Is Chik-V in Belize? The virus is prevalent in neighboring Central American countries and the Caribbean and in reality it is more a matter of when, not if, it reaches our shores. Up to Monday, the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health informed News Five that the virus was in Belize….but that has apparently […]
Forty-five year old Brian Charlesworth has been convicted twice before for sexually abusing minors. Today, the pedophile secured jail time for another conviction of a sexual nature, which makes it the third conviction in thirteen years. On Wednesday, he was found guilty of carnal knowledge of a juvenile who was six years at the […]
There is a disturbing report of the sexual assault of a female prisoner at the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. The woman, who is serving a five-year jail term for a burglary offense, is alleging that she was sexually assaulted by twenty-one year old Kevin Bodden and twenty-nine year old Jareth Crawford. Both men, […]
There was a daring robbery in Belize City’s Belama Phase Three on Thursday evening. The broad daylight robbery happened at about four, and the target was Guan Fa Shop, a Chinese grocery store in the area. The cashier in the store, a nineteen year old student, told Police that three male persons walked straight up […]
On September nineteenth, thirty year old Leslie Logan Jr. was shot by a Chinese proprietor after an armed robbery at Hung Yun Store. Logan had already jacked around five hundred in cash and handed it to an accomplice who fled the scene. As Logan attempted to do the same, the proprietor of the store ran […]
The comments of the highly respected career Police Officer who retired as second in command of the Orange Walk Police Formation did not go unheard. The allegations he made against the department were serious, and have resulted in the investigation being re-opened. At least that’s what we were told today by Public Relations Coordinator, Douglas […]
On Thursday, the Ministry of National Security hosted a press conference to speak on important security issues. But the hungry lot that the media is, we also wanted to know about those Petrocaribe funds which have been the subject of so much contention, controversy and even legal action. Prime Minister Barrow has told us what […]
Financial Secretary Joe Waight, who really is responsible for accounting for how the money is spent, supports the Prime Minister’s position. He says that not only will they release details on those projects shortly, but they are willing to put the list on their website for full accessibility and scrutiny. Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary […]
Renowned parandero, Paul Nabor, passed away at his home in Punta Gorda on October twenty-second after suffering a massive stroke, his third. Tonight the nation prepares to lay this legendary musical icon to rest in his home town, and befitting his importance to the nation, it is being done in grand style. The Government of […]
The Mayor of Belize City can boast a total of about one hundred and thirty streets cemented and upgraded in what has been an unprecedented city infrastructure program. That makes residents happy, but the happiness doesn’t come with blinders. We say that because some of those newly cemented streets are already breaking apart, and it’s […]
More than one year ago, the Government of Belize proudly opened the newly upgraded, spiffy Memorial Park in Belize City. It boasted modern booths for vendors, in an architectural style which we were assured was innovative and visionary, as well as a stylish bandstand. It was allegedly done at a cost of over three million […]
There is also news coming from the west. San Ignacio Police are reporting a drug arrest in that municipality while officers were on mobile patrol in Santa Elena Town. Around two-thirty on Thursday afternoon, a patrol unit came up on a grey Jeep Cherokee with Belize City licence plates parked in front of Highway […]
In the event of national disasters or catastrophes, the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, is expected to take the helm. But when those disasters are confined to Belize City, the City Emergency Management Organization, CEMO, is structured to take control. The entity is run out of City Hall, and meets every month to discuss disaster […]
Coming off weeks of almost incessant reports and allegations of Police brutality, most of them against the Gang Suppression Unit, some good news was overdue, and we got it. The Eastern Division today help open days in all four of their precincts stretched across the city. It’s an innovative concept which seeks to bridge the […]
The third annual Village Arts and Crafts Expo organized by the Belize Tourism Board will be held this Saturday at the Memorial Park in Belize City. Over a hundred and seventy artisans and craftsmen from across the jewel will be featured in the expo that will showcase their creative designs to local and international visitors, […]
A mind as medicine workshop will be held on Saturday at the Center for Yoga and Healing Arts. “Mind as Medicine” is a concept developed by Health Education, Doctor Mark Pirtle that characterizes all chronic illnesses as being stress-related. His theory is that the mind and the body are the best pharmacy and claims that […]
