A Belize City youth was brutally murdered over the weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Alejandro Lauriano was chopped, stabbed and shot to death on Monday night while in Lucky Strike Village, rural Belize. Lauriano was in the company of a relative with whom he had recently been staying. The two men were in the yard socializing when the […]
Up north, a family in Calcutta Village is coming to terms with the sudden passing of their loved one. Fifty-two-year-old Jesus Mossiah was reportedly stoned with a piece of cement which caused him to bleed out and eventually die. It happened on Saturday night on Seventh Avenue in Corozal Town. Police say that Mossiah, a […]
There was mayhem in Belize City on Saturday morning when shoppers in the vicinity of the Northern Shops, Courts and the nearby Uno Gas Station were startled by the sound of gunshots. A team of policemen was responding to a robbery in progress at A&R store when they were met with gunfire. Additional reinforcements were […]
There was a heavy police presence at Holy Redeemer Primary School this morning where officers, including a B.D.F. bomb expert, were combing the grounds for a grenade or a suspected explosive. That’s because someone had posted a threat on social media on Monday that a live grenade would have been planted on the compound today. […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, they are actively looking for one person whom they believe can assist with information on the false alarm. He says that charges can be brought against that individual for causing public terror. Holy Redeemer has a population of one thousand, thirty-nine students. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police […]
Thirty-eight-year-old Joseph Budna, a Belizean inmate who is serving a thirty year sentence in a Guatemalan prison for kidnapping and escape, has once again escaped from lawful custody. His flight from a regional hospital in San Benito is the second time he has absconded from authorities in that country. In 2014, the former freelance reporter […]
A teenager drowned over the weekend in the Valley of Peace Community out west. On Saturday afternoon, a group of friends was socializing near the bank of the Belize River when Carlos Reyes leapt into the river. He did not resurface and minutes later a friend went diving for him. His body was retrieved and […]
A resident of Placencia is tonight recovering at the Southern Regional Hospital after an altercation with his neighbour ended with him being shot in the leg. Francis Eiley has had a land dispute with Terrence Lopez for some time now and on Monday night, it came to a head; Lopez reportedly pulled out his licensed […]
Two Belize City residents were arraigned late this evening in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson for Friday afternoon’s shooting on Antelope Street. Police believe that they have obtained sufficient evidence against Jose Vasquez and Jose Rivera for the aggravated assault upon three individuals who stood near a mechanic on Antelope Street. While no […]
There’s a new gang in town – that’s one of the messages coming out of the Belize Police Department tonight. Prior to last weekend’s spike in gun violence, there had been a relative lull when it comes to shootings across the country, specifically so during the months of March and April, which in previous years […]
On Monday, May twentieth, government tabled a bill for an act to establish the Belize Tax Service Department. This department is expected to facilitate the official and effective administration and collection of domestic taxes. The Belize Tax Service Department will also provide for tax procedures and civil and criminal penalties for violating tax laws. Well, […]
In late April, the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Association blasted Commissioner of Police Chester Williams about the ongoing conflict with Police Association President, Eldon Arzu. The Caribbean association raised concerns over the ComPol’s leadership style, saying he had “overridden the inadequacies of the existing laws and made matters worse by imposing a dictatorial style […]
Holy Angels RC School in Pomona Valley made headlines back in March when it was shut down by health officials because of a major rodent and termite infestation. Since then, the school has been seeking assistance with eradicating the vermin problem and renovating the dilapidated school building. Westrac Ltd. was among the first corporate entities […]
There was disturbing find on Saturday night in Toledo District. The headless body of a jaguar was discovered near the dump area of Punta Gorda/San Antonio Road. It is believed that the wild cat was poached and decapitated by persons who were ordered by local or international buyers seeking the head for display or for […]
This year, Cancer Walk came a little earlier than usual, but it was still able to gather the support from the public in bringing awareness to the deadly disease that has been affecting the young and the old. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting It was that time of the year again […]
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