Amid the joy and merry making of Christmas Day, one Belize City family found itself in the throes of anguish as a domestic dispute turned deadly. And more disturbingly, the main witnesses to the crime were the couple’s two young sons. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Around six p.m. on Christmas day, thirty-two year old Karel Ogaldez […]
In the Cayo district, homicide detectives continue to investigate an incident in San Ignacio that resulted in the death of a teenager. According to police reports, eighteen year old Chris Rosales and his friends were walking on Burns Avenue around midnight on Christmas Eve when they were attacked by another group of men. When the […]
A young man from Dangriga is lucky to be alive tonight following an incident on Christmas Eve. This morning the victim gave me his side of the story from his hospital bed. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Tonight twenty-one year old Dangriga resident Evan Martinez lies in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recovering from injuries he suffered […]
A traffic accident on Tuesday night on Princess Margaret Drive left two vehicles extensively damaged but all occupants uninjured. According to traffic police, around nine that night, thirty seven year old taxi driver Mark Lord was making a right turn into the Marion Jones Sporting Complex when he was rear ended by a white Mazda […]
Tonight a police officer accused of murder is out on bail following special proceedings on Saturday morning in the Supreme Court. According to court reports, Justice Troadio Gonzalez granted Police Constable Jesus Maroquin bail of twenty-five thousand dollars following arguments by the officer’s attorney, Dickie Bradley. Bradley pointed out that while Magistrates are prevented from […]
After a quiet weekend, fire officials had their hands full today as separate blazes in Belize City threatened a Southside landmark and destroyed an S.U.V. As News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports, the drama began at Sunny Side Bakery just after noon today. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Fire Chief Henry Baizar says the department got the call […]
It’s a high pressure post, the Director of Public Prosecutions … And for almost five years, the man in the hot seat has been Kirk Anderson. Today as Anderson prepares to leave Belize, he sat down with News Five’s Janelle Chanona to talk about the past and his future. Kirk Anderson, Director of Public Prosecutions
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