The Belize Police Department has lifted a vendors’ curfew that was introduced a couple days ago. As we’ve reported since the start of this week, street vendors who operate from midnight into the early hours of the morning were being placed on a curfew to operate. The reason it was being implemented was to curb […]
The reinvigorated Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action, COLA, has jumped on the matter. The grassroots organization has been monitoring the situation and according to President Shawn Saldano, the only persons negatively affected by the department’s decision were the vendors. He says that the department’s choice to impose a curfew not only stifled the vendors […]
Belize is making progress in its fight against trafficking in persons and the U.S. Department of State has taken notice. In the 2019 U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report, Belize has been upgraded to tier two. According to the report, Belize has demonstrated notable improvements in victim services and strengthening the anti-trafficking police […]
There was a major drug bust on Wednesday night in Orange Walk. Personnel from the Belize Customs Department were conducting routine patrols when they intercepted a pickup truck containing ten parcels of marijuana. The drugs weighed about eleven thousand grams or over twenty-four pounds of weed. The vehicle was impounded and the driver taken into […]
The Commissioner of Police also gave an update on the deadly beating of Nestor Vasquez Junior. The sixty-year-old mental health patient was in police custody when he was fatally attacked by Collin Francis Junior inside a jail cell. The case made headlines and questioned the protocols and training of officers when dealing with mental health […]
CIB and coastguard personnel have been dispatched to Swallow Caye where the lifeless body of an unidentified male was discovered floating in the sea late this evening. The corpse which has the name Beulah Lee tattooed on the chest was observed with a single gunshot wound to the head. He is described as a dark […]
Abraham Leslie remains in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was stabbed on Monday afternoon. Just before three p.m., Ladyville police were called out to a mechanic shop between miles nine and ten on the Philip Goldson Highway to find that the thirty-one-year-old had been stabbed multiple times. Despite going […]
Also in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. is Jeremy McLaughlin. McLaughlin was riding a motorcycle on the Philip Goldson Highway when he collided with a vehicle near the intersection with the airport road. The impact sent the motorist to the pavement and he sustained severe head and bodily injuries. It occurred on Tuesday afternoon […]
Eight-year-old Gabriella “Gaby” Corales will be laid to rest on Friday. The standard-two student of Our Lady of Guadalupe RC School in Belmopan was knocked down and killed on Tuesday afternoon, as she rode her bicycle over a pedestrian ramp a few yards away from school. The little girl was on her way home when […]
Where are Melvin Montesino and Silverio Cal? The two men went missing one week ago when they headed to the north side of Ambergris Caye on a motorcycle. Despite several searches by the family and police, the men have still not been located. But the discovery of a helmet and a slippers, believed to have […]
On May thirtieth the forty-foot sailboat “Shambella” grounded on the Belize Barrier Reef. On board was US national James Garreth, along with a German National. News Five has confirmed that after an investigation, the matter proceeded to the courts and Garreth, who is said to be the captain, was ordered to pay more than thirty […]
Belize is preparing for the introduction of a new driver’s license system. With financial and technical assistance from the Taiwanese government, a new driver’s license will be created and it is the intention of the Ministry of Transport that the card will be recognized as an official Belizean document anywhere in the world. News Five’s […]
As of midnight tonight, three fuel products will see a notable decrease. Premium gasoline will decrease by forty-one cents. The new price will be eleven dollars and thirteen cents per gallon. Diesel will see the biggest decrease, falling from ten dollars and twenty-five cents to nine dollars and seventy-nine cents- a decrease of forty-six cents. […]
The Belize National Football Team has a new coach. He is thirty-four-year-old Vincenzo Alberto Annese from Italy. The coach, according to the F.F.B., has extensive coaching experience that spans from Europe to Asia and Africa. Annese’s job is to coach the male national senior team and to provide oversight of the youth national teams. He […]
Today, Belize and Taiwan held a short ceremony to unveil three commemorative stamps and sign an M.O.U. to improve the postal services in Belize. The three stamps are designed to celebrate Belize and Taiwan’s thirty years of diplomatic ties. To build on that friendship, Taiwan signed an agreement with Belize to help modernize its postal […]
So, what does this M.O.U. mean for postal services in Belize and for the users of this service? Postmaster General James Gabriel says this boost comes at a critical juncture in the history of postal services in Belize. The M.O.U. provides for major upgrades in the delivery of posts which will be supported with the […]
June twenty-fifth is recognized annually across the world as the “Day of the Seafarer.” This year’s theme is “I am onboard with Gender Equality.” It is used to raise awareness on the importance of seafarers onboard ships. Today, a News Five crew joined members of the Belize Maritime Authorities onboard the Carnival Miracle where the […]
Today, thirty-one young men from across the country proudly marched up to receive their recognition and award for having successfully completed the 2019 Belize Youth Challenge. The initiative is modeled from a similarly successful Youth Challenge Programme run by the Louisiana National Guard in the United States and was established with their technical support. Over […]
This Sunday at ten-thirty a.m., yoga enthusiasts from across the country will synchronize their practice in honour of International Yoga Day. Healthy Living has all the details about this annual event. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting For the past five years on the longest day of the year or the summer solstice, groups gather across the globe […]
