The news spread like wildfire, attorney Richard Stuart and his wife Maria were repeatedly stabbed at his home just before midnight on Saturday after a Bar Association dinner. Their murder was horrific and shocking. Stuart, a former magistrate who moved into private practice, was well known and highly connected in the United Democratic Party. His […]
This evening the Bar Association issued a release expressing its outrage and dismay over the brutal murder of Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria. As they mourn, his colleagues remember him as a professional, cordial and courteous attorney who was active in the association and served as president from 2008 to 2009. The Bar is […]
Less than twenty-four hours before, there was a deadly assault on three prison employees while on their way home from work on Friday night. They were ambushed in a taxi near Hattieville with what is believed to be a high powered assault rifle. Miriam Gillett was killed on the spot; the two others are in […]
There’s another murder to report. Police have now confirmed that eighteen year old Raylene Dyer was murdered in the Cayo District. Dyer was killed on October eighth when she went missing and her body has still not been located. Four persons have been detained and arraigned including nineteen year old Aracely Cahueque of Corozal Town, […]
There was other violence over the weekend. Even before the Stuart and Gillette Murders, a shooting occurred at six-thirty p.m. on Friday. The victim was hit by a volley of fire by a gunman who rode towards him on bicycle. Luckily for him, the bullet caught his legs, arms and side. Leroy Card told News’ […]
Friday night’s third shooting incident occurred at nine-fifty-five on Mosul Street in Belize City. In less than five minutes three persons were shot during a botched robbery of PICAME Bar. According to the proprietor, Jose Santos, he was standing behind the bar when two persons entered wearing caps. One of the men jumped over the […]
In other news, the government issued a press release saying (quote) “The President of the Belize Court of Appeal, Justice Elliot Mottley, will be retiring from the Court effective thirty-first December, 2010.” That was on Friday, but today the Bar Association, issued its own, saying it is having a special sitting of the court to […]
The blue machine kicked into full gear over the weekend, a sea of blue swamped the south as the People’s United Party met in convention. Despite the public spats and internal wrangling in the past, on Sunday it appeared as if the PUPs had closed ranks for the unity convention. And as it is in […]
While the People’s United Party was energized by what they call a mammoth crowd, News Five spoke with the Party Leader, John Briceño, about pressing issues at hand, such as crime and the economy. We also asked Briceño about the absence of Albert and Lake Independence Area Representatives, Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde; two former […]
Miguel Menjivar, also known as Mike, is well known in the west as the owner of La Cabana Restaurant and Bar in Belmopan. You met him on Channel Five as the power behind singing sensation Ismael Chacon, the winner of KTV Latino 2010. But tonight, the high spirited businessman is in an induced coma after […]
Three persons were arraigned today in Magistrates’ Court in connection with a fight in Hattieville last Thursday. According to twenty-nine year old Dana Gabourel, as she exited a bus, she was met by thirty-one year old Melanie Pageant who accused her of spreading rumors about her family. Gabourel claims Pageant hurled obscenities at her and […]
There was an armed holdup at around ten thirty this morning at Eric’s Store on Bachelor Avenue in Belize City. According to the owner of the business, Guo Zhu, three youths entered, armed with guns and pointed the weapons at her and demanded money. The men stole an undisclosed amount of cash and two cell […]
Close to a hundred students from Excelsior High School held a drug awareness parade in Belize City this morning. The event marked the start of a week of activities and according to the principal and students, the parade was aimed to do more than just march around town carrying banners and beating drums. It sent […]
Cubola Productions has launched a new text book series that tackles the social issues while preparing vulnerable children to deal with the challenges. While the Living Together Social Studies series is designed for the primary schools curriculum, it will first go through an evaluation process before it is integrated. Priscilla Brown Lopez is the editor. […]
Julia Singh was one of two winners who hit the fifty-five thousand dollar jackpot on October sixth. She picked up her prize last Tuesday and today the second winner collected her prize money. Carla Aguilar, also a working mother, took home a cheque for twenty-three thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars, which she says she […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Amateur Boxing returned to Belize with a bang Friday night inside the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel which housed a monster matchup between Leopold Smart’s Gym and an official contingent from Chetumal, Mexico. Things got off to a roaring start as 2 under 16 fighters from […]
