A boat ride up the New River in Orange Walk shows large scale stagnation and discoloration of the waters along a seventeen-mile stretch from the villages of Carmelita to Trial Farm. The condition of the river, which is a main source of income up north, has deteriorated to a point that it has become lifeless […]
For the past two weeks, we have been reporting on the dengue outbreak in Belize and tonight the situation continues to spiral as the number of confirmed clinical cases has increased by ten percent when compared to a week ago on Monday. There are now seven hundred and eighty-nine known cases based on the data […]
While we were with the Director of Health Services, we asked him for an update on the status of the morgue at the Southern Regional Hospital. On Friday, residents from Dangriga and neighbouring communities were informed that the morgue at the regional health facility was not functioning again and that it would be out of […]
Last week, Caribbean Shores Area Representative Kareem Musa travelled to Shanghai, China. Musa was along with Belize City Deputy Mayor Oscar Arnold and Councilor Michael Noralez. Now, Belize does not have diplomatic relations with China, but with Taiwan so the visit by a parliamentarian and the deputy mayor and councilor raised eyebrows. Sources inside the […]
P.U.P. Leader John Briceño was released from Northern Medical Plaza over the weekend and is tonight at home recovering from injuries he sustained during a traffic accident on Friday morning in Rhaburn Ridge Village, Belize District. Briceño was being driven by Edwin Hill when his Toyota Prado SUV flipped several times near mile thirty-seven on […]
Thirty-four-year-old Belize City resident Darwin Rocke was callously murdered. His body was found dumped far away between Burrell Boom and Hattieville, last Thursday. Rocke was partially decapitated and one of his hands was severed. While it is believed he knew his killers, there have been no arrests so far in Rocke’s murder. News Five Isani […]
Sanctuary Belize is back in the news tonight. The actions by the Federal Trade Commission against the defendants in the massive Sanctuary Belize real estate scam continue, as well as its investigations. On August second, a federal judge in Maryland, U.S.A. supported the F.T.C.’s application for a preliminary injunction against the defendants, “ruling their allegedly […]
P.U.P. Leader John Briceño and his driver, Edwin Hill, are tonight recovering at the Northern Medical Plaza in Orange Walk Town after they were injured in a traffic accident earlier this morning. Around 9:45 a.m. when the party leader was en route to Belize City for work, they encountered an obstruction on the Philip Goldson […]
According to Chief of Staff Stuart Leslie, Edwin Hill has been driving the party leader for eleven years. He is an experienced, defensive driver and was trained by the Special Branch Unit of the Police Department in driving the party leader. Leslie says that the family and the party are confident that Hill would have […]
There has been an outpour of support for the speedy recovery of P.U.P. Party Leader John Briceño. In the aftermath of the accident, social media was abuzz with Belizeans expressing concern about his well-being. We are told that Prime Minister Dean Barrow also checked in on his political opponent and friend. A statement from the […]
There have been many reports made to the Ministry of Transport about speeding on the highways and the need for monitoring and enforcement. Just last Sunday, four Belize City men perished in a fatal accident on the Philip Goldson Highway between miles six and seven; police said that speeding was a factor. Earlier today, Lorena […]
This morning at the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building, government officially launched the Belize Tax Service. The amalgamated department aims to provide optimal services where GST and income tax are concerned. The new management team will work on the redesign of the department according to existing good practices and standards for tax administration and the delivery […]
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight has weighed in on the Ministry of Health issue involving the awarding of a contract for the building of the Central Medical Stores in Belmopan. The contract is for a sum of one point six million dollars which was to have been financed via a grant from the National Health Insurance […]
Today, Chief Executive Officer for the Social Security Board, Doctor Colin Young confirmed to the media that the Board did not receive any communication from the Ministry of Health, asking for grant funding through the N.H.I. fund. Doctor Young says that he heard of the purported request via media reports. The C.E.O. made it quite […]
A body was found this morning at entrance of the Burrell Boom, Belize District. The upper part of the body was covered with a plastic bag and covered with a tarpaulin. Soon after the discovery, family members were able to confirm that it was one of their own, Darwin Rocke. He had been killed and […]
Police are also investigating the murder of an elderly man in the village of Young Bank, Cayo District. On Wednesday afternoon, police were called out to the village located along the Valley of Peace Road. There, they found Guatemalan national Manuel Barrera dead inside his house. The family believes Barrera was eating lunch when he […]
So, what are police saying about this murder? They say that they don’t know what the motive is as yet. The investigation is in its early stages and they are still interviewing neighbours and friends. At this time police are looking for one person they believe that can assist them with this investigation. Here’s more […]
While two persons were found dead in less than twenty-four hours, in Belize City, twenty-seven year old Rafael Usher survived a shooting. Usher was on Central American Boulevard on Wednesday night when he came under fire from two gunmen He was shot multiple times and remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Prior to […]
A memo dated July twenty-ninth, 2019 has been leaked and is making its rounds on social media. It is signed by Artemio Osorio on behalf of the Financial Secretary and has to do with a huge grant to be drawn from the N.H.I. Reserve Funds. The memo states that the Ministry of Finance has no […]
An all-points bulletin remains in effect for the apprehension of Rodwell Arzu, the man whom police believe shot and killed his ex-girlfriend on Sunday morning in Dangriga, before turning the murder weapon on her cousin. Forty-one-year-old Geraldine Flowers was fatally injured when Arzu gained entry to her apartment in the New Site area of town. […]
Twenty-four-year-old Yanira Novelo, a mother of two from San Jose Village in Orange Walk District, was murdered on her son’s fourth birthday during a deadly attack that also saw the child injured. It is believed that Novelo was robbed and killed and her son, Alexander, was stabbed in the abdomen but managed to make his […]
Fifteen days after a former teacher was shot to the back of his head in a police chase, a cop was arraigned for manslaughter by negligence. According to a ballistic report, it was Corporal Kent Martinez who pulled the trigger leading to the death of Allyson Major Junior two weeks ago at the foot of […]
The decision to charge Corporal Kent Martinez with the lesser charge of manslaughter by negligence has the family of Allyson Major Junior up in arms. On Tuesday, through attorney Kareem Musa, the family fired off a statement in which it said that the decision is disappointing if not scandalous. They say that “this travesty deserves […]
According to Bradley, the case will be tried at the Supreme Court level. He says that the circumstances surrounding the case have undoubtedly left the public enraged. Major Junior is not the first victim who has been killed by a police officer. Bradley says that the Belize Police Department should apologize to the victim’s family […]
A gruesome discovery was made this afternoon in the Young Bank area of Camalote Village, Cayo and up to news time tonight, police are still processing the murder scene. Well-known guitarist, Manuel Barrera Vasquez was murdered and his decomposing body was found inside his house after one o’clock today. The discovery was made by a […]
