Five Mexican nationals, two men and four women, were detained by Belize City Police on Thursday evening. They are forty-seven-year-old attorney Reymundo Choc, his wife thirty-year-old Norma Gonzalez, forty-seven-year-old Victorino Rivera, thirty-five-year-old Jovita Sagredo and Blanca Sagredo. Choc and Rivera are being held at the Raccoon Street Police Station, while the three women are in […]
Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber today chimed in on the recent drug plane landing in northern Belize for which two Mexicans and three Belizeans including superintendent of police, David Chi, have been charged. The fourteen million dollar cargo on board the CESSNA plane was cocaine packed in bales. Faber says that Belize is a victim […]
The proclamation on a “State of Public Emergency” on two south side neighbourhoods in Belize City has been met with criticism from various quarters on the basis that it violates the human rights of persons living in these areas. The measure was approved by Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber on September fourth as a reaction […]
Two minors are in police custody pending charges of armed robbery. The two young men, one fifteen and another sixteen years old, believed to be from Belize City, were captured on camera holding-up the owner of Tai San Shop in Belmopan with a pellet gun. The robbery lasted for about a minute, before noon on […]
Smack in the middle of the national celebrations there has been encounter in the Sarstoon. The Belize Territorial Volunteers, lead by Wil Maheia, was up the Sarstoon River prior to this weekend’s eco-challenge. As the group was on the river, a vessel with at least five members of the Guatemalan Armed Forces drove up and […]
The misuse of government resources has been a recurring public complaint under both administrations. In the Auditor General’s Report for the period April 2013 to March 2014, the audit team lends some of its focus on the issuance of fuel for the use of Government vehicles and equipment, specifically in the Ministry of Works. As […]
Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai today reported on the cleaning-up of the voters list during the still ongoing re-registration process. Now, Stann Creek West pulled out the biggest number of voters to register while the Fort George Division in Belize City had the lowest. Both are constituencies held by the People’s United Party. More women […]
Has the re-registration exercise, which is set to conclude at the end of the month, met its target? According to Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, Doug Singh, a comparison of the total number of voters who participated in the 2015 general elections against the number of persons who have re-registered thus far, shows […]
The ongoing re-registration precedes a re-districting exercise which is scheduled to take place prior to the next general elections. In two Belize City constituencies, namely: Queen Square and Fort George, the numbers have been particularly low. The outcome in those two divisions begs the question of whether or not the voter population will also be […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow continues to recover from spinal surgery in Havana, Cuba. On Wednesday, he received the President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who was accompanied by his wife and Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla. On the Belize side, was the PM’s wife, Kim Simplis Barrow and Ambassador Annie Burns. Barrow and Canales […]
Minister of Culture, Patrick Faber, who is the chair of the board for the National Institute of Culture and History, says that he is awaiting an initial draft of the findings of an external audit of the statutory body. The audit was sanctioned by Cabinet about three weeks ago; after a report from the Finance […]
A missing person report has been filed by a thirty-year-old domestic of Orange Walk Town who told police that her husband, Julio Estuardo Choc left home on September ninth for work in Belmopan and has not been seen or heard from since. The driver did not arrive at work on that day and there has […]
How did Belize fair off in the 2018 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate, better known as CXC? As we reported a few weeks ago, several schools were not in receipt of their grades, despite the official results having been landed in the country. Some schools are still without their results. But what is causing the delay? […]
Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber has embarked on a tour across Belize which he says will reconnect him with the citizenry. Faber has visited the Toledo and Stann Creek Districts and will make his way to the Cayo District. The purpose, says Faber, is to identify the state of affairs in the districts with a […]
There is trouble brewing on La Isla Carinosa. A few weeks ago, the Chairlady of the Caye Caulker Village Council released an extensive letter publicly disclosing a number of thorny issues being faced by the council. Enelda Rosado explains that the village council realized that it had a problem with the Transport Department immediately after […]
Caye Caulker Village falls under the Belize Rural South constituency which is represented by Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Junior. Heredia told News Five that he is aware of the concerns raised by the village council and has discussed the situation with his cabinet colleagues. Manuel Heredia Jr., Area Representative, Belize Rural South “I have […]
Little Junior Miss Belize is returning to the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts with a bang. After taking a two-year hiatus, the children’s pageant show is set to light up the stage at the Bliss tomorrow night. It’s a fundraising event put on by Concerned Belizean Women and according to member, Karen Vernon, seven […]
The annual children’s rally returned to the Civic Centre this morning. Primary school children from schools in the Belize District converged there to show their love and respect for the country. With national celebrations underway, the event was a fitting occasion to encourage patriotism and nationalism at a young age. The day started with a […]
