Financial Secretary Joseph Waight says that he doesn’t expect the upcoming national budget to hold any surprises. Simply put – it may very well look like 2018’s budget. Waight says that all parties are working hard to make sure that the budget is completed on time. The 2018 budget drew harsh criticism from some quarters […]
A family of three is staying with relatives and friends tonight after the place they’ve called home for decades collapsed with them inside. The incident occurred just after six o’clock this morning on Marigold Lane in Belize City. The Flowers family is now seeking assistance from the public to rebuild. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. […]
There’s a new exhibition at the Museum of Belize in Belize City. This one is not your usual painting, carvings and antique pieces; it is a show on birds in Belize. The birds, which have been preserved to look almost real life, are being showcased to share the birding offerings and highlight the importance of […]
Many nationals from Central American countries over the years have migrated to Belize for better opportunities, some running from different issues. A snapshot of Belize’s current population would show that thousands of persons, be it economic migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants have taken habitation in the Jewel. Thousands have gone on to play important […]
The debate to ban or allow the continued use of gillnets in Belize’s water continues tonight. The government is collecting information from the public as it relates to the effects of gillnets. The Placencia Sport Fishing Association is weighing in on the matter. Members of the association met with the media on the peninsula today […]
The fourth annual Cocktail for the Manatee takes place this Saturday night at the Old Belize Pavilion on the George Price Highway. The fundraising event is used to not only spread awareness on the issues affecting manatees, but also to generate much needed funds to carry out awareness campaigns and conservation activities for the mammal. […]
Corozal police, with assistance from the Major Crimes Unit, are investigating a horrifying home invasion turned murder. The home of retired American couple Elizabeth Rousseau and Gary Hakes was broken into sometime between seven forty-five and eight p.m. on Wednesday night. The couple was at home when a male intruder gained access to the building […]
The murder of American citizen Elizabeth Rousseau and the attack on her husband Gary Hakes adds to the list of foreigners who have fallen victims to major crimes in the country. The Consejo area of Corozal is known as a haven for Canadian and American expats who have chosen Belize to retire. It also makes […]
Twenty-one-year-old Randy Chambers made headlines in December 2015, when he was walloped by a trio of officers as he was walking through his family yard on Police Street Extension. The physical abuse of the young carpenter was captured by a security camera at his parents’ home in an adjacent property. Tonight, he is once again […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also written to proprietor Phillip Gallaty in respect of the burglary, particularly since the security of the building from which the trove of weapons was stolen, has bearing on his license to sell firearms. While ComPol Williams did not disclose much on the results of an investigation into the […]
A Belize City resident of Frederick’s Alley was the intended target of a murder attempt last evening when someone inside a vehicle took aim at him with a firearm as he stood in front of a store on New Road. Sometime after seven o’clock on Wednesday night gunfire erupted and when the shooting subsided, forty-one-year-old […]
There was also a home invasion in the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout on Wednesday night where a couple was bound and their home rummage by thieves. Cornelius Peters reported to police that five men carrying firearms broke into his abode, tied him and his wife up, turned the place inside out and made off […]
There was a vicious chopping incident that occurred in Unitedville on Wednesday night where Michael Smith, a resident of that community, was reportedly attacked by a pair of men. The assault, during which he was chopped multiple times with a machete, was precipitated by an argument outside of a convenient store in that village. […]
On Wednesday, forty-eight-year-old American national, Brent Borland, pleaded guilty to running a multimillion dollar scam and using Belize to do so. He pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy. According to U.S. federal laws, each count carries a maximum of a twenty-year prison sentence. Borland confessed to running a twenty-one-point-nine […]
The ink has dried on an agreement to purchase Consolidated Water (Belize), the sole water utility on Ambergris Caye. The company has been bought by Belize Water Services Limited with a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank for seven million U.S. dollars. That transaction was completed earlier today and the buyout will allow BWS to […]
Belize Water Services is presently undertaking works to upgrade the supply for San Pedro by expanding the existing storage capacity. In July 2018, the company began the construction of an additional one-million gallon ferro-concrete storage tank. During extended peak demand periods such as Easter, Ambergris Caye has experienced prolonged water shortages and supply restrictions. The […]
The Department of Youth Services condemns the killing of UB students Masaki Yanai and Dwayne Cummings. In a release issued today, the DYS says that it joins with the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors to express its condolences and denounce the murder of two young and productive members of society. Masaki Yanai was shot and killed last […]
Last November, B.D.F. soldier Private Fidel Williams lost an eye when he tripped and fell on the pier at the Forward Operating Base located at the mouth of the Sarstoon River. Williams fell into the river and landed on a steel rod that was jutting out of the water. The pier in question was said […]
Between April and May of last year a string of robberies in the downtown area targeted vendors and businesses and left city residents feeling unsafe to shop. Those incidents, which preyed on businesses like Hofius and Spoonaz café, among several others, pushed police to implement Operation Safe Zone. The policing strategy saw the beefing up […]
Belize’s most famous entrepreneur Marie Sharp has teamed up with the U.S. Embassy in Belize to raise funds for victims of domestic violence. Sharp has crafted a new pepper sauce called Pure Love – and the monies made from the sales of this special pepper sauce will be used to fund the Haven House. This […]
The government has begun accepting submissions from the public relating to the use of gillnets in Belize’s waters. As we have been reporting, environmentalist groups have called on the government to implement a ban on gillnets in phases. They say that the disadvantages outweigh the benefits. On the other hand, some fishermen have been very […]
With thirty-one new Wingle pickups added to its existing convoy of vehicles, will the presence of more police officers in the streets of the country make the Belizean citizenry feel any safer? It is the hope of the Belize Police Department that not only will the vehicles serve their time, but that their use will […]
There was an accident on the Philip Goldson Highway in Ladyville just in front of North Gas Station near the junction to the international airport. The amateur video footage we have obtained from onlookers immediately after the scene shows a woman dressed in red on the ground near the rear wheel of a dump truck. […]
Today, the Football Federation of Belize hosted the media in a roundtable discussion inside the conference room at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. The purpose was to update the media on where the federation is in terms of finances and the various programmes that it has launched since a new management team […]
FIFA is also making available to the country access to twelve million dollars over the next four years, from 2019 to 2022, to assist the federation with these projects. That assistance is extended to all member countries across the world. Jones explains how the process works and the accountability measures which come along with it. […]
