The Belize Coastguard and police searched the area of Burton Creek on the George Price Highway looking for eighteen-year-old Jaswant Brooks. Brooks, who is now missing for more than forty-eight hours, went to purchase items and did not return home. The Belize City man was last seen in the Lake Independence area sometime around eleven […]
A search for the missing Belize City youth proved fruitless this morning. C.I.B. requested the assistance of the Belize Coast Guard to conduct a search at Burdon Canal along the Philip Goldson Highway. Operations Officer, Lieutenant Roque Canul told News Five that officers found new clue of Jaswant Brooks. On the Phone: Lieutenant Roque Canul, Operations […]
The investigation into a brazen armed robbery in Belmopan led police across the Guatemalan border. Just before nine o’clock on Wednesday night, police were called out to the branch of the rice company, Circle R, along mile forty-five on the George Price Highway where two men reportedly held up and tied an employee and proceeded […]
According to Romero, the cargo truck was empty. It is not certain if the thieves wore masks and if there is security footage of the aggravated burglary. Investigators, however, know little about the two suspects. Hipolito Novelo “Did the robbers or thieves were wearing masks?” Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes […]
There have been no arrests yet in the attempt on the life of Eric Tillett. The twenty-seven year old was shot as many as five times on Lavendar Street, Belize City, as he walked to his house. While there is gang activity in that area and Tillett is reportedly involved, he tells police he does […]
A business establishment was hit on Wednesday night as patrons milled inside. Police confirmed today, they are looking for three men that are persons of interest in the armed robbery at one of Belize City’s popular watering holes. Four armed men casually walked into Dream Like City Bar located on the George Price Highway and […]
There was another robbery this week in addition to the jacking at Circle R and Dream Like. At around nine-thirty, on Tuesday morning a pair of armed assailants targeted Centaur Cable just after it had opened for business. The cable company is located in Ramon’s Plaza in Ladyville, Belize District. The thief barged into the […]
On Wednesday night we told you that over a hundred students will be de-registered at University of Belize for not paying their school fees for this semester. As you heard in our report, the finance director said that they have exhausted all measures to contact the students so that they can settle their outstanding payments […]
Today we asked Sankat his thoughts on the P.U.P.’s release to write off the students’ debt at the University of Belize. Sankat said that he hadn’t seen the release, but that it was a noble call to champion a write off. He noted, however, that it will not solve the problem, saying it was unsustainable. […]
The P.U.P.’s release titled “We need write-off Mister PM;” is in obvious reference to the loan write off to the son of the Cabinet secretary. The release states that the government, and the Minister of Education continue to trumpet the critical importance of education, yet they are prepared to remove access to education from these […]
Another murder trial crumbled at the Supreme Court today when the defence attorney made a no-case submission since the prosecution could not prove their case without the key witness. Thirty-year-old Enfield Ervin Fitzgibbon, who was charged with the 2017 murder of nineteen-year-old Keimar Nicholas, was acquitted in the courtroom of Justice Colin Williams in a trial […]
The owner of Almacen Shanti in Corozal town Kishore Kumar was charged with operating a money exchange business without a permit. On Wednesday, the businessman appeared before a magistrate and pleaded not guilty. He was offered bail of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars which he met. He was ordered to surrender his travel documents […]
He is currently the president of the Senate, but before Darrell Bradley was the two-term Mayor of Belize City. Bradley, the ambitious politician, however, stepped aside and did not seek re-election in 2018. It is not to say that he is ruling out active politics to serve as a sitting member of the House of […]
While Bradley did not comment on the leadership race between John Saldivar and Patrick Faber, we asked if he too would aspire to be the U.D.P. leader or prime minister of the country, whenever he decides to re-enter into active politics. Given his track record at City Hall and the political power that comes with […]
This morning in the downtown area of the City, the Salvation Army launched its annual Kettle Appeal ushering in the season for giving. The sounds of the ringing of the red kettle was heard all over as the organization kicked off its prominent charitable event through which it hopes to bring joy at Christmas time […]
The source of water from which many are able to drink, cook and use for other activities has often been taken for granted as an infinite well that supplies the country. Assuming that the well won’t someday dry up, most Belizeans are carefree about their use of water. Given the recent occurrences where the supply […]
The University of Belize and the Inter-American Development partnered to create a short term programme to build the local capacity of the management of natural and climate hazards along the Belize coastal zone. Twenty-eight engineers, including private contractors and employees of the Central Building Authority, Coastal Zone Management Authority Institute, Ministry of Works, Forest Department, […]
A job fair takes place this weekend so if you are looking for work the place to be is on Coney Drive, Belize City. Transparent BPO is looking for individuals who want to work for the upcoming holidays or a more long term placement. BPO is employing about a thousand persons but as it grows […]
The Belize International Film Festival 2019 kicked off in grand fashion on Wednesday evening with the red carpet treatment. The opening night of the fourteenth edition of the festival, hosted by Kendis Gibson, saw a number of familiar and not-so-familiar faces grace the stage at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Here’s a snapshot […]
Last week around this time, children were out collecting their fair share of sweets and treats. Now that Halloween is over, it is an excellent time to reassess your family’s oral hygiene. That’s the focus of tonight’s Healthy Living, where we discover that even the good habits you think you have can be setting back […]
