Two babies from Punta Gorda died recently and the Mayan community is not remaining silent about what it sees as gross negligence by health care providers. In the first incident, Cenaida Reymundo gave birth at the P.G. hospital and neither doctors nor nurses came to her aid. That baby died at the K.H.M.H. on May […]
That was in Punta Gorda, but in Belize City this issue is garbage. This has dominated the news for some time, and mostly because of the lack of collection or the back and forth in Court with the disposal companies. And while residents want a resolution to this hot button issue, a new system now […]
One of the business owners who was concerned over the new garbage collection fees is the proprietor of Peppers Pizza, Stephen Roberts. News Five met him coming out of a meeting with Councillor Willoughby just prior to this morning’s briefing and he said he is satisfied with the proposal. Stephen Roberts, Owner, Peppers Pizza “When […]
The saga of Western Christian Academy continues tonight. We reported on Wednesday that the school funds have dried up and the teachers don’t have any cartridges to print their exams. They had to let the students go home early because there was not enough food to sustain the students who normally pay a minimal fee […]
In reported Tuesday night of a stabbing incident in the Cayo District that ended the life of a sixteen year old minor. The senseless murder occurred early Saturday morning following a night out between a group of friends in San Ignacio. Duane Moody headed west today and found out that the Santa Familia victim will […]
Another stabbing incident occurred less than twenty-four hours later and less than two hundred yards away from the spot where the murder occurred. Around one-thirty Sunday morning, twenty-one year old Justin Gongora was walking home from the Faya Wata Bar with his brother-in-law, Howard Howe when they were approached by two men in front of […]
We also asked Jeffries about investigations in three other homicides that put the spotlight on the force. One of them is the murder of police officer Weiner Denis, who was shot on March twenty-sixth as he rode his bicycle in Belmopan. There is also the case of thirty-eight year old Hui Lin Chen. He was […]
But it was not all about murders. Jeffries also provided some information on a B.D.F. soldier who has been detained for allegedly injuring an Orange Walk man and we asked about the grenade that was thrown into the home of Comptroller of Customs, Gregory Gibson. Delahnie Bain “You mentioned earlier that a B.D.F. solider was […]
The case of three men and three minors accused in the sensational case of businessman Jose Shoman and his family came up briefly in court today. The incident goes back to the night of December thirteenth, 2008 when the six allegedly concocted a plot to rob and murder the Shoman family at their residence on […]
In other news from the courts, the Appellate Court this morning set aside the murder conviction of forty-five year old Jose Zetina, a former Police Constable on the basis of provocation. Zetina was behind bars serving a life imprisonment term for the brutal murder of his common-law-wife Rosa Isabel Mejia. He will instead now serve […]
In the Supreme Court, meanwhile, Justice Michelle Arana freed twenty-two year old Brandon Taylor, of the charge of Attempted Murder of Emmerick Meggs, who was unable to testify due to the injuries he sustained in the shooting. This came when the prosecution, led by Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez, entered a nolle prosequi that they could […]
And in the Magistrates’ Court, twenty-four year old Mark Staine was charged with the Aggravated Assault of a nine year old girl. Staine pleaded not guilty to the charge and the prosecution was quick to object to bail. Magistrate Albert Hoare agreed and Staine was remanded in custody until June eighteenth, his trial date. The […]
District finals of the Primary School Festival of Arts have been ongoing for the past month and students from different schools around the country competed for a spot in the annual National Festival. The top fifteen from every district will now proceed to the Bliss Institute for the National Finals set for June ninth to […]
