A quadruple fatality occurred on the Philip Goldson Highway on Sunday evening and at news time, post-mortem examinations have just wrapped up as grieving relatives were camped outside the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. As many as four of five persons lost their lives instantly when the driver lost control of the car. […]
Police are also provided details of another fatality which occurred last Thursday on the Hummingbird Highway. It led to the death of Adar Awe. Awe was travelling with Dario Melendez in a white Ford Escape when about seven-fifteen p.m. Melendez lost control of the vehicle causing it to flip several times. Awe received severe head […]
A woman was shot and killed early on Sunday morning in Dangriga, purportedly as a result of jealousy. Geraldine Flowers was inside her house in the New Site area when her ex-boyfriend, Rodwell Arzu, arrived and fatally shot her. Also in the house was Samuel Reid, a cousin of Flowers; he was shot and stabbed […]
Investigators in Dangriga have determined that Samuel Reid, the individual who was inside the house where Geraldine Flowers resided, was stabbed and shot multiple times during the deadly encounter with Rodwell Arzu. What they have also been able to confirm is that on a previous occasion Flowers sought legal action against her ex-boyfriend for aggravated […]
There was another death over the weekend. On Saturday evening, Rye Pott lost his life in an unfortunate incident. Pott was working at a construction site in Carmelita Village, in the Orange Walk District, when he fell into a deep hole. He was standing near the opening when a portion of it caved, causing Pott […]
A father of two from Libertad Village in Corozal died during a recruitment screening at the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters over the weekend. According to the Vice-Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard, they were conducting their annual recruit drive on Saturday. They had received around eight hundred applicants, but only three hundred and sixty of […]
Health authorities continue to monitor the cases of dengue as the number of persons affected continues to spike across the country. Today, the Director of Health Services confirmed to the media that in one week, there are approximately one hundred additional cases, bringing the data to seven hundred and nine persons who have tested positive […]
There are four stereotypes of dengue in Belize; strains two and three are the more predominant ones being detected. The goal is to prevent a severe case of the disease, which occurs when a person previously affected by dengue is re-infected. The Ministry of Health is also monitoring the region, where there have been a […]
The citrus industry continues to grapple with low productivity, dwindling farmhands, as well as lack of financing. These challenges are compounded by citrus greening, so much so that the 2018/2019 crop fell by almost fourteen percent when compared to the previous year. But today when News Five caught up with Minister of Agriculture Godwin Hulse, […]
A freak storm tore through Punta Gorda on Sunday night, tottering a number of trees in town and causing a power outage. According to several reports from that municipality, the severe weather was at its strongest between eight o’clock and nine o’clock last evening, damage several structures near the newly-built stalls at the P.G. market. […]
The month of June was bloody and deadly with a horrifying and alarming murder count. According to the Belize Crime Observatory, during the month of June one hundred and one major crimes were reported. This is the first month for 2019 to record a higher count of major crimes when compared to the same month […]
Commissioner Chester Williams also responded to heavy criticism that has been thrown at him by members of his very own department. Those criticisms deal with a reported level of unfairness and favouritism linked to the police promotion exercise. Hundreds of officers who sat the exam in May failed. Only one hundred and ninety-four officers were […]
As part of the Police Department’s crime-fighting strategy, a curfew for children is currently in effect in Belize City. The decision was made in June after the city was gripped by a spike in major crimes, especially murders. According to ComPol Williams, some children continue to be on the streets during late hours; however, officers […]
The only gun violence reported in the city over the weekend involved twenty-three-year-old Jeffrey Gomez, who is lucky to be alive tonight. He was shot in his abdomen on Friday night while on T-Street in the Old Capital. Investigators say that two men approached Gomez and released a barrage of bullets in this direction. Originally […]
No one has been charged for the death of Allyson Major Junior. He was fatally shot in downtown Belize City on July sixteenth. It has been thirteen days since Major Junior died at the hands of cops. The victim was pursued by police officers and the chase ended at the foot of the Swing Bridge […]
Three men have been charged for firearm offenses. They are Kurt Morgan, Ernest Thompson, and Naim Sanchez. The trio was busted by San Ignacio police on Friday evening with a point thirty-eight revolver and five live rounds. The men were in a Toyota Corolla taxi when they were intercepted by police officers. During the interception, […]
Henry Palma is being accused of attempting to kill his own mother, Rosalie Palma, during an incident on Saturday at the Pickstock Hutment area in Belize City. This afternoon, the twenty-one-year-old was handcuffed and taken to the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Henry is believed to be suffering from a mental health condition and […]
Parliamentarians from both sides of the aisle agree on one thing; there is need to end hunger and malnutrition. To this end, Belize joins the rest of the world in finding ways to improve the health of the population. In Belize City, a parliamentary declaration was penned today to address the two issues confronting the […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today hosted the second All Senior Officers’ Conference at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan. Senior officers countrywide converged to discuss several serious issues that are affecting the department and ways to address them. Williams says that it is important for the senior officers to be familiar with the issues […]
The Belmopan Bandits are once again headed to the Scotiabank CONCACAF League, a tournament it will be participating in for the third time in a row. Despite not having emerged victorious in previous outings, the team is poised to compete once again and called together the media this morning to announce that it has home […]
Aside from that bit of good news, the team also revealed its new jerseys heading into the competition. Douglas Grant, Executive Assistant, Belmopan Bandits “You know the Bandits go with the traditional red, white and black jerseys. Could I invite the young Jalen Budna and young also, but Honduran import Kevin Vicente, to step […]
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