In the city, shots rang out on Thursday night. A young man was shot on Jasmine Street at around seven o’clock. Wasani Avila was along with a friend when a gunman approached them and opened fire. His friend escaped, but unfortunately for him, a bullet caught him in the back. But was the shooting victim […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke briefly about the shooting incident involving twenty-four-year-old Wasani Avila. According to the Officer Commanding Eastern Division South, the motive for the attack on Avila and his friend may have been robbery. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Sometime after seven-thirty last night or thereabout, police […]
The murder of popular Belize City disc jockey Andrew ‘Hard Rock’ Bennett stunned the deejay fraternity several weeks ago, when word of the deadly shooting on Central American Boulevard spread like wildfire across social media. On Thursday, Hard Rock’s alleged killer was nabbed in Belmopan and extradited to the Old Capital where he was arraigned […]
Twenty-six-year-old Naomi Abigail Taylor, a primary school teacher of Dangriga, lost her life on Thursday evening while riding a bicycle on Ecumenical Drive. Taylor was heading to her mother’s house when a motorcycle driven by twenty-two-year-old Michael Estero collided into the back wheel of the male beach cruiser bicycle. She fell onto the concrete street […]
The International Monetary Fund has concluded its annual Article Four consultative visit to Belize, held from June sixth to fifteenth. It has issued its preliminary findings, which speak of a weak economy. The summary of their conclusions is as follows: “The economy is expected to return to positive growth in 2017, but the medium term […]
A group of Belizeans who probably agree with the conclusions of the International Monetary Fund is the Belize Leaders for Social Justice. It is a grouping of social justice organizations dedicated to fighting for the cause of the common man, and they are hoping that Belizeans will brave the expected wet weather this weekend to […]
The Immigration and Nationality Department has been under intense scrutiny ever since Auditor General Dorothy Bradley released a special report on findings within that government agency during 2011 and 2013. That microscope aside, Minister of State Beverly Williams today discussed the ministry’s position on Central American refugees who are seeking residence in Belize. She also […]
On Thursday, we brought you the response of the chair of the so-called “Morality Commission”, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, to the news that the Anglican and Methodist churches have withdrawn from their united position to respond to Government in the wake of the Section fifty-three decision from last August. Faber said Government remains interested […]
Sixty-five-year-old Guatemalan national, Francisco Levi Figueroa, secured bail from the Supreme Court today with the help of his attorney, Leeroy Banner. Figueroa is accused of fondling a six-year-old girl. But there was heavy objection by the crown, represented by Jacqueline Willoughby. Willoughby submitted that the court must take into consideration the seriousness of the […]
Andre Vega and Sanjay Hotchandani, co-owners of the “Mek Mi Rich” game show were back in court on Thursday. Businessman Curtis Swasey contended in 2015 that it was his original idea of using texting to conduct a lottery, and was in negotiation with Belize Telemedia Limited for development of what became the show. But it […]
A well-known money lender of Benque Viejo del Carmen is recovering from gunshot injuries he received on Thursday, when armed assailants opened fire on his home. Fifty-one-year-old Erwin Cocom was at home on Pedro Guerra Mena Street around eleven a.m. when two gunmen showed up at his residence on a motorcycle. The pair fired multiple […]
A San Pedro man is missing for over three weeks and his family is desperately looking for him. Thirty two year old Erin Linarez left his family home on the island on the twenty first of May to voluntarily check himself into the REMAR rehabilitation center in Bullet Tree Village. Linarez was suffering from alcoholism […]
Earlier this week, Panama severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan and announced it was forging relations with China. The move angered Taiwan, which later announced that it was closing its embassy and recalling its technical and diplomatic mission. Today News Five caught up with Taiwan’s Ambassador to Belize we asked him about the rupture and whether […]
And while Ambassador Charles Liu remains positive and hopeful about the ties with Belize, we asked him if there is any concern that China, with its big coffers, will come knocking on other doors in Central America, particularly countries that rely heavily on foreign aid. Liu believes China’s move was strategic and that while they […]
The Taiwanese Government, through the Primary and Secondary Art Skills Training Centre, launched the Taiwan Cultural Exchange Program in Belize. This is the first of its kind program that aims to educate locals about Taiwanese culture, with a focus on language, food, music and education. Andrea Polanco was at today’s launch and has more about […]
The Museum of Belize is spearheading a project that will see small museums enter into an association. Next week the Museum of Belize is going to officially incorporate and sign the article of association that will see small museums better supported with training and other opportunities. When we spoke with Director of the Museum Alexis […]
It’s usually held closer to Mother’s Day, but this year’s Miss Y.W.C.A. pageant will be a Father’s Day affair. Seven “seenagers” will vie for the prestigious title at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. The Association marks sixty-one years and twenty-four for the pageant under the theme Empowering Women in a Changing World. News […]
Vincentian-born R and B and reggae singer Judy Boucher says she considers Belize a second home, having come here regularly for concerts in the last few years. The author of top ten hits including her signature tune, “Can’t Be With You Tonight,” is back again this week for a “Mature People’s Concert” on this coming […]
Soca in June? Belizeans rarely need an excuse to party, but this weekend marks the official start of the soca and carnival season. Six of Belize’s top soca performers – Ernestine Carballo; Leslie “Bastic” Jenkins; Boss Lady, Missy B, Wilson Grinage and T.R. Shine – will share the stage at Flavaz Entertainment’s Soca Kick-off Concert […]
The murder of twenty-one-year-old Omar Barahona Junior shocked the Cotton Tree residents and surrounding communities in the Cayo District. Last Saturday, Barahona Junior was shot and killed as he attended a farewell party in his honour. According to the family, he was getting ready to leave for the U.S. on June seventeenth – a trip […]
Three weeks ago, popular DJ and radio personality Andrew “Hard Rock” Bennett was gunned down on Central American Boulevard. Hard Rock’s murder shook the community because it broke a three-week lull in the murder count. Bennett was also well-known and highly spoken of in the music industry where he provided training for young boys from […]
After a year of investigation by Italian police, the courts of Italy have pronounced justice on several persons accused of defrauding investors of more than twenty million U.S. dollars in a faked hotel resort scheme. Chief Developer of the Puerto Azul “eight-star” hotel project, Domenico Giannini; his partner, Fabio La Rosa; and two others have […]
An internal investigation conducted by the Professional Standards Branch into an officer-involved fatality in Chunox Village is ongoing. On Friday evening, forty-four-year-old Richard Garcia was shot and killed when a team of four policemen visited a residence in that rural community in the Corozal District to carry out an eviction of the handyman. According to […]
The deadly shooting took place on the evening of June ninth, at around five p.m.; however, the lifeless body of Richard Garcia was not removed from the scene until almost eighteen hours later. The corpse remained in the open throughout the night with several officers standing guard until the scene was able to be processed […]
Recently two church leaders, namely the Anglican Diocese Bishop Phillip Wright and the Methodist’s Reverend Roosevelt Papouloute, decided to remove themselves from the Church-State Commission, which is also referred to as the morality commission. Church leaders committed to offer Government their positions on critical moral, spiritual and national issues in the wake of outrage over […]
