Richard White, accused of killing Mark Tingling in 2004 walked free this evening in the Supreme Court. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated from before noon until four-thirty this evening, but found White not guilty of murder. They were unable to arrive at a decision on his manslaughter charge. The main witness […]
Despite yet another adjournment in the Belize City Supreme Court this morning, there is news to report tonight regarding the infamous case of passport scandal. Sitting in the dock this morning was fifty-eight year old Belize City businessman Jabor “Gabby” Affif, but Hassan El Sayed, the man charged jointly with him on more than a […]
In other courts news, this week a treasury official from Punta Gorda was formally arraigned in connection with more than twenty-three thousand dollars of missing money. According to police, in September authorities were tipped off that a person or persons were skimming money from accounts. An investigation was immediately launched, which led to the arrest […]
Tonight a senior police officer is under internal investigation by the Belize City department following reports of missing money. This afternoon Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid would only say that Inspector Oscar Puga of the Patrol Branch is the subject of an official probe following the allegations made against him. According to published reports […]
The Crimes Committee of San Ignacio and Santa Elena dedicated a new police booth today in Red Creek. The structure replaces the one which burned down earlier this year. The Crimes Committee raised the twenty thousand dollars necessary for its construction. Minister of Home Affairs Ralph Fonseca delivered the keynote address during a ceremony this […]
Police are urging business establishments to be on the lookout for an individual who has already forged and cashed one cheque and has three more in his possession. A man identifying himself as Michael Robert Brown cashed a cheque for five hundred and forty dollars at J.L.’s Quick Loan earlier this week and it is […]
A Belize City woman has reported being held up in her home on Tibruce Street. Sylvia Vernon told police two men came to her house around nine-thirty Thursday night pretending to be delivering a package. However, one of them came inside, pulled a handgun, and began searching the house. Vernon says they stole her licensed […]
If ever there was a woman on a mission to bring music to Belize’s schools, it is Gloria Edwards. The principal of Grace Primary school for decades, she has foregone retirement to head out into the rural communities of the Belize District. Among Miss Edward’s latest projects is the revival of the National Youth Choir. […]
Although the various agencies working to promote good health practices to all Belizeans do a pretty good job of getting their information out to the public, nothing beats the personal touch. And there’s nothing better than an information fair for bringing it all together in one place. News Five was in Maskall today for a […]
