A group of armed bandits slipped pass a police officer on duty and bank security to pull off a daring heist at a bank in Belize City this morning. The First Caribbean Bank at San Cas Plaza has been hit at least twice before, but the heist this morning was committed with relative ease by […]
Attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd was ordered today to pay three thousand dollars to Court after Justice Courtney Abel determined that she had breached the confidentiality of a court-connected mediation session held in February. The mediation in question, resolved now, was between grassroots movement BGYEA and the Government of Belize. Matura-Shepherd gave an interview to the media […]
On Wednesday, twenty-one of thirty-one P.U.P. Standard Bearers and the executive of the party met at Independence Hall. It was to have been a showdown between the Fonseca faction and a group of twelve standard bearers, including former P.U.P. leader John Briceño, who are demanding a long-delayed national convention and the restructuring of the National […]
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in Belize according to recent figures from the Ministry of Health. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has been providing treatment for heart diseases since 2012; today it held a free clinic for patients requiring cardiovascular treatment. But it was not held at the national referral hospital; […]
Well-known political mouthpiece Easy Glen, formally known as Goldburn Adolphus, was arraigned today before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith for attempting to assault a police officer with an empty bottle. During his indictment however, Adolphus suffered an epileptic fit, falling to the ground and hitting his head so hard his dentures popped out of his […]
Twenty-six year old Oren Vaughan is tonight on remand for committing an aggravated assault with a firearm upon his ex-girlfriend, Sharon Wade. Wade, a Corozal resident, reported to police that she was at a friends’ house in the city when her ex-boyfriend, Vaughan, arrived at the yard and cranked what appeared to be a firearm […]
The last time the Belize Territorial Volunteers went near the Sarstoon River, thirty-seven of them in a skiff were detained by Guatemalan military and taken to Livingston. The incident happened way back in March, but it is still very much a source of frustration for those Belizeans who maintain that they were taken against their […]
De la Fuente says the silence from Belize’s authorities is frustrating because they were given a compilation of footage from the Livingston incident which clearly shows the thirty-seven Belizeans were taken against their will. Phillip de la Fuente, Northern Territorial Volunteers “You know in this day and age everybody has their tablet and phone […]
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has received the acceptance of their proposed corrective measures to non-compliances cited by Fairtrade auditors last month. Last year the largest cane-farmer’s association was cited for four major non-compliances, but this year the results of the audit are much more positive. Chairman of the B.S.C.F.A.’s Committee of Management Ezekiel […]
There is some measure of relief from the positive news coming out of Fairtrade. In December 2014, faced with terrible financial woes because of a crop delayed by hostile negotiations with ASR, farmers drew down on millions in Fairtrade monies already allocated for special projects. That move caused no end of concern for B.S.C.F.A. representatives […]
What is the fate of the controversial Puerto Azul development project? It’s a question that’s difficult even for Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia to answer directly. That is because there hasn’t been much by way of communication between the investors and the ministry. Despite the ongoing process of environmental clearances, Heredia says there isn’t much […]
A closing ceremony was held today to commemorate a programme that helped over fifty young people to receive job training and summer employment. It is an initiative under the Department of Youth Services that seeks to develop professional skills and help students earn during their vacation. News Five stopped in at the closing event and […]
Peace and Light Foundation, with support from the Belize Bank and other partners, is hosting a basketball tournament at the Bird’s Isle Basketball Court. Eight teams in two categories are playing to win medals and trophies at the finals on Sunday. News Five stopped in at today’s event to get the highlights of the games […]
Even in the face of improved compliance to banking regulations set out by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, Atlantic International Bank Limited is the latest financial institution locally to lose its US correspondent Bank. The bank was not providing comments today, but a release posted on its website and dated July twenty-eight, made the […]
An early morning accident on a stretch of road just outside Orange Walk Town has claimed the life of businessman, Leonel Guerra. The young man was travelling home at around three this morning when his vehicle rammed through the guardrail of the Tower Hill Bridge near the toll booth and plummeted into the New River. […]
Minister of State Edmund ‘Clear the Land’ Castro is hard pay. That’s what whistleblower Alvarene Burgess seems to think. After all, it has been almost a month since the junior minister abruptly withdrew a defamation suit against Burgess and Great Belize Productions/Channel Five in the Supreme Court. Castro took Burgess and this station to court […]
According to Burgess, further legal action against the disgraced politician will only expose more of his involvement in the visa hustle. Isani Cayetano “Now, in terms of further legal action, you’re saying that you’re seeking advice as to whether or not maybe a civil suit will force him to either have to pay up […]
There is still no word on the whereabouts of Ulysis Mayorga. The Honduran national is wanted by police in connection with murder of his ex-wife, twenty-one year old Merlin Mejia. Mejia was found dead in her apartment on Morning Glory Street on Wednesday morning with her throat slit in two places and a cut wound […]
Did the Foreign Minister of Guatemala Carlos Raul Morales misspeak at a press conference at the Radisson on Tuesday? In his presentation, Morales told the media that there was an agreement not to build any other military bases. That response came when the media asked him about the Guatemalan’s objection to the construction of a […]
There is a volcanic situation at the La Inmaculada Credit Union in Orange Walk Town which is threatening to erupt. At one end of an ongoing dispute is the Board of Directors of the LICU. At the other end are many long-time members of the prestigious institution. And in the middle is Yolanda Gomez, the […]
An inmate was busted with cannabis while he was inside a courtroom. Twenty-two old Kevin Bodden managed to beat a murder rap a year ago, but was recently convicted of Grievous Harm and sentenced to three years imprisonment. But Bodden is now looking at another year behind bars after pleading guilty to possession of a […]
Reports of indescribable sexual abuse against minors are becoming more prevalent and repugnant. This week, a twelve year old girl reported to the Independence police in the south, that years ago and as recent as June of 2014, her father had raped her. Doctors have confirmed that she has been carnally known and charges are […]
The recent spate of violent crimes on San Pedro and Caye Caulker has prompted the command of the Belize Police Department to revisit its crime-fighting strategy. While additional personnel have been deployed to both islands, there has also been an increase in the number of vehicular patrols. The input of Area Representative Manuel Heredia has […]
The Consumer Price Index for the month of June has been released by the Statistical Institute of Belize. Recent figures indicate that plummeting fuel and international airfares have reduced consumer prices by negative point eight percent. When compared to the same period in 2014, prices per gallon of regular, premium and diesel fuel were down […]
For some time now, community policing is a strategy that has been advanced by the Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department throughout the city. On Sunday, the South Regional Commander joined residents, primarily the youth, of the Mayflower to Ebony Street area at the Berger Field in Belize City for sporting activities. Well since […]
