The first murder for the weekend occurred on Friday night in the village of Lord’s Bank in Belize District. A man was stabbed multiple times; his cries for help were heard by residents who came out to find his on the street, gasping for air. Police were called in and arrived on the scene, but […]
Last Thursday we reported to you how the body of Geoffrey Crawford was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area of Biscayne Village. A short distance away was his red SUV that also went missing from his house, located at the entrance to Crooked Tree Village. On Friday, police arrested and charged a […]
Last Friday, there was a fatal traffic accident between miles forty-three and forty-four on the Southern Highway. Rafael Ortiz was travelling on a motorcycle which was involved in a collision with a pickup truck driven at the time by Ramon Caserez. Reports are that Caserez was overtaking a tractor on the highway and came in […]
All weekend people were wondering about the curfew and today they got their answer. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reverted to the previous curfew hours of nine p.m. to four a.m. The release further states that restaurants, saloons, diners and other similar establishments allowed to operate may offer dine-in services by reservation only. […]
The Prime Minister was ebullient this weekend after what he describes as a very productive five days of meetings in Mexico, as guest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Among the mutually beneficial projects he says they discussed were bringing the Tren Maya close to the Belize border and hooking up San Pedro directly to […]
And following the state visit to Mexico, more COVID-19 vaccines arrived from the Mexican government for Belizeans. This latest shipment of one hundred thousand is added to a previous shipment in June of the same amount. A representative of the Mexican government was in Belize for the handing over this weekend. Minister Michel Chebat says […]
If you have not gotten vaccinated and have been wondering how you will afford to take COVID tests so you can negative results at your work or to access public buildings? Well you will be relieved to know there are now two new testing centers that will be offering free tests. Yes, that is right, […]
An arrest has been made in a case which caused public outrage this week. Today twenty-four year old Dane Gillett is facing the charge of murder in the death of fifteen year old Dwayne Gabourel last Saturday. Gabourel died on Monday morning. Police believe that Gillett was the trigger man who fired at Gabourel at […]
Well-known B.D.F. soldier, Major Eric Neal passed away this morning at the Western Regional Hospital after two days of hospitalization. While the result of a PCR test is pending, within the past forty-eight hours two rapid tests have turned up negative. Neal experienced difficulty breathing on Wednesday and by today he was dead. News of […]
Gone too soon, the forty-one-year-old career officer will be buried with full military honours. Logistical details are being finalised and the services will adhere to COVID-19 regulations. Lt. Col. Anthony Velasquez, Chief of Staff, B.D.F. “He will be buried with full military honours so it will be similar to state funerals. He will receive […]
Neal’s wife and daughter lived on Price Barracks while the major worked out of Camp Belisario in the west as the Commander for the Echo Company within the Belize Defense Force. The trauma from his death is felt by his immediate family as well as his B.D.F. family and friends. Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel […]
But who was Major Eric Neal? Duane Moody has more on the man who touched many lives and those who are mourning his passing. [S.J.C. Alum performance] Duane Moody, Reporting The vocalist in this video is the younger Eric Neal, alum of Saint John’s College in Belize City along with fellow classmates. He […]
A search and rescue operation was successfully carried out by the Belize Coast Guard on Tuesday which resulted in four Honduran fishermen being saved after being adrift for three days on the high seas. The vessel they were traveling in began experiencing mechanical failure near Amoa, an area of the Caribbean Sea in Honduran waters. […]
Police have detained one person in connection with the murder of sixty-nine-year-old Geoffrey Crawford, who was abducted from his residence near Crooked Tree Village on Wednesday morning. The body of the retired porter was found inside a shallow grave in the vicinity of Biscayne, one day after he was taken from his home after assisting […]
Persons entering government building, including employees, must now present proof of immunization or a negative COVID19 test. Across Belize City today, visitors were being asked to present their vaccination cards. News Five’s Paul Lopez visited some of the more frequented Government offices to find out how the general public is responding to these regulations. Here […]
On Wednesday concerned residents reported that one of their neighbors living at the entrance to Crooked Tree Village may have been abducted. Today police located a body a few miles away. And while authorities are not saying that the remains are that of Geoffrey Crawford, indications are it may be, especially since a vehicle at […]
Well, you heard it was coming and now it is official, the actual Statutory Instrument issued today. As October 1st anyone who needs to go to a public medical facility, government office or the office of a statutory body must show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an upcoming date for […]
Not everyone is happy about the vaccine and test mandate. Some sectors say they should have been consulted first. That’s the position the National Trade Union Congress. The NTUCB says while they recognize GOB has a duty to develop reasonable measures to protect public health, they find it quote “disheartening” that no worker input, even […]
The murder of fifteen-year-old Dwayne Gabourel continues to play in the minds of households across the country. The promising SJC student was targeted by a gunman as he went to buy bread last Saturday; shot multiple times inside a store on New Road, a short distance from where he lived. But in the last two […]
Executive Director Nicholas says that as a society, we are reactive and not proactive enough. But will the unfortunate killing of Dwayne Gabourel trigger the necessary changes and interventions at all levels – community and policy level? Margaret Nicholas, Executive Director, NCFC “The killing of Dwayne may really and truly propel us to do […]
Talking about interventions, while we were with the Director Nicholas of the National Commission of Families and Children, she spoke of the need for change in legislation for the age of mandatory education. The data is showing that a lot of young persons are on the streets and out of school. Margaret Nicholas, Executive […]
While it was expected that the COVID-19 pandemic might bring some families closer, Nicholas says that in some households it seems to have worsened the situation. Parents, who are not trained to be teachers, have been finding it difficult to keep their children focused while doing online classes, and then there is the situation of […]
Due to the rise in COVID cases, the Ministry of Education is having to step back from a return to fully face-to-face learning, but moving full steam ahead with its plans to reopen schools for hybrid learning on October fourth. In the hybrid instructional mode, students do have some face-to-face instruction, but on shifts. On-site […]
Almost three weeks after being hit by a car on the Phillip Goldson Highway, a resident of Sand Hill has died. Twenty-eight-year-old Keiron Flowers succumbed to injuries he received following an accident on September seventh in front of the U-Mall in Ladyville. Flowers remained in a coma at the K.H.M.H. until he died on Monday. […]
COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the country as we are experiencing a third wave of the virus. On Tuesday, the frightening data was released; three hundred and fifty new cases were confirmed alone. And despite one hundred and ninety new recoveries recorded, the number of active cases is now at two thousand one hundred and […]
