Two weeks after a student reported being hit in the head on “T” Street, a man has been charged. But today 51 year old Errol Bishop, also known as Adel Mohammed Abdullah was not only charged with aggravated assault, he was charged with Attempted Rape, Grievous Harm, and Forcible Abduction. Bishop, who was picked up […]
In other crime news, Police say at this time they do not know why 19 year old Clifford Clare was shot and killed on Saturday, but it is believed the death may have been the result of a misunderstanding earlier that night. Clare’s family declined to be interviewed by News Five, but according to the […]
In a weekend accident, a man from San Antonio, Orange Walk was killed when his vehicle overturned on the Progresso road on Sunday night. 40 year old Miguel Grajalez had left Progresso around 9:00pm and about four miles up the road his blue Toyota pickup ran off the road and flipped over. His body was […]
In another incident on Saturday night a man on a bicycle was hit first by one car and then run over by another. Linsford Rosado told police he was heading into Belize City from Belama Phase Two sometime before 10:30pm when Elias Perez, who was riding his bike in the same direction, suddenly cut in […]
A shopkeeper was charged today following statements to police by two children who claim he molested them. 65 year old Artemio Gomez was taken over to Magistrate Court today where he was charged with aggravated assault. Police say the charges follow a report last week of an incident at Gomez’s Belize City shop last December. […]
A young boy drowned over the weekend after a canoe ride turned tragic. On Saturday afternoon, 10-year-old Philip Liang was in a canoe with other children in a pond near mile fourteen and a half on the Western Highway when the canoe tipped over. Liang’s father, Rong Liang, says the other children escaped uninjured but […]
An autopsy on a teen who collapsed and died during football practice last week indicates that she had an undiagnosed heart condition which lead to her death. 15 year old Monique Castillo fainted on Thursday afternoon at Holy Ghost School and died on the way to the Southern Regional Hospital.
A family hunting trip in San Estevan has left one son dead after his father mistook him for a deer in the bushes. According to police, on Saturday night, 61 year old Wilfredo Pott Sr., his two sons and a grandson were hunting in the bush off the San Estevan Road. Wilfredo Pott Sr. says […]
Prime Minister Said Musa returned to Belize today after attending a summit in Guadalupe and opening “Belize Week” in the City of Merida. In Guadalupe, the PM and CARIforum heads of Government met with French President Jacques Chirac to discuss European Union/Caribbean relations and French bilateral programs for the Caribbean. The French President pledged support […]
Belize Defense Force soldiers and members of the Police Force are heading for Puerto Rico later this month to join in Exercise Tradewinds. The annual event involves security forces from Caricom countries, the United States and the United Kingdom. According to the BDF, the purpose is to promote regional security and disaster preparedness cooperation and […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and you’re right on time for this most recent serving of Sports Monday. For sure folks us Belizean sports fans couldn’t be happy with the result from the heavy actions over the weekend. The worst disappointment came from the CONCACAF ballgame at Corozal as winless La Victoria hosted Olympia of […]
