There is tension on the streets over the recent confrontation between the Gang Suppression Unit and the George Street Gang. Police are claiming that the gangs are threatening to use grenades during Celebrations. While the cops have their hands full, two more lives were taken on Tuesday night. Around seven o’clock, Guy Fuller, was […]
Also on Tuesday night, shooting victim Troy Bowen succumbed to gunshot injuries. In early August, the twenty three year old stevedore was shot to the right side of his head. He survived that incident. But Bowen was a marked man and before eight a.m. on August twenty fourth a gunman was waiting for him at […]
With a threat of violence looming over the celebrations, there is reliable information that some residents of crime-afflicted neighborhoods have sat in a conference with officers at the Raccoon Street Police Station. While we can’t confirm who was at the meeting, reports are that it focused on recent tension that pitted the department, gangs and […]
The Belize Recycling Company Limited was robbed on Tuesday afternoon. According to twenty-nine year old Lindy Hernandez, at one fifty p.m. a man wearing a white T-shirt, a three quarter pants and a white cap came to the business in order to sell scrap iron. But the business transaction was just his cover to commit […]
Two children of school age disappeared mysteriously a year ago in the south when they left the safety of their homes to sell fruit to raise money for school supplies. The pain over the missing siblings, Benjamin and Onelia Rash, is still fresh in the minds of their family and community in San Marcos, Toledo. […]
The Ninth Amendment public consultations are taking place at the Multipurpose Complex in Orange Walk Town this evening. Word is that as early as five o’clock, persons began trickling in to the venue. There is tight security and heavy police presence. Both political parties have mobilized for the event and their supporters have been bused […]
It’s now official, after successful trial runs the Mexican bus company, ADO, has launched its services from Belize City to Cancun and Merida. ADO promises comfortable travel at affordable prices. Busses are scheduled to leave Belize City nightly after the last run by Belizean operators to avoid conflict with local stakeholders. The Mexican bus company […]
The Second Annual Trimming Drive in Memory of Maurice Usher is set to kick off this Thursday and continues on Friday. Channel Five’s own Brian Dena, along with Edmund Staine and other volunteers from the Fabers Road area, will be providing free back to school haircuts for underprivileged primary school kids. The trimmers will be […]
Two weeks ago the Gang Suppression Unit uncovered an assortment of contraband liquors and cigarettes when they raided an apartment of the Ketz Apartment Complex on Lizarraga Avenue. Twenty-eight year old Ronell Gonzales was arrested and today he appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers and pleaded not guilty to Recklessly Harboring Uncustommed Goods. The GSU recovered […]
The illegal entry by Guatemalans into Belizean territory has been a longstanding problem along the Chiquibul. The vast expanse has been a challenge to fully monitor given the limited resources of the Belize Defence Force. Recently, there have been frequent and dangerous confrontations between the B.D.F. and poachers on this side of the border. The […]
Martinez says that the absence of confidence building measures would be counter-productive to keeping peace in the area. The CBMs are renewed every year; still yet, there could be a vacuum should the dispute go before an international tribunal. Fred Martinez, Ambassador of Belize to Guatemala “My big worry and I think the worry of […]
Musical icon, Francis Reneau, is in the Jewel for the nation’s thirtieth Independence Anniversary celebration. Reneau has composed a music piece called ‘A Hymn to Belize’ which will be performed at the Independence Day ceremony in Belmopan later this month. He will also be staging one of his biggest concerts accompanied by friends and students […]
KTV Duets; it’s all the rage on Tuesday nights as kids and adults pour into the Bliss Auditorium each week for wholesome family entertainment. This week it was the job of the Group B duos to deliver performances that kept the audience on the edge of their seats. And they did just that with English […]
