The Carnival Road March 2014 is a week away and since Tuesday of this week, the fourteen bands competing were judged in the preliminary stage of the event. Thursday was the final night for the camps and saw five bands judged. Duane Moody was out once again and has the wrap up of Mas Camp […]
The alleged killer of an elderly woman from the southern community of San Pedro, Columbia is tonight in Police custody. And he has confessed to the brutal murder of sixty-one-year-old Agripina Coc. Twenty-four-year-old Miguel Choco has been on the run since Saturday evening, but Punta Gorda Police, with the assistance of villagers, ran him aground […]
The villagers of San Pedro, Columbia and those from San Marcos played a crucial role in the capture of the alleged killer. They acted swiftly after the murder of a woman they respected and loved, and vowed to hunt down the man they believed had taken her life. Men, women and children carrying sticks, batons […]
The Gang Suppression Unit remains the object of intense public scrutiny. Recently, the elite task force came under fire from the People’s United Party which ultimately resulted in a tiff between former prime minister Said Musa and Inspector Mark Flowers. Despite a succession of commanders however, the GSU is widely viewed as a rogue faction […]
According to Flowers, a delicate balance needs to be struck between the GSU and the public in the manner in which it executes its function. Hostility, he says, needs to be minimized. Insp. Mark Flowers, Commander, Gang Suppression Unit “In doing all that we do, certainly we need equilibrium with the way we deliver […]
A series of checks in various denominations were distributed this afternoon to small business owners who will use the financial assistance as venture capital and for the expansion of their businesses. They gathered at the Radisson where Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development Mike Singh was on hand, along with […]
On Friday, a terse email from the Police Press Officer announced to the media that all requests for information or interviews from senior officers would have to be channelled through a new Public Relations Unit. That new policy, not surprisingly, didn’t find favour in the media. So today there was a formal, though informal introduction […]
Where the media is concerned, we are assured that using the new method information-gathering will be streamlined and much more efficient. All queries will be made to the new unit, which will then pass it on if they have it, or get it if they don’t. All requests for interviews on any particular story will […]
The Eastern Division is getting a new look and new feel, the brainchild of Commander Dezerie Phillips. It’s all about changing the perception of the Police Department, making it more people friendly, more community-oriented and more accessible. It includes some spring cleaning, some painting and much needed sprucing up…but much more important than that – […]
On Monday, October first, 2012, a young B.D.F. volunteer soldier, Clifford Isaac Cruz was killed on the compound of Militia Hall located near the Lord Ridge Cemetery in Belize City. After more than a year on remand, the man accused of his murder walked in April of this year. But today, five months later, a […]
Tonight, a cop is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after the D.P.P. handed down her directives to have him charged for an allege gunplay incident which is said to have occurred back in February of this year, between miles twenty-five and twenty-six on the George Price Highway. Police Constable, thirty-two-year-old Linsdale Blease, who is […]
Belize currently holds the presidency of the Central American Integrated System, SICA. That means hosting a round of regional meetings in different critical areas, like energy. This morning, directors from all member countries of SICA sat down in San Pedro to discuss energy. It’s a two-day session designed to allow SICA countries to strengthen cooperation […]
Day three of Mas Camp 2014 is currently underway and a News Five team is visiting the five remaining bands that will face the judges in the preliminaries of the Carnival Road March 2014. The mas camps started on Tuesday with five bands and on Wednesday night two junior bands and two seniors were visited. […]
The Embassy of Mexico is inviting the public to a concert by a Mexican Brass Quintet “Ayre” on Friday at the Institute of Mexico in Belize City. The ensemble which consists of two trumpets, a French horn, a tenor trombone and a bass trombone are played by Alejandro Isai Britom Raul Alejandro Mendez, Andres de […]
Last week, Tate and Lyle dropped a bombshell on cane farmers when it wrote to say that it will be buying a minimum of ten thousand tons of fair-trade sugar from the farmers. That’s a whopping fifty-five thousand tons less than they did last year. Well tonight, there is sweet news for the farmers because […]
Tonight, police say that the suspect in the brutal murder of San Pedro, Columbia elder Agripina Coc, is still at large. The manhunt for the suspected killer continues, with villagers and Police fully engaged, but with no success. Residents believe that the man who slashed and allegedly raped the elderly woman is from the same […]
The plan was reportedly to lock up the family members in the village while village leaders questioned them. But for their own safety, Punta Gorda Police decided to transport them to town. Residents believe that these family members have been assisting the fugitive, and as you’ve seen, they are not afraid to do what it […]
Last Tuesday, the plight of Uwahnie Martinez, an employee of CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank, made headlines when she was reportedly informed by her superiors at the institution that she wasn’t allowed to speak in Garifuna while at the workplace. Undoubtedly, the position of the bank raised the ire of many, particularly residents of the predominantly Garifuna […]
There is a report that is tonight causing alarm locally. It speaks of a spill in the Rio Hondo that spans Belize and Mexico, but we can confirm that the oil spill occurred in the Hondo stream near the town of Tierra Blanca in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Nearly a mile of the Hondo […]
A recent survey involving a sample of four hundred and fifty high school students is showing an alarming use of drugs. The survey was carried out by the National Drug Abuse Control Council and the University of Belize. it shows that students are consuming serious amounts of alcohol, marijuana and in some cases cocaine. While […]
The very public war of words between former Prime Minister Said Musa and GSU Commander Mark Flowers has gone viral. It’s the big thing on the airwaves, morning shows and social media. Musa took some blows at the GSU at a political convention over the weekend, and Flowers sent some blows right back, and then […]
While the insults thrown between Flowers and Musa make for sensational news and politically stimulating drama, there’re actually bigger things happening in the city. For example, there’s an ongoing operation which has seen the Police clamp down on crime in a big way. It’s an initiative which is targeting everything from gang violence and drugs […]
Mayor of Belize City Darrell Bradley has reneged on his very first commitment to Belize Maintenance Limited. The Council is in arrears twenty-one weeks, and he made a firm promise to pay off five weeks arrears last week Friday. Well, that promised payment did not materialize. That breach of faith right off the bat has […]
In the early hours of the morning of January thirty-first, a collision between two boats ended the life of twenty-year old Benjamin Jerome Gentle Junior, a former Gwen Liz student. Gentle was being ferried from Crooked Tree to the Phillip Goldson Highway when he was killed; eight others were seriously injured but survived. It’s been […]
There was an attempted robbery on Monday morning at the Port of Belize. Police say two men tried to rob the establishment and that their investigations later led them to two suspects who were pursued in the Caesar Ridge Road area. The men were said to be carrying a firearm. When the cops arrived in the Caesar […]
