Reports emerging from within the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital say that staff members are up in arms after they were told that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority cannot legally pay pension. The staff learnt of this situation by way of an international memo dated June twenty-eighth. The memo was issued after the authority engaged […]
June proved to be one of the most violent months in the past three years. As many as seventeen individuals were murdered in June 2019. The year 2016 saw twelve murders and then in 2017, there were thirteen; but in 2018, the number of homicides dipped to five. The police are yet to release their […]
Women have not been spared of ongoing violence in the country showing that violence does not discriminate along gender lines. Aside from domestic and sexual abuse, crimes of passion and other forms of attacks, the lives of many women have been cut short in homicides. Here is News Five’s Isani Cayetano with a look at […]
A man was stabbed in Belize City last Thursday night, but police say that he has not made an official report of the incident. Matthew Smith was injured after seven that night, but he is not providing any information to the authorities so police have not charged anyone for this stabbing. ASP Alejandro Cowo shares […]
A twenty-year-old man has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison until September twelfth after he was arraigned this morning for last Thursday’s attempted murder of Ozen Rhaburn. Rhaburn, a twenty-three-year-old resident of Hattieville, was targeted by a gunman at his home in the Farmer’s Site area of the village. He was reportedly confronted by […]
Forty-six-year-old American tourist Jemma Paybarrah died while out on tour in southern Belize. Police say the tourist was at sea when she drowned. On Friday afternoon around three o’clock, a tour guide reported to police that he had a group of tourist out at sea when they realized Paybarrah was missing. A boater found her […]
Forty-five-year-old Leslie Pipersburgh and forty-two-year-old Patrick Robateau, the two men convicted of the murders of security guards Kevin Alvarez and Fidel Mai during a robbery at the Bowen and Bowen compound on Slaughterhouse Road back in 2002, appeared before the Supreme Court for mitigation plea to be heard on Friday. The convicts told Justice Colin […]
Round three of the village council elections was held on Sunday. Forty-three villages countrywide participated with thousands of persons electing representatives from both major political parties and independent candidates to the village councils. Elections in the villages were not always seen as political but now both political parties are reporting gains in the rural communities. […]
On Friday, a fire completely destroyed a wooden house in Dangriga. Around seven-thirty that morning, fire broke out at a residence on George Price Drive, but though firefighters responded quickly, they were unable to contain the blaze. Today, police told the media that investigation into the cause of the fire is still underway. ACP […]
G.O.B. is in the process of establishing a policy that specifically addresses the issue of cyber security. A two-day workshop on cyber security was organized by the Ministry of National Security in collaboration with the Public Utilities Commission, the United Kingdom-based Global Partners Digital and the Organization of American States to further enhance a strategy that would streamline the […]
On Sunday representatives from Belize and Mexico met at the border bridge of Subteniente Lopez to commemorate the 1893 Spencer-Mariscal Treaty. This year is the one hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary of the treaty which established the boundaries of both countries. Beyond that, the event also celebrates the many years of excellent bi-lateral relations and friendliness […]
A regional meeting of experts on climate change is taking place in Belize City. Over a hundred scientists from all over the world have gathered the relevant scientific data which shows that like the rest of the world, the Caribbean is being affected. There is erosion, sea level and coral beaching that in turn can […]
One of the key objectives of today’s session today was to discuss key challenges with the report and the modalities of the IPCC plenary to strengthen Caribbean small island developing countries active engagement during the approval plenary. This is important because, according to Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, Lios Young; oil producing […]
Today, the Clear Water Marine Research Institute, along with the Port Authority of Belize and the Forestry Department, held a one-day workshop with boaters and tour guides to talk manatee safety and protection, as well as boating regulations and penalties. According to long time manatee conservationist, Jamal Galvez, the purpose of the event is to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports…]
B.T.L.’s tax dilemma is very much a topic of interest, despite the company’s position that it is up to speed with its monthly G.S.T. payments. Since we broke the story of the purported twenty-nine million-dollar debt owed by the telecoms provider in general sales tax, there has been public outcry, including open criticism by the […]
As for his unforeseen notice of departure, Schreiber was also careful in his response, thanking B.T.L.’s board of directors for the chance to turn the company around and steer it in a new direction. His contract of a cool half a million Belize dollars with salaries and perks was just two and a half years […]
The killer of the Felix brothers remains on the loose tonight. Maurice and Emory Felix, well known street figures, were gunned down on Wednesday night at a club on Baymen Avenue, Belize City. The duo was inside the pool room when they were executed. The siblings were no strangers to the law and had been […]
Police are still gathering information in the near fatal shooting of Ozen Rhaburn of Hattieville. An attempt was made on the life of Rhaburn on Thursday morning, but fortunately, he survived the shooting and is in a stable condition. The twenty-three-year-old was shot at his house reportedly by someone he knew. A motive has not […]
A Sinaloa Drug operator was gunned on Thursday in Chetumal, Mexico. It’s making news in Belize because Juan Ulises Galvan Carmona, who goes by the drug alias “El Buda,” possessed several passports including one from Belize. Mexican media are reporting that “El Buda” not only possessed a Belizean passport, but also one from Mexico and […]
A pair of Belizean fishermen was busted in the southern waters off the coast of Placencia with a massive haul of out-of-season conch. According to the Fisheries Department, a team of rangers was out on routine patrol near the southeast corner of Channel Caye when they encountered Bartolo Jimenez and another fisherman. Upon closing in […]
The conch season was closed earlier than usual this year. Notwithstanding its premature closure, the Fisheries Department has been working closely with its maritime counterparts to enforce all laws at sea. According to Gamboa, there has been a joint effort over the past two months to patrol several hotspots, including the area where the fishermen […]
Chilling video images of the police pepper spraying a pair of men in the south side of the Belize City have been circulating on social media. The video shows police using unnecessary force to restrain the men as spectators watched from the sidelines. It is known that police are cracking down on suspicious individuals due […]
The Ministry of Education has decided to stave off its decision to close all primary and high schools for Christmas break on December twentieth, following a letter from the Belize National Teachers Union raising concerns about the extension of the first term. The new academic calendar for 2019 is set to have classes continue until […]
A new educational initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Education and B.T.L., known as Digi Learn, will be rolled out across the country in the weeks ahead. The program sees internet based learning being offered to schools across Belize following a pilot project that was introduced to nine schools in 2017. With the success of […]
