It was a particularly violent weekend in the west. A horrific attack on a young couple has left the Santa Familia community in shock. The sixteen year old girl was slashed to throat and dumped in the Belize River; while her boyfriend was stabbed multiple times. What has left villagers stunned is that the accused […]
There was further bloodshed in the west on Friday night. Hours before the murder of Emy Guerra, twenty-two-year old Maynor Portillo was found shot to the head near the Convention Center in Santa Elena. Police are still trying to piece together what led to the killing of the young man. Andrea Polanco has more. […]
In the city brothers Jafari and Wasani Castro and their companions managed to run afoul of two separate law enforcement organizations in the span of a single day – this past Friday. It started early in the morning when they were stopped by police on motorcycles in the Conch Shell Bay area and detained after […]
The Eastern Division (South) police’s official account differs slightly in that the vehicle was parked when the officers approached, but the rest of the leaked report appears to be true. However, the quibble raised by A.C.P. Chester Williams at today’s briefing, separate and apart from politics, is whether police had enough to charge at any […]
So there will be no charges, and the matter appears to be resolved – except for the leak of a usually confidential police document seemingly designed to bring pressure on the Department to re-open the case. A.C.P. Williams says the Department is concerned about the release of its information and is doing an internal investigation, […]
The family of fifty-two-year old Jorge Lemus is trying to come to terms with his untimely death. His body was found in a drain in the village of Unitedville in the west. But tonight, the cause of his death remains under investigation though the Lemus family believes he was robbed, killed and then discarded in […]
Still in the west, twenty-six-year-old Fabiola Velasquez lost her life in a traffic mishap in the early hours of Sunday morning while riding a motorcycle along the Valley of Peace Road. The young lady was returning from an event in that western community when she overtook a team of policemen who were also traveling along […]
Another charge made by the family, believing that foul play may have been involved in the death of their loved one, is that the officers left behind evidence of an attempted cover-up. Those pieces of items include a pair of bloody surgical gloves. According to Senior Superintendent Gillett, the officers were merely sloppy in disposing […]
The Ministry of Health recently announced that it will take over all processing for importation of pharmaceuticals into Belize. Considering past problems involving the drug inspectorate it seems a strange move. But the Customs and Excise Department, which also has a role to play in safe importation of these goods into the country, has been […]
News Five has learned of a significant bust of drugs on the island of Harvest Caye, where Norwegian Cruise Lines has their cruise port. Sometime last week, three visitors to the island were found with two kilos of methamphetamine according to Placencia police. The visitors, two men from the islands of St. Vincent and the […]
An Orange Walk man is free of the charge of theft following the conclusion of his trial in the Supreme Court late on Friday. A jury of nine deliberated for a little over an hour and found him not guilty of theft. Juan Angel Munoz appeared before Judge Adolph Lucas; he was accused of stealing […]
The historic Battlefield Park has a new decoration: a Belize sign where people can take photographs and have a reminder of where they are. Mayor Darrell Bradley says it is part of his continued transformation of downtown Belize City from the “Old” Capital to a vibrant and lively space. The sign, created by Estevan Perera […]
We have been regularly reporting on issues along the Mexico-Belize border with respect to contraband and other smuggling, illegal entry and exit and other issues. The Customs and Excise Department has been at the forefront of curbing and reducing such problems, but it is always a tough job. Recently there have been flare-ups between smugglers […]
The men and women of law enforcement across the country, those attached to the Belize Police Department, are celebrating Police Week 2017. Since launching a calendar of events on Sunday morning, officers have been involved in a number of activities, including cleanup campaigns and community outreach. Later this week, outstanding officers will also be recognized […]
About twenty budding filmmakers are learning an introductory course in video production from established director and producer Steven Torriano Berry. The creative force behind local dramatic television series “Noh Matta Wat,” Berry is no stranger to Belize and for the next five days the concepts drawn by his students will leap off the page to […]
This morning in Placencia, representatives of various ministries within the Government of Belize convened a Green Climate Fund conference. G.C.F. is a fund established within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is used to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change and its objective is to support […]
The competition was close, but on Saturday night Belmopan native Jennifer Louise Smith was crowned the new Miss Y.W.C.A. 2017-2018, succeeding Ms. Eleanor Sutherland. Smith won the crowd over at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts with a powerful re-telling of her life story in song and monologue. She overcame neglect in childhood and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights from the weekend sporting activities….]
