Eight Central American nationals were escorted to court today in handcuffs under the watchful eye of heavily armed police officers and the Gang Suppression Unit. The men were busted in September 2019 when a narco plane landed on the Coastal Road and police were able to nab them and seize a large quantity of cocaine, […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal headed an early morning law enforcement operation in Belize City on Tuesday where he led just about three hundred police and B.D.F. officers into various neighbourhoods in the City to round up active gang members under a new state of emergency. Vidal was at the press conference on Tuesday […]
The south side of the Old Capital was quiet today and free of gang activity. A second curfew that will last for a month has been instituted and the police is coming down hard on gang activity. In an early morning sweep on Tuesday, police detained a number of alleged gang members and are actively […]
There was a home invasion and robbery in San Pedro Town over the weekend which also involved a kidnapping. Three fishermen have been arraigned for the crime. Ruben Martinez, Mark Hernandez and David Lopez are spending their second night behind bars at the central prison in Hattieville. They are accused of entering the home of […]
The Belmopan City Council and the Public Service Union settled their almost two-year long dispute over the Hilltop property in Belmopan. As a part of the settlement, the Belmopan City Council has given the P.S.U. a one-acre property, among other commitments. You’ll recall that the P.S.U. has been leasing the Hilltop from the Belmopan City […]
A policeman attached to the Intermediate Southern Formation in Independence Village is under investigation following an allegation that he forced a female minor into an unlawful sexual act. On Monday, a teenager, along with her mother, filed a complaint against an officer who took her into custody at the police station after discovering that she […]
In the court, the murder case of Steven Moss fell apart for the prosecution, when Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams dismissed the charge against him. A discharge warrant was prepared and tonight, Moss is a free man. The twenty-six-year-old was charged for the October 2017 murder of Delbert Anderson in front of Bismark Club on […]
While a state of emergency is in effect in the south side of the City, across the country, a nightly curfew for children remains in effect, despite the lifting of a national state of emergency on June thirtieth imposed for the COVID-19 pandemic. All minors unaccompanied by an adult are required to be indoors between […]
There’s new development into the University of Belize’s management issues. Late this evening, the President of the UB Professor Clement Sankat issued an invitation via a press release to the Academic Council, Senior Management, Directors, UB Faculty & Staff Association to announce that there will be an online meeting on Monday morning where he will […]
National President of the Belize National Teachers Union Senator Elena Smith this afternoon met with the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union in Belmopan as it prepares to protest this Thursday. The powerful B.N.T.U. has been invited to take part in Thursday’s demonstration and show support to its sister U.B. Faculty and Staff Union. […]
The B.N.T.U. President also told News Five today that schools are not ready to reopen. In an interview, Smith expressed serious concerns, saying that many schools across the country will not be adequately prepared to resume classes on August tenth. The Ministry of Education has provided safety guidelines for schools to adhere too when students […]
According to Smith, teachers who are willing to return to classes are also expressing concerns for their safety and the safety of their students especially since the P.G.I.A. will reopen a week after schools do. Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U. “In terms of the safety portion of it, they are very concerned. They are […]
Over eighty thousand persons applied for the COVID-19 Unemployment Relief, but only forty-three thousand applications were approved. Many persons, however, complained of not having received any assistance, despite receiving a text message confirming their approval; others say they only received a single disbursement of one hundred and fifty dollars over the course of the last […]
It’s been years now that the immigration scandal implicating several U.D.P. ministers, including the infamous Elvin Penner, came to light. Penner is the former Minister of State for Immigration and Nationality who is accused of selling visas and facilitating the issuance of a Belizean passport for South Korean fugitive, Wong Hong Kim, who was in […]
The Christian Workers Union on Wednesday submitted a notice of strike action against the Port of Belize Limited. The staff of the P.B.L. has been protesting against a ten percent salary cut instituted by the management of the Port. The union initiated a go slow on Wednesday and has plans to go on a full-on […]
The 2020 season of the National Elite Basketball League was cut short in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But this season is over, and now, the league is in the process of preparing for the 2021 season. To get the ball bouncing, there is a new N.E.B.L. commissioner. Christopher McGann is taking over the […]
Seventy students of San Antonio RC School in the Orange Walk District today received an assortment of back to school supplies as part of the Belize Tourism Board staff’s community outreach programme during the COVID-19 crisis. The happy students received a knapsack, composition books, hand sanitizers, face masks, pencil cases, and a variety of other […]
Scotia Bank Belize has made a donation today; it handed over five thousand dollars to be used for personal protective equipment to the Belize Police Department. The protective face shields will be procured through the Rotary Club of Belize and distributed to police officers. The donation comes as the country prepares for the phased reopening […]
