A well-known resident was shot dead over the weekend in Punta Gorda. Mario Vernon, the grandson of the late Leela Vernon, was shot by a cop and there are differing accounts on what went awfully wrong on Saturday night. The official report is that police fired at him when he pointed what appeared to be […]
Over the weekend in the city, there were two shootings between Friday night and Sunday night, but fortunately, there was no loss of life. In the first incident, a man was shot in the leg as he walked on Cran Street. Police say want to question one person in connection with the shooting but have […]
In the second shooting, two persons were injured including a minor. According to police, a group of men were socializing in a yard on Armadillo Street in Belize City when two persons rode up on a cycle and one of them fired several shots. The teenage boy was shot in the arm, whilst the other […]
A brazen robbery took place this morning on Cran Street in north side Belize City. A Chinese businessman was approached by two armed men in his vehicle and forced to surrender more than sixty thousand dollars in cash and cheques as well as his car keys. The robbers got away fairly easily and no one […]
Two friends were returning home on motorcycle when they were involved in a deadly collision with another motorcycle on the George Price Highway. Francisco Polanco perished when he crashed into another motorcycle, driven at the time by twenty-eight-year-old Camalote resident, Raul Garcia near the Westar Gas Station. From his hospital bed, Jeffery Thompson tells News […]
Former president of the Public Service Union, Jacqueline Willoughby, is a long-time trade unionist. But tonight she has severed ties with the Union amid what she calls lingering personal and ethnic differences with fellow unionists. She has engaged legal services to sue certain members of the Union’s Council of Management regarding repeated slanderous allegations made […]
News Five has confirmed that attorney Andrew Bennett is likely headed to the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning – but not to try a case. He will be on the defendant’s side of the courtroom facing Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer, as his legal team will listen to the evidence presented by the office of the […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington has signed the documents relating to a request for extradition for attorney Andrew Bennett from the U.S. State Department. But closer to home, a relative of his remains on the run from U.S. authorities. Doctor Errol Elrington, brother to Wilfred and Hubert Elrington, is listed among the top ten […]
P.U.P. mayoral aspirant Rigo Vellos is demanding a formal retraction, as well as an apology from the Guardian Newspaper after publishing a recent article which purportedly defames the municipal elections candidate in Corozal. Earlier today, the law firm of Musa and Balderamos wrote to the editor of the Guardian Newspaper on behalf of Vellos informing […]
Police have laid additional charges on twenty-four-year-old Jesus Enrique Muñoz of Orange Walk Town. Today, he was charged with manslaughter by negligence and causing death by careless conduct in connection with the accident that claimed the life of twenty-seven-year-old police constable Enid Tillett. Munoz was arraigned before the court and granted bail of five thousand […]
This morning, the Caribbean Court of Justice heard arguments in the matter of Sunshine Holdings—the company which acquired shares in Belize Telemedia Limited using a Social Security loan in 2005. Back in October, the highest court refused an application from the company, acquired by the Government of Belize from the B.T.L. Employees’ Trust headed by […]
A woman was arrested and charged for obtaining a birth certificate under false pretense. Police say that on Friday in San Ignacio, Wendy Castro tried to use a birth certificate issued in error to obtain a social security card. According to Police, the S.S.B. branch in that jurisdiction called them and upon their investigation found […]
And that is what the police had to say – but her husband tells a different story. We spoke with Gustavo Velasquez via phone and he told us that Wendy Castro was born in Belize and her birth certificate is legit and was obtained following all the requirements of the vital statistics unit. According to […]
Police this morning announced an arrest in the murder of Leon Garcia, which occurred fourteen days ago. Around three-thirty on New Year’s morning, Garcia was fatally stabbed to the chest and abdomen while with a group of men on Barrack Road, where they were set upon by a large group. The accused is twenty-four-year-old Stephen […]
A disturbing case of sexual assault was brought to the Magistrate’s Court this morning. The alleged victim is a two-year-old female child; the accused is a fifty-seven-year old man who insists he is innocent. Plumber Bernadott Reyes was read one count of sexual assault upon a child under the age of twelve by Chief Magistrate […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
