Nigerian taxi driver, Francis Chukwu, was one of five persons murdered over the Christmas weekend. The cab driver was killed by a single gunshot and his body was found in his taxi in the area of the Lord Ridge Cemetery. But who would want him dead? That’s a question that remains a mystery to his […]
It’s the worst time of the year for two families in Dangriga who are tonight homeless. A fire this morning gutted a two-storey structure in the downtown area behind the police station. Despite efforts to contain the blaze, the property was completely destroyed, in the process scorching two other buildings that stood next to it. […]
Seven Cuban refugees drifted onto the shores of Ambergris Caye at around two o’clock this morning. They arrived in a small boat, which carried mechanical equipment, as shown in these pictures provided by the San Pedro Sun. The Cubans came on shore in the Boca Del Rio area of the island where they were picked […]
Benque Viejo police are reviewing video tapes taken from a surveillance camera installed near the Mount Carmel Credit Union that may be able to determine the thieves who broke into the institution over the holiday weekend. The tapes, we have learned, show more than one person entering the premises. The thieves broke the padlock on […]
In the courts, a twenty-one year old Belize City tour guide who allegedly preyed on a sixteen year old student was arraigned today. The charges relate to an incident on the night of December twenty-seventh when Edward Lizama allegedly attacked the young girl near the Cumberbatch Field in the Yarborough area. The minor claims Lizama […]
A Corozal man learned his fate in the Chief Magistrates’ Court this morning after he was busted along with two family members and a friend with eighty-nine pounds of marijuana on December seventeenth. Lionel Tillett took responsibility for the drugs and today he was sentenced to three years in prison. Tillett was also fined ten […]
We’ll have more on this story on the Caribbean Newsline, but the international press today reported that a passenger on board an American Airlines flight that landed at the Miami International Airport on Tuesday morning is in custody pending charges that could land him in jail for up to five years. The thirty-seven year old […]
There are huge celebrations being planned countrywide for this Friday night to welcome the New Year. But one party in Belize City is facing a major obstacle. Promoter, Keith Yearwood, came to our studios to complain that he submitted a request to the Traffic Department to get permission for his new year’s block party on […]
Inspiration, that’s the theme for a 2011 calendar. It is not the usual commercial calendar that you get from the stores. Inspiration, instead profiles the artwork of twelve special needs children, six of whom also double up as athletes. It was launched today and the visiting chairman and CEO of Special Olympics says the almanac […]
The carnage over the holiday weekend was unabated. The year has not yet ended but it is the most murderous in history; a record number of one hundred and thirty murders make up the long list of victims of violence. Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, five murders were added to the depressing statistics. We […]
In the Old Capital, where the number of murders is the highest, two men were fatally shot. Patrick Kerr was a regular on the streets and in the courts. His past misdeeds came back to haunt him when his life was taken within hours of Christmas. On Boxing Day, a Nigerian who had just moved […]
At midnight on Monday, when most were in deep slumber, the prices of fuel went up again for umpteenth time this year. The increase is merciless and has sent prices soaring well above the ten dollar mark. So to greet the New Year, premium went up by forty cents and is now selling at ten […]
In other news, BCB Holdings and the Belize Bank today reacted to a major victory against government, in which Justice John Muria enforced an award of over forty-three million dollars from a settlement deed signed in 2005. That judgment was handed down within days of the Christmas and today, the BCB’s Chief Executive Officer, Lyndon […]
It was the countdown to Christmas and many were busy winding down preparations. But in Orange Walk, the fourth and fifth horrific murders interrupted the festive weekend. In the first case, Reginald Rowley was bludgeoned to death at his home by his step-son, twenty-one year old Amir Dominguez of San Jose Village, Orange Walk, who […]
In other crimes, San Pedro, police are investigating a report that a young boy was sodomized. It is disturbing enough that a grown man sexually abused the young boy, but what’s worse is that child is mentally challenged. The boy was allegedly picked up in a taxi on the island and was taken to a […]
Two men, who robbed the driver of a Coca Cola delivery truck and the owner of a Ladyville business, spent the holidays at the Queen Street lock-up. The duo, Wababa Noralez, of Caesar Ridge Road and Roger Bowen of Kraal Road, appeared before Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie this morning. They were charged with robbing […]
Between the close of business last Thursday and reopening time this morning, the Mount Carmel Credit Union in Benque Viejo Del Carmen was Burglarized. The thief or thieves gained access into the building by forcing open a burglar bar door and damaging a glass door. They helped themselves to a generous Christmas gift in cash […]
It’s past midnight; many are still in deep sleep. Not so for market vendors, who bring fresh-from-the-farm produce to sell. Their day starts way before the sun rises, and their journey from communities far away brings them to the old capital. They brave the weather, the risks and much more to stay in the business. […]
A fast food restaurant on La Isla Bonita was gutted by fire on Boxing Day. The blaze erupted at around four-thirty in the afternoon and is believed to have originated in the kitchen of Judy’s Fast Food and Bar. This video, which was posted on YouTube, shows the San Pedro Fire Department hard at work […]
But on the Western Highway near its junction with the Spanish Lookout Road, traffic was restored late in the afternoon. Explosives expert David Jones of the Belize Defense Force responded to an area near the entrance to the Spanish Lookout community this afternoon where a canister suspected to have been a live hand grenade was […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this our final edition of Sports Monday for the year 2010. As we look back over the year that was, we’ve singled out 5 events that have left an indelible mark on the Belizean psyche for one reason or the other. We begin with Dr. […]
The case of National Transport Limited continues to unravel. Late word to this newsroom is that the northern road permits held by the company have been revoked by the Ministry of Transport. The receiver Kevin Castillo was informed in a letter dated December twentieth from Chief Transport Officer, Gareth Murillo, that all road service permits […]
Thirty-nine year old Godwin Santos, a resident of Ontario Village, was today formally charged with a single count of murder in the Belmopan Magistrate‘s Court. On Wednesday night during a wake, Santos stabbed Justin Jones once to the neck, in front of a number of mourners. Jones is the son-in-law of Joan Sutherland, who you […]
It’s not a case of murder, but the Christmas season will not be the same for a family in Punta Gorda. At around ten-thirty on Tuesday night, three brothers from Medina Bank Village, Augusto, Cesar, and Ricardo Cak headed to a pasture about two miles away. They were hunting a jaguar they believe had been […]
Downtown Belize City was abuzz with shoppers looking for the last minute gifts. Those who stayed away from the mad rush were at home putting final touches to their houses or getting a head start on the ham and turkey. News Five’s Marion Ali hit the streets and has a sample of Christmas Eve activities […]
