Three persons were brutally murdered over the extended weekend. We start with the deadly and brazen shooting of Troy Polonio Junior on Monday night. Polonio Junior was on Raccoon Street where he had just picked up his girlfriend and young son. He was holding the toddler when a gunman trailing him opened fire hitting him […]
In San Lazaro, Orange Walk, a search party followed a blood trail and made a gruesome discovery in a shallow grave off a sugar road on Sunday morning. They found the body of Basis Haziel Samir Diaz, four hours after they set out looking for him. Haziel, as he is popularly known, was murdered sometime […]
This afternoon, Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero spoke briefly on the discovery as well as the ongoing criminal investigation into Hazid Diaz’s murder. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On Sunday, October 13th, 2019, police responded to a report that a shallow grave had been found in San Lazaro Village. Upon […]
A retired public officer was brutally killed inside his house sometime over the weekend. The neighbours suspect that he was murdered sometime between the hours of Friday night and early Saturday morning. The last time anyone reported seeing him was on Friday night and when the neighbours didn’t see any movements at his house the […]
Three persons lost their lives in two traffic accidents over the weekend. The first fatality occurred just after midnight on Friday as Billy Lerma rode a Senke motorcycle on the George Price Highway, in Santa Elena. When he reached the junction with Carillo Puerto Avenue, he was struck by a pickup truck crossing the highway […]
Also on Saturday, a collision between a James passenger bus and a motorcycle claimed the lives of a pair of cousins. Just before six p.m., at the intersection of the Southern Highway and the Savannah Road a James Bus collided with a Skygo motorcycle being ridden by Fidel and Edgar Cho. According to information gathered […]
The Lake Gardens residence of BECOL C.E.O. Lynn Young was broken into over the weekend. The thieves, who were captured on surveillance camera as they entered the property, made off with Young’s 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. On Monday, the former Chief Executive Officer of Belize Electricity Limited took to social media requesting public assistance […]
Thieves broke into Buttonwood Bay Nazarene Primary School over the weekend and made off with seven thousand dollars in cash and other items from the principal’s office. According to Vice Principal Avril Arthurs, someone entered the second floor building between Saturday night and Sunday morning by prying open the burglar bar door. Once inside, the […]
Over the weekend in Belize City, a female patron was viciously assaulted outside of a nightclub near mile two on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The incident, which was caught on camera, shows the young woman being dragged, pummeled and beaten unconscious by two other women. The incident took place outside of Dream Like City. Police […]
The Belize Police Department has issued a wanted poster for Guatemalan national Cesar Agusto Lopez Mendoza. Mendoza is wanted for the murder of fifty-six-year-old Juan De Cruz Carrias, whose mutilated body was discovered in a wooden house in Succotz Village on Friday morning. It is not known what motivated the vicious chopping death of Carrias, […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Melvin Ray Charles Budna has been arrested and charged for the murder of Alvaro Aldana two years after he was shot and killed behind PK Store in San Ignacio. At the time of Aldana’s murder, the twenty-three-year-old was described as a well-known drug trafficker from the Kontiki area. The stabbing and shooting incident happened […]
This week is being dedicated to raise awareness on the importance of vaccines in preventing diseases and protecting public health. Hand hygiene is an easy and effective way to prevent the spread of infections according to the Ministry of Health. News Five’s Hipolito Novelo reports on an activity held today to mark International Infection Prevention […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams sustained minor injuries in a traffic mishap in Chile, where he is attending the eighty-eighth Interpol General Assembly. Williams suffered from a sprain right knee when the vehicle he was travelling in was involved in a collision with a car that abruptly changed lanes without indicating. In a post, Williams […]
It is confirmed that Doctor Colin Young will be moving to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre in early January 2020. Young, we reported some time ago, is demitting office at Social Security Board where he has been since January 2017. Previous to that, he served as C.E.O. for the Ministry of Agriculture as well […]
A digital education programme was launched today by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the OAS and two foundations. Eleven rural schools will be equipped with tablets, laptops and projectors as well as digital content in Math, English and Life Skills. The programme will teach the participating students to effectively use the information technology […]
Hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas for days in early September causing loss of life and devastating damage to the islands of Obaco and Grand Bahamas. The Belize Electricity Limited is deploying a team to assist the Bahamas Power and Light with restoration efforts on Abaco Island. Team members: Leroy Matura, Brian Gentle, Gregory Kerr, Alfeo […]
Statistics are important in our daily lives; it keeps us accurately informed with what is taking place all over. The Statistical Institute of Belize, which one of the major agencies dedicated go collecting data, hosted an exhibition to show why it is essential to be in the know in the various sectors of national life. […]
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month today the Office of the Special Envoy for Women and Children in partnership with the Belize Cancer Society unveiled its 2019 Cancer Awareness Flyer. This year’s photo shoot included six participants who are willing to tell their stories and become advocates. Special Envoy for Women and Children Kim […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
