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Seven point five million Guatemalans are eligible to vote in this Sunday’s historic referendum to be held in Guatemala. On the last leg of the campaign, President Jimmy Morales has been on the ground and on the airwaves campaigning for a yes vote to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice. Last week, […]
Firings have been reported at the Punta Gorda Town Council as well as at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. In the south, News Five has learned that ten persons have been let go from the staff of the P.G. Town Council. We spoke to one of them today and he says he learned the news […]
Meanwhile, an employment crisis is unfolding at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, amid other serious issues that the national referral hospital is presently facing to do with the crumbling roof. News Five understands that there has been a string of terminations at the hospital in which a number of employees, including former city councilor Doctor […]
The Immigration Department has recently been conducting raids on establishments believed to employ persons who are suspected victims of trafficking in persons. Over the weekend, seven women employed in four such different bars in Belize City and Ladyville were detained and on Tuesday, taken to court. While there was no proof the women were actually […]
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On Tuesday, a freak storm hit Crique Jute (hoo-te) Village in southern Belize around three-thirty in the afternoon. It was approximately thirty minutes of hail and what residents say were winds of about thirty to forty miles per hour. Huge trees were taken down blocking pathways to houses and destroying several farms in the village, […]
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A senior citizen was found dead this morning inside his house in Saint Ann Village on the Maskall Road. Neighbours visited Augustine Smith’s house and found him with his face blasted open, apparently from a bullet of his shot gun. A note was discovered on the scene with a short message. Family and friends believe […]
Twenty-four year old Japheth Bennett has been behind bars since 2009. In 2013, as a minor, he was convicted of the murder of Ellis “Pepper Gacho” Meighan, who was ambushed on Banak Street and Central American Boulevard while riding on a bicycle. The thirty-seven year old was shot once to the back of the head, […]
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While he remains behind bars for other offenses, twenty-six-year-old Ibrahim Smith has been determined to have already served his time of thirty months or two and a half years’ imprisonment on a charge of manslaughter by negligence. Smith pleaded guilty in March, admitting responsibility for the death of his friend, seventeen year old Shenaine Reyes, […]
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Stabbing victim Douglas Bowen of Ladyville has insisted he does not wish to press charges for an attack against him last Thursday. But police have nonetheless brought the accused, twenty-year-old Dowellson Blair, to court on a charge of dangerous harm. Bowen was stabbed in the leg during an altercation with Blair on a basketball court […]
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Equipping the Belize Police Department with current law books is equally as important as providing officers with handcuffs and service weapons. In fact, the fight against crime requires that all personnel be familiar with the laws of Belize. This afternoon, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte handed over a volume of fifteen printed books containing the most […]
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The set of books, says Senior Superintendent Howell Gillett, should aid officers in apprising themselves with the relevant laws in order to lay proper charges on suspected criminals. Sr. Supt. Howell Gillett, O.C., Eastern Division South “The officers could now come directly to an office right where they work and get ease of reference […]
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Community policing is at the heart of the fight against crime in the south side of the city where a number of initiatives have sprung up through collaboration between the department and the business community. And because every bit helps, the Eastern Division Commander Howell Gillett took inmates from the Belize Central prison to clear […]
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The Ministry of National Security hosted the first of its national consultation series on citizenry security and crime prevention. The Belize National Teachers Union was the first of the Trade Unions of Belize to be consulted. Minister of National Security John Saldivar reminded them that the fight against crime must be a joint effort by […]
Another initiative was launched today in the fight against the violence and crime affecting the high crime zones in the City. A youth cadet corps has been established as an arm of the Belize Coast Guard. Young students, between the ages eight and twelve years, are being encouraged to join the programme and learn life […]
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Earlier this week, a delegation of Garifuna presenters attended a two-day cultural exchange event in Guatemala City. The purpose was to highlight the historical coexistence of Garifuna communities in Belize and Guatemala, celebrating the uniqueness and oneness of the Garinagu across both countries. Ambassador Alexis Rosado spoke of the event’s organization. [Highlights from cultural […]
A Belize City resident originally from San Ignacio is the proud owner tonight of a brand new Great Wall Wingle pick-up truck courtesy of Courts Belize Limited and Wingle distributors Caribbean Motors. Omar Chuc says it couldn’t have come at a better time for him and his family. But as News Five’s Aaron Humes reports, […]
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Blood is a gift everyone can accept, and most can freely give – fear of sharp needles aside. It’s also a very important aspect of work at our nation’s hospitals, where a lack of it can place patients in danger. Today, volunteers for the Belize Red Cross were out encouraging passers-by on Princess Margaret Drive […]
The Princess Ramada wants you to take out the family this weekend to the cinema. A brand new movie called Rampage premieres on Friday night. Starring in the action adventure film is global entertainer, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Selena Urias of the Princess Ramada says that the PG13 film is suitable for all audiences and […]
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