In early March, there was an armed encounter between Belize Defense Force soldiers on foot patrol in the Chiquibul National Park and Guatemalan poachers. At the time, one of the illegal hunters was shot in the leg, in an area known as Cebada, where illegal activities are known to abound. Over the weekend, news quickly […]
This afternoon, COLA issued a statement on the shooting of Lambey. COLA called on the government to undertake an aggressive internationalization of the territorial dispute by Guatemala. COLA’s President Geovanni Brackett told News Five today that government should issue a timely and relevant response to the latest incident in the adjacency zone. Geovanni Brackett, […]
Just after seven p.m. on Holy Saturday, shots rang out on Lopez Street off Mahogany Street Extension in Belize City. It would lead to the first of two murders over the Easter weekend. Twenty-four year old Alwayne Cherrington, an optician, was with his wife and other family members when a gunman walked up the steps, […]
In the capital, a man known to the law was found dead. The family claims Noe Cruz was found in a seated position, but the police point out that Cruz’s body was lying near a vehicle. What is certain is that he was partying at a favorite night spot in Belmopan. He would leave and […]
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The budget for fiscal year 2016/2017 was discussed at length by the Senate this morning, succeeding a two-day heated debate in the House of Representatives a week ago. Dubbed “Stability in a Time of Change,” G.D.P. growth is forecast at one point five percent with a deficit that expanded to five percent. While the proposed […]
The Opposition, for its part, describes the budget as both uninspiring and insipid and therefore the party cannot lend its support to the budget that has ballooned into a massive deficit. Led by Senator Eamon Courtenay, the People’s United Party proceeded to pick holes in the budget, particularly criticizing government’s failure to consult with its […]
With government and opposition senators weighing in on the budget in detail, one complimenting the financial plan and the other altogether condemning it, what is the union’s outlook for the year ahead? The wage bill for teachers and public officers will balloon to four hundred million, but the lack of consultations in crafting the budget […]
Six days after the robbery of Valley Supplies Gas Station, in Scotland Half Moon in the Belize District, an adult and a minor are facing charges. The armed robbery occurred on the afternoon of March twenty-third 2016. The business owner and two patrons were robbed of cash and valuables. This morning before Magistrate Deborah Rogers, […]
There are reports tonight that U.S. immigration agents have arrested more than one thousand suspects and have charged them for attempted murder and witness tampering in an anti-gang sweep. The operation called Project Shadow was aimed at international gangs operating in the Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston; and El Paso, Texas areas, according to […]
There were two stabbing incidents in the city over the extended weekend…both on Easter Sunday. Sometime after two a.m., police found Ezekiel McKoy on Water Lane; he had been stabbed multiple times to the back, stomach and neck. Officers have since canvassed the area, but the investigation is coming up empty-handed. No relatives have come […]
Notorious street figure, Jason “Soup” Williams, is back in the news tonight for committing an aggravated assault with a deadly instrument and causing grievous harm during an incident at Old Belize on the George Price Highway on March twenty-seventh, 2016. “Soup,” it is alleged, knocked down two persons and stabbed one of the men. Dean […]
There are two traffic fatalities to report, one in the west and the other across the border. This morning on the Bullet Tree Road, Cayo, a Nissan pickup truck driven by forty year old Juan Alvarado of Hillview, Santa Elena, overturned. Along with Alvarado were twenty-four year old John Xol and Byron Bracena. The trio […]
In the other fatality, reports are that sixty-eight year old Lloyd Andrews was killed as he drove to Melchor de Mencos, Peten. There were four passengers in his vehicle: Nora Leticia Sanchez and underage siblings Eva Maria, Jimmy, and Egbert Andrews. Lloyd was flung out of the vehicle and passed away in the impact of […]
In addition to the murders and shootings, as well as traffic accidents that occurred during the Easter break, a fire also destroyed a small house. The house was unoccupied when the fire spread through it, gutting all its content. The Fire Department says it had an illegal electrical connection. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
Police are reporting a drug bust at the Benque Viejo Del Carmen Bus terminal. It yielded them over six thousand grams of weed or more than thirteen pounds of the drug on Monday afternoon. The weed was found in a bucket and today William Gonzalez was charged with drug trafficking.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Selvyn Tillett was robbed at gunpoint on Valentine’s Day and relieved of his son-in-law’s pickup truck while in his hometown of Benque Viejo. ASP Tillett was held up by a pair of armed men who stole the white late model vehicle and fled across the Guatemalan border. Despite prompt and efficient […]
During today’s lengthy Senate debate, the church also had its say on the pros and cons of the annual budget. While Senator Ashley Rocke did not altogether pan the 2016/2017 budget, he did note that allotment for the churches has been discontinued. Instead, government has opted to contribute charitable funding to what are being described […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley, this is sports Monday and I certainly hope that you had an enjoyable holiday. Of course the entire nation was glued to the 88th running of the Annual Cross Country Cycle Classic the biggest one day opportune event in this nation we call Belize. Every village, every municipality, everywhere […]
