Jalsa Salana, the yearly gathering of Muslims in Belize, is a reunion with the purpose of enabling every honest and open person to experience firsthand its religious benefits. The convention is scheduled to commence on Friday afternoon with a full itinerary of events carrying over into Saturday. On Sunday, the third annual convention will conclude […]
January fifteenth marked one year since ABC7’s executive producer thirty-nine-year-old Ann Swaney was killed in Belize. The media professional was vacationing at a resort in Cayo when she was killed two days before she was scheduled to return home to the United States.Swaney’spartially nude body with injuries to the head and neck was found floating […]
Since the beginning of the New Year, residents in the Conch Shell Bay neighborhood have been plagued by a spate of deadly shootings. The bloodbath in that area began on January first when the country recorded the first homicide for 2017. It is unclear whether the ensuing attacks are all related; however, what is known […]
This afternoon, Belize City police apprehended Enfield Fitzgibbon and charged him with the attempted murder of Keimar Nicholas. This is in connection with the near fatal shooting incident in Lindo’s Alley on Monday night. Additionally, Fitzgibbon has been charged with dangerous harm, and use of deadly means of harm. As we reported earlier, a Sig […]
Eight persons were arrested and charged today for drug trafficking offenses, following a raid by the Gang Suppression Unit of a house on Lavender Street in the Saint Martin’s area. Just after five p.m. on Monday, members of the GSU executed a search warrant for controlled drugs at the residence of Elsworth Morter. Present at […]
The General Revenue and Appropriations Bill is scheduled to be presented and debated in March. The Opposition and certain corners have made dour predictions that in light of the continuing economic recession, the Government will have no choice but to raise taxes and fire public officers. Prime Minister Dean Barrow and others have gone on […]
Re-negotiation of the Belize 2038 Bonds or Superbond has bogged down some, following the summary rejection of the Government’s consent solicitation by bondholders last week. The Government is now seeking to respond to the bondholders’ dictates with regard to avoiding further credit risk and strengthening Belize’s economy – with a possible dose of medicine from […]
The last word on the Occupational Safety and Health Bill, which died in Parliamentary committee prior to the 2015 general elections, was that it would be revived in discussion between the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize. It had been one of the eight points raised by […]
Last week, News Five went on the hunt looking for answers as to why regular and premium gasoline happened to be the exact same price in Belize City: nine dollars and ninety-one cents. Prices have stabilized somewhat after a series of hikes in early 2016, caused by Government increasing import duties to combat a fifty-million-dollar […]
On Monday night, Guatemalan parents met in Melchor De Mencos to express their distress about new border crossing regulations put in place by Belize’s Ministry of Immigration for students coming into Benque. The regulated process has been in the works since October 2015 and is a security control measure to prevent persons from crossing the […]
Eighteen-year-old Erwin Lanza, a laborer of Lord’s Bank, was arrested and charged today after being accused of engaging in a sexual act with a minor. According to the nine-year-old girl, Lanza had intercourse with her on two separate occasions; first in September of 2016 and then last Tuesday. Lanza appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Carlon Mendoza […]
A Belize City man was busted by police on Monday while attempting to dispose of a loaded firearm in a property on Curassow Street. Twenty-one-year-old Kadeem Anderson is on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after being caught in the act of tossing a point thirty-eight Smith and Wesson revolver. The handgun, loaded with […]
Over the years, hundreds of Belizeans students have benefited from educational opportunities in Cuba. Likewise, many have taken advantage of medical care provided by Cuban doctors and nurses in Belize. On Friday, in commemoration of the Fifty-eight Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, a few prominent Belizeans who either lived or studied in Cuba, paid tribute […]
Letters of Credence were presented to Governor General Sir Colville Young on Monday by four incoming ambassadors. In a brief ceremony held at Belize House in Belmopan, Ambassador Jonathan Peled of Israel, Ambassador Merethe Nergaard of Norway, Ambassador Alena Gazurova of Slovak Republic and Italian Ambassador Luigi Maccotta expressed their pleasure in representing their respective […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, collaborating with representatives of the International Labour Organization and Caribbean Employers’ Conference, today hosted a one-day workshop in Belize City. It concerned improving productivity in the workplace for small and micro enterprises, which form a large part of Belize’s workforce even if they do not provide as many […]
Just days to go and the excitement about the Miss Universe Pageant is at an all-time high. We’ve been showing you Rebecca Rath’s journey to the crown and the last few days have been filled with activities and new experiences. Miss Belize Universe’s auction item – a painting from local artist Pen Cayetano was one […]
A murder on Sunday night claimed the life of one brother and has left another injured. The brothers were at the Conch Shell Bay Fish Market when a man opened fire on them – hitting each sibling once. We received conflicting reports of how the murder happened – one account said that two men rode […]
A motorist lost his life on Sunday night in Belmopan during a fatal road traffic accident. Twenty-one-year-old Geovannie Reymundo, a resident of San Martin, was riding a black Meilun motorcycle, along with Anita Canti, when they collided into a dark blue Toyota Hilux. The pickup truck was being driven at the time by forty-three-year-old Kevin […]
Another motorcyclist perished in a traffic mishap over the weekend. On Friday night, nineteen-year-old Jerry Martinez, a resident of Black Water Creek in Trial Farm, lost his life along the Otro Benque Road in Orange Walk Town. The teenager collided into a lamppost and suffered massive injuries to the upper body. Martinez was transported to […]
Eighteen-year-old Jair Tamai of Corozal Town thought he could outrun police on mobile patrol on Sunday morning, but they very quickly caught up with him. Officers spotted the teenager, also known as Totolosh, of a Second Street North address, throwing away an object resembling a firearm and a cap in a drain before fleeing the […]
Eastern Division police continue their efforts to remove cannabis and weaponry from the streets, making one arrest. A sixteen-year-old minor has been charged with drug trafficking. Around twelve-forty Saturday afternoon, police patrolling on Raccoon Street saw two men on separate bicycles at the corner with Curassow Street. One of the youths was carrying a black […]
Forty-year-old Kirk Pitts was remanded to prison for possession of ammunition and a small quantity of weed. Over the weekend, police busted Pitts with several nine millimeter ammunition and less than half gram of cannabis. Police were on mobile patrol when they spotted Pitts looking suspicious on a veranda on Faber’s Road Extension in Belize […]
Over the weekend, a group of San Pedro residents marched peacefully through the streets before coming to a stop at the Central Park on the island. There, a public forum on offshore oil drilling in Belize commenced. The participants sent a resounding message to G.O.B., saying no to offshore oil drilling after weighing the odds. […]
It’s been five years since a referendum attempt by Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage failed when Government announced that the N.G.O. was unable to gather the required eight thousand signatures that were needed to push the referendum on offshore drilling. With the now amended Referendum Act putting the threshold at a fifty percent, plus […]
Back in December, this station, having gleaned information from reliable sources, questioned whether the Government of Belize would pay as much as four million Belize dollars for the Chon Saan Palace Restaurant building in Belmopan. It is owned by the Chang family, whose son Lee Mark Chang is president of the Senate and a former […]
