The Commission of Inquiry charged with the task of investigating whether or not Belizean security forces were criminally liable in the deaths of three Guatemalans have completed their report…in favour of the Belizeans. According to a government press release, today the three-member team submitted their report to Prime Minister Said Musa in Belmopan. The report […]
Also in news from across the border, on Sunday, delegations from Belize and Guatemala met with O.A.S. facilitators Sir Shridath Ramphal and Paul Reichler to discuss the border dispute negotiation process. While we understand that additional information was requested from both sides by the facilitators, we were unable to speak with officials from the Ministry […]
On Saturday night, things were heating up inside the Corozal Free Zone…but not in a good way. A fire that began in one of the zone’s stores quickly spread, and within minutes became a roaring blaze that threatened lives and property. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods and George Tillett are just back from Corozal with the […]
A family from the Cayo District is in mourning tonight after their young relative was found murdered on Sunday morning. According to police, twenty-year-old Aiba Luz Marquez was last seen alive on Saturday night near her place of work quarrelling with her boyfriend, identified as David Hob of Santa Elena Town. Marquez’s body was found […]
Too often, the media is forced to expose cases of police brutality, but tonight two brothers who viciously attacked an officer in Orange Walk are in police custody. According to reports, around 7:00 Friday night, P.C. Reynaldo Bruhier was on duty at the San Estevan police station when two men, armed with machetes and knives, […]
Meanwhile, Punta Gorda police are investigating a shooting incident that took place near the Belize/Guatemala border on Friday. Reports are that Pablo Chun and Santos Bo, farmers from Jalacte Village, had been selling their produce in Guatemala, and while travelling on horseback to Belize via the Santa Cruz road, the men say they were fired […]
Not all the weekend crime remains unsolved, in fact, San Ignacio police can boast that they foiled a robbery by catching the bad guys and recovering the loot. On Sunday, police, acting on a tip of a robbery going down at a local restaurant, rushed to An Sam on Third Street just as three young […]
While some Corozaleños were still bemoaning the loss of their goods in the free zone fire, other residents had mercury rising as they took to the streets to protest the dismissal of several employees from the St. Francis Xavier Credit Union. Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This morning, hundreds of protestors, mostly […]
While commuters and other bus riders across the country shelled out more today to get around, the Ministry of Transport has called for a review of the price hikes. According to a press release issued late this evening, a review of the rates is taking place as apparently the new prices violate the terms and […]
If you woke up Saturday morning to the sounds of blowing horns and an occasional burst of song, you might have been just a little surprised to see a bunch of men parading through the streets of Belize City. The event was called the Hundreds Men March, organised to highlight the need for a renewal […]
For the past five years, Ambergris Caye has been home to the St. Matthew’s Medical University, but at the end of this month, the institution will relocate to another part of the Caribbean. While they had announced their departure date, an incident over the weekend had teachers and students leaving a little earlier than planned. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. It took the final match on the B.P.F.L. playoffs to determine which two teams would make it on to the three game championship series in Regent’s Cup tournament. With three teams showing nine points apiece going into the last weekend of play, it became very […]
