The sixth suspected drug place since the start of the year landed in a remote area off the San Estevan/Progresso Road in the Orange Walk District and like in the past cases, there is little information as to how the drug planes keep landing in Belize undetected. This morning, according to residents in the area, […]
A horrific execution occurred while some students were enjoying recess at a Dangriga school leaving both teachers and pupils traumatized. A gunman emerged from the bushes near the Gulisi Primary School and unleashed a volley of bullets on Jamaican national Patrick Crossdale who was riding past on motorcycle heading to his house. Fifty-five-year-old Crossdale was […]
Police have quickly cracked the mysterious murder of twenty-seven-year-old Albert Johnson, originally from Punta Gorda Town. Today, West Canal resident Marlon Everett, a twenty-eight-year-old construction worker, was read a murder charge before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. According to police, a trio ambushed Johnson on Rectory Lane as he was walking from Southern Foreshore to Regent […]
The alleged shooter of Jason James Belencio was this evening charged with murder. The sixteen-year-old was arraigned at the Belize Family Court late in the evening under tight security. He is reported to be an associate of the George Street Gang and several members of that group appeared at the Magistrate’s Court and then at […]
Gas is going up again! For the third time this year, there are increases to report at the pumps – and an erroneous release from the Bureau of Standards actually misstated the level of increases reported. Still, the corrected press release shows an uptick of thirty-nine cents for regular gasoline, which pushes it past the […]
It may be one of the most-recognized and well-known villages in Belize and particularly the Garifuna community. But the southern community of Barranco is fighting a tough battle to get in touch with the times, in the area of economic development. Barranco residents have been forced to look on as outsiders acquire licenses to log […]
The November agreement was approved by a supermajority of attendees at a meeting in Toledo. Among other things, it called for the Barranco village council to be fully involved in the decision-making process for logging concessions and activity in the village. But according to Fabian Cayetano, it has been so heavily flouted as to prove […]
There was a brazen midday murder in the City today. A well-known elderly businessman who had been targeted twice before unfortunately did not survive the latest attack on his life. Before one-o’clock today, Oscar Rosado Senior was shot and killed at his business, Rosado’s Construction Supply located on Cemetery Road. His wife says that a […]
A Punta Gorda resident also lost his life in an execution style murder just before midnight on Friday. Twenty-five-year-old Albert Johnson was attacked by a trio of men as he made his way on foot toward Regent Street. He was walking from Southern Foreshore unto Rectory Lane when he was fired upon twice. Those rounds […]
The body of thirty-year-old mechanic Leonel Velasquez, from Paraiso Village, Corozal District, was found on Saturday. He had been reported missing at sea since last week Wednesday. Police have confirmed that the Coast Guard found the body of Velasquez between Middle Caye and Alligator Caye. A post-mortem examination found that he drowned. The Turneffe Island […]
Already facing charges of murder in the Supreme Court, the notorious William “Danny” Mason and five co-accused could face a separate trial for kidnapping in two weeks. Mason; Ashton Vanegas of Camalote Village; brothers: Keiron Fernandez and Terrence Fernandez, as well as Ernest Henry Castillo, all of Roaring Creek Village, this morning appeared in the […]
On Friday a Belizean in the United States was found guilty of a most heinous crime after a re-trial. Six jurors in Lee County, Florida, needed three hours to find twenty-two year old Brian Hyde guilty of killing his cousin Michael Kelly, Kelly’s girlfriend Starlette Pitts, seventeen; his aunt Dorla, thirty-seven, and the unborn child […]
A young resident of Orange Walk lost his life in a road traffic accident around three o’clock on Saturday morning. Daniel Urbina, the son of Rosendo Urbina Junior and his wife Becky of A&R store and a friend had left the City and were heading home to Orange Walk Town when his truck crashed into […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Christian Charles was knocked down a week ago and left for dead near the Burrell Boom Bridge in rural Belize District. Swanka, as he is affectionately known, valiantly fought for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Sadly, he lost that fight earlier today. Police still have not been able to catch up […]
Back in February, the Belize City Council, then controlled by the United Democratic Party, hosted a free concert at the B.T.L. Park marking the anniversary of its remodeling. The event boasted appearances from international artists Baby Cham and Ce’cile and Belizean heavyweights Supa G and Ernestine Carballo among many others. But as you must have […]
Millions of dollars, as much as seventeen, were spent on the overhaul of the Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airstrip which was launched with much fanfare in November 2016. But a week ago, which is less than two years since its renovation, the runway had to be closed because it needed repairs. Imer Hernandez was the […]
A thirty-year-old mechanic from Paraiso Village in the Corozal District is missing at sea since Wednesday and his family fears the worst. This afternoon, Anna Leticia Revolorio came to News Five studios on Coney Drive asking for assistance from boaters and pilots to help in the search of her husband, Lionel Velasquez. The Turneffe Island […]
Efforts to locate him were immediately conducted by the captain to recover Velasquez, while a ‘man overboard’ distress signal was radioed in to the resort. According to a release issued by the resort, the Belize Coast Guard was contacted within minutes and two additional vessels from the resort were deployed to aid in search and […]
As of news time, Belizean fisherman Iginio Canto Bacab of Caledonia, Corozal District, remains in custody in Livingston, Guatemala, charged with illegal capture of lobster. His hearing is set for Monday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Canto along with Alejandro Rodriguez Ortega, a Guatemalan who was born in Belize, and Julio Rodríguez Blanco, […]
The popular magazine The Economist has weighed in on the results of Guatemala’s referendum on Sunday. Nearly ninety-six percent of participating voters agreed to filing a case at the International Court of Justice concerning the country’s claim to over half of Belize. It gently mocked Belize’s congratulatory response to the result, which it described as […]
The Organization of American States has had a central role in finding a solution to the territorial dispute. As we have been reporting, Guatemala held its referendum on Sunday and even though the voter turnout was at a low twenty-seven percent, the Guatemalans voted overwhelmingly saying YES to take the claim before the International Court […]
There is another issue to add to the mounting troubles in the judiciary. Last February, the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Vidal was elevated from vice president to President of the Bar Association. Her election was uncontested; it was a first for Belize, and as we understand, for the rest of the Caribbean region. Wearing […]
City Administrator Candice Miller continues to serve a month-long suspension from managerial duties at City Hall. Miller was temporarily removed from office following disclosure that former city council employee Joe Bradley had racked up a tab of roughly six thousand dollars at a nearby Chinese restaurant. While Mayor Bernard Wagner has stated categorically that his […]
Leader of the Opposition John Briceño has also weighed in on the City Hall fiasco, chiding former Mayor Darrell Bradley for granting Miller a four-year contract extension, months prior to the recent municipal elections. But is Miller coming back to city hall? There is a report that the suspension may lead to termination. Briceño says […]
On April ninth, a U.S. Narcotics reports listed Belize as one of twenty-two major drug transit countries. The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of the U.S. State Department designated Belize, saying, “Belize’s drug control efforts are hampered by the same challenges faced by the rest of the country’s security sector – corruption, insufficient investigative capacity, […]
