The spate of gun violence in Lake Independence continues unchecked, despite the brass of the police department coming forward to address the issue in the media last Thursday. There have been several murders in that community where feuding gangs are exacting retribution in blood. On Friday night, another cab driver, who police say is also […]
Things are tense in neighborhoods gripped by gang violence – ‘extremely tense’ – according to the Commissioner of Police. Today we asked ComPol Chester Williams about what’s been happening on the ground since officers were sent into the area when the spate of violence erupted last week. Williams says that he and the mediators were […]
A dispute among relatives over a stolen cell phone has led to the death of Renicle Hemmans, who was fatally stabbed by his niece on Saturday night. The young lady remains in police custody awaiting the D.P.P.’s instructions as to whether charges will be brought against her. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, […]
A Trial Farm resident was shot multiple times at home on Sunday evening. Police say that two men went to buy weed from Elroy Arnold when one of them pulled out a gun and shot him. Arnold was reportedly hit in his chest, back and both legs. ACP Joseph Myvett shares the details of this […]
Police made a forty-pound weed bust on Sunday afternoon. Cops in the north were called to an area in Chan Chen Village in Corozal that’s known for illicit activities. Polices say one taxi operator and another man have been arrested and charged for the eighteen parcels. They are now trying to determine who the other […]
Two men are lucky to be alive after being involved in a road traffic accident on Sunday night around eight-thirty in Santa Elena Town. George Velasquez and Jason Linarez were on a motorcycle when they crashed head-on into a taxi that was making a left turn. The men on the cycle sustained minor injuries but […]
From Friday night to this evening, sixteen COVID-19 related deaths have been reported. Friday saw the largest number with ten deaths on record, seven males and three females. The Office of the Director of Health Services says that not all these persons died on Friday. On Saturday an additional three deaths were recorded, two females […]
In the wee hours of Saturday, police and fire fighters responded to a fire at the corner of Meighan and Vasquez Avenues in Belize City. Six members of the Budna family, including children, luckily escaped with their lives after the fire quickly engulfed their home. An investigation suggests that the fire was a result of […]
The new COVID-19 measures were amended over the weekend. Two major changes were announced, the first being the time the curfew comes into effect. Initially, Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat announced that the twenty-one-day curfew, which began on Saturday, would have started at nine p.m. The curfew now starts at ten p.m. There […]
Statutory Instrument 170 of 2020 came into effect over the weekend. You’ll recall that the Ministry of Health outlined a number of measures being taken to contain the spread of COVID-19. These measures include a curfew from ten p.m. to five a.m.; the continuation of the mandatory wearing of masks and social distancing. The latest […]
Earlier today, Commissioner Williams told the media that he was simply following the directives initially given to him and could not explain the decision to move the curfew back an hour. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Well, I guess people were relying on the press release that the Ministry of Health had issued prior […]
It happened about a month ago but the public is only hearing about it now – a police officer attached to the San Pedro Police Station allegedly stole the property of a man detained at the station. It was allegedly captured on surveillance footage but the victim doesn’t want to court action and the cop […]
Two more cops are in hot water – unlike the cop in San Pedro they were criminally charged and arraigned and have already been placed on interdiction. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that last week two cops at a check point extorted a man for two hundred dollars when he couldn’t produce his driver’s […]
Over sixty persons are in shelters in rural Belize District as several villages and homes remain under water. A number of access roads are also under several feet of water and impassable by smaller vehicles and in some cases boats have to be used to very persons to and from their homes. Today, News Five […]
On the day he was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the country, P.U.P. leader John Briceño made it clear: he wanted all U.D.P. political appointees to do the right thing and resign. Those U.D.P. appointees heard him and reports surfacing from all ministries are that they are refusing to leave. Contracts for […]
According to Minister Perez, several contracts were sent to the office of the Attorney General for revision. He says that because these U.D.P. political appointees do not want to vacate their posts, it has left the government without the capability of forming new boards. Andre Perez, Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation “Right […]
A Honduran woman delivered her baby early this morning inside a police station. Amparo Lopez was detained at the Orange Walk Police Station where she was scheduled to appear before the court on immigration charges later today, but by four-thirty a.m., she began to experience labour pains. Two police officers, including Corporal Teresita Higinio, assisted […]
There was an uproar in the southern community of San Vicente on Sunday night where residents faced off with Belize Defense Force soldiers. The men who are assigned to the village observed a group of six boys playing football at a nearby field. As it stands, participating in any contact sport is prohibited under an […]
According to residents of San Vicente, the B.D.F. soldiers stationed in the village have been seen on previous occasions frequenting the nearby Guatemalan border to purchase contraband beer and liquor and were reportedly under the influence when the incident transpired on Sunday evening. On the Phone: Juan Ca’al, Spokesperson “Within that commotion reports surfaced […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also weighed in on the confrontation in San Vicente and explained the need for police to have intervened in the fracas. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Yesterday in the late evening, there was some issue in the village between elements of the B.D.F. and some villagers which resulted […]
Dolores Balderamos-Garcia is the latest minister to test positive for COVID-19. The Belize Rural Central area representative made the announcement on Sunday saying, “I would also like to let you know that my family and I have tested positive for the COVID virus. We are feeling good, no serious difficulties, and we are following our […]
Prime Minister John Briceño remains in self-isolation at his Orange Walk home tonight. PM Briceño tested positive for COVID-19 on November twenty-third and has since been working from home. Over the weekend, Briceño released a three-minute video statement in which he provides an update on his condition and asked that the public adhere to the […]
Earlier in the newscast, you heard Commissioner of Police Chester Williams say that some three hundred police officers are off duty as a result of COVID-19. Well, some of those officers include those who were tested with the rapid tests. Today, ComPol Williams told the media that the rapid tests are being made available to […]
A public consultation on the proposed development of a fourth cruise terminal in Belize has been met with serious concerns and objection from the tourism and environmental sectors. On Thursday evening, the Department of the Environment, along with Chamberlain Consultancy and Nextera, on behalf of Waterloo, held a virtual meeting with experts regarding the proposed […]
Whereas a cruise terminal is constructed adjacent to a port, Dr. Chamberlain-Miranda points to other countries and tourism destinations where such facilities coexist harmoniously. The project, once given the green light is set to be completed by 2023. According to Chamberlain-Miranda, Belize will be required to have docking facilities on land in order to do […]
