A national from Guatemala arrived in the country a few days ago to get away from personal problems. But instead his life was cut short in a deadly home invasion even before the crack of dawn this morning. Forty-five-year-old Ruben Esquivel Aguilar was shot multiple times in the kitchen of his sister’s house. Two armed […]
San Ignacio Police have arrested and charged Nevis Betancourth for the murder of Jose “El Chele” Castellanos. Betancourth was hospitalized for several days following the deadly incident that happened at a fast food restaurant in Santa Elena. The chopping/shooting happened on July twenty-seventh around eight that night. According to witnesses, there was a brief exchange […]
Hours prior to the murder of Ruben Esquivel, shots rang out several blocks away on Sarstoon Street in the Old Capital. Just after midnight on Tuesday, thirty-four-year-old Michael Aspinal, a resident of Kraal Road was shot to the leg and arm. There are few details that police can confirm. Superintendent Daniel Arzu explains. Supt. […]
We can finally confirm tonight that the San Pedro police are looking for Wasani and Jafari Castro, following the aggravated assault of twenty-one-year-old Kevin Brown at a resort on the island since the weekend. Police say that the sons of Minister Edmond “Clear the Land” Castro cannot be located since Sunday, but had beaten Brown […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice has issued written reasons for its decision in the case of Progresso Heights Limited versus Wilfred Elrington and Pitts and Elrington. On July twenty-first, the court ordered Elrington and his firm to return all the conveyancing documents that Progresso Heights Limited sent from Florida to Elrington’s wife between September 2009 […]
News Five continues its perusal of one hundred and eighteen land documents leaked recently that show a land scheme which enriched friends and families of former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega. We took you through the switching scheme employed by the Vega family of western Cayo District, relatives of the Gaspar and German Vega clan […]
The Belize Central Prison is bursting at its seams as the number of inmates stands at one thousand three hundred. Of that amount, four hundred and fifty-two are awaiting trial for crimes that range from petty offenses to murder. Today, the Belmopan Police took a group of youths to the prison for a life lesson, […]
The field trip to the Belize Central Prison was organized by Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett of the Belmopan Police. He says that it is part of his formation’s community policing initiative during the summer vacation. Over ten thousand youths are out of school and caught up in mischievous acts. Gillett believes that the program is […]
A three-year custody battle between Canadian parents is winding down. Thirty-three-year-old Canadian national Robin Leanne Greenway Trockstad was arrested by authorities in Cayo District after the Canadian government issued a warrant for her arrest on charges of abduction in contravention of a custody order. Four-year-old Treyson Trockstad Greenway, Robin’s son with ex-husband Chad, was taken […]
A duo believed to have been involved in an armed robbery in the Lord’s Bank area, Ladyville were arraigned this afternoon in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. A third man remains at large. Steve Ferrel, a Belize City construction worker and Veris Ventura, who is originally from Hopkins Village, appeared before Magistrate Aretha Ford and […]
Could a legal loophole help residents of Belize City avoid paying overdue property taxes? We’ll tell you what city councilor and mayoral aspirant Philip Willoughby’s role is shortly; but first, Ryan Davis of Antelope Street is taking his case to City Hall after receiving a summons on behalf of his ailing grandmother who is seeking […]
Ryan Davis, who renounced his gang ties and is a part of the Youth Apprenticeship Program, approached Willoughby, who took his case up to the Ministry of Local Government. Poor and indigent persons are covered in a specific section of the Towns Property Tax Act which Willoughby says people can take advantage of despite expected […]
The very first admission into the newly formed Maya Land Registry has been made by the remote southern village of Crique Sarco. The far-flung community in the Toledo District is one of twenty-three indigenous populations that has signed on to the consent order, following a monumental land rights case against the Government of Belize in […]
This morning, men, women and children from the wider indigenous community were bussed into Crique Sarco where the geographical map of the village was formally unveiled. Among the invited guests was Lisel Alamilla, Chairperson of the Maya Land Rights Commission. As part of the CCJ’s decision, that government agency is tasked with working with the […]
Belize’s team to the 2017 Central American Pre-Infantile under-eleven and under-thirteen Table Tennis Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, returned with two bronze medals in boys’ play and improved performances across the discipline. The seven players are Taye Parkinson, Devesh Hukmani, Jofny Paguaga, Goran Gabourel and in the female category, Sarai Paguaga, Abigail Thurton and Gabrielle Gabourel. […]
