Late this evening, the Bar Association of Belize issued a release on the beaten on a San Pedro citizen by the police. In the release, the Bar describes the incident as heinous, unjustified and possibly life-threatening on an individual that was not resisting arrest. The Bar joins other advocacy groups and public denounces this and […]
In the aftermath of the New Year’s Day incident, San Pedranos took to social media pledging to boycott Playa Bar and Grill, where the incident unfolded. The video captured the bar owner as well as PC Rowley physically assaulting twenty-year-old Jamir Leal, even as he laid unconscious on the sand. His siblings, Justin and Mario, […]
The Ministry of Health has begun investigating the untimely death of eleven-week-old baby boy, Dion Woodeye Junior. The baby died at the Corozal Community Hospital on December thirty-first, 2018. His mother Leah Miller and father Dion Woodeye Senior took the baby to the hospital after he started suffering from diarrhea and excessive vomiting. They took […]
According to Doctor Manzanero, if the investigation reveals some level of negligence on behalf of the hospital’s staff, the culpable person or persons will be held accountable. On the Phone: Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “If we find that any particular level of responsibility wasn’t adhered to then specific action may be […]
A toddler who was hit by a vehicle driven by a Gang Suppression Unit officer has beaten the odds. While two-year-old Tevin Cacho remains hospitalized, his prognosis is good and he continues to make remarkable recovery. In mid-December, the child was hit by the GSU vehicle patrolling the Iguana Street area; onlookers had to lift […]
There is a report tonight from Punta Gorda that two persons resigned from their post at the City Council. It involves the Deputy Mayor, Franklin Polonio and councillor Kevin Choc. Both are said to have serious differences with the mayor in the aftermath of the U.D.P. convention in which the candidate they supported lost. At […]
Every year there is some level of public outcry by cane farmers in respect to the deplorable state of sugar roads in the Corozal and Orange Walk Districts. And in recent years, the government has been allocating three hundred thousand dollars for each district to be used for the upgrading of the roads. But annually, […]
There is a shortage of blood supply and some elective surgeries will be put on hold because of low blood banks. Today, when we spoke with Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero, he confirmed that while there has always been a challenge in getting voluntary blood donors, the road traffic accidents and gun violence […]
A couple months ago, we reported on the growing concerns about certain brands of medication not available in country due to measures implemented by the Ministry of Health in 2018. Brodies was one of the importers that was affected because the products did not meet labeling standards. In recent weeks, reports have been made that […]
The villagers of Maya Mopan in Stann Creek District are tonight sending a message to the management of the government primary school in community. The parents have been up in arms with the principal and teachers at the institution for some time now, over an issue as simple as when classes begin. There has also […]
Today, twenty-seven-year-old Windell Humes was arraigned on a single charge of burglary with intent to rape when he appeared in court before Magistrate Emmerson Banner. Humes, who was unrepresented, pleaded not guilty to the charge and told the court that he wasn’t the one who was inside the woman’s room. He accused the Caye Caulker […]
The Bar Association is offering free legal advice as part of an outreach effort to persons who may not otherwise be able to afford the services of the country’s top lawyers. The complimentary clinic began in November of last year and will continue through the month of January. On Monday, members of the fraternity will […]
According to Secretary Iliana Swift, the Bar Association has held clinics in three of the six districts and plans to do the Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo Districts in the days ahead. Iliana Swift, Secretary, Bar Association of Belize “It’s members of our association, various attorneys that will be out in these districts and […]
Well-known Belizean historian Joseph Sampson, distinguished in academia, as well as in political life, has passed away. The former Mayor of Dangriga who served under the People’s United Party between 1997 and 1998, died on Thursday evening. Originally from Sawai [Sah-Why] Street, the respected lecturer served his community as a youth organizer and as national […]
There is an ongoing dispute in San Pedro as it relates to the use of the terminal on the lagoon side. The Sunset Boardwalk Project, valued at over six million dollars and funded through the Sustainable Tourism Programme, includes the San Pedro Water Terminal with docking facilities for water vessels transporting persons to and from […]
News Five has been reliably informed that the dredging of the lagoon will cost almost two million Belize dollars to be completed and if local water taxis do not use the facility, the project will be deemed a white elephant. Currently, the operators have been docking at their own piers to the front of the […]
With the tourism peak season already underway, Mayor Daniel Guerrero also gave an update on how the island has been managing the issue of sargassum. He says that the private sector, particularly hoteliers, have joined the council to fight the natural phenomenon and clean up the beaches. Daniel Guerrero, Mayor, San Pedro “When the […]
Belize National Teachers Union President Elena Smith says that the union is not backing down from its rejection of the school managements docking of teachers salaries for November seventh. The teachers were out of the classrooms that day because they were demonstrating in Belmopan about hardship allowances, among other issues. Well, the hardship matter is […]
Earlier this week, the B.N.T.U. president called out the Ministry of Education for supporting the school management’s decision to dock salaries. Smith says that the ministry quoted from the rule book about why the different managements are justified in taking the decision. But she pulled one back on M.O.E., noting that several of the managements […]
A non-profit called Belize Visionary Foundation of Baseball and Softball wants to bring back little league baseball in Belize. According to the foundation, it has been more than twenty-five years since a little league game has been played but they are going to change that. For the past year, a group of young players from […]
Three siblings were subdued by two police officers on New Year’s night on San Pedro. They were roughed up and one was badly beaten. The chilling images captured on phone video have been met with swift condemnation. The two officers have since been placed on suspension. Tonight, we speak to Jamir Leal, the victim of […]
The body of a man was fished out of the Belize River near Blackman Eddy Village on New Year’s Day. A post-mortem examination revealed that the man had been strangled. His hands were tied behind his back and police believe that he was killed somewhere else before his body was dumped in the river. He […]
There are updates on three other murders on New Year’s Day. Twenty-six-year-old Giovanni Jones was also charged with the murder of fifty-eight-year-old Howard Coleman. Jones, a resident of the Lucky Strike Village, appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford and remanded to prison until March twentieth. The sensational killing of the Coleman was the first murder […]
Thirty-five-year-old Angel Rueben Cassasola has been arraigned for the murder of Anita Pineda, his ex-common-law wife. He was taken to court this morning in San Ignacio and was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until March fifth. Cassasola reportedly stabbed Pineda once to the chest on New Year’s night while she and her mother were […]
Twenty-year-old Joseph Babb was murdered in cold blood on New Year’s Day, pursued by his attacker on Blue Marlin Boulevard and shot multiple times. The slaying of the gang leader has prompted the police department to step up its presence in the Lake Independence area where it is anticipated that the gang will attempt to […]
