Eyannie Nunez was killed exactly one month ago. She is the innocent eight-old girl that was murdered as she slept at her house when gunmen opened fire indiscriminately and took her life. The murder of the All Saints school girl sent shock waves throughout the community to the harsh reality of the level of crime […]
An immigration scandal of major proportions continues to unravel, but how many heads will roll and at what level? Last Tuesday News Five broke the news that Chinese Nationals were being smuggled through Belize. And in fact three planes; the first two on September eighteenth and nineteenth, followed by the third on October third, landed […]
Four of six persons detained, have been charged at an unusually late court appearance. More on that later, but at a press conference at the Raccoon Street Police Station, the Minister of Police along with the Minister of Defense and Immigration laid out a series of plans to tighten security at the airport. It was […]
The ministers pointed out what we had reported last week; that the visa numbers were real but not yet issued, which means they were fraudulent. While he listed out measures to improve security at the PGIA, Carlos Perdomo singled out one particular Embassy from which visas for the moment won’t be issued for Chinese Nationals. […]
Earlier today we caught up with Marcelino Miranda, who is responsible for border affairs at the Embassy of Mexico. Miranda responded to reports that surfaced over the weekend that the group of Asian nationals might be held up in Cancun. Marcelino Miranda, Press Officer, Embassy of Mexico “At the moment the immigration authority in Mexico […]
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Even before the extended holiday weekend started, two men were murdered in gruesome fashion. The homicides took place in rural communities; the first body was found on Roaring River Road about two miles off the Hummingbird Highway on Friday. Francisco Villanueva, a father of two who lived with his family in Las Flores Village on […]
The second murder was reported just before nine on Friday morning, this time in the village of Red Bank about thirty-two miles off the Southern Highway. The victim, forty-two year old Francisco Galeas Montayo, was originally from Honduras. On September ninth, Galeas was freed from the Hattieville Prison after charges of Rape and Carnal Knowledge […]
As we said earlier, four immigration officers were charged late this evening in connection with the immigration scam. They are twenty-nine year old Candra Wade, thirty three year old Jason Daly, thirty year old Lindsay Wade and forty two year old Angelica Lima. Candra is charged with a total of twelve counts. Eight are for […]
According to Attorney Simeon Sampson, who is representing Jason Daly, Lindsay Wade and Angelica Lima, because of the unusually late session, only one of his clients was able to meet bail. Simeon Sampson, Attorney “I have three clients that were arrested and charged by C.I.B. this morning for various charges for forgery of official immigration […]
A police officer, who was interdicted for extortion of a hundred dollars US, walked free today. Twenty-five year old Andre Almendarez was charged on January twelfth, 2009 for allegedly extorting the money from a Salvadoran Consultant, but it was dismissed when he appeared before Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas Sr., this morning. No reason was […]
One month and a half after they disappeared, Benjamin and Onelia Rash are still missing and neither the cops nor residents of Punta Gorda Town are any closer to finding them. But there is still hope that the brother and sister are still alive. An anonymous group, going by the name “Good Samaritan League”, is […]
A reward is also being offered for another incident that happened in southern Belize. Early Saturday morning, employees of Belize Electricity Limited’s Dangriga substation discovered that the plant had been burglarized. Six utility grade batteries that power equipment used to monitor and control the system were stolen. Batteries may not sound like much, but these […]
The winning numbers in last Wednesday’s Lottery draw were 02, 05, 07, 20 and 21. Two persons got lucky and hit the jackpot, which stood at fifty-five thousand dollars. Today, a hard working mother of five from Belize City picked up her share of the money. Julia Singh took home twenty-three thousand three hundred and […]
At the Bliss Auditorium tonight, only three duos will compete in the final round of competition in Duets. Who will that be? The auditors have tabulated the results and the last three couples will be appearing on stage when the curtains are drawn. We have seen them through numerous rounds but tonight is their final […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Team Belize dismounts the tour bus that took them to the Estadio Municipal Julian Tesecum at San Jose Petén, Guatemala on Saturday for its big international friendly against the Guatemala national football team under heavy scrutiny by the media and fans. As our team takes […]
