Three fisher folks have not been located and their families are coming to terms with the notion that they may not be alive. The trio embarked on a fishing trip last Friday to the area of Mapp Caye, well-known for an ongoing fishing turf war. The Coast Guard and the police have been conducting search […]
While coast guard personnel were out combing the area of Drowned Caye, several miles away from where Gibson and two other fishermen went missing, they happened upon a vessel that they have been searching for since mid-January. At first it was believed that the vessel belonged to Gibson, but the small fiberglass boat, is now […]
In a developing story, after thirty-five years of service in the Collet Division of Belize City, the Pine Street Preschool off Vernon Street has closed its doors. Today, police officers were dispatched to the school to keep the peace while Ministry of Education-appointed teachers removed teaching supplies. The closure stems from a dispute between the […]
The duo says that they were soon to become pensionable and would have retired in 2021. They have met with the Chief Education Officer, Doctor Carol Babb, and an emergency meeting is being called for this Wednesday with the Ministry. Anthony and Slusher have since sought the advice of an attorney to determine the way […]
A developing scandal in India is being linked to Belize. In the centre of the storm is Godman Nithyananda, a spiritual leader, who fled India, even though his passport had expired, by using a fake Venezuelan passport. The accused rapist, torturer and abductor is said to be hiding in this region and Indian media houses […]
Commander of the Belize Defense Force, Brigadier General Steven Ortega confirmed that two Guatemalan families have illegally settled on Belize’s side of the border in Benque. The Barrio el Juda squatting problem continues to be an issue not only for private landowner Jorge Espat, but for the government as well. Ortega says that the O.A.S. […]
The B.D.F. Commander says that since the Barrio el Juda situation has re-emerged, B.D.F. soldiers are daily patrolling the area with the hopes that other Guatemalans will desist from squatting on this side of the border. Brig. Gen. Steven Ortega, Commander, B.D.F. “They are the ones who are going to go through the process […]
A one-year-old girl Melanie Martin was shot as she slept with her grandmother on Sunday night. Sixteen-year-old Chantuse Martinez was also shot in the same incident and remains in critical condition. Within twenty-four hours, another girl was shot on Monday night in Belize City. Police say that just after ten-thirty, fourteen-year-old Trishelle Minor was sleeping […]
A Dangriga resident was shot on Monday morning in that southern municipality which has been plagued by a rash of violence. Police say that twenty-five-year-old Ramon Bernardez was standing when he was approached by a man he knows. The two men got into an argument and that’s when the man pulled out a gun and […]
Police took a firearm and some ammunition off the streets during searches in the west and south. On Monday morning around eleven-thirty, police conducted a search in an abandoned lot in the Hattieville area in Roaring Creek where they discovered a point thirty-eight Smith and Wesson Revolver. No one was in the area at the […]
Today, forty-six-year-old taxi driver Jorge Sanchez of Ranchito Village was formally arrested and charged for firearm offences. Sanchez appeared before the Corozal Magistrate Court where he was arraigned for possession of a firearm and ammunition without a license. The taxi operator pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison until January twenty-seventh 2020. According to […]
A forum encouraging men and boys to end violence against women was held today as events take place within the launch of Sixteen Days of Activism. Participants were encouraged to be part of the solution to create safer environments for women and girls. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, Reporting As part of […]
With the critical assistance from the Organization of American States, Belize is getting closer in finalizing its Cyber Security Strategy. A draft strategy was presented to stakeholders today at an event held by the O.A.S., Global Partners Digital, UK Government & the Ministry of National Security under the theme “Protect to Connect.” The National Cyber […]
There are new developments at Julian Cho Technical High School in Toledo District where the board of directors met this evening at four o’clock to determine who will be the next principal of the secondary school. Since November nineteenth, the institution has been without a principal since there is a deadlock on who will assume […]
Is there racism and employment discrimination playing out in the hiring of Kent Arzu at Julian Cho? He says that his predecessors are both of Maya descent and that the composition of the board of directors is majority Maya. Isani Cayetano “Where do we stand insofar as the board of directors?” On the […]
A group of U.B. students is hosting a benefit fashion show later this week and they would like your support. The six students are undertaking their undergraduate studies and as a part of their requirements for the Convention and Events Course, they are to plan and execute an event for a final grade. The team […]
Belize captured the title of the fifth annual Miss Centro America 2019 pageant held in Nicaragua on Monday night. Belize’s contestant, nineteen-year-old Jalyssa Arthurs, won the crown after a several rounds of competition. This is the first time that Belize has captured the title of the regional pageant. According to the Miss Centro America site, […]
The Chinese community is trying to make sense of the murder of well-known businessman, Zheng Liu. Liu, who is one of the principals of the Eighty-Eight chain of stores was executed near Old Belize on Saturday night and as investigations take place, it is be believed he was lured to his murder on Saturday night. […]
Three fishermen, who went fishing on Friday at Mapp Caye, are believed to be dead. That’s the latest word from family members just before news time. It follows the discovery of their boat, the Lorraine, around midday today in some mangroves on Drown Caye. The trio comprises Sheldon Gibson, Elijah Usher and Kevin Roches. Family […]
A child was also injured by gun violence over the weekend. The one-year-old girl was fast asleep when she was hit by a gunshot on Sunday night. She was at her grandmother’s house on Antelope Extension, Belize City. The child’s uncle and his girlfriend were at the gate of the yard and were also injured […]
Collin Francis, believed to be suffering from mental illness, has been charged with the murder of Nestor Vasquez Junior in June of this year. Francis spent the weekend in the same cell where the deadly beating of Vasquez took place. He was being detained for the attempted murder of a nurse who was treating him […]
Police in Belize City are looking for one man believed to have broken into a home, held up three persons at knife-point, tied and robbed them. On Sunday night, forty-three-year-old Dorette Vernon was inside her house on Raccoon Street Extension along with forty-two-year-old Gloria Henry when an intruder dressed in full blue clothing and a […]
Police say Omar Gomez is the name of the man who was found floating in the Haulover Creek on Friday morning. Gomez’s body was discovered at around eight o’clock that morning behind Dream Like City. Here’s more from ACP Joseph Myvett. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “That person had been identified […]
A man was knocked off his motorcycle on November sixteenth and a week later he succumbs to his injuries. Police say that Adan Diaz was hospitalized ever since the road crash that happened on the Iguana Creek Road in the west. The driver of the vehicle that hit him, Pedro Bahadur, is expected to face […]
Today, police also gave the official report on the shooting of Justin Stephens, also known as Justin Teck. As we reported on Friday, Teck was shot and seriously injured. He is now in a stable condition at the hospital. This is the third attempt on his life. ACP Joseph Myvett of the Belize Police Department […]
