Sixty-seven-year-old Sherris Stringham is still missing. It has been five days since the American woman has last been seen. And tonight concerns for her whereabouts are growing after police found her missing vehicle. The Exterra SUV was found abandoned near the bypass in Orange Walk. Now, that is a long way from Hopkins village and […]
Chairman of the Sugar Control Production Committee, Doctor Carlos Itza has finally heard from the Chairman of the Sugar Industry Control Board, Gabriel Martinez. But the letter gave him his marching orders. Itza was informed that his post as Sugar Cane Specialist and Sugar Cane Technical Assistant with the Sugar Industry Control Board has become […]
In another government department under the responsibility of Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, questions are being raised in respect of an internal audit conducted at the National Sports Council for the period September to November 2017. A memo sent to Chief Executive Officer Adele Catzim from Finance Officer Ena Codrington flagged several irregularities under the […]
G.O.B. has promptly responded to statements made by James Brodie and Company Limited, an importer of pharmaceuticals. On Wednesday, Brodies claimed that it stands to lose some ninety thousand dollars in medicine after the Government denied them entry of a shipment of medication that was ordered from Ziotis Company in 2017. The issue is over […]
Police say neither they nor Matthew Smith know why he was shot on Tuesday night at the corner of Johnson Street and Cemetery Road. On Wednesday we told you that Smith was buying food when a man rode up and pointed a gun in his direction and fired shots. One of the bullets caught him […]
On Monday we reported on the case in which two men were charged with drug trafficking of five kilos of cocaine and possession of firearm and ammunition without a gun license, but freed of the charges. Thirty-three-year-old Carlos Lopez and thirty-seven-year-old Peter Schmidt both walked when their attorney made a ‘no-case submission’ because the arresting […]
Tonight, Keyur Barot and Jitendra Kumar are back in India. The duo was under protective custody in Belize because of a human trafficking allegation they made against their former boss businessman, Jack Charles. Their statements were recorded on video by the police. The men had allegedly stolen a vehicle and money from Charles in September […]
On Tuesday around nine-thirty, police conducted a search at the home of twenty-four-year-old Abram Friesen’s in Shipyard. That search led to the discovery of a licensed semi-automatic assault type rifle. The rifle, however, was observed with an adopted scope affixed for which Friesen couldn’t produce an authorization. ACP Myvett tells us more about Friesen’s charge. […]
A Caye Caulker resident is hospitalized after he and a friend were attacked on Caye Caulker on Tuesday night. Forty-seven-year-old Amado Watson and an American national, thirty-three-year-old Kathleen Perry, were socializing at a bar when they got into an argument with some patrons of the establishment. Shortly after, Watson and Perry were attacked. The injuries […]
Taking the territorial dispute to the International Court of Justice will be decided on April tenth, 2019 when Belizeans vote in a referendum. In one of his final interviews as British High Commissioner in Belize, Peter Hughes says that he is not sure that Belizeans are informed enough for the upcoming referendum. He says that […]
One of the questions that has been continuously raised is whether the country is being pressured into taking the territorial claim to the I.C.J. As a member of the Group of Friends of Belize, the UK rep was asked about this. Peter Hughes, British High Commissioner “There is certainly from elements of the international […]
The U.S. and others have come out in support of the education campaign, providing either technical or financial support to the process that will cost the country millions of dollars. Hughes says that the U.K. is going to provide one million dollars for the education campaign. We note, however, that as it relates to financing, […]
The People’s United Party’s Southern Caucus has decided that it will vote against taking the Belize/Guatemala dispute for resolution to the International Court of Justice. The caucus met earlier in the month and agreed that the Southern portion of the country stands the most to be negatively affected in the event of an unfavorable ruling. […]
On Wednesday, News Five featured a story on the ordeal of students from Machikilha, a Mayan village hidden deep in the jungles of southern Belize. These students have to trek five miles from their homes to catch a bus in Dolores Village before being transported to Corozan Creek Technical School ten miles away. The most […]
The Queen of the Bay pageant is seeped in tradition; there is the famous curtsy that will clinch the crown, the sceptre and the cape that have to be worn. This weekend, the seventy-third queen will be selected and crowned on the morning of the tenth of September following the reading of a proclamation. Six […]
Free paper bun… the summer holidays are over and classes resume at primary schools this coming week. Parents are busy with getting books and uniforms, but there are other activities that go hand in hand before Monday to get the students in the routine for school. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we share tips with parents […]
In two days, parliamentarians will be asked whether or not the Government of Belize should use monies from the consolidated revenue fund to pay the ninety-plus million dollar Universal Health Services debt owed to the Belize Bank Limited. An appropriation bill will be brought back to the House and reports are that a vote will […]
In December 2017, on the heels of a final sitting of the House of Representatives for that year, Prime Minister Dean Barrow discussed the U.H.S. debt with the media. At the time, PM Barrow informed the media that he was simply awaiting a certificate from the Belize Bank, following a ruling from the Caribbean Court […]
This Thursday, the Board of Directors of NICH will be breaking its silence on the conundrum President Sapna Budhrani finds herself in. On Monday we revealed the results of an internal audit which found a multitude of financial irregularities, unaccounted monies and excessive spending on fuel and vehicles, all which portrayed a level of mismanagement. […]
The Belize Police Department is tonight responding to social media posts made by a Facebook account under the name “Vincent Edwards.” The sensational posts make reference to suspected drug plane landings in the north since the beginning of the year. Photographs show parcels of suspected drugs inside an aircraft before it was destroyed by fire. […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño today reacted to Government’s position on what is calls ‘false information on social media.’ Briceño says that the government is not doing enough to address the recent spate of drug plane landings. John Briceño, P.U.P. Leader “So we are in March, April, May, June, July, August- six months after and […]
As the issue over the importation of pharmaceuticals continues to unfold, Brodies and Company Limited, which has one of the biggest pharmacies, says that it stands to lose ninety thousand dollars in medicines. This is because G.O.B. has denied entry to a shipment of medication that was ordered from Ziotis Company back in 2017, but […]
Machakil Ha is one of the most southernmost villages in the Toledo district and has a small population. The children from the village have to attend school at Corazon Creek Village which is about fifteen miles away. It might not seem difficult if they commute by public transportation, but for the students of Machakil Ha, […]
Thirty-year-old Mathew Smith escaped grave injury on Tuesday night after being shot once in the upper right arm near the corners of Johnson Street and Cemetery Road. The incident happened shortly before ten p.m. while Smith was purchasing food at a stand on Cemetery Road. According to the victim, he was approached by a pair […]
There is relief for the Jacobs family of Punta Gorda. That’s because their son, Robert, who had been missing, has been located. On Tuesday, Robert and Alicia Jacobs made a public appeal for help to find the sixteen-year-old. The news is that the young man has been found in the Barranco area, also in the […]
