As we reported Contractor General Godwin Arzu is out of his post. He has failed to produce the annual reports from his office as part of his obligations to continue in the office he has held for several years. So for now, there is no one to vet government contracts being issued. While Ombudsman Lionel […]
The Police Department has been explaining its recent move for police officers to take photographs of persons stopped and searched as part of its activities on the ground in various areas. The question has been raised as to whether this is profiling or singling out certain individuals based on their particular descriptions and activities. Legal […]
The Belize Cycling Federation has been waiting for the National Sports Council to sign off on its new constitution before elections for its executive can be called. But Tariq Cano, a young cyclist, is seeking to replace the leadership of current president and vice-president Dion Leslie and Orson Butler, respectively, over allegations of neglect of […]
There was no meeting of the House of Representatives today in Belmopan. One had been mooted for discussing the U.H.S. matter but new litigation in the Caribbean Court of Justice has seen it put off. But a mandatory session is scheduled for March ninth, two days after the Municipal Elections, to present the General Revenue […]
On Thursday afternoon the body of an elderly woman was discovered under the popular Mike’s Club on Regent Street West. Police have since indicated that the death is natural. Sixty-one year old Yolanda Bowman Nembhard was described as a mental patient. The find was made around three-fifteen Thursday afternoon and police investigations so far have […]
A security guard was ambushed by a gunman on Friday morning, but lived to tell the tale. Around one-ten a.m., twenty-six-year-old Edwin Williams was at work at the University of Belize Education Campus, better known as the Old Teachers College, in West Landivar when he was approached by a gunman. The Police Street resident fought […]
An American tourist was sexually assaulted in San Pedro just before dawn today. The twenty-five-year-old woman visited the police station on the island this morning and reported that while asleep, she was awoken by a push. That’s when she realized that someone she knows was having sexual intercourse with her against her will. Police have […]
Daniel Myvett was tried nearly four years ago for the February 2010 murder of Nigerian security guard Kabiru Oloungududu with two others, Jamaal Jackson and Talbert Mena. They walked free, but the jury was hung in regard to Myvett and a re-trial was ordered. Since then, Myvett has been behind bars and now attorney Alifa […]
A novel project that will provide sustenance as well as income to participating families kicked off today at the YMCA compound. It is named the Port Loyola Urban Gardens Greenhouse and involves families of the Jane Usher Boulevard Neighborhood. They have learnt to plant fruits and vegetables, inside a greenhouse, which they will consume as […]
Since its last mission to Belize in 2017, a team of doctors has returned to perform various procedures on four children afflicted with heart disease. Those operations, facilitated through the Rotary Gift of Life Program, were all successful and the patients are recuperating in ward at the K.H.M.H. Among them are two infants, Leiny and […]
One-year-old Leiny Montalvo is diagnosed with PDA, an abnormal blood flow occurring between two of the major arteries connected to her heart. Along with her parents, she has traveled all the way from Chunox to Belize City for this special procedure. The family has been struggling financially to seek medical attention outside of the country. […]
Traditionally, the ringing in of a new year takes place at midnight between December thirty-first and January first, with merrymakers joining voices for the refrain of Auld Lang Syne. The Chinese New Year, however, varies each year and lasts for over two weeks. The 2018 Chinese New Year begins today, based on the lunar calendar. […]
Parents and teachers of a primary school in Camalote, Cayo, are tonight breathing a sigh of relief. That’s because a fence is now in place providing security and safety to the students. The fencing will also assist teachers to better monitor students and most importantly, it will keep away perpetrators who may want to prey […]
Nominations for all municipal candidates will be made next week Wednesday across the country. In Belize City, the political parties and independent candidates will be going over to the Elections and Boundaries Department at the Charles Bartlett Hyde Building on Mahogany Street between ten and four in the afternoon. It’s the procedure before elections that […]
BELTRAIDE, in partnership with Compete Caribbean, held a “national cluster workshop” in Belize City today. The idea of clustering in business is to bring partners together within or even across industries to collaborate and build capacity with the aim to increase productivity and stimulate economic growth. With financial support from Compete Caribbean, a multi donor […]
The third annual Sprite Eastern Police Division Basketball Cup kicked off today with three games on the outdoor basketball court at the new Civic Center. The tournament started back in 2016 as an intervention activity for high risk and gang members on the south side of Belize City. This year fourteen teams from both south […]
On Sunday, the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts will come alive as the third edition of Sarina Heusner’s Talent Night takes place inside the auditorium. The event pools together creative arts enthusiasts and performers from across the country in fun packed evening, hosted by Nyabingi Melanie Price and DJ Black Dorian Balthazar. Heusner tells […]
A woman has been detained in connection with the latest murder in the city. Police hope she can provide them with information that will help them crack the murder of Tyrone Gibson. The twenty-year-old south side resident, affiliated with the PIV gang, was killed last Friday night as he stood across from the Michael Finnegan […]
Following his murder, Dianne Martinez told News Five that she would like to know what role, if any, the woman played in her son’s murder. Martinez shared what she knows about her son’s final moments, while meeting up with the woman who is now being questioned. Dianne Martinez, Mother of Deceased “Apparently, they already […]
Forty-two-year-old Hilmar Alamilla returned to the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for a preliminary inquiry to determine if he would stand trial for murder at the Supreme Court. Alamilla is the right-hand man of Orange Walk’s Gaspar Vega, but he is accused of the sensational July 2017 murder of twenty-four year old Daniel Sosa, […]
In mid-January, a Guatemalan reporter with Prensa Libre, Rigoberto Escobar, entered into Belize from the western border and claimed he was confronted by the police within the adjacency zone also considered no man’s land. Escobar would go on to complain to the Guatemalan press about the incident going as far as to say that he […]
Canadian fugitive Jordan Bacchus was arrested for drug possession in Sudbury, Canada; he will also be charged for armed robbery and other crimes in Toronto recently. But will he be extradited to Belize? Bacchus is a person of interest in the May 2016 murder of Melvin Almendarez in San Pedro. Today, we asked Foreign Minister […]
We reported last week that Guatemala has finally sent its Ambassador to Belize in the person of career diplomat Georges De La Roche Du Ronzet. His appointment comes almost two years after his predecessor, Manuel Estuardo Roldan Barillas, was abruptly recalled to that country in the wake of the shooting death of Julio Rene Alvarado […]
While there is a new Guatemalan ambassador, another is departing the Belize Foreign Ministry. Today, Elrington confirmed that Ambassador Stuart Leslie is no longer a part of the Referendum Unit of the Ministry and has opted to move on to do political work with the Leader of the Opposition. The unit has focused on the […]
Now it is no secret that crime is a major issue in Belize. Elsewhere in the Central American region, border countries such as Guatemalan and Honduras have seen a decrease in its murder rate. Belize, on the other hand, in last year saw one hundred and forty-murders; and the murder count continues to climb in […]
