Over a year ago, Teddy Murillo was gunned down as he headed home on Waight Street. The allegation was that a cop had pulled the trigger, but no one was ever charged for the murder of the student. His mother, Danalyn Murillo, became one of the voices against crime and violence and is a member […]
The media camped out at the entrance of the Raccoon Police Station where family members of Danalyn Murillo and Belizeans For Justice waited for answers. It was an emotional time for the women, all of whom have lost a family member to gun violence, to see one of their own, a fellow grieving mother, being […]
Police Constable David Griffith, who has been named in the crime, maintains his innocence and also says that it is the Murillo family who is falsely accusing him not only of murder but also of harassment at the PUP Port Loyola convention last Sunday. The Police Department has said that Griffith doesn’t have a personal […]
While Danalyn Murillo ran into trouble with police in Belize City, in the nation’s capital another community activist had his own woes, also with the cops. Nigel Petillo became a household name when he emerged as the leader of the NGO, Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Association (BGYEA) that has been championing the cause of […]
San Ignacio police have made an arrest following Sunday’s early morning murder of sixty-nine year old Julian Lara and burglary of Chuc’s Gas Station. Shajeem Espat was today arraigned in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court, but the charge brought against him was not for murder. Espat is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery of the […]
Tonight’s question is: Is government doing enough to bring relief to consumers in respect to the spiraling cost of fuel? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones to 8686 or post your vote on our e-poll at channel5belize.com. You can also send an email with your comments to questions@channel5belize.com.
All day today the Belize Coast guard scoured the waters near Caye Caulker in search of three Cuban salt traders. Eight were rescued but Captain Arturo Edrei Garcia, Nelson Perez Ardao and Alexis Gonzalez Cune have not been located since their vessel sunk near the reef just before midnight on Saturday. The vessel, Helga, is […]
Nineteen year old Raylene Dyer went missing last October and while her body was never found, it is believed that she was beheaded and thrown into a river near Roaring Creek. Four residents from the Roaring Creek and Belmopan areas were charged for Dyer’s murder and today they appeared in court in the Capital City. […]
Another case in the courts involves twenty-one year old Michael Neal, who was today arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court for Rape. Neal is accused of raping a nineteen year old woman, who went to his house to pick up her child. The woman alleges that Neal told her the baby was asleep and when […]
At age forty-eight, Joseph Bevans Junior has as many as nine convictions on his rap sheet; most of them for crimes of dishonesty. On March eighteenth, he added another crime to his list when he allegedly broke into a house, owned by Kevin Graham, in the Western Paradise area. Bevans was caught as he left […]
Most Belizeans have at some time tasted the juicy HL’s burgers. The local burgers have been around for more than three decades and became a staple of Belizean fast-food. But all that’s coming to an end because the famous burger franchise is closing down; a victim of the economic hard times. Many are being left […]
At the start of the weekend Belizean women in both the visual and performing arts will get an opportunity to discuss their achievements over the past thirty years. While music has seen the rise of Leila Vernon, Tanya Carter and Melonie Gillett and dance has seen the ascension of Althea Sealy women are being continuously […]
The common factor among tonight’s performers in KTV Latino, is the talent they possess. Each of them has unique singing skills that have impressed the judges as well as the live audience at the Bliss and those watching the show from the privacy of their homes. Five will take to the stage tonight; but only […]
