Early this morning, there was another fatal accident that occurred in the South; this time in Toledo District. A teacher was travelling on his motorcycle when he was struck head-on by a pickup truck. The impact sent Juan Chun into some bushes and to his death. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood shared the preliminary details of the […]
The mother of a one-year-old child is tonight grateful that her child’s father is alive, and her baby is unharmed after a gunman targeted their family home on Victoria Street. Today, News Five spoke to Shandy Vernon who was socializing with a group of relatives on Friday night when the shooter approached the home and […]
Police are yet to establish a motive for the shooting. Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood told us they are close to making an arrest. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “On Friday twenty-fifth of June, sometime around ten forty p.m., you had some individuals socializing at a yard on Victoria Street, two males […]
In a separate shooting, a Belize City police officer came under fire after a gang of men ambushed him in the Belize Port Authority area. Police believe they were attempting to steal his firearm. The officer managed to escape, but not before being shot in the foot. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police […]
A stabbing victim was airlifted from Caye Caulker over the weekend and is hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial where he is being treated for his injury. The crime was reportedly perpetrated by a woman who inflicted a single stab wound to his chest. While details on the incident are scant, Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood […]
News Five has confirmed that Canadian Jasmine Hartin remains on remand at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. Last Friday, the thirty-two-year-old mother of two appeared before Justice Herbert Lord and was remanded to the prison after the judge granted a request of Frank Habet to withdraw the bail he posted on her behalf as […]
A family from the Pomona Valley is asking for the public’s help to get treatment for their infant. Nine-month-old Jayden Nicholas Chacon has been diagnosed with a condition known as hemangiomas. The child’s mother began noticing a change in the child’s face at four months old. Over the past five months, the benign tumor has […]
The family and friends of Lucinda Montejo earlier today made an appeal for blood donation and the good news tonight is that the family has received more than the amount they requested. Montejo and her daughter, Kaylen were travelling on the George Price Highway when the SUV they were travelling in collided with a tourist […]
The National Women’s Commission is working to establish a chapter in San Pedro to address the number of domestic violence and gender-based violence cases on Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye. Late last week, a meeting was held with various stakeholders from both public and private sector entities, including N.G.O.s, to establish a group that will […]
Since 2017, the Embassy of Taiwan in Belize has been hosting a Mandarin language program in Belize. This year, they are taking the course to Benque Viejo del Carmen. It was officially launched on Friday evening. Here’s a look at how that went. Andrea Polanco, Reporting The Taiwan Embassy in Belize launched its Mandarin […]
The Central Executive Committee of the United Democratic Party met virtually on Thursday night and, despite the meeting being held to set a date for a recall convention to determine Patrick Faber’s fate as party leader, the time of that pending event is yet to be decided. In the wake of that meeting, the embattled […]
On Thursday evening in Belmopan, a new Leader of the Opposition was sworn in, effectively sidelining Patrick Faber from representing the U.D.P. in that capacity. It’s a direct blow to his self-image, as well as his ambition to someday become the next prime minister of this country. While he did not communicate with his parliamentary […]
Shortly before Shyne Barrow’s installation as the Leader of the Opposition, former Belmopan area rep John Saldivar took to social media to speak on the U.D.P.’s debacle. In comparing the events of last year which saw him stepping down as party leader, Saldivar urged his political nemesis to do the honorable thing and resign as […]
In the wake of the video that has landed Faber in the predicament he now finds himself in, the Area Representative for Collet is seeking help with controlling his temper. He says that despite what was shown in the viral footage, he did not physically accost the mother of his child. He also spoke on […]
There are at least two names being tossed around as potential party leaders should the delegates be successful in removing Faber. Those are U.D.P. Chairman Mike Peyrefitte and former Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley. Peyrefitte is already a senator and it is likely that Senator Khalid Belisle will be replaced by Bradley. Both are formidable […]
Reports out of Mexico are that three Belizeans from Corozal Town were executed on a beach in Tulum on Thursday. Details of the incident are still sketchy. In fact, there are conflicting reports about exactly how many Belizean men were executed, and their exact identities. During a zoom with the Commission of Police Chester Williams, […]
We asked the Commissioner of Police about reports that the men may have been involved in illicit activities across the border. He would not comment on whether they are known to police. Paul Lopez “Would police involvement be warranted if this were a case of some sort of drug transnational drug trafficking scenario?” […]
And while local authorities are waiting on official information from Mexican authorities or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the mother of one of the reported victims, Gladimir Eduard Chable, believes her son is dead. However, the Corozal mother told the media that she was under the impression her son was working in Cayo. Mother […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the fight against transnational narco-trafficking is becoming more challenging for local law enforcement authorities. Early Friday morning, narco traffickers skillfully landed a narco-plane in a mangrove area, in Monkey River Village, not easily accessible by land. The pilot’s maneuvers on the mangrove terrain were so crafty, that ComPol […]
In a turn of events, Canadian Jasmine Hartin, who was out on bail and facing charges of manslaughter by negligence in the death of police Superintendent Henry Jemmott at San Pedro last month, is once more in the arms of the law. New charges were levied against her this morning following an incident at the […]
But what led to the recent charges levelled against Jasmine Hartin in San Pedro? Today, she appeared before the magistrate for charges of common assault and possession of a controlled drug. Despite objections made by the prosecutor, the magistrate offered bail of one thousand dollars, which up to news time was not met as yet. […]
Commissioner Chester Williams also spoke about what is being described as a media circus that played out inside the San Ignacio Police Station on Thursday – something he says is against protocol as the media is not given permission to interview detainees inside a police station. But Hartin gave an interview, even questioned an officer […]
The Turneffe Atoll Sustainability secured a one-point two-million-dollar blended finance facility to strengthen the management of Belize’s marine protected areas and contribute to its blue economy. TASA is one of the first N.G.O.s in marine conservation to secure this type of innovative financing that uses a smart business model to support conservation efforts and generate […]
Executive Director Valdemar Andrade says the one point two million dollars blended financing will also be put back into the management of fisheries and by extension the marine protected areas which will have a positive impact on the economy through fisheries and tourism. Andrade explains how they will implement the sustainable revenue-generating initiatives. Valdemar […]
Here’s a public notice to fisher folks across the country, sharks fishing is now banned within radius of two nautical miles around Lighthouse Reef, Glover’s Reef and Turneffe Atoll. This follows new regulations approved the Government of Belize to establish a safe haven for sharks across an area of approximately one thousand, five hundreds square […]
