The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, Lisel Alamilla is reporting on a shooting that took place at around 1:20 am this past Wednesday morning. In a letter signed by the Minister to highlight the gravity of the situation, Alamilla says that several shots were fired at the Field Station of Ya’axche’ Conservation Trust […]
The highly anticipated football match between Belize and Honduras for the 2013 Copa Centro Americana was broadcasted live on this station. The Belize national “A” selection team and its strong defense took on the returning champs, Honduras. Team Belize held its ground, but at the sixty-seventh minute, its goal was penetrated by Honduran team. It […]
There were two murders on Thursday night, one in Belize City and the other in the Cayo District. The first horrific murder occurred in Santa Elena, where a well known resident was shot at least three times in the presence of his two young daughters. Steven Valencia was hit on his foot, back and then […]
The second murder on Thursday night took place in Belize City about an hour after the Santa Elena murder. It is also the second in less than forty eight hours in the old capital. At about nine thirty, a twenty-four year old man was heading home when a gunman opened fire on him. Marvin Jerome […]
There was a head on collision involving a delivery truck and small car between miles six and seven on the Phillip Goldson Highway in the height of this morning’s rush hour. Two persons were injured and while there is still no official police report, the names of the two drivers are known. Police officer Michael […]
A peaceful demonstration is going to be staged by teachers and public servants on Tuesday in Belmopan, following a recent breakdown in negotiations with the Barrow Administration over long-delayed salary adjustments, It has prompted a position by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Chamber, in a release issued today, urges government, as well […]
The last day for late registration for the University of Belize is this Monday. On that day the student body represented by Nation Builders also plans a demonstration in the nation’s capital. That is because the government is no longer providing a subsidy for new students entering UB. In a letter dated January twenty first, […]
Twenty year old Clinton Roca, an aero dispatcher at the PGIA has been charged with three counts of unnatural crime upon a fourteen year old minor. According to the minor, the first incident happened in January of 2012 where Roca threatened to kill him and his family if he said anything. The second incident […]
A tourist from Alaska vacationing in Caye Caulker was today arraigned for a single count of drug trafficking after he was caught with one point two grams of crack cocaine. But by this afternoon, twenty-nine year old Allan James Meade avoided jail time or a minimum fine of ten thousand dollars when he pleaded […]
He was responsible for the management of paroles, processing records and was the chairman of the inmates’ classification committee at the Central Prison. We say was because effective today, Lionel Ernest Smith Senior was terminated from his post at Kolbe Foundation. Smith Senior had been working at the Foundation for over a year and according […]
The Saint Catherine Academy hosted a science fair this morning; bright minds from eight different schools from the city were invited to observe the fair. The science projects covered a number of topics and were put together by students of all forms. News Five Jose Sanchez was also on hand to look at the work […]
The P.S.U. and the B.N.T.U. are finalizing the details for next week’s march in the Capital. But an enterprising individual and his friends have taken to the streets today for a different matter. Phillip ‘Faada’ Henry organized a protest in Battlefield Park in Belize City because of the increase in violent crime. Henry did not […]
An international DJ is on tour in Belize and is promoting music and membership to an international organization. He is a founding member of the world renowned group, BUMSQUAD that has a solid and growing following locally. DJ Latin Prince, who arrived in the Jewel on Thursday, is also the C.E.O. of the group […]
