There was a collective sigh of relief across Belize today when it was confirmed that Police Constable Bernard Ical was safe and alive. Ical found his way back to the Machaquila outpost this afternoon after two o’clock. Teams from the police and B.D.F. as well as civilians set out in search for the P.C. who […]
Criminals were on a rampage over the weekend; three men were killed in separate incidents and there was further violence in the City and elsewhere. On Sunday night, death came knocking at the door of twenty-five year old Dellin Dougal. Dougal was at home on Mckay Boulevard when two gunmen walked upon the steps of […]
There was a second murder in Belize City. A mechanic was shot while inside his vehicle on Santa Barbara Street on Friday night. Thirty-seven year old Edwin Vanegas was murdered after he left a party in the Port Loyola area. Police say he had an argument with another man and was shot and killed as […]
The third murder for the weekend takes us to Hattieville, where O’Neil Ferguson was murdered inside his home in the Village. Ferguson’s family describes him as a giving and friendly person but there was someone who wanted him dead. Ferguson was shot several times on Friday night and his girlfriend was also injured during the […]
There is another COVID related death to report tonight; the person is a male in his seventies. He succumbed earlier today at the Northern Regional Hospital so there are now sixteen COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic in Belize. The latest samples today identified forty-six new cases putting the total number of cases […]
The Orange Walk District is reporting the highest number of COVID cases. In the most recent samples, as many as seven employees of the Orange Walk Town Council was tested, that is more than ninety-five percent of the employees in the department. The first case was identified last week; this was followed by six additional […]
Still on COVID 19; a Belize City family was detained on Friday and sent to quarantine in San Ignacio. Pashwan Stuart says that she along with a few family members were at home on Aloe Vera Street getting ready to celebrate her sister’s twenty-eighth birthday when her brother showed up. The problem here is that […]
Tonight two minors and a twenty-year old are in detention following the shooting of police constable Wilbert Chi. It happened on Ebony Street in Belize City on Sunday night when Chi was traversing the area. The minors were picked up during a police raid at the barracks on Ebony Street. But their mother says that […]
A twenty-six-year-old woman of Santa Elena Town is fortunate to be alive tonight after a gunman fired several shots at her home. Debbidee Clarke reports that around seven-thirty on Sunday night she heard a loud noise in her house and when she realized the sound was from gunshots being fired she ran to get her […]
And this information from the courts: Claim Number fifty-eight of 2020, brought by Belize Brewing Company, Limited against Erick Ernesto Villalta DBA Mountain Cool, was settled in the Supreme Court of Belize. The claim was brought against Villalta due to his marketing and distribution of water in bottles branded with the Crystal Water logo and […]
It was the first day of school today and instead of children donning crisp uniforms and new back packs, parents lined up at the different schools to pick up learning packages. The COVID 19 pandemic has changed the traditional way of teaching and students will now be taught at home and virtually. To get them […]
Hattieville resident Melissa Jones needs your help. Jones says that her house collapsed on Friday, trapping her and her two children inside. Luckily she was rescued by police officers from the Hattieville Police Formation. Jones says that the area experienced thunderstorm-like conditions and she believes the strong winds caused the house to fall down. She […]
Police have arrested and charged two persons in connection with a home invasion in San Jose Village in the Orange Walk District. Maria Vasquez reported to police that in the early hours of Friday morning on September fourth, three men entered her home, tied her up and proceeded to rob the place. Police investigation led […]
An established funeral parlour went up in flames on Friday; a house in the same yard on Freetown Road in Belize City was also destroyed by the blaze. The business and property were owned by Sanjay Pilgrim Senior. Investigations are ongoing about the origins of the fire. Today Pilgrim Senior told News Five’s Hipolito Novelo […]
Just after seven on Friday night, three armed robbers hit a supermarket in Calcutta Village in Corozal. The thieves got away with some money and cell-phones. A.C.P. Joseph Myvett gives us the details: ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Corozal Police responded to an information of a robbery at Community Supermarket in […]
A man of Duck Run Two has filed a report that he was brutalized by cops at the Roaring Creek Police Station. Dennis Molina, a construction worker, alleges that he was beaten inside a cell block while he was detained at the station over a week ago. Today A.C.P. Joseph Myvett told the press that […]
A robust and diverse food supply is an essential part of the health and nutrition response to COVID-19. As Belize continues to take measures to contain the spread of the disease, self-quarantine and the temporary closing of businesses may affect normal food-related practices. Good nutrition is crucial for health, particularly in times when the immune […]
According to nutritionist Robyn Daly, fighting COVID-19 requires us to maintain good health. Robyn Daly, Nutritionist, Ministry of Health “Good nutrition helps us to fight disease and sickness. We see that many times people are not concerned about nutrition or food unless they are sick or they are ill. But a part of being […]
For optimal health, it is also important to remain physically active. Exercise, says, Daly, is important in keeping fit and building immunity. Robyn Daly, Nutritionist, Ministry of Health “Many times we are not active enough in our community or in our daily lives for us to be consuming the high levels that we do. […]
