It was a bloody weekend in the Cayo District where two murders have been reported. In both incidents, in Spanish Lookout and Belmopan, respectively, the victims were hacked to death with machetes. Tonight, Belmopan police are looking for three persons in connection with an overnight homicide in the San Martin area in the outskirts of […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber’s assigned vehicle was reportedly stolen from his girlfriend’s house near mile four on the George Price Highway on Sunday evening. The Collet Area Representative was at the Old Belize Adventure and Marine Museum socializing when, unbeknownst to him, someone entered the parked 2013 Toyota Prado and drove off in it. […]
Was the theft and damage to Faber’s vehicle the result of a personal grudge or enmity and how did the thief gain access to the vehicle? According to the politician, he’s not aware that he has that many enemies. Patrick Faber, Deputy Prime Minister “I always say that I don’t have much enemies but […]
Coincidentally, while Faber’s vehicle was being retrieved from the Caribbean Sea, Chief Education Officer Doctor Carol Babb’s Mitsubishi SUV was engulfed in flames elsewhere. The vehicle which was previously assigned to Faber had been passed down to Babb who was driving it at the time of the fire. According to Faber, he does not believe […]
According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, DPM Faber notified Belize City Police of the theft of his assigned ministerial vehicle some after seven o’clock. That was after being informed moments earlier that indeed his 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado had been discovered submerged in water near the Marine Parade. ACP Chester Williams, […]
There was a second murder in the Cayo District, this time at a popular bar just outside Spanish Lookout on the Iguana Creek Road. Now it is not the first time that someone has been killed at La Pasadita Bar; in fact in early May, fifty-nine-year-old Jose Anibal Molina Estrada of Duck Run Three was […]
This afternoon in the Supreme Court, a legal showdown was expected between the Crown and Senior Counsel Richard “Dickie” Bradley who represents Melissa Ferguson, an accused conspirator in the kidnapping of murdered pastor Llewellyn Lucas and David Dodd. Crown Counsel Rene Montero had requested and was granted an adjournment last week Thursday to decide how […]
The soft-spoken Melissa Ferguson faced the press just before four-thirty this evening after making bail, flanked by her attorney Bradley. Ferguson told the media she has never been accused, much less convicted of a crime, and that recent events have come as a shock to her. Melissa Ferguson, Accused of Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping […]
A seventeen-year-old who is no stranger to police is back behind bars where he will spend his eighteenth birthday. The minor was read a murder charge in the Belize Family Court for the Friday morning murder of thirty- year-old Jason Young, aka “Packson”. Young, a popular footballer, was shot dead at the intersection of Dolphin […]
Twenty-six-year-old Kenroy Timmons of Belize City is accused of twice having sex with a minor aged fifteen. Today he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann-Marie Smith and did not give a plea. He was denied bail due to the nature of the offense and remanded to the Belize Central Prison until December 12, 2016. According to […]
Around eleven-thirty this morning, E and L Sports Bar located behind the La Cabana Bar in Belmopan went up in flames. The thatch to the front portion of the roof caught fire as workmen were repairing the zinc roofing that was damaged during Hurricane Earl two Wednesdays ago. Bar owner Levi Tello spoke to News […]
Attorney General Vanessa Retreage was today sworn in officially in Belmopan as a Senator and Minister of Government. The newest member of the upper house was sworn in before Senate President Lee Mark Chang and other senators at the National Assembly Building during today’s Senate meeting, according to the Press Office. She then appeared before […]
A decision on the constitutional challenge brought before the Supreme Court by Belizean gay rights activist Caleb Orozco, on the legality of Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code, was delivered by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin last Wednesday. The ruling in favor of Orozco serves to further polarize an already divided society on the controversial issue. […]
It’s been several months since a Senate Meeting has been held, despite several incidents of national importance; including, the B.T.L. Arbitration Award, the state of the economy, surging crime and the saga of William “Danny” Mason and his alleged connections with U.D.P. ministers. But at today’s senate meeting, Opposition Senator Valerie Woods recognized the ruling […]
But one social partner that does not support the ruling is the Council of Churches. Senator Ashley Rocke says that the concern is how the amendment to the law will affect children. Ashley Rocke, Senator for Churches “The concern is that now that the ruling has been made and it is the government […]
Saturday informally kicked off the September Celebrations with the annual National Song Competition. The event boasted a impressive lineup of talent from across the country. With the backing of the Gilharry Seven Band, a total of eighteen artists performed before a lively audience at the Memorial Park. News Five spoke with Communications and Marketing Director […]
A summer program for kids, organized by the Belize Police Department concluded today at the Yarborough Community Policing Center on Caesar Ridge Road. It’s called Getting to Know Your Country and allowed a little under a hundred young participants the opportunity to tour certain parts of Belize. Officer Commanding Community Policing at Eastern Division, Inspector […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize District Basketball Association completed its back matches on Friday night at the BES Gym as it prepares to stage its 8 team playoffs which gets off on the 20th and the 21st of August. We caught the matchup between 2 playoff bound […]
