Even by today’s violent standards the four murders occurring on the night of June eighteenth 2002 remain one of the most wanton slaughters in Belize’s history. Two men, Leslie Pipersburgh and Patrick Robateau were detained in Mexico, returned to Belize, and found guilty of the crimes in 2004. A year later, those convictions were upheld […]
It’s been talked about for years by politicians of every party persuasion … but come a week from Monday, residents of Belize City—particularly it’s motorists—should wake up to a new look on two of downtown’s busiest streets. News Five’s Marion Ali hit the pavement this afternoon. Marion Ali, Reporting The deteriorating state of Albert and […]
Fifty year old Alejandro Ical of Forest Home, Punta Gorda, who was charged with murder, was acquitted by a jury of five men and seven women today in Dangriga Supreme Court. The jury deliberated for about three hours. Ical was represented by attorney Antonette Moore and Crown Counsel Nadine Palacio presented the case for the […]
A Belize City man accused of burglary was convicted in Magistrate’s Court today but his sentence was an exercise in leniency. When nineteen year old Sheffield Ysaguirre appeared before Magistrate Sharon Fraser he pleaded guilty to breaking into Prosser Fertilizer’s North Front Street office and to handling goods stolen from Juanita’s and Caribbean Treasures. But […]
A police constable from the Traffic Section has been interdicted from duty and placed on half pay following a charge of Prejudice to Good Order and Discipline. The case against P.C. Elroy Sanchez is in connection with a complaint by a motorcyclist who reported to the Internal Affairs Unit that last week Sanchez solicited one […]
A week ago the Ministry of Natural Resources announced a moratorium on the registration of all land transfers until March fourteenth, pending a review of transactions suspected of being tainted by politically induced irregularities. That suspension has now been modified and all private transfers may now proceed. The only exception is those transfers that involved […]
Among the transactions specifically cited and placed under official caution were those involving a subdivision in the affluent Caribbean Shores constituency that was spearheaded by the then area representative Joe Coye. Today Coye reacted to the aspersions cast on his project, calling it the “continuation of a malicious and vindictive political attack”. He explained to […]
In other political news, representatives of the P.U.P. reform wing are claiming that five more constituencies—Port Loyola, Collet, Caribbean Shores, Cayo North East and Belize Rural South —have committed to request the changes in convention rules proposed by Mark Espat, Cordel Hyde and Johnny Briceño. That makes a total of fourteen divisions seeking an increase […]
With the blue skies and steady breezes that mark the onset of the dry season, the thoughts of most Belizeans are hardly focused on hurricanes. But that’s exactly what officials of the National Emergency Management Organization are thinking about this week. News Five’s Kendra Griffith has the story. Kendra Griffith On Wednesday, Minister of National […]
There are few senses more precious than sight … which makes it all the more puzzling why so many Belizeans suffer eye problems in silence. Tonight News Five’s Janelle Chanona reports on what happens when medical care is free and aggressively marketed. Janelle Chanona, Reporting For the last six days, the Lester Young Training and […]
