A police constable is facing criminal and disciplinary charges after he was found with a stash of contraband beers. Benque Viejo Police were conducting a vehicular checkpoint around five on Sunday evening when they stopped a vehicle driven by Godfrey Moreira. Inside the pickup, they found the uncustomed beverage. ACP Joseph Myvett told us more: […]
A Guatemalan national has been charged for having unlicensed firearm and ammunition in his possession. Police say that forest rangers discovered the Guatemalan inside Belize’s territory somewhere near the Caracol archaeological site. He was detained and handed over to the authorities. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Forest Rangers handed over to […]
A Canadian woman was stabbed four times on Sunday around four-thirty p.m. in San Pedro. According to police, Christina Pott was asleep inside a hotel room on the north end of Ambergris Caye when a man broke in through a window and attacked her while she slept. Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Cowo gave a brief on […]
An argument between two friends on Sunday night in Maskall Village has left one man hospitalized. Police say that sometime before eleven o’clock, Samuel Torres was walking in the village when he met a friend; the men got into an argument and Torres was stabbed twice. He is in a stable condition at the Karl […]
Victims of the August fifth inferno which decimated ten homes in San Pedro, leaving eighty-seven residents displaced, are preparing to commence the rebuilding process. It is expected that persons who were renting property in the Boca del Rio community that have been affected by the massive blaze, are situating themselves elsewhere on the island. Those […]
Popular Belizean athlete Brandon Cattouse, an elite rider, is free to participate in all sanctioned events hosted by the Belize Cycling Federation after his suspension was lifted on Friday. The decision to clear Cattouse of doping allegations succeeded an investigation conducted by Dr. Alberto Bravo, an arbitrator assigned to the Anti Doping Tribunal of the […]
Attorney Hector Guerra outlines the personal circumstances and experiences that Cattouse faced in light of the suspension. According to Guerra, the steps that were taken by the National Anti Doping Organization’s representative in Belize did not comply with established international standards. Hector Guerra, Attorney for Brandon Cattouse “The background that surrounds the allegations are […]
According to Guerra, NADO, which is represented by former Director of Health Services, Doctor Michael Pitts, is short of basic resources for storing specimen collected from athletes. The operation of the woefully lacking one-man organization has been called to question in light of Bravo’s decision. Hector Guerra, Attorney for Brandon Cattouse “The decision has […]
The Ministry of Education is hosting a four-day literacy training for teachers from underperforming schools in Belize City, Stann Creek and Toledo. The purpose of the workshop is to equip teachers with strategies to teach students to better read and write which will help to improve their performance in school. News Five spoke with the […]
Doctor Rose Bradley was also asked why students are still struggling with reading and writing in the primary school classrooms. She says that a number of factors are at play, but it is expected that the new and dynamic teaching strategies, combined with empowering families, may have a positive overall impact on how students do […]
The importance of providing timely and accurate information, particularly to those most vulnerable to the effects of disasters, is not lost on the National Emergency Management Organization. Earlier today, government commenced a two-day seminar as an introduction to various stakeholders, including the met service, the fire department and other N.G.O. participants, to the Common Alerting […]
The National Women’s Volleyball Selection is still riding the crest of a stellar performance at this year’s Regional Volleyball Championships. Earlier today, the girl’s, their coaching staff and their fans took to the streets of the Old Capital in a motorcade to celebrate their second place victory. Here are the sights and sounds from the […]
A female referee was physically assaulted by a football player on Sunday evening in the Corozal District where she was officiating a match between San Antonio and Concepcion Village. According to thirty-one-year-old Yuri Daniels, she was viciously punched in the mouth after issuing a red card to Darnel Mossiah for unsportsmanlike behavior towards other players. […]
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A mother of three from Punta Gorda, who moved to the city a year ago, was senselessly killed on Thursday night. The suspect is her babies’ daddy. Roxanna Pop was at a popular store on Central American Boulevard when she was stabbed three times to the abdomen. The injuries lead to her quick demise at […]
The spate of armed robberies continued this afternoon in the city when two men held up two gas pump attendants at PUMA Gas Station on the Philip Goldson Highway. Security footage shows the duo, one armed with a handgun, approaching the unsuspecting attendants and robbing them of an undisclosed amount of cash. This latest, brazen, […]
There was another robbery of a business house overnight in Corozal Town. Quality Poultry Product and Chicken Express was jacked sometime after five o’clock on Thursday evening when the store closed for business. The manager, Ingrid Vega, went back to work this morning at eight o’clock and discovered that thieves had gained access into the […]
A total of one hundred and fifty robberies were reported for the first six months of 2018. This is an increase of fifty-two robberies when compared to the same period in 2017. The total figure, however, has increased significantly since June. In the past month, we have been reporting on a number of armed robberies […]
Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner is back in the country. He returned today after spending some days in London for the Jalsa Salana Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. We’ll tell you about his trip later but first, we spoke to the mayor about the recent controversy involving heavy duty equipment and Minister Anthony […]
Popular Belizean cyclist Brandon Cattouse is exonerated of charges that he has been using performance-enhancing drugs as an elite rider. His vindication comes after it was initially confirmed that Cattouse had tested positive for EPO, a hormone produced by the kidney to promote the formation of red blood cells by the bone marrow. EPO has […]
The Vital Statistics Office is functioning with a new director, following the abrupt departure of Patricia Hinkson, who was given her marching orders late Tuesday evening. The reason behind Hinkson’s termination has not been made public and no one from the ministry wishes to go on record to say why. It is believed, however, that […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country today on personal leave, according to a release from his office. Also noteworthy is that Hugo Patt, Minister of Natural Resources, will again act as Prime Minister until Barrow’s return on Tuesday.
One more issue on crime…a top crime investigator has been assigned to the murder of seventy-four-year-old Richard Foster. Inspector Aban is leading the investigative team with the hopes to make a significant arrest by this weekend and crack the case. The British filmmaker was kidnapped from his home at Savanna Guest House sometime Monday night […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom held their annual convention called ‘Jalsa Salana’ earlier this week. The event which pulls thousands of Muslims from all cross the world is used to spread religious knowledge and promote peace and brotherhood. A mission from the Jewel, led by the Ahmadiyya Muslim group in Belize City, […]
There seems to be a widening rift between cane farmers in the north and the millers, American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industry. It has to do with the cane price estimates and how it is being calculated. The contention between the two parties surrounds an eleven-million-dollar transportation cost of sugar/molasses at Free Alongside Ship. According to […]
