With the clock ticking toward the Christmas holiday, the past weekend turned out to be a bloody one for families across Belize as the incessant murder count keeps going upward and there is loss of lives in traffic accidents. Up north in Orange Walk, a horrific murder occurred. A couple was found dead inside their […]
The discovery of the bodies of husband and wife couple, Rafael and Nancy Huezo, rocked Orange Walk this morning. According to police, Nancy had what appeared to be an injury to one of her hands. The couple was discovered inside their home on Stadium Street by one of their sons who had stopped by to […]
There was another murder over the weekend. On Saturday night, shortly after eight o’clock, police were called to Farmer’s Site in Hattieville, Belize District where another murder took place two weeks ago. Thirty-three year old Phillip Roberts of Bainsville village was executed in his own yard where he had just stepped out having had what […]
This morning, also in Hattieville, residents made a shocking discovery when they found thirty-seven-year-old Brian Harris with multiple gunshot wounds along a makeshift path off the George Price Highway. Harris was accosted and shot several times before being left for dead on Sunday night. Surprisingly, he survived the attack and was rushed to the K.H.M.H. […]
The family of Densmore Bowman finally has closure; Densmore had been reported missing since November twenty-ninth, when he left his house in the Young Bank area of Belmopan to collect money at Western Union. His family feared the worst and this morning it came to pass. Bowman’s body was found in a shallow grave, between […]
A burning aircraft believed to have been laden with an undetermined quantity of drugs was discovered this morning on an airstrip in Sarteneja Village. According to police, they were notified of the airplane entering into Belizean airspace on Sunday night and scrambled various teams into areas where they suspected that it would have landed. This […]
Thirty-four-year-old Diana Pott Jones was found floating in the lagoon in Crooked Tree on Saturday morning just after nine o’clock. There are multiple reports circulating about what may have happened to Jones. She was reportedly seen swimming in the lagoon prior to her death. Today, we asked Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero about how police are […]
A Roaring Creek resident was executed on Thursday night under the nose of the Roaring Creek police. At about ten thirty on Thursday night, twenty-eight-year-old Timroy Neal was pursued by a gunman who pulled the trigger multiple times killing Neal as he fell to the ground in front of Lucky Entertainment. The execution of Neal […]
Police Constable Nadir Mendoza is on the run and his fellow officers are now looking for him. On Thursday, police issued a wanted poster for Mendoza. The Santa Elena constable is being sought for three guns that have gone missing at the Queen Street Police Station. According to Commissioner Chester Williams, Mendoza was detained and […]
Six firearms were taken off the streets of San Pedro over the course of a few days making the island a little safer. Today, Commissioner Chester Williams praised Officer in Charge Superintendent Christopher Noble for his efforts to tackle crime on the island. Here’s what the Commissioner shared about the Coastal Executive Officer’s latest efforts […]
On Thursday Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and his senior commander visited Benque Viejo del Carmen, San Jose Succotz and Arenal Village to gain firsthand knowledge on Guatemalan bandits operating in the area. Due to the number of incidents that has residents on edge; the roads used by the bandits to getaway in stolen vehicles […]
The disappearance of Anisha Young one year ago, continues to raise more questions than answers and her loved ones are no closer to finality on her whereabouts or that of her remains. On Tuesday, Young’s family, along with Jose Luis Espat, who has been working closely with them to try and locate the missing Belize […]
According to Cho, there is still an option available should the Young family intend to pursue an independent D.N.A. test elsewhere. He pointed out as well that all samples are the property of the respective clients that the N.F.S.S. serves and those include the police department. Gian Cho, Executive Director, National Forensics Science Service […]
A surge in the theft of vehicles, mostly S.U.V.s, in the communities along the western border, has put the police and residents on high alert. In the past few days, there have been at least five consecutive incidents. The M.O. is that Guatemalan bandits come into the country, steal the vehicles and drive them across […]
Forming part of today’s tour was Operations Commander, Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal. Vidal spoke to the leaders of representatives of the communities to get a better feel of things and what sort of crime-fighting strategy would be best rolled out. Vidal says the strategy is comprised of three factors: intelligence gathering, patrol and community involvement. […]
A salary adjustment for members of the Belize Defense Force has been long in the making, bringing up to par the wages of all three arms of the national security apparatus. As it stands, wages for non-commissioned officers are not on the average level of their counterparts in the Belize Police Department and the Belize […]
While some officers benefited from the initial payout resulting from the salary adjustment, many of them were overpaid and government is now seeking to recover the extras. Isani Cayetano “I understand, however, that there are some officers who had received some monies in line with this particular adjustment and that they are being asked […]
The Belize National Teachers Union is gearing up for round of battle with the Ministry of Education over a property in Corozal Town. The property is known as ‘teachers’ site’ and the Ministry of Education has reportedly acquired a portion of that land to construct a preschool under the E.Q.I.P. project through which a number […]
According to Palacio, several efforts were made to rectify the situation involving the plot of land but the union was given the turnaround. Palacio says the union will not give up and is calling on teachers to protest the ministry’s action. On the Phone: Luke Palacio, 1st National Vice President, B.N.T.U. “While I was […]
News of an economic downturn caused tremors in the private sector today. Despite government borrowing and spending, for the second and third quarter of the year, there has been a decline in economic activity which spells recession. It also signals that unemployment figures which in the first part of the year looked robust will also […]
As we reported, a contraction in economic activity in the previous two quarters is spelling bad news. As the private sector crunches the numbers, a News Five crew took to the streets to get a pulse of the people on the ground. From what we were able to gather, residents are feeling the pinch where […]
Earlier you heard about the economic downturn, and now up north there the start of the 2019 sugar crop has been postponed until mid-January 2020 and it is expected that the delay will result in millions of dollars in losses to the country. The impact of the drought continues to affect the agro-productive sector, including […]
If you are traveling to Chetumal anytime soon you are being advised to be alert of your surroundings and especially so of taxi drivers. That’s because a group of Belizeans was robbed on Saturday night while in neighbouring Chetumal. According to online reports, a couple of Belizeans took a cab at Plaza Las Américas and […]
A man and his family say that they are lucky to be alive after they were targeted by three armed men. The Chi family was at home last week Saturday when the criminals forced their way into their home in the village of Succotz. They made threats and got away with the family truck. Today, […]
In this newscast we have reported on countless cases of police brutality. The most recent was caught on camera prompting a long list of questions over the behaviour of the police versus the citizens. On Sunday night, an unsuspecting Anthony Tillett of Belize City was attacked by two cops, one held him in a chokehold […]
