Before the Garifuna Settlement Day holiday we caught up with Eastern Division South Commander Chester Williams as he and his officers walked on Oleander Street in the City, meeting and talking with residents. It’s a new initiative which, the statistics are showing, has reaped significant dividends. Williams told us that it’s been a two pronged […]
Williams told News Five that before any community is willing to respond to Police intervention, that department must have legitimacy. The Commander of Eastern Division South claims that slowly, but surely, the Department is earning the respect of the communities they serve, and with that respect comes legitimacy. Supt. Chester Williams, Commander, Eastern Division […]
Two women one who resides on Palmar Road, Orange Walk, the other from Ranchito Village, Corozal Town, are on remand tonight for stealing over two hundred pieces of underwear from a store on Orange Street in Belize City on Tuesday of this week. The duo was allegedly caught on surveillance footage and was escorted to […]
According to a newspaper in Chetumal, Ernesto Alfonso de Miguel who is also known as “En Español” lived for various years at the Corozal Free zone in a bunker. The house was well secured and had a number of amenities which were used as part of Alonzo de Miguel’s lifestyle. He was executed on Saturday […]
Garifuna Settlement Day was celebrated on November nineteenth with festivities in various communities across the country. In Belize City, Yurumein, or the traditional re-enactment of the arrival of the Garinagu to the shores of the Jewel, culminated at the foot of the BelCan Bridge. The re-enactment was succeeded by a parade to Saint Martin’s Church […]
While the bust of Garifuna hero Thomas Vincent Ramos has been ready for quite some time, all efforts to compensate sculptor Stephen Okeke have fallen short. That is until Thursday when PM Barrow pledged that government will make a significant contribution to defray the outstanding balance. G.O.B. will not only cover the remainder of that […]
International Children’s day is marked in calendars around to the globe. It doesn’t matter on which day the celebration is held; the mission is to ensure that children around the world are not exploited but rather that they enjoy a better future. In Belize City, the National Committee for Families and Children focused their activities […]
The original, authentic, annual Orange Walk Tacos Festival is back, and organizers say it will be bigger and better than ever. Going on its fifth year, the festival showcases every possible variety and style of the always popular Orange Walk tacos, with vendors competing to see who can wow the crowds from every part of […]
Dangriga is the koltcha capital of Belize and on Thursday it lived up to its name for Garifuna Settlement Day. The activities started early morning with the re-enactment of the arrival of the Garinagu to our shores back in 1832. The official ceremonies took place later in the morning which then gave way to a […]
The southern part of Belize was the most affected over the past weekend when heavy rains came down. Roads and other infrastructure were submerged under water and became passable when the waters receded. Hundreds of residents had to be taken to shelters. That was on Saturday and Sunday in Toledo, but this morning the gushing […]
San Pedro Police are currently investigating a particularly heinous crime on the island and are seeking one man who they believe is still on the island. It is believed that that man brutally beat and sexually assaulted a seventy year old woman and possibly raped her as she walked home alone on Monday night. The […]
On Tuesday afternoon, a post mortem exam was conducted on the body of sixteen year old Ivan Choc, who was heartlessly killed in front of his parents and siblings inside their house last Friday night in Roaring Creek Village. Pathologist Doctor Mario Estradabran certified that the resident of a Young Bank Road address in Roaring […]
Two-year-old Nina Charlotte Barrera-Perez was removed from her home in Orange Walk Town and taken into protective custody by the Human Services Department five days ago, last Friday. To date her mother, Analiz Gutierrez, has not seen her, and has not been made privy to the location where she is being kept. Human Services officials […]
The Southside of Belize City, knock on wood, is calm. In fact, we’d go so far as to say that there is unprecedented calm where violent crimes are concerned. Here’s a statistic which may come as a surprise to you…since the beginning of September to present, there have been only two murders reported, and we’re […]
While the decrease in crime is significant and welcome, Williams says that if the police had the resources they needed, they would be able to do much more. Lack of resources is a constant cry in the Department, and in this case there is a sore need for vehicles to patrol the Southside. While there […]
Tonight, two Belize City fathers who are sole providers of their children are behind bars after both were convicted of drug trafficking. Two years ago in May 2013, Walter Beaten and Kirk Dougal were found with twenty-five point one kilograms or about fifty-five point three pounds of cannabis stashed inside a van at the George […]
The scheduled arrival of the Liberty of the Seas, a Freedom-class family vessel, at the peak of the 2015 tourist season, should see the landing of approximately three thousand, six hundred visitors to Belize. The cruise ship is expected to call on Belize City a week from today and stakeholders in the tourism industry are […]
While figures for this tourist season are on target in respect of cruise arrivals, an increase is expected in the months ahead. With the addition of several European lines, it is expected that Belize will surpass the million tourist mark. As it stands, Royal Caribbean will be upping its calls threefold, going from ten in […]
The launch of the Harvest Caye terminal will see a vacuum being filled in Belize City, as Norwegian will be taking its ships south. According to Andrade, while a new benchmark in arrivals will be set, the focus remains on ensuring that visitor experience and guest satisfaction are at an optimum. On the Phone: […]
Today, the Police continued their meet and greet efforts, just one of several initiatives which they say are reaping real benefits. We caught up with officers speaking to residents on Oleander Street just off Mahogany Street. It’s an area controlled by the PIV gang, but Eastern Division South Commander Chester Williams says the Police are […]
Across the globe, today is celebrated as World GIS Day and in Belize, following a symposium at the University of Belize last Friday; Total Business Solutions Limited hosted the fourth annual Geographic Information System Expo. If are not techy, GIS stands for Geographic Information System; which is the go-to technology for making informed decisions about […]
On the eve of Garifuna Settlement Day, final preparations are being made by the branches of the National Garifuna Council for the traditional reenactment of the arrival of the Garinagu to Belize. Two hundred and thirteen years ago, on November nineteenth, 1802, the Garinagu headed by national hero, Thomas Vincent Ramos, sought refuge in Belize, […]
Following the mass, a parade will leave from the St. Martin De Porres Church travel contrary to traffic on Vernon Street turn into Youth for the Future Drive over the BelChina Bridge and on to Douglas Jones Street. The procession continues on to Freetown Road and to an open lot across from Atlantic Bank, where […]
At the end of October, in a landmark ruling, the Caribbean Court of Justice ordered Government to make reparation to the Mayan community for damages suffered. The court ordered the setting up of a fund of three hundred thousand dollars to facilitate the consultation process and dialogue between G.O.B. and the Mayan community. The victory […]
The lack of clarity on the issue, at least where G.O.B. is concerned, has led to some very volatile situations – Rupert Myles and the Santa Cruz Mayans being one of the most distasteful. While Mayans are before the Court after they arrested Myles for damaging a sacred site on their communal land, Myles has […]
