A corporal and his cousin perished in a horrible traffic accident over the weekend in the west leaving their families to grieve. Corporal Lenard Puc was driving a Geo Prizm; he was travelling along with Manuel Cabb when he lost control of his vehicle and collided into a pick-up truck driven by Oscar Rivero. The […]
Police are tonight looking for a suspect who reportedly abducted a teenage minor from San Ignacio on Friday and brought her to Belize City against her will. The fifteen-year-old girl was able to escape from the custody of her abductor on Regent Street when his vehicle had to slow down in traffic. She managed to […]
Twenty-three-year-old Henry Gideon has been arrested and charged following an incident in Trinidad Village, Orange Walk, where he viciously attacked his grandmother. Fernanda Garcia suffered multiple injuries inflicted on her when Gideon attacked her with a knife as she rested in a hammock. It is reported that during the incident, her grandson also robbed her […]
A fifty-nine-year-old Belize City resident was attacked on Saturday night as he walked along Cemetery Road. Horace Lord reported to police that he was assaulted by someone who cut him in the face with a knife. It is believed that his attacker may be suffering from mental disorder. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize […]
An estimated five hundred persons came out on Friday night for the first public consultation on the state of the New River in Orange Walk Town. Now, we have been reporting that the condition of the river has been getting so bad that residents say it is worst it has ever been. Pesticides, fertilizers and […]
Following the public meeting with the Department of the Environment, Friends of the New River, a non-profit organization, started a petition seeking signatures to press the Department of the Environment into swift action. Friends of the New River, was established in mid 2017 to promote and monitor the health of the New River. In the […]
Belize is among four Caribbean countries placed on a list of drug transit or illicit drug producing countries. President Donald Trump in his Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2020, also named The Bahamas, Haiti and Jamaica in the Caribbean. Belize finds itself among other countries […]
Police have cracked the murder of an elderly woman. Eighteen-year-old Derry Bennett, a resident of Camalote Village, has been remanded for the murder of sixty-nine-year-old Ofelia Cruz, who was bludgeoned inside her home in the Salt Creek area of Sand Hill Village two weeks ago. The Mexican national was reportedly struck over the head with […]
There was a shooting incident in the Belama Phase Four neighborhood on Saturday night which left Jaime Williams injured. It is believed that an argument between two families earlier that day resulted in the armed assault during which a woman was also grazed by a bullet. Superintendent Alejandro Cowo says that they have detained persons […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño has returned to office following a road traffic accident that he was involved in three weeks ago. Upon his return, Briceño met with the party’s leader to consult appointments of new senators. Via press release this evening the P.U.P. confirmed the appointment of Isabel Bennett and Doctor Louis Zabaneh as Opposition […]
The New River is not the only water body in Belize that is severely ill. Doctor Ed Boles, an environmental educator and consultant who was one of the presenters at the public meeting in Orange Walk Town last Friday says he has only recently did a study on the state of Garbutt Creek in the […]
Also in the west, there are environmental concerns by residents living along the Macal River. The concerns prompted a public meeting among residents and other stakeholders on the night of August twenty-third. According to reports, low water levels in the river attracted the public’s attention. There is also a notable increase in the growth of […]
The Toledo District is rich with natural resources; it is home to pristine rainforests, mountains, an extensive cave network, rivers, offshore cayes and much more. It is also where TIDE, the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment co-manages protected areas on land and sea. Over the weekend, News Five joined TIDE on a visit to […]
There was a rare sighting of a Mountain Lion, also known as a Puma in Ladyville Village on Sunday. The sighting happened between four and four thirty on Sunday afternoon at a residence in the Lake Gardens Area in the village. According to Carmen Brown, she was inside her home when she heard several dogs […]
The morgue at the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga is finally up and running after weeks of being non-operational. Earlier in August, residents in Dangriga and the surrounding communities were told that the morgue was out of commission, again. On Friday, the Southern Workers Union staged a protest in front of the hospital highlighting the […]
The Ministry of Health has responded to a social media post in which someone duplicated its Facebook page and posted a fake release on critical of Chinese establishments. This evening, Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, addressed the issue and says that the ministry has made an official request to have the false page […]
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There was a late evening protest in Dangriga where members of the Southern Workers Union this evening protested in front of the Southern Regional Hospital. The hospital has been plagued by a long list of problems ranging from a dysfunctional morgue to lack of mediation and equipment. The S.W.U. is advocating for better treatment for […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber says that government’s decision to write-off a forty thousand dollars loan issued to Joshua Perdomo, son of Cabinet Secretary, is unfortunate. Prime Minister Dean Barrow who is also the Minister of Finance tabled the motion on Friday last during the Sitting of the House of Representatives. As we have been […]
Patrick Faber will be holding an endorsement convention for the Collet in early September. He is also the Deputy Leader of the United Democratic Party and his hope is to lead the party and succeed Dean Barrow. The U.D.P.’s date for its National Leadership Convention is Sunday, February ninth, 2020. It will take place at […]
Mount Carmel Preschool has failed to receive its license from the Ministry of Education. The school reportedly has sixty students on its enrollment list and the management is concerned that if it does not receive its license it will not be able to open its doors to the children in the new school year. The […]
The lifeless body of Michael Hyde was retrieved earlier today from the Caribbean Sea in the vicinity of the Turneffe Islands by coastguard personnel. It is believed that Hyde may have drowned at sea; however, the circumstance surrounding his death is unknown. According to coastguard officials, there was no visible sign of foul play on […]
Police are still looking for twenty-three-year-old Henry Gideon, the man accused of attacking and stabbing his own grandmother on Wednesday night. Gideon allegedly pounced on his grandmother, sixty-five-year-old Fernanda Garcia while she rested in a hammock inside her small home in Trinidad Village, Orange Walk District. The elderly woman, who has been blind for more […]
There have been consistent reports that Scotiabank Belize is pulling out. Regionally the bank is said to be exiting from several branches in the Caribbean. The Central Bank of Belize, however, is saying it has not received notice from the bank of the possibility of a sale. The Jamaica Gleaner is reporting that David Noel, […]
The 2019 CODICADER Games are being held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras where team Belize won a gold medal in male football earlier today. Belize’s victory over Panama by a score of seven goals to six came during a penalty shootout at the end of regulation time when both teams drew at one goal apiece. On Thursday, […]
