Extradition proceedings against Belize City brothers Andrew and Floyd Brown continued today in the Chief Magistrate’s court, with defence counsel taking strong offence to a motion put forward by the prosecution for the matter to be turned over to the Supreme Court. Referred to as “case stated”, counsel appearing on behalf of the governments of […]
Police have announced a break in last month’s robbery of the Scotiabank branch in Dangriga. According to a press release late this evening, twenty-six year old Andy Pryor of Steadfast Village and forty-seven year old John Faux of Placencia have been charged, not in connection with the July twelfth heist which netted over one hundred […]
Aaron Juan, a suspect in the alleged rape of three British teenagers earlier this month, has still not returned home to San Ignacio where he is wanted for questioning. Family members tell News Five that they are urging him to turn himself in and expect to see him shortly. Sources indicate that, contrary to reports […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Kirk Anderson, today issued a memo ordering the withdrawal of a kidnapping charge against an eleven-year-old girl, substituting the crime of abetment to kidnapping. The case will now be heard in Family Court instead of Magistrate’s Court. The kidnapping charge against a thirteen-year-old girl in connection with the same incident, […]
The relationship between a landlord and tenant is sometimes a rocky one, but rarely do things get as bad as the case heard today in the court of Magistrate Margaret Gabb. It seems that on the night of July twenty-eighth the residence of Alida Chan was burglarised, the major item stolen being a stereo set […]
Following a series of fatal and near fatal accidents at sea, the Belize Ports Authority promised to become more aggressive in its enforcement of the nation’s maritime regulations. And that attitude was manifested today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court when the Authority brought criminal action against a number of boat owners accused of operating outside […]
Recent lightning storms have wreaked havoc on delicate computers and electronic devices, but on Tuesday the violent weather claimed its first life. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Today, following a post-mortem at the city?s morgue, fifteen-year-old Wilver Alexander Calderon was finally laid. But his family is not satisfied with the […]
There will be a whole lot of spinning, mixing, and moving going on this Saturday night at the House of Culture as nine disc jockeys from across the country compete in the first DJ competition sponsored by Heineken beer and their agents in Belize, Karl H. Menzies Limited. According to Managing Director Kay Menzies, the […]
Earlier in the newscast we looked at an upcoming DJ competition… and while that type of music is topping the local charts, it’s not the only genre being explored by Belizean artists… as News Five’s Jacqueline Woods discovered at the Bliss. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The group has been around for only four months, but the […]
