Friday. On Sunday evening, the life of Giovanni Lauriano, aka Nose, a well known street figure ended in a most tragic way; he was gunned […]
Within hours of the execution style murder of Giovanni Lauriano, another man was gunned down and it is believed that the two homicides are linked and gang related. Niki Pinkard was killed at the house of his girlfriend’s relatives on Jasmine Street in the same area where Lauriano grew up. News Five’s Isani Cayetano has […]
The third man to die over the weekend due to gun violence is Collin Lord. Twenty-nine year old Lord was injured to the head in an early afternoon shooting a month ago, and on Friday, he succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at K.H.M.H. Lord and Raymond Andrews were injured while socializing with a […]
On Saturday morning, rumors were rife that an alleged drug boat had washed up on Belizean shores. Employees at the Municipal Airstrip told officers that they had detected a mystery boat that was moored at the end of the airstrip. An Anti Drug Unit boat was deployed to the scene and an amateur video clearly […]
Last week, one of the founding members of Belizeans for Justice received a death threat on the eve of a planned press conference. Joan Sutherland, whose son was killed in November 2006, joined the anti-crime movement along with relatives of other murder victims. This morning, the press conference was convened under heavy police presence and […]
The chairman of the Crime’s Control Council, Attorney Michael Young, spoke to the grieving mothers at the press conference and gave his assessment of the Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies. Some of the women claimed they had problems communicating with officers and the ComPol, who also sits on the board of the Crimes Control Council. […]
When relationships go bad, one musical artist’s popular lyrics is to just “Let it Burn.” Unfortunately, that literally happened within the tumultuous relationship of a well known court personnel, Lavern Longsworth and her common-law-husband, thirty-two year old David White. Longsworth’s arrest came last week Thursday night after a domestic dispute ended when Longsworth doused White […]
The retirement of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh has soured relations between the Bar Association and Prime Minister Dean Barrow. The CJ will be vacating his seat at the end of September but would have preferred to remain in office until his caseload had been exhausted. This request was not accorded, much to the chagrin of […]
For weeks, there have been reports that Government intends to establish a court to “fast track” criminal cases. Last week, the Solicitor General, Oscar Ramjet, confirmed the setting up of the court saying that government had approved funding and it would be staffed by four persons, including a Magistrate to, as he put it, expedite […]
He was nineteen and she was fourteen years old and they claimed they were dating but according to the law it is an offence to engage in sexual intercourse with a minor. William Torres was accused of sexually abusing twice in October of 2008, the young girl at the home of a cousin that she […]
A family of Belize City women including a seventy-year old grandmother today appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers to answer charges of drug trafficking. Seventy-year old Gene Cadle, her daughter, forty-seven year old Francisca Flores, and Flores’ daughter twenty-four year old Carol Lopez; all residents of Peter Ashtown Street in the Belama Phase Two area, along […]
The Lord Ridge Cemetery is a landmark in Belize City. Situated at the western entrance of the Old Capital, it is the final resting place for City residents who have died in the past one hundred and twenty four years. But with a growing population there is now a serious problem of grave space. The […]
Allegations of police brutality are as old as the department. Today a man who says he was born and raised in San Pedro, claims that while he was in police lockdown between last Thursday evening and Friday morning, he was repeatedly brutalized by a police officer in the presence of other officers who did not […]
Sports and music are fields in which young Belizeans hope to excel. Two youths, one from the capital and the other from Cayo, have teamed up to combine their talents in rapping and mixing in a group they call Francel Y Chami-ka. The first video features a grammy nominated artist from Florida named Shadowyze. According […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. International football took centre stage inside the Marshalleck Stadium at Benque Fiesta yesterday as the Belize Defence Force the 2010 champion of the Belize Premier football league and owner of the Caribbean Motors Cup played host to the red hot Platense , […]
The entire country was plunged into darkness Thursday night shortly after six-thirty. About an hour and a half after power was restored two gunmen wasted no time in seeking out another of the remaining three Felix brothers. Twenty-five year old Ryan Bennett, also known as Ryan Felix, lays in stable condition tonight at the Karl […]
Ryan Bennett is the fifth of the Felix brothers to have been shot in the area of Port Loyola. Of the five brothers Tyrone and Faron have fell victim to gun violence. On April sixth of 2009, an older brother, Terry Felix and Edward Thompson were also shot while standing in front of Excelsior High […]
There’s another family grieving tonight. On Wednesday afternoon eighteen year old Anthony Matura was killed as he alighted a bus in Ladyville. Anthony was returning home from Belize City he was attacked and stabbed in the chest. He ran a few feet to another lane and died in the vicinity of the Ladyville Police Station […]
The Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies, has been told by his Minister that his management approach is not effective and he is likely on the out way out. So on Thursday we asked: do you believe that the removal of Crispin Jefferies as Compol will curb crime? There was not a big difference in the […]
The statistics on out-of-school children are far from impressive; eleven thousand children are not receiving any form of education or training. Come this new school year, a programme attempting to improve the grim statistics will kick off at the existing Excelsior High School on Faber’s Road. The idea is to offer remedial and vocational courses […]
