Rape is one of the most heinous crimes that can be committed and tonight there is growing public outrage over the sexual abuse of a four year old girl and it is devastating the entire community. On September twenty-second the child’s mother found out that her daughter was taken from school; the child also named […]
And while the mother feels alone and is calling on the authorities to do everything in their power, the police say they are not sitting back idly. The Police Department has admitted that their main suspect has been released because there is not enough evidence to charge him. But they are collecting biological specimens that […]
Another minor was shot in the city; it happened in the height of the rush hour near the traffic lights on Freetown Road. Police won’t confirm, but word on the street is that Justin Teck, referred to by police as Justin Stevens, is a victim of the ongoing violence between the Kelly and Victoria Streets […]
While Justin Teck is holding on to life, two other persons were murdered over the weekend. Forty-six year old Floyd Ifield Davis was expected to appear in court on charges of Preparing to Commit Murder and firearm offences for an incident in August 2010 when he and three other men were busted in his Crown […]
The other murder, a crime of passion, occurred in the west at the start of the weekend. On Friday night, a young woman was murdered and the alleged killer attempted suicide. There are more questions than answers on what transpired since the couple was alone. Nineteen year old Maritza Janet Santos was with her boyfriend […]
The Right Honorable George Cadle Price was laid to rest on Monday after a week of national mourning. Thousands paid their last respects to the first prime minister, whose casket carried with full military honor for the state funeral. The epitaph on his casket read simply “George Cadle Price, the Father of the Nation”. We […]
The official ceremony at Independence Hill on Monday was equally moving. Price received the highest accolades from the Belize and other governments across the hemisphere. News Five’s Andrea Polanco reports on the somber occasion. Andrea Polanco, Reporting On Monday, the city of Belmopan became alive as thousands of Belizean mourners gathered at Independence Hill under […]
The casket draped with the Belizean flag took hours to arrive at the Lord Ridge Cemetery where Price had chosen as his final resting place. Family and friends were stoic as the first prime minister was interned. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting George Cadle Price was buried on Monday. Students from Belize […]
It is estimated that in the range of eleven thousand persons visited the flag draped casket of first Prime Minister George Price in a period of sixteen hours at the Bliss and at the Price Centre for Peace and Development in Belmopan. From as early as six in the morning on Saturday the crowd began […]
There’s a new law that will kick in on October eleventh, which is bound to stir public debate over privacy issues. It is the mandatory registration of prepaid cellular numbers. According to a release by the Ministry of Police, both Belize Telemedia and SpeedNet will begin the registration under the Telecommunications Act and at the […]
A Lucky Strike resident is making serious allegations against a group of police officers. Frank Elijio claims that he had to be hospitalized after he was kidnapped and brutalized by cops who picked him up while he was visiting family and friends in the St. Martin De Pores area. According to Elijio, he was with […]
Police officers Constable Leonardo Yama and Sergeant Jose Ortega have been charged following an altercation which left a Magistrate’s Court bailiff toothless. According to the victim, he was socializing at a bar on September sixteenth when he encountered both uniformed officers drinking. He commented to Yama and Ortega that it was a disgrace to be […]
We will have more in Caribbean Newsline coming up after our local newscast, but in Jamaica, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has stunned that country with an announcement that he is formally stepping down. A new party leader will be chosen in an internal election of the Jamaica Labor Party in November when Golding is to […]
KTV Duets is back at the Bliss tonight and it is going to be a show to remember. The talent that has made it so far from Groups A and B will merge tonight and we can tell you that going into the semifinals, all bets are off for this round of competition. Only six […]
