And while the fate of Victor L. Bryant’s license hangs in the balance, today Commissioner Williams warned all gun dealers to ensure that they are complying with the law, in order to prevent such reoccurrence. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We really and truly have to take a serious look at gun dealers to […]
While thieves have managed to make off with a cache of weapons from a Belize City gun store, several arrests have been made in respect of other seizures conducted during a recent operation across the country. Earlier today, a trio of men, including two Belizeans and a Guatemalan national, appeared in magistrate’s court in Benque […]
No arrests have been made in the murder of tour guide, Shawn Hemmans. The thirty-three-year-old King’s Park resident was viciously killed earlier this month at a house he frequented on Saint Thomas Street. Following the homicide, speculation ran amuck as to what motivated the crime which took place around seven-thirty that night. News Five’s Duane […]
Former basketball athlete and popular barbecue vendor, Bart Sanchez is reporting a case of police brutality at the hands of officers attached to the Gang Suppression Unit. Now, Sanchez is not linked to any gang in the city, but claims he was harassed when he picked up his phone to video GSU officers taking a […]
The sensational drug trafficking case involving embattled policeman Darrell “Tutsi” Usher fell apart in the lower court today, ending with an acquittal. In March 2017, the elder son of Gilroy Usher, P.U.P. Standard Bearer for Port Loyola, was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply after he was reportedly connected to […]
The fisheries department is looking into a proposed multimillion-dollar tourism project within a delimited area. As we reported on Monday, Margaritaville, a mega investment by the Jimmy Buffett group, has announced that the resort is smack within the Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve on the north end of Ambergris Caye. The proposal has raised eyebrows even […]
The U.S. Embassy has teamed up with well-known Belizean entrepreneur, Marie Sharp in an initiative to combat gender-based violence in Belize. This Thursday, a special product Pure Love Pineapple Habanero Sauce will be officially launched. Both entities believe that the violence must stop, and that the funds generated from the sales of the new product […]
Minister Panton also spoke about a tour she recently concluded in southern Belize in which she met with clients of BELTRAIDE, who applied for incentives from government and to address concerns that investors from the south may have. This, Panton says, is important for the future of the business and productive sectors. Tracy Panton, […]
The Department of Environment is in talks with Travellers Liquors Limited to address concerns raised by residents in Belmopan of air pollution. The affected residents live in the Cohune Walk area, near the northwestern corner of the City. They say that they have been negatively impacted by the emission of malodor for the past several […]
There is no denying that our climate is changing. The primary reason is because humans have increased the burning of oil, coal and gas to produce energy for our homes, businesses, industries and other needs. As a result of burning these fuels, we have producing high levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane […]
A group of fishermen, squatting on a small landmass in Belize’s southern waters, has been given notice to remove equipment and other structures that have been erected on Coco Solo Island. This follows an enforcement order from the Lands Department for the Belize Coast Guard to evict the illegally settled fishermen off the island. Earlier […]
This morning in Belize City, an ambulance and medical equipment were donated to the Belize Coast Guard by the United States Embassy. Charge d’ Affaires Keith Gilges handed over an ambulance, lifesaving medical equipment and a two-year supply of parts and servicing of equipment. Valued at approximately one hundred and twenty-eight thousand Belize dollars, the […]
The second annual Ride to the Border, organized by the Ministry of National Security, was held in the Toledo District over the weekend. While thirty-one cyclists from the Belize Defense Force, the coast guard and the police department participated in the sixty-seven mile ride, the purpose of the event is to increase the awareness of […]
The Orange Walk community is reeling from the murder of twenty-year-old Dwayne Avila-Cummings. The young UB student and promising basketball player was executed in the wee hours of Sunday. He had just left the Orange Walk Multipurpose Complex en route to his home at San Lorenzo Housing Site when he was gunned down. His body […]
Dwayne Cummings is the second UB student to be murdered in less than five days. He was a business student at the University of Belize. A statement from UB’s President Professor Clement Sankat reads, quote, Dwayne was a well-loved, out-going and an exceptional student-athlete at the University of Belize. He played basketball for the UB […]
Area Representative for Orange Walk East and Minister of State Responsible for National Security, Elodio Aragon Jr., says that he was angered to see a positive and promising star murdered for no apparent reason. According to Minister Aragon, the Belize Police Department is doing everything possible to identify and bring those responsible to justice. […]
According to reports, residents of the area where Cummings’ body was found say that they saw a suspicious vehicle in the area after gunshots were heard. Minister Aragon is appealing to persons with information to come forward and assist police with their investigation. Elodio Aragon Jr., Minister of State Responsible for National Security “A […]
The Belize Police Department is leaving no stones unturned in an effort to solve the murder of nineteen-year-old Masaki Yanai. The UB architecture student and his father, restaurateur Takayuki Yanai were both gunned down on Thursday night outside of the family home on Park Avenue in Buttonwood Bay. It is believed that three men traveling […]
A fatal road traffic accident claimed the life of a man who was ran over on the Southern Highway in the early hours of Sunday morning. Alvin Abad Paz was reportedly sitting on the edge of the road just outside of San Juan Village when a motorist knocked him down. Bad enough that Paz would […]
Victor Martinez, a resident of West Canal, is lucky to have escaped serious injury over the weekend when he was attacked by a lone gunman as he was entering his yard. The twenty-four-year-old was shot once in the palm of the right hand during an altercation with someone who wanted him dead. Police have ruled […]
There was an exchange of gunfire between officers responding to the scene of a burglary and thieves fleeing from the Mayflower Street area on Sunday night. Residents report hearing a barrage of gunshots shortly after ten o’clock and when they peered out of their windows they saw a team of policemen giving chase to a […]
Twenty-six-year-old Darren Pugh was busted over the weekend in his hometown of Orange Walk with a serious stash of marijuana hidden at his residence. According to police, a joint intelligence operation led them to Pugh’s home where a raid was conducted. During the search officers unearthed two thousand, six hundred and thirty-seven grams of suspected […]
What are two high-powered assault rifles and a cache of ammunition doing on the Benque side of the Belize/Guatemala border? A pair of Belizeans and a Guatemalan national were found in possession of those weapons on Sunday morning as they partied hard and acted disorderly outside of a nightclub in the border town. When police […]
There were two other firearms taken off the streets of Benque Viejo on Sunday morning when police carried out a search near the bank of the Mopan River. A comb of the area yielded a nine millimeter Bersa pistol, three nine millimeter magazines and four live nine millimeter Luger Brand rounds. They also discovered a […]
There is a new tourism development project on Ambergris Caye to be constructed within a marine reserve. Last week, Margaritaville Holdings, a global lifestyle brand announced its mega multimillion-dollar project on the north end of the island. While the opening is scheduled for 2020, Margaritaville Resort Belize is described as a condo resort located on the unspoiled northern […]
