Tonight there is a file sitting on the desk of the Director of Public Prosecutions asking for the arrest of the Chief Executive Officer of the Development Finance Corporation, Troy Gabb. His alleged crime? Refusing to provide crucial documents to an officially appointed commission of inquiry into the financial affairs of the D.F.C. This afternoon […]
He was demonized by the People’s United Party in its successful 1998 election campaign as the dreaded VATMAN, the wicked U.D.P. Prime Minister who imposed a burdensome and unfair Value Added Tax on an already suffering citizenry. Well, on Friday that same VATMAN, former Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel, watched as seven years later Cabinet Minister […]
The Government of Guatemala will ask the O.A.S. to once again become involved in settling that country’s claim to Belize. That’s the word from Guatemalan Foreign Minister Jorge Briz, who announced on Sunday that he will be meeting this week in Florida with O.A.S. Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. Briz’s move appears to come in […]
A Belize City family is mourning the loss of two of its youngest members following a deadly traffic accident on the Southern Highway on Sunday. Thirty-nine year old Dennis Burke told police that around three-thirty on Sunday afternoon he and his family were travelling in a van, heading to Belize City following a trip to […]
A Belize City man is dead following an unusual accident this morning at a government office compound. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Calvin Neal, Junior, Son of the Deceased ?Anytime you want him to work, he is the one that they go to get. And everybody was so shocked that that happened this morning […]
For the second time in the last seven days, a Belize City businessman stands accused of molesting a little girl. The latest incident finds forty-five year old Bernard Williams accused of one count of carnal knowledge and five counts of indecent assault. According to court reports, a thirteen-year-old primary school girl is alleging that on […]
A thirty-four year old Benque Viejo woman is behind bars tonight accused of blackmailing a Cayo businessman. Maria Dominguez was arrested and charged early on Monday morning for the seldom heard of crime of blackmail. According to San Ignacio police, during the nationwide blackout last Monday night, Dominguez tried to extort money from Nelson Tillett, […]
Belize City Police this Sunday captured a man who was wanted in connection with the death of Wasani Belgrave, which occurred on May nineteenth and have charged him with murder. Police followed up on a tip that led them to a house on Iguana Street in Belize City where they found Alex Palacio, who did […]
Belize City police were left with egg on their faces this weekend after a murder suspect pulled a Houdini act. Twenty-one year old Mark Medina was spotted by police as he showed up for a concert on Saturday night at the Belize City Centre. When cops identified him as the man wanted for questioning in […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week four of the Regent?s Cup playoffs found two of the pre-season favourites locked in bitter combat inside the People?s Stadium yesterday as Juventus of Orange Walk hosted the defending champions Sagitun of Independence. The home team looks to establish the lead six minutes in, […]
