Two months ago he was charged with Attempted Murder and Use of Deadly Means of Harm for shooting twenty-two year old Darrel Jones on Youth for the Future Drive near the Belchina Bridge. But today when shots rang out it was the accused, twenty-four year old Robert Jones, also known as “Black” who fell victim […]
Twenty-two year old Armick Escobar left his Cleghorn Street home last week Tuesday evening to socialise with two friends and according to his family, has not been seen since. Police reports are that around six-thirty last Tuesday evening, two of Escobar’s friends, Julian Barrow and Paul Gibson went to pick him up at his home […]
A routine patrol conducted by the Transport Department stumbled on an unexpected find in southern Belize last Friday evening. Chief Transport Officer, John Briggs, reports that while he was on a patrol in the Seine Bight Village, he spotted a brown vehicle with no license plates. The transport officer caught up with the vehicle and […]
Twenty-five year old Austin Stevens of Jane Usher Boulevard has reported that his life was threatened by two men who called him a snitch. Police say they are investigating the incident which occurred on Friday when Stevens was on his way home and was confronted by two armed men, identified as Kevin Hendy and Keith […]
Today, thirty year old Jiovanni Lauriano, appeared before the Magistrates Court and was charged with Unlawful Carnal Knowledge for allegedly having sex with a fifteen year old girl who is reportedly his girlfriend. The teenager claims that on the eleventh of July, she went to a house on Mahogany street extension where she had sex […]
In news from Magistrates’ Court, twenty-three year old Giovanni Saldano, a former warehouse clerk for Madisco, was charged with the theft of twenty-five boxes of assorted cigarettes valuing fifty-six thousand dollars when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie today. Saldano pleaded not guilty to the charge and the prosecution objected to bail on the […]
Casino owner John Hardie Jr., and Belizeans Martin Miller, David Gomez and Curlin Thompson begin tonight a second week of imprisonment at the Centro de Redeaptacion Social in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. The four are facing charges of attempted murder of Mexican National Edwin Jesús Navarro Meneses for a shooting that occurred on Belizean territory near […]
There is a reaction to the increased acts of violence and the recent spate of murders in the city and western Belize that has the potential to adversely affect tourist arrivals. The U.S. Embassy has issued a travel advisory to its citizens cautioning travel to Belize, and encouraging them to register at the nearest diplomatic […]
He was known for his use of colourful and often blunt language on both newspaper and radio, and today News Five records the death of “Smokey Joe” as he was popularly known. He wrote for the Amandala for long years and more recently, this eighty-eight year old man whose real name was Selvin Wade, was […]
There is more talk about taxes tonight coming close on the heels last week’s budget presentation, and that is because the 20th General Assembly of the Caribbean Organization of Tax Administrators (COTA) convenes in Belize this week for a four day conference. Belize and sixteen other Caribbean countries are sharing ideas on how to develop […]
The YWCA has kept a busy pace with its wide range of activities including the ongoing summer camps for the youth. Notwithstanding, it has embarked on the ambitious task of repairing and upgrading its facilities to better serve the hundreds of young women that turn to them for guidance and development opportunities. Initially, the N.G.O. […]
The Belize Basketball Association has joined other organisations in providing opportunities for wholesome activities at this time of the year when schools are closed for the summer break. The B.B.A. has teamed up with FirstCaribbean Bank in jointly sponsoring a training camp exclusively for teenagers. Today News Five spoke to representatives from both organisations. Cojac […]
And in news that we consider monkey business, there is a report that on Thursday July seventeenth a tourist by the name of Laura Sutton was attacked and bitten by a monkey reportedly belonging to Marina’s Grocery in San Pedro Town. Sutton received numerous bite marks to both arms, along with several scrapes and scratches […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley punching out this week’s portion of Sports Monday. Fanfare, amusement and entertainment provided an atmosphere of excitement and party as the Benque Fiesta roared to life over the weekend out west. Even the prevailing rains couldn’t dampen the session at La Isla de Benque Viejo and it certainly had a […]
