Fires in Belize City are fairly common and fortunately most of the time the residents get out alive. But on Saturday night three little children were not so lucky. Reports to News Five are that they were left home alone and that candles may have been burning in the apartment. News Five spoke to Fire […]
In other weekend crime news, police are still searching for Winston Dennison who they believe shot and killed Darren Sutherland around ten Friday night. According to reports Sutherland, who was shot in the face, died instantly at the corner of Central American and Jane Usher Boulevards. The motive for the killing is not yet known.
Corozal police are looking for two Hispanic men in connection with the murder of an elderly woman. They say that seventy-three year old Viona Magaña, a resident of Corozal Town, was found in her bed Friday morning in a pool of blood. There were wounds to her neck and back of the head. A pair […]
Nineteen year old Percival Torres will be taken to Magistrate’s Court tomorrow to answer to a charge of indecent assault. According to the police the twelve year old revealed to them that she had been having sexual intercourse with Torres since 1998. Her last sexual encounter with him was on April first. Police say that […]
Charges of indecent assault were dismissed against forty year old Mike Williams who was accused of fondling a twelve year old girl in January. Williams’ attorney Kirk Anderson tells News Five Magistrate Dorothy Flowers upheld their “no case” submission this morning in Magistrate’s Court. The girl had reported to police that Williams reached over and […]
Police say they need the public’s help in locating sixty-two year old Fredrick Hopkins, a retired U.S. army veteran who has been residing in Belize. Police report that Hopkins left his home on April first and has not been seen since. However, his vehicle was found April seventh in the Mosul Creek area near Bermudian […]
The attorney for Rhett Fuller Eamon Courtenay this morning made an application to Justice George Meerabux that he “recuse” himself from hearing their application of Habeas Corpus. In layman’s terms, Senior Counsel Courtenay and attorney Kirk Anderson are asking that another judge hear their Supreme Court application for Fuller’s right to come before the court […]
To encourage literacy in the language most of us use but few can read, the Bileez Kriol Projek has released its second book in Creole. “Kenti an ih Pa mek wahn Doary” is the story of a little boy who learns to build a dorey. According to the Kriol Projek the story is suitable for […]
As children return to school after the Easter vacation they have to get back to work in reading, writing, English and Math. For the next four days regional educators will be examining ways to improve children’s performance in these areas at a workshop sponsored by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Ministry of Education. News Five […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re back with this new portion of Sports Monday. Acros of Belize City went into yesterday’s international showdown at Norman Broaster Stadium still looking for number 1 this year’s CONCACAF football tournament. We’re about to find out if the fourth try worked like a charm. It was the Guatemalan […]
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