Jamaican Dancehall artist, Charly Black is in the Jewel. Charlie is here to promote a concert at Club Next on Saturday. He arrived earlier today and wanted an immediate taste of local culture. But instead of food, he got a haircut at Super Cuts, a popular barbershop on Hyde’s Lane. News Five spoke with Black […]
But before the Charly Black concert, one event you can’t miss is tonight’s Duets. Four duos will take centre stage at the Bliss Auditorium when the show kicks off at nine o’clock, so get ready for the performers of Group B. The show promises to be highly competitive and thoroughly entertaining with drama, song and […]
It’s day eight and the disappearance of two siblings from San Marcos, Toledo remains a mystery. Since Monday police have been scouring the area, but up to news time, there are still no solid leads as to what could have happened to Onelia and Benjamin Rash, two school aged children who went missing on August […]
It is believed that an argument prompted the shooting of a resident from Caye Caulker this morning, when the area was abuzz with activity. The twenty-seven year old victim had landed in the City minutes earlier from the island. Edwin Henry, a wood carver, was in town to pawn tools when he was shot in […]
The Holy Redeemer Cathedral in downtown Belize City was overflowing today with family and friends for the funeral services for the late Carlos Espat, former educator and Secretary General of the People’s United Party. Espat was interned at Homeland Memorial Cemetery on the Western Highway following celebration of his life. There was no eulogy and […]
Seventy-four year old Elston Peters was shot behind his neck on Glenn Street on Sunday night. His daughter said that after delivering a pencil to his grandson he went to visit his other sons around the corner on George Street. After leaving their home, the senior citizen was senselessly shot by a lone gunman without […]
Two school aged siblings from San Marcos, Toledo, have been missing for more than a week. The two kids were selling craboo and limes last Monday when they disappeared. The last place they were spotted was near Cattle Landing. The parents of nine year old Onelia and eleven year old Benjamin Rash say they needed […]
A popular businesswoman from Caye Caulker is dead after she ended her life this afternoon on the island. We don’t normally report on these stories, but fifty-five year old Patricia Holding was the wife of OJ Holding and together they own Ocean View Night Club and she was well known on the island. Shortly after […]
A man is detained pending charges following a fatal traffic accident in the Corozal District on Monday. The incident happened after eleven o’clock between miles seventy-nine and eighty near Calcutta Village and claimed the life of forty one year old Elvis Clarke, a resident of that village. Clarke, who was riding a bicycle, was discovered […]
The previous time Leroy Gomez was in court on August eighth, he was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison for Rape. But there were other charges of Attempted Rape and Robbery against Gomez, who has been dubbed the serial rapist so he was back in the Supreme Court today. The twenty-three year old got lucky […]
Floyd Robateau appeared in court today sporting a bandaged left hand. He was injured during an alleged burglary at Williamsons Industries Limited at mile eight on the Northern Highway late Monday afternoon. According to Eduardo Miranda, a security guard, he arrived for work at about four-thirty and noticed that the garage door was pried open. […]
A teenager barely escaped going to prison when he pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary this morning. Eighteen year old Justin Faber broke into the home of Odessa Reneau in Sandhill early Monday morning and stole a speaker, cell phone and sixty dollars in cash. Faber begged Magistrate Emmerson Banner for leniency, saying that […]
The owner of the Elite Security Company in Belize, who is also a veteran officer at the Los Angeles Police Department, has been freed in the US courts. Johnny Augustus Baltazar was charged in November 2009 for illegally shipping guns to Belize for his business. But a federal court jury acquitted him of the offense […]
The opposition People’s United Party is gearing up for a national convention on October seventeenth in Dangriga. Up to now, John Briceño, the leader remains unchallenged and most of the posts in the National Executive are also likely to go uncontested as Briceño puts his imprint on the new executive, which is looking like a […]
And while the PUP finalizes convention plans, it also prepares to celebrate its anniversary on September twenty-ninth. Of significance is that the amended party constitution opens up the number of delegates that can participate in party elections; that number is now in the range of two thousand persons. Briceño says after sixty years of trailblazing […]
Julio Escalante and Vanesa Ramos had their pre-marital bliss interrupted by a traffic mishap that left the groom with a fractured jaw, broken hip and dislocated shoulder. Well Julio is now recovering from a final round of surgery and after therapy he will hopefully be able to walk on his own. The couple is optimistic […]
Pre-judging of bands took place in the last two weeks, but if you follow carnival you will agree that the highlight of every band and the most intricate costumes to be designed are for the king and queen. They’re a hit in the road march, and the colourful and exotic creations compete in the Carnival […]
Forty-seven year old Carlos Espat was found dead this past Saturday morning at his home at the corner of Albert and King Streets in Belize City. Late this afternoon, the investigation of his death shifted to murder. The tragic news spread quickly about the man who was well known but kept his private life under […]
There was another murder over the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, seventy-four year old Elston Peters was killed by a single bullet that hit him on the neck. The retiree passed away this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. But why would anyone want to take the life of a senior citizen? Police are still […]
A search continues for two missing siblings from the village of San Marcos in the Toledo District. As we told you last Thursday, they have been missing since August thirtieth when they were selling craboo and lemons near Cattle Landing. Anxiety reached boiling point among family and the community over their disappearance this past Sunday […]
Aside from the two murders reported earlier in our newscast, there was more violence in the old capital over the weekend. On Saturday night, bullets from opposing gangs injured nine year old Crystal Faber, sixteen year old Juan Carlos Martinez and twenty-two year old Nathalie McKenzie. One was shopping and the two others were at […]
In our newscast on Friday we reported that four year old Elisha Gilharry was knocked down and killed. The driver of the vehicle, Lyle Harris, had just turned into North Front Street when he hit Elisha who was crossing the street to meet her father at a barber shop. It’s has been a difficult time […]
Thieves made a clean getaway after they held up the R.J.’s Laundromat on Neal Penn Road. The Belize City robbery took place on September second at twelve-thirty in the afternoon while the owner Raymond Charley and his daughter Ranjini Charley were inside going about their daily work. Ranjini said that two men entered the business, […]
Shamir Henry of the Belize Defence Force was stabbed to death by his estranged common-law-wife, Leshawn Lino, last Thursday. It is believed to have been a fatal end to one of their many domestic disputes. Lino appeared in court today to be charged for Henry’s death and the question in everyone’s mind was “murder or […]
The family that has been charged with laundering one point five million dollars briefly returned to court today. Melonie Coye, her husband James Gerou; parents Michael and Marlene; brother, Jude and two employees were accused by the Financial Intelligence Unit after officers found the cash in suitcases at the Coye family home over a year […]
