A mother of three from Punta Gorda, who moved to the city a year ago, was senselessly killed on Thursday night. The suspect is her babies’ daddy. Roxanna Pop was at a popular store on Central American Boulevard when she was stabbed three times to the abdomen. The injuries lead to her quick demise at […]
The spate of armed robberies continued this afternoon in the city when two men held up two gas pump attendants at PUMA Gas Station on the Philip Goldson Highway. Security footage shows the duo, one armed with a handgun, approaching the unsuspecting attendants and robbing them of an undisclosed amount of cash. This latest, brazen, […]
There was another robbery of a business house overnight in Corozal Town. Quality Poultry Product and Chicken Express was jacked sometime after five o’clock on Thursday evening when the store closed for business. The manager, Ingrid Vega, went back to work this morning at eight o’clock and discovered that thieves had gained access into the […]
A total of one hundred and fifty robberies were reported for the first six months of 2018. This is an increase of fifty-two robberies when compared to the same period in 2017. The total figure, however, has increased significantly since June. In the past month, we have been reporting on a number of armed robberies […]
Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner is back in the country. He returned today after spending some days in London for the Jalsa Salana Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. We’ll tell you about his trip later but first, we spoke to the mayor about the recent controversy involving heavy duty equipment and Minister Anthony […]
Popular Belizean cyclist Brandon Cattouse is exonerated of charges that he has been using performance-enhancing drugs as an elite rider. His vindication comes after it was initially confirmed that Cattouse had tested positive for EPO, a hormone produced by the kidney to promote the formation of red blood cells by the bone marrow. EPO has […]
The Vital Statistics Office is functioning with a new director, following the abrupt departure of Patricia Hinkson, who was given her marching orders late Tuesday evening. The reason behind Hinkson’s termination has not been made public and no one from the ministry wishes to go on record to say why. It is believed, however, that […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country today on personal leave, according to a release from his office. Also noteworthy is that Hugo Patt, Minister of Natural Resources, will again act as Prime Minister until Barrow’s return on Tuesday.
One more issue on crime…a top crime investigator has been assigned to the murder of seventy-four-year-old Richard Foster. Inspector Aban is leading the investigative team with the hopes to make a significant arrest by this weekend and crack the case. The British filmmaker was kidnapped from his home at Savanna Guest House sometime Monday night […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom held their annual convention called ‘Jalsa Salana’ earlier this week. The event which pulls thousands of Muslims from all cross the world is used to spread religious knowledge and promote peace and brotherhood. A mission from the Jewel, led by the Ahmadiyya Muslim group in Belize City, […]
There seems to be a widening rift between cane farmers in the north and the millers, American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industry. It has to do with the cane price estimates and how it is being calculated. The contention between the two parties surrounds an eleven-million-dollar transportation cost of sugar/molasses at Free Alongside Ship. According to […]
This evening, the Cane Farmers Relations Manager for A.S.R./B.S.I., Olivia Avilez, stopped by News Five to clarify the miller’s position on the matter. She contends that the charge is much ado about nothing. Olivia Avilez, Cane Farmers Relations Manager, B.S.I. “From the F.A.S. we still have to get that sugar to, in this case […]
A number of students today received financial support to fulfil their educational goals. Belize Telemedia Limited issued twenty-five scholarships to students who met the criteria for the awards. Most are moving on to high school, one to Saint John’s College Junior College and another was granted an additional award for further education at the University […]
Over on Queen Street, seven teenagers received full scholarships for one-year of studies courtesy of the Belize Police Department. A short ceremony was held at Precinct Three this afternoon where Deputy Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke about why the department saw the need to issue the scholarships. Chester Williams, Deputy Commissioner of Police […]
The Referee Assistant Program 2018 is being held at the Princess Ramada Hotel Casino. The one-week training is organized by the Football Federation of Belize in collaboration with FIFA. The annual training programme is to enhance the quality of refereeing in Belize and features intense theory and practice sessions. We stopped in at the workshop […]
A two-week music camp came to an end today at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts. The camp saw the participation of more than fifty music lovers who learned to play different types of instruments such as the violin and the trumpet. The course was made possible by the Music Director for the National Institute […]
