The police internal affairs has launched an intensive investigation into the shooting death of Brenton Sabal in Dangriga. Sabal was shot by P.C. Javier Perez, after Perez alleges that Sabal attacked him with a knife. However, family and friends say that Sabal was murdered, as he ran away. Today, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods travelled south […]
In continuing with this week’s crime spree, this afternoon robbers were at it again. This time, however, it was Northern Transport Bus Station on Magazine Road in Belize City. According to police press officer, G. Michael Reid, about 1:30 a guy rode up on bicycle, went to the cashier and put a gun in her […]
Police were not so lucky down south, however, as a Dangriga gas station was robbed early this morning. Marcos Romero, a thirty-eight year old Honduran, says he was working at the Valley Road Texaco Gas Station, when around 2:30 three dark skinned men, all armed with guns, attacked him. Romero told police that he was […]
Police have detained a suspect and the white Ford Escort used in the drive-by shooting of Mark Medina on Tuesday. Police say Medina, seventeen, was standing on Yabra Road near Wesley College when the car drove up and shots were fired by one of the passengers known only as Kareem. The bullets caught Medina in […]
The business community is reaching out to the Police Department to assist in its crime fighting effort. Today the department received a fully loaded computer and printer courtesy of the Belize Chamber of Commerce. General Manager Kevin Herrera in handing over the equipment this morning to Senior Superintendent Crispin Jeffries, said the community does have […]
The XIX National Medical and Dental Congress, which affords local doctors and specialists a chance to upgrade their medical education, opened this morning at the Radisson. President of the B.M.D.A., Dr. Robert Coye, says several international physicians are also presenting papers at the event. Dr. Robert Coye, Pres., Belize Medical and Dental Assoc. “This congress […]
The Rotary Club of Belize today received two cheques to aid in its public outreach programmes. The first donation of sixteen thousand dollars was received by President-elect Kay Menzies from the past president of the Grand Cayman Rotary Club, Eddie Balderamos. Eddie Balderamos, Past Pres. Grand Cayman Rotary Club “It’s my country and we wanted […]
Just about every Belizean family has probably lost a loved one to cancer. In the past, such a diagnosis was a source of shame, forcing many patients into silence, but thanks to people like the late Juliet Soberanis, the word cancer is no longer taboo. In October of 1999, News 5 reporter Janelle Chanona interviewed […]
