Following the embarrassing collapse of the murder trial against Belize City businessman Ben Bou-Nahra because investigating officers could not identify the accused, today two of the three cops in question have been relieved of duty. According to police high command, the actions of the trio will be scrutinised by internal affairs to determine if disciplinary […]
Tonight police are investigating the murder of a Corozal carpenter. According to authorities, this morning the body of fifty-five year old Ernesto Riverol was discovered in the living room of his Third Street home with serious injuries to the back of his head. Investigators believe the victim was killed sometime between late Thursday evening and […]
Meanwhile, separate murder cases in the Belize City Supreme Court have ended with very different verdicts. More than a year after he was accused of killing Mango Creek villager Reynato Logan, this afternoon twenty-two year old Harrison Smith was acquitted of the crime. According to court sources, the case against Smith fell apart because the […]
Meanwhile, two brothers who were found guilty of Murder earlier this month have been given life sentences. According to court reports, this morning Justice Adolph Lucas ordered that twenty-three year old Maurice Felix and twenty-one year old Emory Felix be jailed for life for the murder of Belize City mechanic Mitchum Heredia. In April 2006, […]
Tonight eighteen tourists and four local crew members are lucky to be alive following an explosion aboard a dive boat on Thursday afternoon. According to three Canadian divers on “Miss Mel” at the time of the incident, the vessel was just moving off to another site off Long Caye near Lighthouse Reef when they heard […]
A hit and run accident in the Belize district has left one man dead. According to investigators, thirty-two year old Herbert Gillett, better known as “Peacemaker,” was riding his bike home around ten on Wednesday night when he was knocked down between miles twenty-seven and twenty-eight on the Northern Highway. The Biscayne villager suffered serious […]
While the collapse of the Ben Bou-Nahra case has taken the headlines this week, today News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin has the details of another legal matter that police investigators appear to have bungled. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting Today one of the three men arrested and charged in connection with the hold up and armed robbery at […]
The Musa administration’s announcement this week that it is considering to de-reserve a portion of the Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve, with the idea of selling it to interested investors have caught local conservation groups off-guard. According to the Association of Protected Areas Management Organizations, which represents eighteen environmental groups working in Belize, Bacalar Chico is […]
For almost three months, Channel Five’s Ultimate KTV has come to dominate the local entertainment scene. Each contestant has their own following of faithful fans who will be feverishly texting their votes until the midnight deadline on Sunday. But before the winner is announced next week, News Five’s Janelle Chanona decided to follow the finalists […]
