There was a heavy police presence at Holy Redeemer Primary School this morning where officers, including a B.D.F. bomb expert, were combing the grounds for a grenade or a suspected explosive. That’s because someone had posted a threat on social media on Monday that a live grenade would have been planted on the compound today. […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, they are actively looking for one person whom they believe can assist with information on the false alarm. He says that charges can be brought against that individual for causing public terror. Holy Redeemer has a population of one thousand, thirty-nine students. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police […]
Thirty-eight-year-old Joseph Budna, a Belizean inmate who is serving a thirty year sentence in a Guatemalan prison for kidnapping and escape, has once again escaped from lawful custody. His flight from a regional hospital in San Benito is the second time he has absconded from authorities in that country. In 2014, the former freelance reporter […]
A teenager drowned over the weekend in the Valley of Peace Community out west. On Saturday afternoon, a group of friends was socializing near the bank of the Belize River when Carlos Reyes leapt into the river. He did not resurface and minutes later a friend went diving for him. His body was retrieved and […]
A resident of Placencia is tonight recovering at the Southern Regional Hospital after an altercation with his neighbour ended with him being shot in the leg. Francis Eiley has had a land dispute with Terrence Lopez for some time now and on Monday night, it came to a head; Lopez reportedly pulled out his licensed […]
Two Belize City residents were arraigned late this evening in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson for Friday afternoon’s shooting on Antelope Street. Police believe that they have obtained sufficient evidence against Jose Vasquez and Jose Rivera for the aggravated assault upon three individuals who stood near a mechanic on Antelope Street. While no […]
There’s a new gang in town – that’s one of the messages coming out of the Belize Police Department tonight. Prior to last weekend’s spike in gun violence, there had been a relative lull when it comes to shootings across the country, specifically so during the months of March and April, which in previous years […]
A number of murders, as well as fatal road traffic accidents, has been as a result of excessive alcohol consumption and the Commissioner of Police Chester Williams issued an internal memo to his officers on the sale of liquor. According to ComPol Williams, alcohol consumption is responsible for more than fifty percent of deaths. The […]
On Monday, May twentieth, government tabled a bill for an act to establish the Belize Tax Service Department. This department is expected to facilitate the official and effective administration and collection of domestic taxes. The Belize Tax Service Department will also provide for tax procedures and civil and criminal penalties for violating tax laws. Well, […]
In late April, the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Association blasted Commissioner of Police Chester Williams about the ongoing conflict with Police Association President, Eldon Arzu. The Caribbean association raised concerns over the ComPol’s leadership style, saying he had “overridden the inadequacies of the existing laws and made matters worse by imposing a dictatorial style […]
Holy Angels RC School in Pomona Valley made headlines back in March when it was shut down by health officials because of a major rodent and termite infestation. Since then, the school has been seeking assistance with eradicating the vermin problem and renovating the dilapidated school building. Westrac Ltd. was among the first corporate entities […]
There was disturbing find on Saturday night in Toledo District. The headless body of a jaguar was discovered near the dump area of Punta Gorda/San Antonio Road. It is believed that the wild cat was poached and decapitated by persons who were ordered by local or international buyers seeking the head for display or for […]
This year, Cancer Walk came a little earlier than usual, but it was still able to gather the support from the public in bringing awareness to the deadly disease that has been affecting the young and the old. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting It was that time of the year again […]
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A road traffic accident last night claimed the life of immigration officer Jessica Heusner. It happened at around ten-thirty between miles eleven and twelve on the George Price Highway. Heusner had left Belize City and was headed home to Belmopan in her SUV. Fire officials say that she was attempting to overtake a vehicle when […]
The official police report, has Jessica Heusner labeled as ‘Jane Doe’ until DNA testing can confirm that it was her in the SUV that crashed and burned. A post mortem examination is expected to reveal if Heusner died as a result of the impact, from smoke inhalation or the flames. Station Supervisor at the National […]
The revised Maritime Areas Act in which Belize is reclaiming all twelve miles of its territorial waters under international law is complete, following the Governor General’s approval of the amended piece of legislation on Wednesday. The GG’s assent was the final phase in a three-step process that began on Monday with a Special Sitting of […]
Opposition Senator Eamon Courtenay suggested during a meeting of the upper house on Tuesday that Belizeans, including civilians and members of the armed forces, begin to utilize the twelve miles of territorial waters allowed under international law. The notion comes with the amendment of the Maritime Areas Act which initially allowed Guatemala access to the […]
On Thursday in Belgium, during the one hundred and ninth session of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Council of Ministers, a resolution was adopted that reasserts the firm commitment of the seventy-nine member states to the territorial integrity, sovereignty and security of Belize in the context of Guatemala’s claim. The ACP ministers commended Belize for […]
Earlier today, the foreign ministers of Belize and Guatemala, Wilfred Elrington and Sandra Jovel Polanco met at the O.A.S. Office at the Adjacency Zone in the west. The meeting was to take stock of the progress made by both countries in the territorial dispute. Following the May eighth referendum, the people of both countries have […]
The People’s United Party has formally withdrawn a case against the Government of Belize in which it was challenging in the Supreme Court the legality of the Special Agreement signed between Belize and Guatemala in 2008. On Monday, Leader of the Opposition John Briceño made the announcement during a Special Sitting of the House of […]
The Belize Peace Movement has decided, following a national planning meeting, to take up a legal challenge commenced by the People’s United Party which it has abandoned following the outcome of the May eighth I.C.J. referendum. The BPM plans to keep the lawsuit alive in the Supreme Court, however, it is leaning on the Belizean […]
A trade facilitation workshop organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development came to an end today in the Old Capital. Essentially, the aim was to bring together all stakeholders, both from the private and public sectors, to discuss and provide solutions to many of the day-to-day challenges. What is discussed will be […]
On Thursday morning, police received information which led them to Dangriga Street in Corozal Town. The officers searched under a culvert on that stretch of road and found drugs. Four plastic bags containing what is suspected to be crack cocaine were found. The drug totaled two hundred and fifty-three grams. Since no one was in […]
Three persons were reported missing on Thursday from the Belize and Toledo districts. William Reyes Senior is reporting that his wife and five-month-old son have gone missing. Reyes Senior claims he left Iris Sarmiento at home with their son on Wednesday afternoon and when he returned home around nine-thirty the following morning; they were nowhere […]
