San Ignacio police are tonight looking for leads in the gruesome double murder of a father and son. Reports are that sometime around six o’clock this morning police discovered a red and white Toyota pick up with a Cayo license plate parked on the left side of the Calla Creek Road, one mile from Bullet […]
The Indian community in Belize is mourning the loss of well-known businessman Sunil Sadarangani, the proprietor of Doony’s Store at the corner of Albert and Prince Streets in downtown Belize City. Thirty-four year old Sadarangani, who made Belize his home for many years, tragically lost his life after his vehicle plunged into a lake in […]
Twenty-six year old Jose Garbutt, the manager of the well known Jaguar Paw Resort, has been detained following a fatal traffic accident between Mile thirty and thirty-one on the Western Highway. Garbutt reported to police that close to nine o’clock on Tuesday night, he was in the driver’s seat of his Toyota Land Cruiser heading […]
He was charged with two counts of Causing Death by Careless Conduct before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers four days after he hit and killed two people on the Northern Highway last month. But tonight there is a serious allegation that a urine sample provided by Orange Walk Town Mayor, Ravei Gonzalez, was never tested and sources […]
A thirty-four year old man is in police custody tonight after being charged with the heinous crime of Carnal Knowledge in Magistrates’ Court this morning. The allegation is that the electrician of Hattieville carnally knew his six year old step-daughter sometime between February 2007 and May 2008, but the crime was not reported until a […]
It is often said that there’s a silver lining behind every dark cloud and today George Betson saw his blessing three days after he was evicted from the property he had been occupying for thirty-five years. The saga began on Monday night when Betson’s humble abode, a plywood structure, was dismantled on orders from the […]
Belizeans suffer acts of police brutality almost on a daily basis. Joycelyn Castillo’s says she fell victim to such violent acts around ten-twenty on Tuesday morning when she was selling fruits and vegetables outside Public’s Supermarket. Today Castillo told News Five that W.P.C. Therese Allen hurled obscenities at her and in the heat of the […]
Centaur Cable Company, located at Ramon’s Plaza in Ladyville, was hit yesterday by a lone gunman who police believe was targeting the establishment for some time. The police acted swiftly, and the culprit, who had dreadlocks and carried a knapsack, is now in police custody but is yet to be charged. He entered the business […]
Seven deserving young people will benefit from much needed assistance to attend high school in Corozal Town in the upcoming academic year as an initiative by the Corozal Free Zone to build capacity in the northern district. The scholarships have been awarded to five young women and two young men: Ciara Martinez, Natasha Sharette Mitchell, […]
Health statistics among communities in the Cayo District are expected to show some improvement as a result of free health services offered by a team of visiting medical personnel who, along with the Belize Defence Force, treated patients with a wide range of health problems in the past ten days. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports […]
