This afternoon, the National Executive of the People’s United Party met to discuss the unpleasant and very serious allegations being made against Orange Walk East Area Representative Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez. The Party faces a very real moral and political dilemma. On one hand, Mendez is allegedly accused by his estranged wife of a very […]
Fonseca said he would not go so far as to say what exactly the party will do in the event that criminal charges are brought against Doctor Mendez. He stated that it would be premature and irresponsible to comment now because of the very nature of the allegations and its impact on all concerned. As […]
Dangerous prisoner turn escapee Emmanuel Willoughby is a fugitive no longer. He is currently under Police guard at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot twice during his apprehension by Police on Tuesday. Willoughby escaped from the Belize Central Prison in December by sawing through his cell door, and since then has allegedly been on a […]
So why did Emmanuel Willoughby leave Cayo and come to Belize City? It could be because Cayo Police had launched an intensive manhunt for him. Today, News Five spoke to Deputy Commander of Cayo Inspector Reymundo Reyes. He told us on Monday a resident went to dump garbage in the Kontiki area, and that’s when […]
One hour and a half after the shooting of Willoughby, shots rang out once again…this time on Fairweather Street on South Side Belize City. Just after nine p.m., an attempt was made on the life of notorious street figure thirty-six year old Jason Williams, just a stone’s throw away from where he lives on Supal […]
There is growing concern tonight over the safety of primary school students. In the past few days, there have been reports of alleged attempts at kidnapping in Belmopan and Corozal. But in Orange Walk Town, two students came under serious threat and the school is taking every precaution to avert any reoccurrence. The incidents are […]
In a separate incident in the north, which may have some bearing to the incident in Orange Walk, Corozal police are looking for a man who tried to lure a young girl into a white Prado. The child was heading home from a shop when the man offered her money, but she became scared and […]
A B.D.F. soldier is in remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was busted with an illegal weapon and ammunition. Eber Navarette was under surveillance in Benque, and when he headed east, authorities there informed their counterparts in Cayo. Cayo Police moved in and caught him with the goods. Via Phone: Insp. Reymundo […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) today released the 2014 External Trade and Consumer Price Index stats which show that imports went up while exports went down. At December of last year, domestic exports totaled twenty-eight point six million dollars, which represents over a two million dollars drop from December 2013. Of Belize’s five major […]
Just before noon today, a jury of two women and seven men stepped into the deliberating room to decide the fate of businessman, Dennis Gabourel who back in September 2003, was accused of first raping a nurse, then attacking her on the following day. The alleged rape is said to have occurred at a popular […]
The trial of Nathanial Thomas Junior, who was accused of stabbing the boyfriend of his ex girlfriend, concluded today. Neighbors had to intervene to stop the domestic dispute and Thomas was charged initially with attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm upon Ellis Ortiz, the new boyfriend of his ex. Today […]
The following did not appear on the police report, but on Tuesday, January twenty-second, Police visited an area between miles seventeen and eighteen on the Humming Bird where they intercepted a Green Corolla Taxi heading in the direction to Belmopan. Police then conducted a search on four men who were inside the car, however nothing […]
Which of Belize City’s medical facilities dumped hazardous medical waste on a heavily trafficked road in Ladyville? At this point nobody knows. All that is certain is that on Tuesday Ladyville Chairman Albert Magdaleno found mounds of needles, syringes and other medical items strewn all over Dawn Road in the community. To say that the […]
In Jamaica, a trial is taking place in which former Professor Brendan Bain is challenging the University of the West Indies for wrongful dismissal. Bain was terminated after he gave expert witness statements in the trial against the Attorney General of Belize in which the Executive Director of UNIBAM challenged Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal […]
A Rights Inclusion Conference was held today at the Radisson Fort George in Belize City. The event which is a collaborative effort between the Women’s Issues Network, better known as WIN-Belize, and the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM) seeks to spark a discussion that human rights extend to every human being, and does not discriminate […]
The conference saw the participation of representatives from various sectors—including social, environment and health—and is part of a larger public education strategy to get citizens to think about the issues in their communities and to understand that human rights are everyone’s business. According to Orozco, the conference hopes to advance rights among marginalized groups. […]
Since the inception of the Taiwanese scholarship program over two hundred and sixty Belizeans have successfully acquired graduate and post graduate degrees from Taiwanese institutions and over a hundred and sixteen others are currently in Taiwan studying. Today, Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize, Benjamin Ho, and his team hosted its 2015 scholarship briefing. Duane Moody reports. […]
