In northern Belize, a second suspected drug plane has been found in less than six months to signal that the drug trade is thriving. The burnt scrap of the aircraft was discovered in a remote cornfield near Hill Bank, Orange Walk, on Sunday morning. A joint taskforce comprised of police officers and B.D.F. personnel was […]
Belize City resident, Clinton Arthur Davis, was beaten to death and his decomposing body was found three days later on Friday at his property. Davis owns a piece of land beside Old Belize on the outskirts of the city. The land was passed down in his family but his wife says that it has caused […]
And while Davis’ immediate family believes that a close relative was responsible for his murder, police say they don’t have anything to corroborate that claim. But they are questioning several persons. On the night of the murder, police say they received a tip of a body in the area but didn’t find anything until Friday […]
There is very little progress to report on an allegation of rape that reportedly occurred a few weekends ago inside the lockup at the Independence Police Station. Earlier today, police informed that a file will be forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions whenever an internal investigation into a claim that two […]
Burglars stole almost twenty-thousand dollars’ worth of valuables from a home in Sand Hill Village. Well-known education officer, Yvonne Davis, says she wasn’t home between Thursday and Friday and later received reports that several men with two vehicles were spotted in her yard between midday and about three on Friday afternoon. The burglars gained access […]
A trio of men was busted with a significant quantity of marijuana in the Corozal District on Saturday. Twenty-one-year-old Ian Mossiah, twenty-five-year-old Vincent Aldana and thirty-seven-year-old Abner Cardenas were nabbed in an area known as Estero, reportedly a transshipment point for the passage of Mexican-grown weed into the country. The men were arraigned before the […]
Twenty-one-year-old Maninger Singh, a student at the Belize Medical College, was reported missing by his roommates on Friday. He wasn’t seen or heard from since November ninth. The Indian national is a resident of the Los Lagos community and last attended classes at the institution on the Boom Road on Thursday, the day before his […]
An executive summary of the Auditor General’s Report on Belize Jungle Experience Limited, dated the seventh of June, 2017 has been obtained by News Five. It details the transactions between Lieutenant Colonel Charlton Roches, his company Belize Jungle Experience Limited, and his employers, the Belize Defence Force for training of the German Military. As has […]
This Tuesday’s regular cabinet meeting will be the first since the Caribbean Court of Justice ordered that the government has to pay a ninety- million dollar loan note for the obsolete Universal Health Services. It is expected it will be a difficult sitting. Prime Minister Dean Barrow returned to the country earlier today from Houston, […]
While the Government is still reeling from the recent C.C.J. decision confirming that they owe Belize Bank over ninety million dollars for a loan note in respect of U.H.S., other major problems may be looming in relation to the Super Bond. That is because under the terms and conditions of the Super Bond, the Government […]
There is more on the U.H.S. issue…Since the Caribbean Court of Justice made the order on November twenty-second for the repayment of a ninety-million dollar loan to the Belize Bank Limited to recoup an investment in the former Universal Health Services Limited, there has been mounting outrage over the high bill. The U.S. Supreme Court […]
Earlier today when Mai gave this interview he said the party’s parliamentary caucus is set to meet on Wednesday to formulate its official position ahead of the House meeting. However, the vote is not as simple as yea or nay. The U.D.P. holds a comfortable majority of seven, meaning that if at least sixteen votes […]
M ai says his own constituents have raised their concerns, particularly about the interest accruing on the debt. He also notes that the long delay has helped U.D.P.-connected attorneys make big money fighting cases in the courts both locally and internationally. There could even be consequences with the recently re-negotiated Superbond. But in the end, […]
Twenty-three-year old Nijah Brandon, a construction worker from la Democracia Belize District, was today before the court to answer to a charge of possession of counterfeit currency but even as he was granted bail, he was quickly nabbed by police. On November twenty-third, 2017, police claim they found him with two fifty dollar currency notes […]
The signing of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in December 2016, is nearing its one-year anniversary. Despite the ratification of the document, legislation is yet to be passed in order to bring government into compliance with the accord. On Friday, Public Accounts Committee Chairman Julius Espat weighed in on UNCAC and criticized the present […]
Additional reinforcement will be brought into Belize City as of Friday, when the Christmas season formally commences. With all the hustle and bustle in the streets of the Old Capital in the month of December, thieves are all the more tempted to take advantage of crimes of opportunity. In anticipation of a spike in crime […]
A first of its kind grant assistance from the Grassroots and Human Security Program of the Embassy of Japan will gift residents of Belmopan their own new garbage contractor truck. The grant of just over one hundred and seventy-five thousand Belize dollars was presented in the Garden City by Japanese Embassy Counselor Shinichi Yamanaka Deputy […]
When we last left the matter of the two parcels of land located next to the Roman Catholic community school in Las Flores, Belmopan, residents were up in arms, demanding that the purchaser return them. Leader of the Belmopan Catholic Mission, Father Jordan Gongora, told community residents he had not agreed to proposals made by […]
The Belize Tourism Board has a brand new app for the cruise industry. The free app provides real-time date information for cruise ship calls to Belize. BTB says that the app, which is compatible with android and iOS devices, is loaded with features that will help to save time and make access to information easier […]
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