Three persons are in detention for the murder of Arthur Flowers, a well-known car washer stationed at the Majestic Alley Taxi Stand which is located not far from the Queen Street Police Station in Belize City. Taz, as he was commonly known, was executed at the corner of Handyside and Queen Streets by a gunman […]
The frequency of drug planes landing in northern Belize is on the rise and cause for great concern. But tonight there is a report of a suspected drug plane landing at the other end of the country, in southern Belize. The Police Department says it has been working around the clock to seize the illegal […]
The rate at which these drug planes are being landed in dirt roads is tainting Belize in the international press as a safe haven for drugs. Months ago, a Facebook post alleging that police knew about landings triggered more effective anti-drug operations, including the detention of a senior cop. Since then, there have been several […]
A Belize City woman is tonight facing drug-related charges. Thirty-one-year-old Felicia Samuels was busted with seven parcels of marijuana by Corozal police on Monday morning. Samuels was at the Corozal Municipal Airstrip in Ranchito Village when she was approached by police officers who searched her. Samuels had the parcels of marijuana which amounted to close […]
Accused of shooting two men, thirty-year-old Moamar Andrew Zelaya was charged with grievous harm today by police. He was also charged with possession of a firearm, while under the influence of alcohol. The charges stem from an incident on Sunday morning in San Ignacio where Zelaya reportedly shot Christopher Hudson and Jermaine Pandy. According to […]
Government will be disbursing six-hundred-and-fifty-thousand dollars for its annual Christmas cheer programme. At the last sitting of the House, Prime Minister Dean Barrow made no apologies about the distribution of the monies, which will see ministers receive twenty-five-thousand dollars and elected members of the Opposition will get half of that amount. That decision didn’t go […]
Still on the subject of Christmas cheer, the Corozal Town Council called on Minister Pablo Marin to put some of the twenty-five-thousand dollars towards its activities for the holidays. The council has been going through tough financial times and says it is “doing its utmost best given the dire financial constraints inherited from the previous […]
Today at its Training Academy in Belmopan, the top brass of the Police Department gathered to look at criminal activities in the country, from a national standpoint. According to records, the murder count crept up for the first part of this year and it is dangerously close to 2017’s murder count of one hundred and […]
In recent times, however, there has been a spike in robberies and burglaries not only in Belize City, but elsewhere across the country. The Police Department has gone on record to say that businesses as well as homes were being targeted by a ring of thieves operating in Corozal, out west in Belmopan and in […]
The Christmas season is here and it means criminals will be roaming the streets. To ensure that businesses and the citizenry don’t fall prey to these criminal elements, the police department has sprung into action with its Christmas anti-crime operations across the country. Since Monday, there has been a boost in foot and vehicular patrols […]
During the national celebrations in September, a state of public emergency was declared on two areas of south side Belize City. Over forty persons were rounded up and put away at the central prison for thirty days, some without visitation rights even by their attorneys and families. Human rights activists and those affected say that […]
A few days ago, the top brass of the Belize Police Department was gifted five hundred pre-owned bulletproof vests by the Miami Dade Police Department through the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police. ComPol Allen Whylie said that the vests would be distributed to frontline officers, first responders and members of operational units such as […]
An official funeral service was held at La Inmaculada Church today for former Ambassador Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina, who was laid to rest in Orange Walk. Urbina, the founder of the A and R chain of stores and former politician passed away last Thursday. His contributions to his hometown of Orange Walk have been praised by […]
The Best Warrior competition started today at the Belize Coastguard Headquarters. During the next four days, participating law enforcement officers will compete to test their mental and physical acumen in a number of tough challenges. It is one way of identifying the best warrior from the ranks of the Coastguard and the Belize Defence Force. […]
A security officer of Libertad Village, Corozal died from blunt force trauma to the head a week ago. On November twenty-fifth, Corozal police were called to the Corozal Community Hospital where they saw forty-year-old Salvadoran national Eliseo Alfaro-Enriquez dead. Police observed wounds to his head and according to ACP Joseph Myvett; it appears that Alfaro-Enriquez […]
Concern is growing tonight for eighteen-year-old Brian Fred Nicholson of Trial Farm Village. He has not been seen or heard from for days. His mother, Clarissa Mai, told Orange Walk police that she left her Nicholson and her daughter at home but when she returned, she realized that her son had disappeared. Mai searched for […]
The top brass of the police department gathered today in the capital for the first conference dubbed COMSTAT. The intention is to move to a system that will provide the department with a better understanding of crime statistics. This information will be used to forecast and prevent crime before criminals commit offences. News Five’s Duane […]
On Monday, the Belize Credit Union League signed a project with the Inter-American Development Bank Lab to boost climate resilience for farmers and fisherfolk through green microfinance in Belize. Under the Caribbean EcoMicro Programme, the League and three of its credit union affiliates will receive technical assistance to design and pilot adaptation finance that will […]
The Ministry of Health kicked off its Mental School Health Literacy project. A training of trainers’ three-day workshop, in partnership with PAHO and the Ministry of Education, aims to help schools better address youth mental health in an efficient, effective and inexpensive way. The plan is to train other teachers to implement the programme at […]
