The extended Christmas weekend may have brought seasonal cheer to most of the country but there is still grief as three persons lost their lives. Two died by accident, but a man known for spending quality time with his family and for taking them on trips to Disney Land has been murdered. The well-known and […]
All was not quiet in the former capital either. Fifty-eight year old Alfonso Zetina was shot in the shoulder while walking along Youth For The Future Drive on Christmas Day. Interestingly, the laborer, of a Belize City address, was unaware that he was the victim of a shooting incident which occurred an hour earlier. According […]
There were two other persons who lost their lives over the holiday weekend. At 11:50pm on December, twenty-fifth, Police responded to a scene at the Battlefield Park on Albert Street, in Belize City where they found the body of Clifford Stephen junior. The police investigation into his death is ongoing. However, an unofficial report says […]
At the top of the newscast, you heard of the Santa Elena resident that was brutally murdered during a home invasion. There was another aggravated burglary that occurred and it happened during the most festive if not sacred part of the weekend. In the early hours on the morning of December twenty-fifth, Christmas Day, an […]
And while the police are fresh on the case of that aggravated burglary, another case that occurred earlier in the year still has fresh wounds for its victim. On September twenty seventh, a four-year-old girl was taken out of her classroom by someone she knew. Not only did she tell her mother a detailed account […]
A near fatal road traffic accident involving two vehicles traveling in opposite directions along the Western Highway several miles outside of Benque Viejo Town on Monday morning has left three people, employees of Windy Hill Resort, severely injured. The collision occurred between miles sixty-nine and seventy as a green Toyota HiAce, driven by Luis Polanco, […]
News Five also spoke with Assistant Superintendent Claudio Mai who said that San Ignacio police are continuing their investigation into the accident. Asst. Supt. Claudio Mai “Okay this traffic accident occurred between seventy and seventy-one miles western highway which is just the dump area which is between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo. Reportedly Mister Luis […]
The Western Highway wasn’t the only road that was dangerous. But instead of a dangerous curve, two workers found themselves at the receiving end of the barrel of a gun. On Friday December twenty-third around three-thirty in the afternoon, Jaime Salguero, driver of Bowen & Bowen Limited reported to police that he was returning from […]
The Christmas weekend was busy not only for highway robbers but also those who prey on precious natural resources in protected areas as well as on crown land. The extraction of Rosewood continues unabated and despite numerous objections held by groups such as SATIIM and the Maya Leaders Alliance, poor villagers continue to cut down […]
Ending the Rosewood extraction seems as tough as trying to reform criminals from returning to the courts. Earlier today, Anthony Mortis, a career criminal, was back in court today to answer a charge of attempted burglary. The fifty-two year old appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer this morning after being accused of trying to break […]
Christmas came a few days late for another man who made an appearance at the courthouse. Nineteen-year-old Delroy Moss, who has been the subject of a firearm and ammunition case, narrowly escaped a five year sentence today when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. It is alleged that on March 13th, 2011 Moss was […]
Chinese grocer Xin Ye Zheng, proprietor of Lips Bar on Newtown Barracks, was the victim of an armed robbery on Monday when a pair of gunmen ambushed him at the close of his business. This morning thirty-one year old Brassel Gordon, a resident of Saint Thomas Street and twenty-five year old Keith Williams, a security […]
Squatting in the Holy Emmanuel area, otherwise known as Gungulung, has been an issue of serious concern for the Lands Department over the past year. In late March an entire community of trespassers was confronted by heavily armed police officers who barred them from entering unto property belonging to the Government of Belize. On June […]
There is one man who has been boldly going where no man has gone before. And though he has gone beyond borders, he has been honored for it. Doctor Arlie Oswald Petters was recently honored with a Caribbean American Heritage Award at its eighteenth gala in Washington D.C. for his contribution to science. Added to […]
Dubbed ‘the Prince of Belize’, he gave you the hit ‘Tornado,’ but he’s not one-hit wonder. Lova Boy is back with a hot new video for a track entitled ‘You Da Wife’ which is featured on his debut album “Grand Opening”. The recording artist released the video in Belize and online at his website, on […]
