In the early hours of Sunday morning two brothers were gunned down … and today two young men were officially charged with the murders. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the update. Today Ricardo Aguilar and Joseph Kee were arrested and charged with two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, four counts of conspiracy […]
Also spending the first of what may be many nights at Hattieville is the young man police believe is responsible for the third brutal killing on Sunday morning. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Twenty four year old James Swan Junior was charged with the murder of twenty four year old Tyrone Felix. A killing that police believe […]
His appearance was delayed by a bullet wound to the leg … but also charged today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court was nineteen year old Michael Trapp. He appeared this afternoon to be formally arraigned on two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery following an attack against a young couple on Marine Parade […]
A police officer has been sentenced to five years in jail for beating a prisoner. Today Cyril Wade appeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez after being convicted of aggravated assault. In announcing the sentence Justice Gonzalez pointed out that because of a 2003 conviction for wounding, for which Wade received only a five hundred dollar fine, […]
No possession is more dear to Belizeans than that often mystical commodity known as land. And this morning in Ladyville a group of citizens who felt they were about to lose their piece of the jewel took their case to the streets. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin was there. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting The property in question […]
In late breaking crime news police have found a cache of assault weapons in the Orange Walk district. Acting on a tip, the police anti drug unit searched a jungle area three miles from the Northern Highway along the Guinea Grass Road. There they discovered two Mak 90 riffles and three AK 47s. No arrests […]
In Belize the words telecommunications and controversy usually go hand in hand. And while there is no shortage of questions surrounding the nation’s near monopoly telecom company, B.T.L. today used the occasion of an international observance to highlight some of the industry’s less topical challenges. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Today Belize Telecommunications Limited joined other telecom […]
And while B.T.L. talks earnestly about cyber security it has been less forthcoming regarding its own problems with missing money; namely the over seven and a half million dollars that disappeared in a pair of slippery foreign exchange transactions. I asked Minister of Public Utilities Ralph Fonseca where that investigation stands. Ralph Fonseca, Minister of […]
It’s Education Week and today, as a part of the activities, the Ministry of Education held an open house at the Belize City House of Culture. According to organisers, the exhibition aims to educate the community on the wide range of services being provided by the ministry. This morning, Minister of Education Francis Fonseca described […]
Of the three “R”s: reading, writing and arithmetic, experts have maintained that reading is fundamental. With that in mind, today the Belize National Teachers Union and the Caribbean Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training teamed up to celebrate the all important skill with a literature day and exhibition at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. The […]
The competition was close but when the votes were tallied week seven of Channels Five’s Karaoke television had a winner. Here’s how it went at the Palm Court. William Neal, Host of KTV ?And the winner is ? it was a very close decision, however, in the end the judges decided it should be contestant […]
The armed forces of the United States of America may be bogged down in the occupation of Iraq , and stretched thin fighting twin wars against international terrorism and illicit drugs. But despite the superpower’s burdens, it still manages to find places in its prestigious military universities for students from abroad. And this year tiny […]
