The first murder of 2025 happened offshore, claiming the life of fifty-nine-year-old fisherman Godfrey Hyde Junior from Belize City. Hyde was supposed to return home for his birthday at the end of November. When he left on the sixteenth of that month, his family had
Tonight, a family in Corozal is reeling after their home was targeted by a gunman in the early hours of Sunday morning. Reports indicate that Viv Bradley, daughter of sixty-nine-year-old Justice of the Peace Anthony Bradley, and her two children were at their family home
Public safety concerns are mounting in Corozal District after gunmen targeted two homes around the same time. Early Sunday morning, between midnight and one a.m., the Bradley family home was riddled with bullets. Just a five-minute drive away in Ranchito village, another home came under
More gunfire erupted in the early hours of Sunday morning, this time at the Philip Goldson International Airport cargo warehouse in Ladyville. Just after midnight, security officers on their routine patrol spotted two figures in the distance on the eastern side of the warehouse. The
A family is desperately seeking your help to find their missing loved one. Thirty-eight-year-old Mason Patnett vanished from his home in Vista del Mar without a trace. Today, his sister Sasha Patnett told News Five that her brother adores his dogs and would never just
The trial of interdicted Sergeant of Police Walton Patrick Banner, thirty-six, kicked off today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before a senior magistrate. Sergeant Banner, a resident of Lemonal Village and a member of the Belize Police Department, is accused of obstructing a police
Tonight, a Dangriga car dealer is out on bail after being accused of obtaining property by deception. Thirty-year-old Keenen Anthony Flores, who claims to be a car dealer from New Site Area, Dangriga Town, was arraigned this morning in the Belize City Magistrate Court. Flores,
A Jamaican man is planning to sue the government after he claims immigration officials assaulted him. Christopher McIntyre arrived in Belize on New Year’s Eve for his first visit, encouraged by his friend Sheila Williams, who has been here several times. However, his trip turned
As we mentioned earlier, McIntyre is from Jamaica. Many Jamaicans use the freedom granted to CARICOM travelers to move between member countries and eventually make their way to the US. However, McIntyre insists this wasn't his intention. He's now lawyered up, and his attorney, Norman
Over the weekend, a tragic road accident claimed the life of a motorcyclist. Mario Quijada, aged forty-two, sadly became the first motorcycle fatality of the new year. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero has more details on this unfortunate incident. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern
