A shooting in Belize City on Tuesday evening has raised serious concerns about public safety heading into the carnival weekend. The armed attack on Dixon Ramirez, a short distance away from where Soca Moca was preparing for its mas camp on Pelican Street, canceled an event where participants in the pre-carnival activity were up to […]
In the aftermath of last evening’s shooting that marred the final leg of the carnival mas camp, residents took to social media to express concerns about citizen security heading into the festive weekend. This afternoon, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams gave assurances that the Belize Police Department will be out in full force on Saturday […]
Corporal Elmer Nah, a rogue police officer who is being investigated for his alleged role in the landing of a drug plane near Bladen in South Stann Creek, has been acquitted by an internal tribunal set up by the Belize Police Department. Corporal Nah, along with Police Constable Caliz, remain on interdiction despite the decision […]
In light of the decision taken by the adjudicator, ComPol Williams has requested that the files related to the matter involving Nah and Caliz be turned over to him for his legal team to review. He says that if the adjudicator is found to have blundered the case, then the department will look at other […]
Is Marybeth Wade wanted for questioning, following the gangland slaying of Winston “Tanga” James back in January? The question of her alleged involvement in his execution has arisen following an audio clip that purports to be her voice in discussion with another well-known street figure regarding the incident. That audio recording is in circulation and […]
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology today issued a release expressing concern over school hair policies. The release comes on the heels of reports that approximately thirty students were sent home by the administration of the Bishop Martin School in Orange Walk and were not being allowed into their classrooms for failure to […]
Some are of the opinion that the rules regarding hair is archaic, while others argue that it is about discipline. The C.E.O. in the Ministry of Education says that there are more deep-seated issues that need to be addressed. Maheia says that this arbitrary issue is one of many that are not unique to Bishop […]
Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA, is in Belize. He has been in the country since Tuesday. Today, he called on government officials, as well as the staff at the Football Federation of Belize. It is the first time in recent history that a president of FIFA has visited the country. Infantino was greeted by […]
President Infantino was also asked for his take on F.F.B.’s performance, as far as managing FIFA funds are concerned. The two-time FIFA President sang the praises of President Sergio Chuc, lauding what he says has been transparent management of finances. Here is what he told reporters. Gianni Infantino, President, FIFA “I really want to […]
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Belize, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, submitted a proposal to the UN-India Development Partnership Fund to assist the country in its fight against the pandemic. A two-million-dollar sum was approved and allocated in September of that year, for the purchase of medical equipment. However, as […]
The Ministry of Health is conducting an investigation into the circumstances of a delicate child birth that took place in Orange Walk on Tuesday night in which the mother, a police officer, could not access ambulance services from home where the baby was born. Today, the Director of Hospital Services, Doctor Jorge Polanco said the […]
Floralia has applied to the Ministry of Transport for its runs to be expanded. The bus company is now looking to offer its services from Placencia to Belize City and from Benque Viejo Del Carmen to Corozal. It’s a move that has reportedly caused quite a stir among bus operators already running those routes. Today, […]
After eight weeks of competition, there is a new karaoke champion. The last female standing in season four of Channel Five’s KTV the Remix was Lisa Hemmans-Robateau. She’s a songstress from King’s Park who won ten thousand dollars in cash, a trophy and much more in prizes. The announcement was made on Tuesday night at […]
Los Angeles, California has for decades boasted a large population of Belizeans. Annually during the month of September, a huge festival that attracts thousands is organized in an area known as Inglewood. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belize Fest could not be held and this year, True Belizean proprietor Faron Smith is reviving the […]
For the first time, Belize Fest is partnering with the Belize Tourism Board and the Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations. Through this partnership the festival will raffle a plot of land in Belize and a round-trip ticket and hotel stay to lucky Belizean attendees. Faron Smith speaks with the media about what the funds […]
Night two of Carnival Mas Camp 2022 was as pumped and spirited as it used to be in pre-COVID era, with revelers dressing up in their shimmery and colorful costumes to put off their best show in a bid to capture the judges’ attention and earn the highest possible points in this category of the […]
On Monday, Minister of Health and Wellness, Kevin Bernard, made a commitment to visit the nurses at the Southern Regional Hospital in the wake of a demonstration that began with a walkout on Saturday.Today, Minister Bernard kept his word. Nurses at the Southern Regional Hospital were the first to stage a protest over the weekend, […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness recently signed tender contracts valued at thirty million dollars for the supply of medications and medical supplies. Minister of Health Kevin Bernard explained that there is a brief delay in the delivery of these items, because the contracts give suppliers thirty to sixty days to deliver. Minister Bernard says […]
Nextera Environmental and Engineering Consultant, Allan Herrera, has responded to a group of non-government organizations that wrote to him last week. The group of N.G.O.s had asked Herrera, the principal consultant for the Port of Belize Cruise Tourism Facility and Cargo Expansion, proposed by Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited, to point out the difference between two […]
As we reported last week, Vulcan Materials Company has written to the people of Gales Point, offering them jobs that pay two times the existing minimum wage to carry out additional core sampling on White Ridge Farms where it intends to conduct mining activities. Since then, there has been what is being described as a […]
A child is dead following a freak accident inside her home in Pomona Village. Eight-year-old Jacqueline Valdez was electrocuted while connecting a television to an extension cord. She was alone in the house at the time of the incident, as her mother was serving customers inside the family’s store. It is a tragic death and […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sanchez appeared before Justice Herbert Lord on Monday where he was convicted for the execution style murder of Emmerson Arnold, an employee of Belize Water Services Limited. The incident took place on the morning of November, twenty-eighth, 2014 when Arnold was shot as many as six times by his attacker. Sanchez, otherwise known […]
A security guard employed by the Belize Brewing Company has been charged for stealing fifteen cases of Smirnoff from the compound in Ladyville. Thirty-year-old Phillip James Lopez is accused of making off with the boxes, each valued at seventy-eight dollars. The theft allegedly occurred over the weekend and was captured on surveillance camera. This morning, […]
A second joint U.N. work plan was officially signed today between partner agencies as part of a strategic program to support migrants, refugees and the Belize Amnesty 2022. It is a plan that focuses on areas such as advocacy, legal reform, system strengthening and capacity development as well as community engagement among those vulnerable migrant […]
During today’s press conference, News Five asked about the status of the Amnesty Program 2022. There are an estimated sixty thousand unregulated migrants living in Belize. The process so far has identified that majority are located in Cayo District, followed by Belize City and then Dangriga and Toledo. To date, approximately ten percent of this […]
