This weekend had more than its share of violence and death on the roads. Tonight, Police are still trying to establish a 16 year old’s motive in the murder of a man from San Lazaro Village in the Orange Walk District. Police report that on Saturday night the Blanco family was having a party when […]
A woman from St. Matthew’s Village was killed in a traffic accident on the Western Highway. Maria Irena Magana Lopez was riding her bike between miles 37 and 38 on Sunday evening, when she was struck by a pick-up truck. Karl Petzold told police he saw Lopez riding in the same direction, but as he […]
Police are still looking for information on a hit and run accident at mile 44 on the Northern Highway Sunday night. Area residents found the body of 34 year old Romel Rodney of Guinea Grass, by the side of the road around 7:00pm. The body was taken to the KHMH. Anyone who was in the […]
A visit to Chetumal turned tragic over the weekend for one Belize City man. According to police, 42 year old Albert Dougal went to Calderitas and decided to go swimming. Unfortunately, Dougal jumped headfirst into shallow water, apparently misjudging the depth. When he did not appear, bystanders jumped in and pulled him out of the […]
Reports of crimes against children, especially young defenseless infants, are becoming disturbingly common in Belize. Over the weekend, a 39-year-old man was charged with Dangerous Harm after he injured a 2-year-old child. According to police, just after 1:00 on Saturday afternoon, Eugene Neal of Roaring Creek Village reportedly became upset because 2-year-old Adrian Smith was […]
After last Friday’s bloody bout at the Hattieville Correctional Facility, reports of another incident on Sunday raised serious concerns. However, details from inside the prison today are that radio announcements were simply part of the prison’s precautionary measures. Reports are that around 10:00am on Sunday, a prisoner from the maximum-security section refused to go back […]
A teenaged girl who ran away last week and then told police she had been abducted has issued a public apology. In a press release today, 14-year-old Karen Williams explained why she left home, told where she was during her four-day disappearance and why she felt she had to lie about being kidnapped. Williams says […]
Belize’s Ombudsman, Paul Rodriguez, has been accepted as a full member of the Council of Central American Ombudsmen. Rodriguez was invited to join the council by Guatemala’s Ombudsman, Julio Arango Escobar, during the 12th annual meeting of the region’s Ombudsmen held last week in Guatemala. Rodriguez says one of the most important declarations made by […]
Ombudsman Rodriguez says here at home most of the complaints he hears center on land issues and allegations of police brutality. Rodriguez is calling for transparency in the Police Department. Paul Rodriguez, Ombudsman “I think that our military and our police enforcement agencies are going to have take the idea of transparent seriously. Just and […]
The photographs of Richard Holder are being featured at the House of Culture beginning this Wednesday. Holder’s subject matter is the nude female form. Neither the show, nor the individual photos have any titles, to cover them, just as his models aren’t wearing any clothes. Holder says the show is completely nude so the viewer […]
The House of Culture is also sponsoring another clinic for musicians this week. Trumpet player and teacher Luciano Rosado is back in Belize to continue the work he started at last year’s session, but he has company and more instruments will be included this time around. News Five spoke with Music Coordinator Jason Guerrero. Jason […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and welcome to this edition of Sports Monday. Three Central American nations gathered at the Rogers Stadium over the weekend, for an international invitational presented by the Belize Softball Federation, in celebration of the induction of Charles Solis and Pat Bennett into the International Hall of Fame. And here, flying […]
