Infrastructure improvements and boosting the economies of the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts were the focus of discussion at this week’s Cabinet meeting in Belmopan on Tuesday. Cabinet agreed to provide two million dollars for street resurfacing and construction in towns all over the country. San Ignacio, Orange Walk and Belmopan will get three hundred […]
Police are looking for a prisoner who escaped on Tuesday morning while being transported to Hattieville from Corozal. Nineteen year old Marcos Popper is reported to have jumped out of a police pickup truck as it slowed to go over a speed bump just outside Orange Walk. Police say he had been wearing handcuffs but […]
Belize City police are also asking the public to be on the lookout for someone they want to bring in for questioning. Police say they are trying to locate Anthony Mortis following a string of burglaries after he left the Department of Corrections. He is Creole, six foot, three inches tall and approximately one hundred […]
Police are questioning four people in connection with an armed robbery attempt in San Ignacio on Wednesday. Jewelry storeowner Oscar Cano was shot in the neck by a dark skinned man who entered the shop around three p.m. The assailant told Cano to put several pieces of gold jewelry in his bag and when Cano […]
It is hard for anyone, man, woman or child, trapped in a violent home to break out of the vicious cycle. With this in mind, the Ministry of Human Development and Women has been working, at the national and regional level, to establish a plan of action in an effort to eliminate this public health […]
Those who stay behind the “scenes” are often the people who are working the hardest to bring joy to the lives of others. Some of those people are the Mercy Sunshine Group. For many years, Sister Cecelia and her Mercy Sunshine Group have been working with the residents of the Sister Cecelia Home and Rockview […]
Earlier this week the Ministry of Education issued a press release saying they were not satisfied with the management of Excelsior High School and intend to implement a Cabinet recommendation that the school be “guided by a community-based board”. The Ministry says the conclusion is based on a three-month study conducted — they say — […]
Voter turnout in Belmopan can only be described as “low” with the count at five fifteen, forty-five minutes before the polls closed putting it at just under thirty-two percent. Only eight hundred forty-six of the eligible two thousand six hundred seventy-six voters went to the Belmopan Comprehensive School to cast their vote in the nation’s […]
The inquiry into what has been described as a “breach” of procedure at the Hattieville Prison has concluded. Minister Responsible for Prisons Dickie Bradley, told News Five today that inmate Raymond Flowers did not simply walk out of the prison gates to have a fun weekend in the city last month but went through the […]
The gathering only just broke up but the happening at Queen Street was a star studded event. No less than ten Ministers of Government were on hand for the dedication of the newly refurbished Eastern Division Police Headquarters and the receipt of a couple of vehicles and assorted crime fighting gear from the US Embassy. […]
For those who tuned in this afternoon to the live radio broadcast of the opening of Eastern Division, there was a glaring reminder that criminals never take the day off. At the start of the broadcast, LOVE FM went live to Belmopan for a report on a shooting at a jewelry store in San Ignacio. […]
As part of Police Week outstanding officers of the year have been chosen from each formation around the country and divisions within the department. The selection criteria included integrity, job knowledge, discipline and relationships with their colleagues and community. Those given the honor this year are: Elvis Guy of Belmopan, Mark Francisco, Orange Walk, Titus […]
Two Corozal fishermen were arrested in San Pedro when several rolls of counterfeit money were found in their pockets. Acting on a tip police picked up Arremio Wiltshire and Wilmer Amilcar Sanroya Tuesday morning on Barrier Reef Drive after a police search revealed the men had two hundred eighty-five fake one hundred dollar bills. Police […]
The Special Olympics is back. The National Games will be held this weekend at the National Stadium and one hundred athletes from all over Belize have been invited to compete. The activity is designed to give people with mental and physical disabilities a chance to develop their physical fitness and enjoy friendly competition. This year […]
On Tuesday, some young people got a chance to learn about being on the job. Today Youth Week continued with forums at high schools which dealt with a range of issues from jobs and careers to conflict resolution to being safe at school. News Five visited Edward P. Yorke High School where the students took […]
Earlier this year the former Commissioner of Police Ornel Brooks accused attorney Kirk Anderson of trying to hinder their investigation into the murder of Jackie Fern Malic by urging the suspect’s girlfriend to destroy evidence. The attorney responded by filing libel suits against Brooks and Assistant Inspector Eli Salazar who made similar comments to the […]
On Wednesday Belmopan residents will go to the polls to decide whether their home will be recognized as the capital “city” as it has always been called. Since it was established in 1970, the capital has been governed by the Reconstruction and Development Corporation, an appointed board. But some “Belmopanese” have felt the community would […]
To help you monitor the progress of the voting on Wednesday in Belmopan, the Elections and Boundaries Department now has a website and they will be posting voter turnout information throughout the day. The site includes a sample ballot and information on the country’s electoral divisions and voter registration. General information on the Elections and […]
It’s Youth Week and among the activities this year is a new program which puts young people in the work force. Although the jobs are only temporary, the enthusiasm felt by the thirty teenaged participants will no doubt last much longer. News Five visited some of the job sites today. The workathon, the first of […]
Police throughout the country are reaching out to the community during Police Week. They have been visiting schools, participating in sporting events, and increasing public awareness of their efforts to combat crime on radio talk shows. Tomorrow Minister of National Security Jorge Espat will dedicate the refurbished Queen Street Police Station. The week culminates on […]
Police are looking for a Belize City man accused of raping a woman in a warehouse in Conch Shell Bay. The thirty-four year old woman told police that on Sunday night around nine she and David Gillett otherwise know as “Snu” were at the warehouse waiting for a third person when Gillett raped her. She […]
Three vehicles were stolen over the holiday weekend in Belize City. Early in the morning of November nineteenth Alma Paredes had her 1993 brown and gold Honda Accord stolen from in front of her home on East Canal. That night a 1980 red Oldsmobile belonging to Adrian Bradley disappeared from the corner of South Street […]
Everyone in business knows it’s hard to collect past due bills sometimes, but how far would you go to get your money? One Belize City trucker took action against a San Pedro shipping company today by staging a protest at the Barracks. Although his method was unorthodox, and according to the police, illegal, he got […]
November nineteenth, means different things to different people. For many it is simply a chance to enjoy good rum, food and fine tune dancing skills. But for others it is an opportunity to see history come to life with the reenactment of the Garifuna people’s arrival on the shores of Belize. As Janelle Chanona found […]
It was a tragedy that saddened all of Punta Gorda. On Tuesday night, a little boy was playing near the sea while his father was inside a restaurant. Moments later the child was gone and a drunk, incoherent man burst into tears when asked about the boy. Two hours later, the horrifying discovery of Ezekiel […]
