Twenty-four-year-old Percival Pilgrim expired around two-thirty this morning from injuries he received during a shooting incident on Banak Street several hours earlier. The incident was a catalyst that sparked a reprisal on Vernon Street on Wednesday night that left two persons dead. It’s all part of a beef that has been brewing in the Mayflower […]
The gun violence in Belize City ended with the double murder of a mother of eight and a youth from her neighborhood. Reports are that both victims were gunned down when a lone gunman opened fire, then simply walked away. It is not yet known what triggered the attack, but the killings have devastated yet […]
About an hour before the double murder of Conorquie and Garcia on Logwood Street, police had responded to another shooting incident in the city, this time on Iguana Street Extension. The victims were rushed to the K.H.M.H. and a rapid response by police led to the interception of a vehicle and alleged gunmen. News Five’s […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke with the media late this evening and confirmed that the murder of Percival Pilgrim was indeed the result of an internal conflict within the Mayflower Street area. Likewise, the shootings on Iguana Street Extension are also part of an ongoing feud within a particular gang in that neighborhood. The […]
The double homicide involving Cynthia Conorquie and Allen Garcia may be related to the fatal shooting of Percival Pilgrim that occurred several hours earlier. That’s the angle that investigators are probing. While they were processing the scene of that shooting incident, police were able to nab three Belize City men whom they believe were involved […]
A barrage of bullets signaled the break of dawn in Punta Gorda today. The sound of gunshots woke up the sleepy coastal town to the news that a well-known resident had been murdered. He was shot multiple times as he sat in the driver’s seat of his vehicle to report for work at the Punta […]
Late this evening, Police Commissioner Chester Williams briefed the media on the leads they are pursuing about Dennis Trapp’s murder in Punta Gorda. According to police, two killers approached the unsuspecting victim, killed him and then sped away on a motorcycle. ComPol Williams says they believe that this latest murder is gang related. Chester […]
Within the past twenty-four hours, youth have been both the primary victims and the main suspects detained in connection with the spate of violence in Belize City. Since Wednesday, the Behaviour Modification and Conflict Management Services, formerly the Conscious Youth Development Programme, has been on the ground trying to connect with the actors involved in […]
The Behaviour Modification and Conflict Management Services falls under the scope of the Department of Youth Services which finds the urban gun violence flare up concerning. But Deputy Director and Officer in Charge at D.Y.S., Kevin Cadle says that while they are providing wraparound services for at-risk youth, those who want to live a life […]
News Five has confirmed with the family of Sir Colville Young that he will be retiring as the Governor General of Belize. According to the family, they were consulted and agreed, along with his doctor, that it is time. A message from the family to News Five says, “We have been planning for this eventuality […]
Auditor General Dorothy Bradley was in the crosshairs of the unions on Wednesday when they took aim at her and several others, including Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Central Bank Governor Joy Grant. Bradley responded this afternoon by issuing a release correcting what she refers to as baseless assertions from the Public Service Union and […]
The reading of the national budget was scheduled for next Friday, March twenty-sixth. But today, word was circulating that it has been pushed back due to a request by the Public Service Union and other unions. Today, it was confirmed that the budget reading will be postponed by at least two weeks to allow for […]
Belizean drivers are about to get shocked at the pump again. Regular fuel will increase by a whopping eight-six cents on Friday. Drivers will now have to pay almost eleven dollars a gallon, ten dollars and ninety-two dollars to be exact. Just days ago, diesel drivers had to “tek di lick” when diesel increased by […]
The Belize New Car Dealers Association has harsh words this evening for the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The association is demanding the order for new vehicles made by the ministry through Belize Auto Zone be cancelled immediately and an investigation be launched into what they are terming “irregularities” surrounding it. The B.N.C.D.A. put out […]
Efforts to improve sheep husbandry continue. This week, the Central Farm Livestock Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Taiwan Technical Mission hosted a workshop for farmers from the Cayo District involved in sheep production. The training focused on general sheep breeding management, herd health and nutrition, including pasture management. Facilitators included […]
A man who was hauled before the Magistrate’s Court earlier this week on charges of Common Assault and Harm was today sentenced to nine months in prison after he pleaded guilty. Keshawn Dennison was sentenced to six months in the first instance for causing harm to Erica Sutherland, and to another three months to be […]
Our profiles on Belizean women in various professions continue tonight with another woman in the sciences. This time she is a meteorologist and a veteran of the Met Service. Although she stumbled into this as a career, Michelle Augustine urges young women interested in math and physics to consider joining her and the other women […]
