Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and the top brass of the police headed to San Pedro today in the wake of the double murder of a tour guide and US doctor vacationing in Belize. The men were fishing at sea when they were shot and killed on Sunday. While Doctor Gary Swan was an unsuspecting […]
Belize’s physical location in this hemisphere has positioned the country as an ideal transhipment point in the international drug trade. The limited resources of law enforcement have made the struggle against the narco-traffickers too difficult to win. Drug cartels consistently use our waters and land as gateways to drug markets in the United States. Over […]
A woman was shot in Belize City on Monday night just before eight o’clock. She is fifty-year old Kathia Williams, a long time resident of Benbow Street. Williams came under attack as she stood on Kraal Road. It is believed that the bullets were not meant for her, but she came in harm’s way and […]
Fifty-year-old Thelma Warrior has been arrested and charged for the murder of Yolanda Elvira Requeña who was stabbed to death in Bullet Tree Falls Village on Sunday evening. As we reported on Monday, Requeña, a mother of four, was romantically involved with Kalim Warrior, the husband of the accused murderer. Requeña was said to have […]
Twenty-five-year-old police constable Michelle Brown, accused of the December 2017 murder of businessman Fareed Ahmad, appeared before Justice Colin Williams this morning. A plea of not guilty was taken from her, despite the absence of her attorney, Senior Counsel Simeon Sampson. The matter has been adjourned to September nineteenth when case management is set to […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Belizean citizen Graciano Choc, who is in the British Army, is the victim of a hit and run which occurred on Sunday night in the UK. His mother, Sharmane Gracia, says that Choc was returning to base when he was run over while on Christmas Hill, Winchester. The vehicle failed to stop at the […]
The shocking murders of a visiting U.S. doctor while on a fishing trip with a San Pedro tour guide is grabbing attention in the international press. The Doctor Gary Swank is highly respected and his community and family are reeling from his senseless murder. Already, the U.S. Embassy has issued an advisory on travel to […]
Outbreaks of communicable diseases, environmental challenges, poor health and wellness in the tourism workforce can result in closures of hotels and cruise ports which can lead to significant losses in revenue. These are some of the driving forces behind the Caribbean Public Health Agency and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation partnering to address issues affecting health and […]
The Belize National Female Volleyball Team is in the news tonight for good reason. Its stellar performance against bigger and seasoned teams in the region is opening new opportunities for them. The national team is getting ready to compete in qualifying games for the volleyball Olympics. So in October, the team heads to Puerto Rico […]
There is more good news in volleyball, for the fourth consecutive year, Belize has been selected to host regional games in the sport. President of the Belize Volleyball Association Allan Sharp told News Five that the Central American Beach Volleyball Championships will be held at Old Belize from August sixteenth to the eighteenth. He shared […]
The Garifuna Collective is currently on tour in Europe and will hit North America later this summer. They are a seasoned band of musicians from across different generations, with a dynamic that comes from playing and traveling the world together, sharing their music and stories with global audiences. Their performances spark the history and soul […]
The Garifuna Collective is giving the world a sneak peak at the first single from their upcoming album Aban. The song called Hamala – Let Him Fly, is directed by Jeremy Christoph Lewis and gives the viewer an intimate look at Hopkins Village which inspires much of the Collective’s music. The forthcoming record marks the […]
A robotic coding programming has become a big hit among young tech savvy students. The Belize High School, which has been pioneering the programme, is holding a summer camp that has attracted some forty students from five schools. It exposed them to the fundamentals of programming by applying mathematics and problem solving skills. The aim […]
The fifteenth annual Growing the Future Project takes place next month from July first to the nineteenth in four locations across the country; namely, Belize City, Belmopan, San Ignacio and Dangriga. Over five thousand primary children have successfully completed the summer programme that helps them to transition to the next year of classes in areas […]
The fiftieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice is being held in Bonn, Germany. The climate change conference kicked off last week where, for the first time in almost fifteen years, delegates gathered for a smaller session in Bonn with only the two bodies convening […]
