We begin tonight’s newscast from the Supreme Court in Belize City with a ruling in the murder case involving well-known barber Fareed Ahmad. On December twenty-eighth, 2017 Ahmad was killed. He died while receiving treatment at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot in the head inside his vehicle that crashed on the side of the […]
Multiple gunshots rang out on Lakeview Street this morning where officers on mobile patrol got into a shootout with several persons who had reportedly opened fire on an individual who was walking near Banak Street moments earlier. When the smoke cleared, four persons had been injured and the area was strewn with shell casings. The […]
Just as our evening newscast was wrapping up on Thursday night, shots rang out on Partridge Street in Belize City. The life of twenty-seven-year-old forklift driver Augustine Coc was ended by a gunman who came up to him and fired several shots in his direction. Coc was heading home to his family on Haulze Street […]
There’s another murder to report, this time it happened in southern Belize where thirty-seven-year-old Darwin Chavarria met a gruesome end in Punta Gorda. The Cattle Landing resident was last seen alive around ten on Wednesday morning and when he didn’t return home, his family filed a missing person’s report on Thursday. We are told that […]
Cassian Billary of Warrie Street in Belize City was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford for the murder of nineteen-year-old Micah Baltazar. Billary couldn’t be offered bail and no plea was taken because the charge is an indictable offence to be tried only in the Supreme Court. He was remanded to prison today. On Monday […]
There are new COVID-19 measures being implemented going into the Christmas holidays, including a nightly curfew that will keep most Belizeans inside their homes at eight o’clock. The announcement of new measures came this morning during a press conference held by the ministries of Health and Wellness and Home Affairs. While an existing ten o’clock […]
The use of face masks remains mandatory, despite the penalty for the offense of not having one or wearing it improperly having been reduced to a fine of five hundred dollars. For business owners, the Ministry of Home Affairs emphasizes that customers adhere to all COVID-19 protocols, including social distancing and hand sanitizing and since […]
We begin tonight’s newscast with a brazen shooting incident in the north during which the victim fortunately escaped grave injury and is now hospitalized. In San Andres Village, Corozal District, an attempt was made on the life of Benigno Loria, a well-known figure in the area. He was at his residence when he was struck […]
The Government of Belize is expected to announce new quarantine regulations on Friday which will become effective on Saturday. As you will recall, the most recent Statutory Instrument expires this Friday. But going into the Christmas holidays with a large number of COVID-19 cases daily has prompted law makers to institute additional measures. This morning, […]
When that new statutory instrument comes into effect, it will also clamp down on the sale of alcohol. According to Minister Kareem Musa, the public will no longer be able to purchase alcohol after six p.m. Here’s how he explains it. Kareem Musa, Ministry of Home Affairs “That is one of the regulations that […]
As we head into the holidays and new measures are put in place, talk of another lockdown has been swirling in the public. As we told you earlier this week, one government C.E.O. is calling for a lockdown to contain the COVID-19 cases. Today, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa was asked about his stance […]
Late this evening, the Office of the Prime Minister announced the appointment of Doctor Gilroy Middleton as the new Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Immigration. The release says that Doctor Middleton has work experience in the public and private sector and is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Management and Social Science […]
Former B.T.L. Chairman Nestor Vasquez has also parted ways with his family business, Tropical Vision Limited, Channel Seven after thirty-nine years of ownership. The move comes in the wake of a scandal at Belize Telemedia Limited where Vasquez racked up a bill of almost a million dollars in personal expenses on the company’s corporate credit […]
A cohort of at least two hundred and twenty-five new police constables is expected to pass out of the Police Training Academy in June 2021, upon completion of a six month course. Their addition to the Belize Police Department is part of the People’s United Party’s mandate in which it is expected that an additional […]
Siblings Brandon and Hubert Baptist and two other Belize City residents were released from police custody earlier today, after being detained by police on Wednesday while they were at home on Police Street. The men told News Five this evening that they were inside their yard when a team of officers from the Gang Suppression […]
Also detained during the sweep was well-known footballer Floyd Jones who says he was at the barbershop inside the family yard when he, too, was taken into custody. According to Jones, the arresting officers insisted that a photograph of himself be taken, along with his fingerprints, despite not being charged for a criminal offense. […]
There was a brazen armed robbery in Spanish Lookout on Wednesday afternoon. Salesman Michael Escalante reported to police upon walking out of Farmers Trading Center in Spanish Lookout, he was accosted by two gunmen armed with shotguns. They demanded that he hand over the keys to his 2020 Wingle pickup truck valued at fifty thousand […]
The fight against COVID-19 is an ongoing battle that sees many frontline workers being exposed to the dreaded illness. While we have covered many stories on the ravages of the pandemic from a socioeconomic perspective, the stories of officers at the forefront of this effort have seldom been told. What we do know is that […]
While the department continues to battle the pandemic, as many of its officers remain on the frontline, the Commissioner of Police is grateful to the men and women who report to duty every day, notwithstanding the risks involved. In anticipating what lies ahead for 2021, ComPol Williams reflects on the work that is presently before […]
There has been widespread speculation that strict measures will be imposed in the days ahead to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus in Belize. While that has not been confirmed, we do know that the Briceño administration has postponed Friday’s planned Sitting of the House of Representatives and that a press conference will instead […]
If you’re planning to have a party or a gathering of friends at your residence in the days ahead, perhaps it’s best to think twice about that idea. The Belize Police Department is launching its COVID-19 hotlines. The general public is asked to call and report anyone hosting a party, other social events, or persons […]
The Center for Disease Control, better known as the C.D.C., recently placed Belize at a level four. In a travel notice on its official website, the C.D.C. says that travellers should avoid all travel to Belize because it may “increase your chances of getting and spreading COVID-19.” The designation flies in the face of efforts […]
Keith Gilges also chimed in on the CDC designation of COVID-19 levels in Belize. The Chargé d’Affaires says that the Center for Disease Control placed over a hundred and seventy countries in that level four designation, including the United States. Keith Gilges, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Belize “They were looking globally at all […]
Minister Mahler says that he and his team have been looking at the strategy to keep international tourists coming in, but strict COVID-19 protocols must remain in place to ensure the safety of the country and its visitors. Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism “We have to be responsible as a nation. Eighty-two percent of […]
A father of two was killed in Belize City on Monday night. Keith Courtenay Junior was in his yard when the assailants attacked him. He tried to escape from his killers but he couldn’t get away from their bullets. The family reports that they heard the shots ring out in their neighborhood but they didn’t […]
