Twenty-three year old Christopher Galvez was murdered on the night of December twenty-second 2009. No one has been charged, but there have been a number of allegations on shoddy police work. Since the murder, more than a month ago, Yolanda Schakron has vowed that she would try to find out who murdered her nephew. She […]
Yolanda Schakron says that any cover up she unravels on the police will not bring back her nephew, but says she doing it for other Belizeans who don’t have the resources to do it themselves. And she is now calling on them to join her fight. Yolanda Schakron, Aunt of Christopher Galvez “I di ask […]
A chilling home invasion in the Ladyville area was reported last Friday night. And soon enough police recovered the stolen items and had in their custody, three accused men. No one was injured, but the victims were traumatized by the incident. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a detailed report of the crime. Jose Sanchez, Reporting […]
We reported last Friday on the murder of eighty-two year old William Neal, a resident of Corner Central American Boulevard and Vernon Street in Belize City. Neal was found dead late Friday afternoon and there were no signs of forced entry into his home nor is it known when he was actually murdered. Witnesses have […]
There might well be a fourth murder for this year on the hands of the Police Department. That’s because shortly before five p.m. on Friday, the headless and partially decomposed body of a man was discovered on a feeder road between miles fifty and fifty-one off the Hummingbird Highway. The skull was found suspended by […]
Turning to the courts, five months after fifty-three year old Alton Roy Peyrefitte was killed in a traffic accident, a forty-two year old contractor, of Belama Phase two, Carlo Magno Romero, was slapped with three traffic offences when he appeared in court today. Peyrefitte, who was represented by attorney, Dickie Bradley, was charged with Manslaughter […]
A land dispute in Cayo is causing an uproar among residents. On one side is Samuel Bruce, a activist who has been involved in the community policing program and on the other side is the government of Belize. In fact, Bruce is a Zone-4 Captain, and Police Special Constable. In 2008, the Cayo resident began […]
One of two police officers under investigation for securing the release of Keon Williams, aka “Gambis” was charged today. Last Friday, Williams was captured and this morning, police levied criminal charges against one of the cops in the center of the investigation. He is thirty-five year old Special Constable, John Myvett, a police attached with […]
He was found living in the Lord’s Bank Area last week. And while he was not charged criminally for any wrong doings in the country, this morning Magistrate Edd P. Usher signed the expulsion of fifty-three year old U.S. national, Martin Petrella. Petrella was brought before the court in the company of Senior Immigration Personnel […]
The generosity of Belizeans has been overwhelming towards the victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January twelfth. That in itself shows compassion and when coupled with homage to the legendary Andy Palacio, then that combination is a winning one. Our concert was a resounding success by every measure; in fact the Channel initiative […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association is celebrating its silver anniversary…that’s a big deal so the events span throughout 2010. On the twenty-fifth of each month, B.T.I.A. is hosting a special activity, starting today with the annual general meeting of its Toledo branch. The association is looking at several areas that need to be addressed to […]
The winner of the 2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara is…Marvin Skeen. Skeen, who is a frequent customer of Shell One Stop at the Corner of Cemetery Road and Central American Boulevard, participated in the ten-week V-Power raffle by SOL Belize. He was flabbergasted when he found out that he had won the grand prize—a red 2009 […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize City first division football competition for the Smart Challenge Cup has moved into the second round. So we took in Saturday’s matchup between Kraal Road and BWEL Jaguars inside the M.C.C. Grounds. The first real threat at g oal comes from the Jaguars […]
