Police need your help to identify the driver and vehicle that left one man dead in a hit and run. The crash occurred in Saint Matthew’s Village on Sunday night. Police report that two men were walking on the road’s side when a car hit one of the men from behind. The driver never stopped […]
Police have made progress in a shooting that took place in Belize City. On Monday evening, Jervis Valencia was shot several times while sitting in a yard in an alley on the Mayflower area. Police arrested and charged one man in connection with the shooting. The cops say that the attack resulted from internal gang […]
Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, including Minister Kareem Musa, were invited to a tour of the police headquarters in Belmopan. Earlier, Minister Musa had a tour of the Eastern Division headquarters in Belize City and during a visit with ComPol Chester Williams in the Capital today, the minister met with senior command at […]
The Briceño Administration has begun budget consultation ahead of his first budget presented, which is expected to be in March. The government has formed two teams to carry out budget consultation with relevant stakeholders. Minister of Education Francis Fonseca, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, Public Service Minister Henry Charles are accompanied by a technical and […]
On January twenty-first, managements of all schools, the B.N.T.U. and the Belize Teaching Services Commission received a memo from the Ministry of Education indicating that all approvals for study leave with pay were suspended. Chief Education Officer Yolanda Gongora stated that this decision was made due to the fiscal constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
A group of teachers at Punta Gorda’s Saint Peter Claver Primary School have express their discontent with the assistant local manager for the district’s school. Since 2020, the teachers have been registering their discontent to the school’s board and the Ministry of Education. One of those teachers is Ray Martinez who told News Five on Monday […]
Poor road conditions are a perennial problem across the country as infrastructure remains a critical issue in urban and rural areas. It’s no secret that Belize City has a street infrastructure problem and although works have been done over the years to improve the streets, a lot more needs to be done. Tonight, we’ll tell […]
On Saturday, the P.U.P. held its Belize City Council convention to select the P.U.P. eleven to contest the March municipal elections. Mayor Bernard Wagner will be contesting for the mayoral seat against the U.D.P.’s Orson Picart. The ten P.U.P. councilors include some newcomers like cyclist Kaya Cattouse and Edmund Kwuan, but there are a few […]
And about that convention…while the U.D.P. opted for a virtual event earlier this month, the P.U.P. held an event that attracted a large gathering. There are concerns about it being a possible COVID super spreader. With numbers declining, did the P.U.P. get too relaxed to host this event? Today, we asked Councilor Candidate Albert Vaughan […]
Call centers continue to operate from their respective offices across the country, under strict guidelines that are line with COVID-19 safety measures. Those regulations include the washing or sanitization of hands, the use of face masks and the requisite six feet distance. In enforcing those measures, the Belize Police Department is authorized to conduct spot […]
Barbados has secured one hundred thousand Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from India through an effort led by Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Mottley reached out to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in mid-January expressing that the island nation was facing a strangely challenging situation and was interested in a donation, as well as purchase of vaccines from […]
A new commission has been sworn-in to investigate the fire sale of government assets prior to the last general elections. The ceremony took place on Monday here in Belize City but a schedule for when the hearings commence and how long the inquiry will take is yet to be determined. There are several logistical considerations […]
Security of tenure is what Acting Chief Justice Michelle Arana is clamoring for on behalf of the judiciary, but there is concern that a new law will threaten their stay on the bench. The proposed legislation is still in its infancy but there is mounting concern about its consequences. Not only will the piece of […]
The Belize Police Department came into disrepute once again on Friday when several officers were arrested in connection with a drug plane landing in northern Belize District. That story dominated the evening newscast and may have stolen the thunder from their female colleagues who secured a legal victory earlier that day in the Supreme Court. […]
Last Friday, the first of its kind child friendly interview room was established at the San Ignacio Police Station. It is the result of a partnership between UNICEF Belize and the Belize Police Department through the Juvenile Justice Programme. According to a release from UNICEF, the new space signifies police’s responsibility to provide safety and […]
It’s the second day that gyms across the country have been able to reopen since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in March 2020. Since then, gyms have been ordered to close, but new regulations announced on Friday allows gyms to be open with fifty percent capacity. But the prolonged closure has affected the […]
This morning in Orange Walk Town, nine men detained since Friday morning following the crash landing of a drug plane with dozens of bales of cocaine were arraigned in that jurisdiction’s magistrate’s court. Represented by attorneys Dickie Bradley and Leeroy Banner, the men were slapped with a drug trafficking offence and for violating a quarantine […]
Meanwhile, over the weekend, the police discovered an additional three bales of cocaine. Police reportedly went looking in the Crooked Tree Lagoon, and there they found the bales of drugs which contained a total of ninety packets. The drugs are from the drug plane that landed last week Friday. You’ll recall we told you that […]
The selling off of public assets at a steal by the financially-burdened Barrow administration in the months leading up to the November eleventh general elections will be fully investigated. This morning, the persons tasked with carrying out that investigation were sworn in at the Biltmore Hotel where the oath of office was administered by Senior […]
And while the Commission will look into irregularities in those sales, what about the allegations against former Minister of Works Rene Montero? The Attorney General’s Ministry is one of three government agencies presently looking into allegations of impropriety at the Ministry of Works under former minister. In early January, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing, […]
A shopkeeper in Belmopan was shot and killed after he tried to fight off a robber. The deadly incident happened last Friday in the Maya Mopan area. Abel Bardalez was inside his shop along with two deliverymen when the robber tried to hold them up. Bardalez didn’t comply with the thief’s orders and he pursued […]
The last of the remaining escaped prisoners are behind bars tonight. Police captured Michael Faux and Erwin Lanza on Sunday morning. They were the only two prisoners who remained on the run from the twenty-eight that broke out of the prison back in October. Commissioner Chester Williams told the press today that they were able […]
The National Institute of Culture and History was one of the remaining statutory bodies to have a new board of directors named. Late this afternoon, the Ministry of Culture issued a release announcing the six persons appointed to fill the board members’ positions. They are Arreini Palacio-Morgan, Carlo Habet, Michael Coye, Gavin Courtney, Merilyn Young […]
The Corozal Free Zone reopened for business today following ten months of closure. Discussions about reopening had started soon after the general elections, and there was collaborative planning to ensure area could open for much-needed business in the safest way possible. But when the gates opened today, it was not without its kinks. There were […]
Thirty-eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today. This number reflects samples processed between Sunday and today. One new COVID-19 related death was recorded, bringing the number to three hundred and two. The overall positivity rate is at nineteen point two percent with eleven thousand nine hundred and forty-five confirmed cases. Of that number, ninety-five […]
