Belmopan police are tonight investigating a homicide following the discovery of a body in Roaring Creek Village. The victim has been identified as thirty year old Selvin Santos, a taxi driver from Benque Viejo Del Carmen. According to investigators, the gruesome discovery was made around eight thirty last night in an area on the My […]
An official investigation is underway tonight after police shot a man just outside the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. We are not sure if thirty-two year old Gareth Humes knew that the police were looking for him but when he showed up to sign in as part of his bail for a burglary charge, an officer […]
The verdict is in on VoIP and according to the Public Utilities Commission, if the service provider isn’t licensed in Belize, it ain’t legal. According to the P.U.C., in its attempt to categorize, classify, and legalize the popular internet protocol, it has determined that if a customer downloads software and uses it to communicate with […]
A man convicted of manslaughter in the Belize City Supreme Court has been sentenced to thirteen years behind bars. This morning Justice Troadio Gonzalez told the defendant Trevor Gill, “For the crime of manslaughter, the court can impose a sentence of life imprisonment. You were charged for murder and the jury considered rightly, when you […]
In other news from the courts, today a witness who changed his story on the stand during a murder trial has been charged for the offence. Donald Gaskin appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser today and pleaded not guilty to fabrication of evidence and contradicting previous evidence. He has been granted bail in the amount of […]
In more crime news, police have arrested two brothers in connection with the armed robbery of a store in the Stann Creek valley. According to the cops, twenty-three year old Robert Chavarria and twenty-five year old Alray Chavarria were two of the four men who conspired to rob a grocery shop in Pomona village on […]
Millions across the world are in the fight to be fit, and here in Belize the message is no different. According to current statistics, our population’s overall health is showing a distinct and disturbing, decline. Fernando Cuellar, Doctor, Belize Medical Association ?Eat healthy, exercise regularly, reduce alcohol intake and stop smoking.? Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting But […]
By day, Carla Sainsbury is a hardworking member of the Habitat for Humanity team in Belize … helping local landowners build their dream house. But in her spare time, Sainsbury has been working on one of her own dreams: becoming a poet. Her first publication is called “From the Heart,” and this morning Sainsbury told […]
Public officers often get a lot of flak but by all accounts, they are the nuts and bolts that keep government’s machine working. And today, they put off their first “open house” in attempt to prove that very fact to taxpayers. Alyssa Noble, Reporting Today Public Service Day was officially celebrated under the theme: ?Belize […]
In clubs across the country, boys and girls, men and women are lining up to learn martial arts. There are three styles of karate being practiced in Belize: Shotokan, Red Dragon and Khukokai. And next month, these highly trained athletes will get the chance to strut their stuff on an international stage. News Five’s Alyssa […]
