It was a three day weekend and as many murders took place. We begin with a double murder in the most unexpected place. Early Saturday morning two men who not only worked together but who camped out together as employer and employee in Valley of Peace were found hacked to death. The weapon of choice […]
In the third murder, a Belize City resident was gunned down near Cinderella Plaza Monday night. At midnight, thirty year old Deon Marvin Meighan a resident of Mex Avenue was walking with three friends, two males and one female, when the shooting occurred. A lone gunman with a white shirt over his head walked from […]
Aside from the three homicides, a fourth person was found dead in Belize City. Up to news time, Police were unable to confirm whether or not the US National was murdered. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a report. The body of an American national was found this afternoon in a bushy ditch on Louise Bevans […]
Last week we reported on the murder of Guatemalan national Pedro Coc Pop of the western village of El Progresso. Police believe they that are close to solving the murder and have charged twenty-eight year old Zacarias Tesecum, a farmer of the same village located at mile seven on the Mountain Pine Ridge Road. Pop, […]
The Belize City Council has decided to suspend three of its employees. The decision follows a meeting this afternoon with its Finance Director, Dwane Davis. The other two who were sent home are Davis assistant, Kiran Bhudrani, and Philip Henry, who worked out of the Traffic Department. Davis was suspended for six weeks, while Bhudrani […]
The National Basketball team may have won silver at the COCABA games in Cancun but the other battle to keep the medals occurred last week at the International Basketball Federation’s headquarters in Switzerland. Attorney Godfrey Smith, who is just back in Belize, argued that seven disputed members of the national basketball team were eligible to […]
In Belize, one of the major outlets to report crime is Crime Stoppers. But in the United States, information about criminals on the lam is spread around through the popular televised show Americas Most Wanted. Well, one of the US most sought after criminals in recent history was found in Belize. Derrick Yancey, a former […]
And in Hattieville, a family of five set about their usual routine of getting ready for work and school after the long weekend, but found themselves homeless before they left the house today. The structure, which was owned by Lana Ahmad, was completely destroyed by a blaze that started from a iron left unattended by […]
While the Ahmad family is homeless, a construction worker will spend the night in jail. Eighteen year old Ashton Grant who allegedly robbed a ten year old boy of his stunt bike on Friday, found himself before the courts today. The culprit was surprised by the police riding the minor’s bike on Princess Margaret Drive. […]
The cops sent Grant behind bars, but an eighteen year old youth claims he was wounded in the head by police. According to the family of Demas (Dee-mas) Mendez, the young man was wounded when police ambushed him in the Lake Independence Area in a case of mistaken identity. Mendez ended up with eleven stitches […]
In regional news, ousted President Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Monday morning and sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa. His family and key advisors joined him at the Diplomatic Mission where electricity and water were disconnected. The de facto president, Roberto Mitcheletti, also extended curfew hours to prevent Zelaya’s supporters […]
And Saturday’s road march culminated this year’s carnival season. And unlike last year when the road march was tarnished by violence, this time security was beefed up to provide safety to the revellers. That aside, there were hitches along the way. The economic downturn affected the usual number of bands and floats and a late […]
Traditionally, the official Independence Day ceremonies have been held in the old capital. But this year, the ceremony was held in the Capital, Belmopan. Though the skies were overcast, the twenty eight anniversary of Belize’s independence went off as planned. Students and official guests waited on the arrival of the country’s leaders. The Leader of […]
And the office of the Prime Minister announced today that the PM will be away from office for the rest of the week and up until Monday. The PM will be undergoing a medical check-up in Miami. The DPM is holding over in the interim.
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley. This is Sports Monday. Week two in the BPFL brought the internecine struggle between FC Belize and the Belize Defense Force at the MCC Grounds yesterday. It’s FC Belize that looks to strike early off the set piece triggered by Orland Lyons that leads to a leader from mark Leslie. […]
