Ryan Davis, who renounced his gang ties and is a part of the Youth Apprenticeship Program, approached Willoughby, who took his case up to the Ministry of Local Government. Poor and indigent persons are covered in a specific section of the Towns Property Tax Act which Willoughby says people can take advantage of despite expected […]
The very first admission into the newly formed Maya Land Registry has been made by the remote southern village of Crique Sarco. The far-flung community in the Toledo District is one of twenty-three indigenous populations that has signed on to the consent order, following a monumental land rights case against the Government of Belize in […]
This morning, men, women and children from the wider indigenous community were bussed into Crique Sarco where the geographical map of the village was formally unveiled. Among the invited guests was Lisel Alamilla, Chairperson of the Maya Land Rights Commission. As part of the CCJ’s decision, that government agency is tasked with working with the […]
Belize’s team to the 2017 Central American Pre-Infantile under-eleven and under-thirteen Table Tennis Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, returned with two bronze medals in boys’ play and improved performances across the discipline. The seven players are Taye Parkinson, Devesh Hukmani, Jofny Paguaga, Goran Gabourel and in the female category, Sarai Paguaga, Abigail Thurton and Gabrielle Gabourel. […]
The proliferation of guns and ammunition across the western border near Benque Viejo del Carmen is a recurrent problem that is openly acknowledged by the Belize Police Department. But tonight, gun-running of illegal weapons from Guatemala at the hands of a cop takes on a totally different complexion for the department. On Monday night, a […]
The firearm, as we’ve mentioned, is a nine millimeter handgun from Guatemala with a matching serial number. The fact that it was found in the possession of an officer, concealed inside a vehicle he was driving, has raised eyebrows. Reporter “Is it a concern for you all that a police officer was at the […]
There is another cop in hot water. Senior officer, Superintendent Dinsdale Thompson was busted in Arenal Village on Friday by customs officials in possession of a quantity of contraband pharmaceuticals. While the drugs were confiscated, Thompson settled the matter quietly for an undisclosed sum. Still, he is under investigation by the Professional Standards Branch of […]
Two persons, including a minor, were shot on Cleghorn Street in Belize City on Monday night sometime after ten o’clock. When police arrived at the scene, the victims had been rushed to the K.H.M.H. Fourteen-year-old Jaheem Pipersburgh was hit to the left wrist, upper chest and upper right back while thirty-six-year-old Fiona Spain was shot […]
There was a grisly discovery this morning in the Stann Creek District where the decomposing body of a Guatemalan farmer was found on a road in Alta Vista Village. Forty-nine-year-old Cesar Augusto Monroy was hacked to death along the Davis Falls Road. He had been chopped on the neck and left hand. Around six-thirty a.m., […]
Are taxi drivers at risk in Belize City? According to police, no more than usual. Thirty-nine-year-old Thomas Staine was murdered overnight on Monday, his stab-riddled body recovered from the Collet Canal two hours after his taxi was found abandoned with blood stains on the passenger seat at the corner of King Street and Amara Avenue. […]
A News Five team headed to Corozal overnight to capture what was happening on the ground as the northern municipality prepared for a first impending storm in the 2017 hurricane season. Given the destruction caused by Hurricane Earl a year ago, all systems were in full gear to avert or at least contain damages. Duane […]
A series of leaked documents from the Lands Department revealing another land grab by members of the family of former minister Gaspar Vega on Ramsey Caye and the Spanish Creek area of the Belize District, have been obtained by News Five. While Vega was still minister, members of his family engaged in an unusual pattern […]
While Vega is retiring from active politics, when we caught up with Orange Walk North area rep, Elodio Aragon Junior last Friday, we asked him about his party’s municipal elections preparations. He told us that the U.D.P. is moving ahead with their transfers and they will be ready to put forward their slate once all […]
In the northernmost municipality of Corozal, current U.D.P. mayor Hilberto Campos says he will not be contesting for a fifth term. Campos has been at the helm of the Corozal Town Council for twelve years and is stepping down for several reasons. While covering the weather, our News Five crew asked Campos about his future […]
And from the north to the west where Belmopan is in full swing lining up their candidates for the U.D.P. convention on August thirteenth. But all is not well and that there are signs of internal conflict boiling over. Over the past few days several Facebook posts indicate that there is dissention in the camp, […]
Brandon Taylor was cleared of murder for the second time earlier this year in the death of Kaylon Matura. Since then the thirty-one-year-old has been trying to lead a clean life according to his family, even briefly moving out of the city. But on Monday, police say he was caught with a nine-millimeter firearm and […]
On Monday, principal of Gwen Lizarraga High School Doctor Lorna McKay defied the request of the Board of Directors of the Government-run institution to clear out her desk, turn over her keys and proceed on administrative leave. Later in the evening, workmen were sent to change the locks on the office door. There were reports […]
On Monday night, we told you about the tragic fire on Santa Barbara Street that claimed the life of twenty month old Tyrique Roberts. The baby boy was left sleeping locked inside his home on Sunday night when his mother went to the shop to buy. The fire started and neighbours were not able to […]
Guatemala’s request for six hundred and fifty million U.S. dollars to construct the CA-Nine Highway to Puerto Barrios, according to Ambassador Charles Liu, is simply a request that remains under consideration. Last week, reports emerged that Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales had secured funding from the government of Taiwan during a recent visit to Taipei […]
The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is in the process of updating the now-twelve year old National Tourism Policy which espouses sustainable tourism as the underpinning of the profitable industry. Stakeholders have been consulted extensively over the past few weeks and the consultant contracted for the revision, Dr. Richard Denman, last week presented a […]
But what exactly is sustainable tourism? It’s a question Castaneda says the Ministry was asked repeatedly during the consultations, especially in light of the apparent deviation from the National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan established in 2012 with relation to cruise tourism in the Placencia Peninsula. The answer is contained in the revised policy, which establishes […]
KTV the Remix has taken fans by storm as the competition tightens, but we’ll have to wait one more week to see who enters the semi-final rounds because in anticipation of the weather, producers have postponed tonight’s performances. So far, we’ve seen the contestants’ rendition of your favorite Belizean, disco and alternative songs. But don’t […]
Tropical Storm Franklin, it’s the first weather system during this year’s hurricane season to pose a threat to northern Belize. The severe offshore storm continues it path, heading west-north-west at thirteen miles per hour with maximum winds of up to sixty miles per hour. With the National Emergency Management Organization fully activated since Sunday, efforts […]
In Belize City, Councilor Phillip Willoughby is spearheading the efforts of the City Emergency Management Organization, CEMO, and met earlier this evening with law enforcement officials, as well as representatives of other government agencies. The last bus north left from Belize City at five p.m. today, following instructions from NEMO that all public transportation traveling […]
An outline of the coordinated efforts involving the Belize Defense Force, the police department, as well as the National Fire Service was shared with the media. Fuel stations in Belize City will remain open to the public during normal hours of operation. Phillip Willoughby, CEMO Coordinator “What will be taking place, that you saw […]
