For the third time in as many days, this morning News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin and Chris Mangar hit the Western Highway, this time to get a first hand look at the man accused of single-handedly murdering a family of six … and destroying a small community’s sense of peace. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today twenty-seven year […]
A Belize City man is tonight behind bars, accused of sexually molesting a ten year old girl. According to court reports, forty-nine year old Hilberto Perez appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord this morning and pled guilty to one count of Aggravated Assault against a minor and a second count of Harm. Perez was arrested […]
In court news from the Corozal District, the murder trial against three family members has ended with a guilty verdict. According to officials from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a jury of twelve unanimously convicted Giovanni Villanueva of Murder, Sharim Baeza was found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit murder, while Javier Villanueva […]
Arthur Young is out on bail tonight, following proceedings in Belize City Magistrate’s Court earlier today. According to court reports, Young appeared with his attorney, Ellis Arnold before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today and pled not guilty to one count of Kept Unlicensed Firearm and one count of Kept Ammunition Without a License. Police prosecutor […]
And rounding out the reports from the old capital courtrooms is word that today Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh, the three judges of the Supreme Court and six magistrates, three from the Family Court and three from Magistrate’s Court left Belize this morning en route to Flores, Peten in Guatemala. It is understood that the judges […]
The murder of Mark Gardiner is the country’s sixty-seventh of the year, but as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, his death has triggered more questions than answers about national crime rates and their impact on the country’s resources. Janelle Chanona, Reporting At ten fifteen last night, doctors at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recorded the […]
While authorities have made an arrest in the Mayen killings, the second murder to rock the Cayo district remains unsolved. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the details. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting As family and friends arrived at the Tzib?s residence in Cristo Rey Village to attend funeral services for seventeen year old Pricilla Arcenia Tzib the […]
In related news from the Cayo district, today we were officially informed of that following ceremonies on Thursday, Senior Superintendent of Police Gilroy Nicholas has retired from the Belize Police Department. Nicholas joined the force thirty-one years ago, the last seven of which he served as the Officer in Charge of the San Ignacio police […]
Does your mouth salivate at the mention of cochinita pibil and relleno? Can’t help but stomp your feet to the tune of the hog head dance? If so, you’ll definitely want to be in San Jose Nuevo Palmar in Orange Walk this weekend for the third annual Fiesta del Pueblo. The event is organised by […]
In news from the region, a young Belizean student has been named a finalist in the fourteenth annual “My Caribbean” essay competition. Ten year old Vivian Courtenay, a standard four student at Humming Bird Elementary was one of more than a hundred entries from twenty-six countries around the Caribbean. The contest is sponsored yearly by […]
Due to a Public and Bank Holiday on Monday, October ninth, there will be no newscast. The next broadcast will be on Tuesday, October tenth, 2006.
