Three days after he was shot on the back, Jamal Elijio died while receiving treatment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Elijio was standing along with his cousin Justin Richards and a third person, Marquin Drury, on Santa Barbara Street in the south side when they came under fire from someone in a vehicle that […]
Within days of taking up a job as a security officer, Rodman Welch was shot. The stevedore was eating while on duty at Excelsior High School when he came under fire on Saturday night. A gunman targeted Welch as he sat inside the security booth. The bullet hit him on the face injuring his jaw. […]
There were two cases of unlawful sexual intercourse reported in the Cayo and Corozal Districts. In the west, an alarming report has been made by a young girl. Police visited the Western Regional Hospital on Sunday evening to interview the young female student, who, in presence of her mother, told police that’s she had been […]
Police are investigating another sexual crime against a female. Also in the Cayo District, a twenty-four-year-old woman reported to police that just after midnight on October fifth she was in the company of a man, who is also from the same village. The man invited her to his house and soon after they got inside, […]
At Friday’s House meeting, Area Representative Julius Espat made a presentation on the political interference in the election process. Tensions quickly heightened during a meeting on September twenty-eighth in Georgeville, Cayo. Representatives of twenty-two villages of that district met with officials from the Ministry of Human Development including former U.D.P. Minister Ruben Campos. The meeting […]
The Public Service Union is not giving up its headquarters in Belmopan so easily. Last month, attorney Estevan Perrera sent the P.S.U. a letter on behalf of Simplex Designs Limited, which acquired the property. The letter told P.S.U. President Gerald Henry that the property must be vacated by October thirty-first, 2019. Perrera warned the P.S.U. […]
A house was destroyed by fire in Belize City. According to residents in the Jane Usher Boulevard area, the two persons who lived inside the house weren’t at home when the fire started in some bushes near the house. Residents say that the fire was set to control the mosquitoes in the area, but the […]
A resident of Trio Village in Toledo District is hospitalized in a critical condition following a chopping incident on Sunday night in the village. Forty-two-year-old Alejandro Xol was struck to the neck with a machete by another resident in front of a supermarket in the village. At this time, authorities have not been able to […]
One man has been charged for last Wednesday’s attempt on the life of forty-two-year-old Eugene Tillett. The Belize City resident was shot on Ebony Street as he made his way to Central American Boulevard. According to official details, the gunman appeared and fired a single shot and he is now in a critical condition at […]
A minor is currently admitted in a stable condition at the K.H.M.H. after he was shot on Sunday night near South Creek Bridge. Sixteen-year-old Emory Reyes was among a group of persons standing on Ramsey Street in south side Belize City when several gunshots rang out. The group scattered, but Reyes was injured. He was […]
Two fishermen escaped unhurt on Marine Parade after a gunman fired several shots at their direction. Michael Hemmans and Shelton Reyes were at the pier near Golden Bay when a van drove up and a person inside opened fire at the unsuspecting duo. Luckily, none of them were injured in the shooting and they escaped […]
This morning, Corporal Kent Martinez, the police officer accused of pulling the trigger and causing the death of teacher Allyson Major, was back before the court. Last week, he made an application seeking permission to travel out of the country, but that was not even an issue today. Instead, the prosecutor, Corporal Noel Muschamp gave […]
He was shot behind the ear and grazed on his neck five years ago, but today after more than five years, twenty-seven-year-old Andrew Augustine wants no court action against the accused shooter. The shooter was identified as Stephon Anderson, who was charge for the attempted murder, is a free man. This morning in the court […]
OCEANA’s heroes in marine conservation work were named over the weekend. They are persons who have made an impact in working to safeguard and conserve the ocean through sustainable practices. First, News Five’s Andrea Polanco, who has distinguished herself in the region for journalistic reporting on environmental issues, was recognized by OCEANA. Andrea was named […]
This December will mark two years since Belize has been without a Contractor General. At the end of 2017 when the government attempted to re-appoint Godwin Arzu for another term, the Senate rejected the proposal since Arzu had failed to provide the required reporting. Arzu’s contract was therefore not renewed and since then his post […]
The Government of Belize has borrowed more than fifty million dollars to upgrade twenty miles of the George Price Highway, from the Roaring Creek Bridge to the Hawkesworth Bridge in Santa Elena, Cayo. The first multimillion dollar loan was made in 2015 and in 2018 an additional fourteen million dollars were borrowed from the International Development […]
In 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture commenced the Belize Agriculture Census. Some twenty enumerators were deployed out in the field to collect data. It was originally planned that the census would be completed within nine months; the information gathered would then be analyzed and compiled into the National Geo-reference Farm Registry. The registry would include […]
One more issue from last Fridays House sitting, in 2018, the cost of electricity spiked twice. Later that year, Belize Electricity Limited made a formal request to the Public Utilities Commission for an increase of zero-point two-two cents per kilowatt-hour as the Mean Electricity Rate. The request was made for the company to recover approximately eighteen […]
BELTRAIDE’s training and employment centre called BTEC turned five years old this month. Today, the centre which specializes in preparing persons for the workforce, celebrated its anniversary. Back when it opened, it was to meet the growing needs of the business outsourcing sector in Belize. Fast forward to five years later, BTEC now offers specialized […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
