A woman is one of two murder victims of the weekend. In Dangriga, the community is stunned at the shocking killing of a thirty-six-year old woman who was killed and dumped in the sea where her body was found early Sunday morning. The well-known resident Jasmin Garcia, known around Dangriga as “Min-Min or Minaz,” was […]
Well-known Dangriga artist, Elsworth ‘Vida’ Magdaleno, spoke with News 5 this evening to condemn the killing of Jasmin Garcia. Garcia, as we told you, was killed and her body dumped in the sea in Dangriga. She is Magdaleno’s first cousin and today the artist says that while this killing has hit home for his family, […]
Further south in Punta Gorda, Glenford Hines Junior was killed on Sunday morning. The latest murder victim was on Prince Street where his family lives. He was outside his house when a gunman opened fire. The Hines family believes that the bullets were meant for another person who was walking by. That person, Albert Valentine, […]
Earlier this year, Albert Valentine and another man identified as Adwan Usher were both arrested and charged for attempted murder, in the wake of an incident that occurred in Punta Gorda back in February. It is alleged that the pair of men had let loose a barrage of gunshots at a home on Queen Street. […]
There is a new case of police brutality to report. The violent incident was caught on camera and the images released on social media. It shows a police officer put a chokehold on a Belize City resident who was in front of a store on Faber’s Road. Another officer is seen holding down Anthony George […]
The Belize Peace Movement and Vision Inspired by the People were back in court this morning before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin where they are seeking leave to commence a judicial review challenging the Government of Belize in respect of a re-districting exercise. The disparity between the various constituencies as far as the number of registered […]
The Belmopan Supreme Court recently freed two men who had been charged with the murder of Canadian Matthiew Klinch. The filmmaker was stabbed to death in January 2016 outside his house in Selena, Cayo District. Twenty-two year old Brandon Anderson, and a minor were charged with his murder and conspiracy to commit murder; both were […]
The issue of the continued usage of gillnets in Belizean waters remains a heated debate among fisheries stakeholders, following government’s recent decision not to outlaw the destructive fishing gear. On Friday, only two days after G.O.B. sent out a press release stating that it will not prohibit the use of gillnets, a large commercial fishing […]
On Friday morning, the remnants of a burnt twin-engine aircraft with the markings “N-five-four-six-one, were discovered west of Chan Chen Village in the Corozal District. As is customary, no one was found in the area and neither was any cargo. However, a police find included eleven small aluminium buckets, four portable rechargeable led lights and […]
The tables have turned for two men, twenty-seven-year-old Wilmer Polanco and twenty-seven-year-old Manual Sacul, who alleged they were held at gunpoint and robbed on Saturday night. The employees of Recinos’ Imports told Roaring Creek police that at around ten o’clock they were in the company’s white freight liner truck traveling from Belize City to the Cayo […]
The Deputy Mayor of Benque Viejo del Carman, fifty-six-year-old Alvaro Gongora was carjacked on Friday morning. Gongora, along with two of his employees, was on the Arenal Road in his 2015 Ford Explorer when they were held up at gunpoint. The masked Hispanic men demanded the keys to the vehicle. Gongora complied and the robbers sped off […]
Police in the Cayo District are investigating a scary home invasion which occurred on Saturday night during which another vehicle was stolen. Thirty-six-year-old Alvin Chi was enjoying a peaceful night with his family in the village of San Jose Succotz when three masked men gained entrance inside their house, terrorizing the Chi family. The assailants […]
Belize celebrates its third year having signed on to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. Since 2016, when government was brought to its knees during an eleven-day strike effected by the Belize National Teachers Union, there hasn’t been much in terms of progress. There still isn’t a functional Integrity Commission, neither is there a […]
Two persons died in separate fatal accidents over the weekend. A man was killed in a hit-and-run on the Southern Highway on Saturday. The fatal accident happened near the Kendal Village around four in the afternoon. Dangriga police responded to the scene where they found the victim, a resident of Maya Center, already dead. […]
In another traffic fatality, fifty-year-old Epifiano Chan lost his life on Sunday evening. The San Narciso Village resident was driving his pickup truck on the San Narciso/ San Victor Road when the incident occurred. A.C.P. Myvett says that Chan lost control of the vehicle and died on the spot. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National […]
Last week we reported on the gruesome murder of former teacher Elito Puc. He was reported missing the week before and the family discovered that he had gone across the border to Melchor. The details of what he was doing in Guatemala are still unclear and the family told us that they also didn’t know […]
Gerald “Bomba” Lamb of Biscayne, Belize District, died on Saturday morning while on life support. Lamb was a victim of a shooter who released a barrage of bullets targeting him, hitting him three times; twice to the head and once to the chest. The incident occurred on November fourth while Lamb and a friend were […]
A fire broke out on Independence Street in San Ignacio Town over the weekend. On Saturday morning, Carmita Salazar was in her home when she was alerted that her snack shop located in the same yard was engulfed in flames. Salazar along with neighbours fought the blaze while fire-fighters arrived. However, the snack shop was […]
Belmopan resident Desmore Bowman remains missing tonight. He was last seen ten days ago on Friday, November twenty-ninth in the Young Bank area with another man. His mother, Mary Coleman, says he left home to go to Western Union to collect some money and has not been heard from since then. His family believes that […]
Concern is growing over twenty-two-year-old Devon Tariq Lopez. Lopez has not been seen or heard from since a week ago, on Monday, December second. The authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the Belize City youth. Lopez left his home in Belama Phase Three to meet a friend after he received a call. […]
A week of the poplar show, Gimme Five concluded on Friday night. Viewers got the opportunity to win tons of prizes as part of our twenty-eighth anniversary celebrations by simply answering their phone saying “Gimme 5”. The worthy top winner of this year’s show is from Belize City. She received that call from our studios at around […]
The Belize Camping Experience is selling apples this holiday season – and it is for a good cause. The non-profit suffered big losses this year with its harvest for kids programme. The drought wiped out most of their crops and those that survived it didn’t produce as much, so they were only able to cut […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
