Police have yet to capture the culprit who cold-heartedly and viciously murdered the twenty-three-year-old mother of three, Yanira Novelo. It has been three weeks since her body was discovered in Orange Walk Town. A post mortem examination revealed that Novelo had been strangled to death. Her four-year-old son who was with her was also attacked. […]
If you’ll recall, last week we reported that a land issue was brewing in a small farming community located behind Spanish Lookout, Cayo District. Well, that issue is heating up; so much so that early this morning, officers of the Belize Police Department, carrying big guns, descended on La Gracia Village. They were there to […]
The recent incident on the Sarstoon River involving the Guatemalan Armed Forces, the B.D.F. and a civilian team led by the Belize Territorial Volunteers has raised the ire of many. The Government said it is sending another strong protest note against the actions of the GAF. But in the wake of an I.C.J. referendum which […]
With the constant disruption of what ought to be the free flow of civilian traffic upriver, notwithstanding the area being under dispute, doesn’t it require the intervention of the I.C.J. since both countries have agreed to have the matter adjudicated before it? Isani Cayetano “This issue, however, has been persistent for a number of years, […]
Police have cracked the murder of a Belize City businessman, Jose Hilario Diaz, and have charged another individual. Diaz was gunned down at his store on Cemetery Road on July sixteenth, 2019. Emmerson Garnette, a construction worker of Freetown Road, appeared this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Garnette […]
Also in the court was BiJay Palacio who was today fined for possession of a controlled drug. Before he pleaded guilty, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser made it clear to him that a guilty plea for marijuana can come back and haunt him if he should ever decide to visit the United States and needs to […]
If you logged on to Facebook late this evening, it is likely that you may have come across the video of a man stealing Scratch and Win tickets. The ten seconds clip shows a man reaching through a small window of a shop as he quickly snatches several cards of the tickets and walks away. […]
A group of commercial fishermen are leading the charge to ban gillnets across the country. They say there are damaging effects of this indiscriminate practice to fish stocks and as such are gravely concerned about the future of the fisheries industry, as well as their livelihoods. Banded together as the Coalition for Sustainable Fisheries, the […]
The Coalition recently presented a formal proposal to government calling for an end to all gillnet fishing in Belizean waters, following a one-year phase-out period. The proposal includes a commitment by the Coalition to provide at least one million Belize dollars to assist license gillnet fishermen in transitioning to more sustainable fishing methods or other […]
A maritime economy plan is being developed for the country through a partnership between the Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute and the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme. Launched in 2017, the Programme by the British government supports seventeen Commonwealth Small Island Developing States including Belize. The plan identifies the potential of developing […]
Following the police promotion process, reports from within the Belize Police Department began to emerge to the effect that officers who were not happy began reporting to work sick. The number of sick days applications reportedly increased prompting Commissioner Chester Williams to fire off a memo in which officers are told that they needed to […]
In July, Close to two thousands hopefuls say the police recruitment exam. One hundred and ninety potential police officers were selected to be part of this year’s police recruitment process. Police Commissioner Chester Williams told the press on Monday that the recruits will join the police training academy in August and undergo a nine-month training. […]
KTV, the Remix is back tonight at the Bliss and you can expect lots of surprises, plenty fun and laughter. So far you have heard different genres of music, this week the talent will take us down memory lane with their choice of disco songs of the 1970’s. So pull out the platform shoes, don […]
This year’s National Song Competition has completed the primary phase as all entries have been submitted and reviewed by a panel of judges. This year’s competition will feature five Junior entries, seven Carnival Song Seniors and seven Belize Song Senior finalists. As part of the competition, the online voting for the People’s Choice commenced at […]
A quadruple fatality occurred on the Philip Goldson Highway on Sunday evening and at news time, post-mortem examinations have just wrapped up as grieving relatives were camped outside the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. As many as four of five persons lost their lives instantly when the driver lost control of the car. […]
Police are also provided details of another fatality which occurred last Thursday on the Hummingbird Highway. It led to the death of Adar Awe. Awe was travelling with Dario Melendez in a white Ford Escape when about seven-fifteen p.m. Melendez lost control of the vehicle causing it to flip several times. Awe received severe head […]
A woman was shot and killed early on Sunday morning in Dangriga, purportedly as a result of jealousy. Geraldine Flowers was inside her house in the New Site area when her ex-boyfriend, Rodwell Arzu, arrived and fatally shot her. Also in the house was Samuel Reid, a cousin of Flowers; he was shot and stabbed […]
Investigators in Dangriga have determined that Samuel Reid, the individual who was inside the house where Geraldine Flowers resided, was stabbed and shot multiple times during the deadly encounter with Rodwell Arzu. What they have also been able to confirm is that on a previous occasion Flowers sought legal action against her ex-boyfriend for aggravated […]
There was another death over the weekend. On Saturday evening, Rye Pott lost his life in an unfortunate incident. Pott was working at a construction site in Carmelita Village, in the Orange Walk District, when he fell into a deep hole. He was standing near the opening when a portion of it caved, causing Pott […]
A father of two from Libertad Village in Corozal died during a recruitment screening at the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters over the weekend. According to the Vice-Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, they were conducting their annual recruit drive on Saturday. They had received around eight hundred applicants, but only three hundred and sixty of […]
Health authorities continue to monitor the cases of dengue as the number of persons affected continues to spike across the country. Today, the Director of Health Services confirmed to the media that in one week, there are approximately one hundred additional cases, bringing the data to seven hundred and nine persons who have tested positive […]
There are four stereotypes of dengue in Belize; strains two and three are the more predominant ones being detected. The goal is to prevent a severe case of the disease, which occurs when a person previously affected by dengue is re-infected. The Ministry of Health is also monitoring the region, where there have been a […]
The citrus industry continues to grapple with low productivity, dwindling farmhands, as well as lack of financing. These challenges are compounded by citrus greening, so much so that the 2018/2019 crop fell by almost fourteen percent when compared to the previous year. But today when News Five caught up with Minister of Agriculture Godwin Hulse, […]
A freak storm tore through Punta Gorda on Sunday night, tottering a number of trees in town and causing a power outage. According to several reports from that municipality, the severe weather was at its strongest between eight o’clock and nine o’clock last evening, damage several structures near the newly-built stalls at the P.G. market. […]
The month of June was bloody and deadly with a horrifying and alarming murder count. According to the Belize Crime Observatory, during the month of June one hundred and one major crimes were reported. This is the first month for 2019 to record a higher count of major crimes when compared to the same month […]
