Eleven days into the New Year and the police department is recording its sixth murder. Over the weekend, as many as four persons were brutally killed. We start with the murders of two taxi men…both young, Hispanic and living in the same general area of Belmopan. Both worked at the same stand by the bus […]
Today, twenty-five year old Lincoln Bejerano was charged for Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Keeping Ammunition Without a License for the point thirty-eight calibre rounds in his pocket. He and a minor found with him at the checkpoint were also charged for Keeping a Firearm Without a License and Keeping Ammunition Without a License […]
In the Belize District, an execution style murder took the life of Cleon Smith, aka Tush. It is said that the street figure moved to Hattieville some years ago to escape the life of gangs and reform himself. But on Sunday, one of two gunmen caught him off guard under a shed in the village […]
The fourth murder victim was found inside a well in Punta Gorda. The grisly discovery of the decaying corpse of Jarrel Edward Pop was made by Punta Gorda police on Saturday morning. The body of the nineteen year old had what appeared to be multiple stab wounds to various parts, including the abdomen and neck. […]
The anticipated traditional and ceremonial opening of the Supreme Court took place this morning in a packed courtroom of the judiciary and other guests. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin presided over the proceedings and provided a report on the 2015 legal calendar year. The report card was gloomy: there is an increase in the remand population […]
The National Party Council of the People’s United Party met at Saturday to pave the way to a national convention set for January thirty-first in Belmopan. Various positions are up for grabs, but all eyes are on the leadership position. Immediate past leader Francis Fonseca, who stepped down on November fifth, stepped back in unexpectedly. […]
As we told you, all eyes will be on the race for leadership which has led to very heated and unpleasant debate on social media. The Chairman position is also up for grabs. Henry Charles Usher is the incumbent, so to speak, but very successful politician Oscar Requeña, wants a shot at that post. Usher […]
One constituency which is always volatile even at the best of times is Belmopan. These are not the best of times, and early on in the convention race there was controversy over the delegate lists. Reports are that standard bearer Patrick Andrews has been manipulating the delegate list to ensure that all persons on that […]
A string of fires in a span of two hours deliberately set by an arsonist kept Punta Gorda police and firefighters busy on Sunday morning. Around one-thirty a.m., local authorities responded to a vehicle on fire on Cayetano Street. There, they observed a team of firemen attempting to douse flames emanating from the engine of […]
There is one more allegation of rape to add to the growing list. It reportedly occurred in the south over the weekend. A resident of San Ignacio, Cayo District, claims that soon after she got off a bus last Saturday at about twelve-thirty at the junction near Dangriga, she was accosted by a man carrying […]
The judiciary was busy today with the opening of the Supreme Court throughout the morning. When the Magistrate’s Court resumed session this afternoon, a businessman alleged he was robbed by a group of four men inside his business on Barrack Road. One of the men was caught on surveillance camera stealing beer and a bottle […]
It is now six weeks since three minors perished during a fire at the Youth Hostel near mile twenty-one and a half on the George Price Highway and still there are no official findings on the deaths of the three girls. On the afternoon of November twenty-seventh 2015, a massive fire started inside a room […]
According to Minister Martinez, contrary to what is being said, the ministry is not dragging its foot with the independent investigation into the matter. But will the ministry wait until the conclusion of the investigation to make changes at the Youth Hostel? Anthony “Boots” Martinez, Ministry of Human Development, Social Transformation & Poverty Alleviation […]
Twelve-year-old Shinique Perez, a student of Saint Martin’s Primary School, remains missing tonight after failing to return to her classroom on Friday afternoon. The family was immediately notified by the school. Today, her grandmother, Eleanor Wright confirmed to News Five that Shinique has not been seen or heard from in the past three days and […]
Another minor is missing. Fifteen year old Seily Jozeline Aguilar has been missing since January sixth. She left her home in Valley of Peace early, as usual, in her Belmopan Comprehensive School uniform. She never returned home. Her mother has been frantic since, and has enlisted the aid of the Belmopan Police in an attempt […]
Now on a point of clarification…first, attorneys for Jitendra Chawla aka Jack Charles, have written the media to say that Charles is not the proprietor of RC Imports, which has no involvement in the rice dispute. Second, on Friday there was a report that Chukka was an interested party in a new cruise port for […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. We take you to Burrell Boom where the faithful who make the La Ruta Maya have congregated on the bank of the Belize River in preparation for the 2016 Belikin La Ruta Canoe Race that has become a favorite with the Belizean public on […]
