The January sitting of the Supreme Court is expected to be another record setting session, with more than fifty cases already in the dock and more still anticipated to be accepted for trial. According to court officials, there are twelve murders, seven attempted murders, three rapes, six incidents of carnal knowledge, two attempted rapes, one […]
On Tuesday night News Five introduced Belizeans to the amazing person that is thirteen year old Jessica Garcia. Garcia and her four younger siblings were trapped in their Cayo home on Christmas morning when an unattended candle set fire to the floor and bedding. Without thinking, young Jessica helped her three brothers and baby sister […]
Meanwhile, a Belize City teenager is tonight in police custody pending a charge of attempted murder following an attack against a fifteen year old. According to Markel Barrera, on Thursday evening he got into an argument with a sixteen year old. The war of words ended when the older teen left the area only to […]
Belize City police are tonight on the lookout for two men following an armed hold up at a south side nightclub. Reports are that around nine last night, patrons at the Touch of Class Bar on Amara Avenue were ambushed by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The gunman hit proprietor […]
Across the country today, teachers were hard at work getting their classrooms ready for the second term of the school year. But while classes are scheduled to resume on Monday and more than a few parents are counting down to things getting back to “normal”, tonight there are concerns that the country’s youngest citizens and […]
A Belize District deejay has been arrested and charged with carnal knowledge following a report by a thirteen year old girl. According to court reports, the minor, accompanied by her mother told police that between November and December of 2005 she had sex with eighteen year old Shane Vargas. A medical examination has confirmed that […]
A Santa Familia woman is tonight twenty-five thousand dollars richer after her participation in a prize promotion by local furniture retailer, Courts. Daria Vallecillo spun to win twenty-five thousand dollars in the “Grand Prize Suprize Draw” during brief ceremonies at the Courts headquarters on the Northern Highway. All taxes on Vallecillo’s monies will be paid […]
Every year there are hundreds of allegations of police brutality…but of late, there has also been an increase in the number of officers accused of a wide range of crimes. Only today, Belize City authorities arrested police Sergeant Clement Cacho and charged him with driving without due care and attention, failure to stay on the […]
While international experts may determine that far too many Belizeans are living in poverty, there is no denying that as a people, we lead very rich lives that span a wide cross-section of experiences. One man has put pen to paper to document his life stories in the hope that readers will be entertained and […]
