For the second time this week, a man accused of murder has been set free. Again, it is due to police coercing a confession out of a suspect without supporting evidence. Jordan Cayetano joins Charles “Bundy” Herrera, who was set free on Monday of the murder – by stabbing – of Ezekiel Nicholas Medina in […]
During a meeting with the press this morning in Ladyville, Belize District, reports started coming in to Police that a foreign-born couple living in Belize had been kidnapped. Police recovered a grey Patriot SUV, reported to have been stolen during the alleged attack, which was said to have been committed by several armed men who […]
An Orange Walk cop is tonight out on bail after he was charged and arraigned for the wounding of a Guinea Grass resident. In a most recent allegation of police brutality, twenty-one year old construction worker Hugo Noh accused the police officer of the village of beating him to a pulp in front of a […]
After four years, Belize’s first cruise ship port, Harvest Caye in southern Belize, was formally opened for business today. It is not known why the press was not invited to cover the event of this huge investment in the tourism industry. We can say however that at the onset of the project there was huge […]
And while NCL opened its port down south and will no longer be calling at the Fort Street Tourist Village here in the City, tour operators here are getting ready for European cruise visitors. For the first time German-based cruise line TUI made a call to Belize. This new market means that big tour operators […]
A fisherman remains lost at sea tonight after a vessel he was traveling in capsized near Tobacco Caye. The Dangriga resident has been identified only as Mister Locario. According to Senior Superintendent Ralph Moody several others, including a woman and a toddler, were rescued at sea. Despite a search effort conducted by members of the […]
Businessman Albert Jerry Guy appeared in court on two separate this week where he pleaded guilty to possession of drugs and undersized conch. GSU were on patrol on Water Lane on Wednesday morning when then they saw two men loading a black bag into a vehicle. They proceeded to search the vehicle where they found […]
Hissing and making lewd remarks to women is considered a form of violence and in some cases these actions escalate to attacks. Well today, a group of students—particularly females from the University of Belize, Belize City Campus—along with their Counselor Renee Wentz organized an anti-street harassment initiative. Just before midday, they paraded from the Social […]
According to Wentz, the initiative is to empower women, who are victims of street harassment. She says that the students are learning how to respond—keeping themselves safe while getting men to recognize that the harassment is a form of violence. Renee Wentz, Counselor, University of Belize “It’s not funny; it is a form a […]
From November twentieth to the twenty-sixth, residents of Eastern Division will be CHARMed by the division’s Police contingent. In this case, it’s not just hearts and flowers, but Changing Hearts and Renewing Minds, the full acronym for CHARM Week. It’s the brainchild of the People’s Coalition Committee, which serves as liaison with the Police Department, […]
The documentaries will be produced by a local production company and run for twenty to thirty minutes in primetime. Assistant Commissioner Deziree Phillips of Eastern Division North explains some of the other chosen topics as well as other plans for CHARM Week. ACP Deziree Phillips, Regional Commander, Eastern Division North “We will also be […]
British newspaper The Telegraph, among other international media sources, has shown renderings of the plans for actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s planned eco-tourism report on Blacakdore Caye, west of San Pedro. With the Environmental Impact Assessment approved and Environmental Compliance Plan under review, plans to finish the project by 2018 are closer to being a reality. The […]
There is an ongoing table tennis competition in Belize. Players from neighboring countries in Central America except for Nicaragua are competing in the 2016 Central American Senior Table Tennis Championships. The level of competition is fierce against Belize, but the local association, says Team Belize is up to it. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. […]
The Ministry of Agriculture just got some brand new tech to help them gather data and do other work that is critical to the ministry. Drones have been used primarily in the creative sector, photographers, videographers and the media in Belize. But it is also used by logistic companies like DHL for deliveries, by Police […]
Festivities in commemoration of Garifuna Settlement Day have begun across the country. In Belize City, there is a full itinerary of events leading up to the Nineteenth of November. The rolling and booming bass of Garifuna drums can be heard along Mahogany Street, as well as in other neighborhoods in Belize City. The party culminates […]
Every year, the Mexican Embassy through its Institute of Culture celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day along with the local Garifuna communities in Belize. In 2016, an exhibition by Pen Cayetano, entitled Cultural Heritage, was hosted at the Institute on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. This year, however, the Mexican Embassy, under the direction of its new […]
If you’ve been putting off getting into an exercise routine; then maybe the next segment of Healthy Living will give you the added push. Exercise – we all know by now- is good for our bodies but it can also significantly improve how we feel. Professional Counselor, Aimee Jex, outlines the top three ways that […]
