Doctor Louis Zabaneh and Isabel Bennett were today sworn in as Senators for the Opposition, People’s United Party. Doctor Zabaneh and Bennett replace former Senators Paul Thompson and Valerie Woods. Their appointments were confirmed via press release from the party which stated that Leader John Briceño consulted with the party regarding the appointments. The junior […]
A major and sensational drug case in which a high ranking police officer and a constable have been charged came up today in the Orange Walk courts. The trial of former Officer Commanding the Orange Walk Police Formation, Superintendent David Chi, Police Constable Norman Anthony and the two Mexicans, Eli Figueroa Nunez and Azarias Manzano, […]
Following today’s adjournment, Attorney Dickie Bradley told us that the families of the Mexican nationals implicated in this case have requested a meeting. The men, Eli Figueroa Nunez and Azarias Manzano, have maintained their innocence and their families remain gravely concerned, since there are allegations that the men were badly beaten by police. Dickie […]
In Belize City, a driver who was allegedly caught in a compromising position with a fifteen-year-old minor this past Tuesday, appeared unrepresented. Police believe that Steven Castillo had sexually abused the young girl inside his parked vehicle; she was not wearing underwear when police searched his vehicle. Castillo was taken into custody and the child’s […]
A burglary at the home of a teacher ended badly for one of two accused burglars. Thirty-six-year-old Security guard, Leon Duncan, a Ladyville resident, arrived in court this morning in a wheelchair. He appeared before Senior Magistrate, Tricia Pitts-Anderson. Duncan reportedly stole eight thousand six hundred dollars worth of items from the Belize City home […]
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Transport reported that an agreement of sorts had been reached in respect of Mexican and Guatemalan buses transiting Belize. This came in the wake of a threat of strike from local bus owners complaining that the foreign buses were allowed to travel through Belize, but the local buses could […]
The situation at the Princess Royal Youth Hostel remains volatile where a number of young girls have been involved in unrest at the facility since August tenth. On that Saturday night, as many as eleven of them broke out of the shelter and escaped to various parts of the country before being recaptured sometime thereafter. […]
After ten years in the pipeline, a modern web portal was unveiled this morning by the Ministry of Natural Resources at the Belize Biltmore Plaza. The system will be collecting and providing critical geographic data to the private and public sectors as well as other agencies. The Belize National Spatial Data Infrastructure web portal is […]
The Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams and his team were in San Ignacio today where a surge in violence has residents on edge. Earlier today, San Ignacio police arrested and charged a resident of Santa Elena for the murder of Nelson Flores and are looking for a second person. Today Officer Commanding the San Ignacio […]
San Ignacio police are also looking for the gunman who let off a barrage of bullets at three persons inside the yard of a house on Perez Street in Santa Elena Town. Eighteen-year-old Arden Quiroz was hit in his right arm and is now recuperating. Information reaching News Five is that the incident may be […]
In the wake of the recent gun violence in Santa Elena, the Commissioner of Police has decided to come down hard on what he calls are four troublesome groups in the twin towns. While the police formation there has stepped up its presence, Commissioner Williams has also given directives to enhance citizen security to prevent […]
Following our report of an armed robbery in Cotton Tree earlier this week, a video was provided to our newsroom of another robbery in the west. It occurred on August fifteenth in the village of Saint Mathews, Cayo. Four persons were inside the Gentleman Bar, owned by a Chinese businessperson, who wished not to comment […]
There was also gun violence in the city. Thirty-one-year-old Dwayne Cherrington was shot by an unknown motorist sometime after midnight on Tuesday in the vicinity of Dream Like City and Belize Mills Limited. Cherrington was reportedly returning from his grandmother’s residence and was driving along that stretch of the Phillip Goldson Highway when he attempted […]
Another matter that has been in days has to do with a debt write-off. The Finance and Economic Committee of the House on Tuesday approved a motion for the unpopular write-off of a loan granted to Joshua Perdomo, the son of the sitting Cabinet Secretary, Carlos Perdomo. Four cabinet ministers, John Saldivar, Hugo Patt, Edmond […]
In southern Belize, Abalone Caye is part of a reserve co-managed by TIDE, the Toledo Institute for Development. The caye stretches for half an acre within the larger Port Honduras Marine Reserve. Because of its strategic location, it is vulnerable to a host of illegal activities. But the caye is also suffering from major environmental […]
Three persons are said to be in detention for the murder of Nelson Flores in Santa Elena, Cayo. Flores was at home with his family when a gunman entered his house and unleashed a barrage of bullets on Sunday night. Flores was rushed to the hospital but did not survive; his twelve-year-old daughter was also […]
The robbery of a store in Cotton Tree Village, Cayo was caught on camera and police are looking for the three perpetrators. It happened on Monday evening after five o’clock. The store owner, thirty-nine year old Xinlong Chen and his wife were inside the store when three thieves bolted in. One was armed with a […]
Traffic came to a grinding halt this afternoon on the Burrell Boom Bridge. A drunk driver collided into an oil truck which then crashed into other vehicles, including a bus filled with tourists and two military vehicles. It was a mass casualty event that looked like real life, but fortunately Tropical Alliance was testing its […]
A House Committee met in Belmopan today. A small crowd gathered to protest the write-off of a debt owed to the government by Joshua Perdomo, the son of the Cabinet Secretary, Carlos Perdomo. The loan was granted to Joshua years ago to undertake a Masters Degree in Forensic Genetics at the University of North Texas. […]
The extended period of dry weather that has been affecting central and northern Belize persists and threatens to adversely affect the agriculture industry in the Corozal and Orange Walk districts. According to climatologist, Ronald Gordon, of the National Meteorological Service, drought warnings have been issued for the past few months and notwithstanding a change in […]
While rainfall is predicted towards the end of September and early October, the peak period between June and November would have already elapsed. Ronald Gordon, Climatologist, National Met Service “Having said that, most of the models that we look at for the long term are suggesting that rainfall will become normal heading towards the […]
Dengue cases are still rising, but the increase is now being registered in the Cayo and Stann Creek Districts. The numbers have stabilized in the Orange Walk and Corozal Districts. This is according to new information release by the office of the Director of Health Services. It states on its Facebook page that, “current data […]
A Santa Elena man was ambushed and executed on Sunday night inside his house. He is Nelson Flores, who is no stranger to the law and has two drug convictions. Flores was in his living room with his family when a gunman entered his house through the back door. The gunman shot Flores multiple times […]
A corporal and his cousin perished in a horrible traffic accident over the weekend in the west leaving their families to grieve. Corporal Lenard Puc was driving a Geo Prizm; he was travelling along with Manuel Cabb when he lost control of his vehicle and collided into a pick-up truck driven by Oscar Rivero. The […]
Police are tonight looking for a suspect who reportedly abducted a teenage minor from San Ignacio on Friday and brought her to Belize City against her will. The fifteen-year-old girl was able to escape from the custody of her abductor on Regent Street when his vehicle had to slow down in traffic. She managed to […]
