In the hours following Thursday’s cold blooded killing of a young Belize City father, investigators pounded the pavement for the perpetrator. And tonight police believe they have their man. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting It took Belize City cops only twenty-four hours to charge twenty-six year old Carlos Escalante for the execution style of twenty-eight year old […]
Precedent over the legality a fence was set in July 2003 in the case of the Belize City Council versus Brian Brown. Authorities broke down the wall around Brown’s yard on the basis that it was higher than Council regulations allowed. But in the subsequent Supreme Court trial, Brown won his case as his attorney, […]
A man caught on camera trying to break into a lawyer’s home has been sentenced to seven and a half years behind bars. Thirty-one year old Dennis Quilter was found guilty of the June 2006 attempted burglary of Emil Arguelles’ house on the Northern Highway. On Thursday Arguelles testified that when he got home that […]
Tonight Belize City police need your help in locating a fugitive from justice. Twenty-one year Ernest Hinds escaped from a prison bus enroute to Hattieville between four and five on Thursday evening. Authorities say they believe Hinds is hiding out somewhere in Belize City but caution the public to be careful as the wanted man […]
An accused child sex offender walked out of court a free man today because no case file could be presented to the judge. According to court reports, thirty-five year old mason Bert Abraham was accused in January 2005 for having sex with a fourteen year old girl. Abraham was subsequently charged with four counts of […]
As we mentioned earlier in this newscast the civil case between the Government of Belize and the Fort Street Tourism Village has been set for trial in early December. But as News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports, a number of other civil matters have been sitting on the court’s docket for far too long. Fred Lumor, […]
It is a dirty little secret kept under too many Belizean rugs: domestic abuse. To highlight the negative impacts the violent practice has on our society, this month local activists have launched a country wide campaign to put the issue in your face; because as News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, we all have a part […]
An official event associated with the sixteen days of activism is the Women’s Department’s craft expo and entrepreneurial training, scheduled for this weekend. In two days women will learn small business management and receive training in jewellery making, hat weaving, embroidery, and crocheting. According to Director of the Women’s Department, Carol Fonseca, Belizeans will be […]
Tis the season for boys and girls to show off newly acquired skills garnered from organized programs in drama, music and dance as part of traditional end of the year performances. In the old capital, young artists have pooled their talents to put a local twist on a classical favourite. News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin reports. […]
