A horrible video surfaced on the internet on Tuesday night; its contents sent chills all around. Three men are seen brandishing a high powered firearm and a handgun and then heard making sinister threats. The live images caught the attention of the police and the trio and the firearms were traced to a house in […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams; while the guns turned out to be fake, the fear instilled by the men on the public is very real. He says that policymakers will need to take a closer look at retracting the importation of imitation firearms as these are also used to terrorize members of the […]
Six persons, including four Asian businessmen, were taken into custody on Tuesday morning after being busted by a coastguard patrol near Orange Point, in the southern waters of Toledo. Xueen Ma, Jianfu Huang, Ivan Pena, Leslie Williams and two others were spotted by B.D.F. personnel not far from the Sarstoon Forward Operating Base where they […]
According to Soberanis, the men were in violation of a number of laws; including the fact that boat captain Leslie Williams was driving the boat with an expired license. The substantive charges, he says, will likely fall under the state of emergency regulations. Commander Gregory Soberanis, Vice Commandant, Belize Coast Guard “They were in […]
Turning to COVID-19…tonight the news is that there are still no new cases of the virus, but the repatriation of Belizeans is running into trouble as soon as it started. Over the weekend, ten Belizeans made it back home after spending seventy-two days at sea on a Royal Caribbean ship. But a number of other […]
So while many Belizean repatriates are trapped in neighbouring Guatemala and Mexico, fifty-seven persons who crossed into Belize in recent days are in quarantine. The list includes the ten Belizeans who work in the cruise ship industry and returned to the Jewel over the weekend as well as those persons who were caught illegally entering […]
Earlier today, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight sent out a circular reiterating government’s position on the forgoing of increments for public officers. In the bulletin which was issued to the Office of the Governor General, Chief Justice, the Auditor General, C.E.O.s and heads of department, the FinSec reminded that the increments will be forgone until retirement […]
COVID-19 has not only overwhelmed health systems and claimed the lives of one hundred thousand people, but it also continues to halt economies. An IMF Blog post in April states that the growth in the region is projected to contract by six point two percent in 2020, stating, “This would be the deepest recession in more […]
The tourism industry collapsed in a matter of days as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As far as it is known, one major airline, Southwest is not scheduled to fly to Belize until next year. When Belize closed its border points and the P.G.I.A., the visitors stopped coming and the hotels have had to […]
The numbers from the Statistical Institute of Belize show that the economy shrunk considerably. It declined by four point five percent in the first quarter of this year. Prices of goods and services remain pretty much the same when compared to last year. And domestic imports and exports are down by thirty point four percent […]
The remains of a person were found on Wednesday in Gardenia Village in rural Belize. According to reports, the grim discovery was found by a mechanic who was cutting some bush sticks in the area. Police were alerted and scenes of crime personnel collected the remains which have been taken to the National Forensic Science […]
Around three-thirty this afternoon there was a daring attempted robbery at a paint store at the corner of Douglas Jones and Cran Streets on north side Belize City. At least two brazen armed robbers entered IMASA Paints, which is one of two businesses housed at the property. Police responded shortly after, but by then, the […]
Investigators have identified one suspect in connection to the brutal murder of Abner Novelo. The victim was found with chop and gunshot wounds on a farm off the San Antonio Road in Orange Walk. His knees were slashed and his right arm had been severed. He was the caretaker of the farm where he was […]
Rudolph Rodriguez lost his life on Tuesday afternoon, following a hit and run incident on Saturday night along the Old Northern Highway. The sixty-eight-year-old was struck by a Chevy Trailblazer and left for dead. Despite being transported to the K.H.M.H., Rodriguez succumbed to his injuries. This morning, News Five spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester […]
As many as eighty-three thousand persons applied for the Unemployment Relief by the time the portal closed. A second round of now payment is being prepared for persons eligible to receive financial assistance from the Social Security Board under the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief Program. Chairman, Doctor Colin Young told News Five today that almost forty-three […]
There have been complaints from recipients that the second tranche of payment has been slow to come by, since many received their first hundred and fifty dollar payout back in early April. According to Doctor Young, the S.S.B. is only following the directives of the financial experts put in place to lead the program by […]
The Ministry of Health is scaling down its random testing for the coronavirus now that it is in week-seven without any new cases. The ministry has been randomly swabbing and testing persons, specifically frontline workers from healthcare facilities, immigration and customs officers at entry points as well as police to check if there are any […]
In the last twenty-four hours, the U.S. is reporting five thousand four hundred and eighty new cases with two hundred and fifty-six deaths. Closer to home, neighbouring countries, such as Guatemala and Mexico, are spiking. Mexico recorded three thousand four hundred and fifty-five new cases, Honduras documented two hundred and twelve and Guatemala reported one […]
In a one-on-one interview, Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero said that the good public health measures installed from the onset of the crisis has helped with the containment of the virus. These measures, including the locking down of the borders and closing of the airport as well as the state of emergency and […]
Last Friday, Mark Neal, the owner of Body 2000 Gym, appeared in magistrate’s court along with four others to answer charges related to violations of the state of emergency regulations. Today, he invited us to the fitness center here on Coney Drive where he has since retrofitted the facility to accommodate clients under the social […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says there are challenges to policing with the state of emergency in place. And despite a national curfew in place, the murder numbers remain pretty close to the stats from last year during this same period. Since last Friday, three murders have been recorded. Commissioner Williams told the press on […]
Forty-five percent of young people are consumers of tobacco products, be that cigarettes, vapes, electronic cigars and even hookahs. And it is a concern for the World Health Organization going into this year’s World No Tobacco Day. This coming Sunday, May thirty-first, the day is being recognized under the theme, “Protecting youth from industry manipulation […]
We are a few days away from the official opening of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The outlook, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows some thirteen to nineteen storms, of which six to ten could become hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes which are of category three or higher. N.O.A.A. forecasters […]
