Vybz Kartel, the Jamaican dancehall artist, has had his murder conviction overturned. He was sentenced to life in 2014 for the 2011 killing of his associate, forty-eight-year-old Clive "Lizard" Williams. Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, along with three co-defendants, successfully appealed on the
A child and a woman from the Agua Viva community, just outside of Belmopan, are dead following a shooting incident inside the Belmopan Market. Forty-year-old Laura Fiorito and her husband Salvatore Lopes were at Paradise Café along with their two children and eight-year-old Megan Klassen,
Reporters caught up with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams earlier today. He was asked if police have established a motive for the shooting. ComPol Williams explained that the accused claims that the family tried to poison him and that his claims are still being investigated.
ComPol Williams also questioned why the perpetrator in the Belmopan Market double murder would target children. He contended that if the accused had an issue with the parents, then the children should have been left alone. Here is how he puts it. Chester Williams, Commissioner
A man was knocked down and killed in Belize City this afternoon. The incident happened at the entrance of the Philip Goldson Highway near the bus stop. The incident happened around two while Ishmarley Clarke was driving a motorcycle heading from the direction of Belize
On Friday, attorney Orson “OJ” Elrington was arraigned on a charge of rape, several weeks after two women filed reports with the Belize Police Department alleging that they were sexually assaulted by Elrington after a night of partying on the entertainment strip in Belize City.
We have not had an opportunity to ask him for a comment on the ruling since the High Court handed down its verdict in the Oscar Selgado case. But today, News Five asked the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams for his perspective on the historic
Stevedores who have since last Friday been showing up to work but not working today returned to the Port of Belize compound and got into work full throttle in anticipation of a meeting between their union, the Christian Workers’ Union and Prime Minister John Briceño.
On Friday, Prime Minister John Briceño presented his administration’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The financial plan for 2024/2025 has allocated one point four three billion dollars for government’s expenditures in the next cycle. This morning, we asked Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow for a
The Government of Belize has earmarked one million dollars to boost the Belize Police Department’s crime fighting strategy. This is apart from the annual budget allocated to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams explained that the monies will be used
