Late this evening, the Belizean and Guatemalan governments have agreed to have the Organization of American States conduct an investigation into the deaths of three Guatemalans killed on Thursday by a joint BDF/Police patrol. According to the Belize Government, the men, who have been identified as sixty-one year old Jesus Ramirez Senior and his sons, […]
News 5 also spoke with Prime Minister Said Musa this afternoon regarding this latest border incident. The P.M. says he hopes this isolated incident is treated as such and does not affect the bilateral relationship between Belize and Guatemala. Prime Minister Said Musa “There has been an ongoing problem in the area, a land dispute […]
Three Haitian boys who stowed away on a freighter that landed in Belize on Thursday are back aboard and headed home. The ship left the Belize City Port sometime today after the two fourteen year olds and one twelve year old were carried back to the vessel. They had attempted to come ashore by hiding […]
Ten late model vehicles seized by police from a Stann Creek warehouse remain impounded in Belmopan, while authorities try to sort out whether or not they entered the country legally. Today, News 5 spoke to the vehicles’ owner, John Zabaneh, who told us that the whole case is a matter of miscommunication. Janelle Chanona “The […]
The Police Department has suspended one constable and fired another after they were found negligent in carrying out their duties as investigators in the murder of David Reyes. On November Fourth, Reyes’ decapitated body was found in the Haulover Creek. PCs Kareem Fuller and Kevin “Cowboy” Alvarez were assigned to the case, but after three […]
The police are investigating to see whether officers were justified in firing shots in a residential neighbourhood on Thursday night. The incident took place in the St. Martin De Porres area of Belize City following a chase between authorities and a car thief. Earlier that afternoon the suspect brazenly stole a late model Mitsubishi Montero […]
Shortly before 4:00 on Thursday evening, residents of Princess Margaret Drive heard a loud noise and then the screeching of tires. By the time they looked outside, they discovered an overturned Nissan Xterra lying in the middle of the road. The vehicle, driven by Doctor Morali Rudraja, went out of control and flipped several times […]
