On Independence Day, a drug plane landing just outside of Santa Martha Village in the Orange Walk District. Five persons, including the owner of the farm, a Mennonite, a farmhand and a minor, are detained and charges are expected to be placed on them. Police did not find the drugs, but found a number of […]
So five persons have been detained and two are expected to be charged on Wednesday morning with facilitating the landing of a plane on an unregistered aerodrome. But where is the suspect illicit cargo? Commissioner of Police Chester Williams believes that the cargo is still in the country and a joint team of Police Officers […]
The borders are closed but illegal activity and contraband continue to flourish. In the south, there was a sizeable bust of contraband goods in Punta Gorda under the cover of darkness on Saturday night which has resulted in criminal charges being brought against seven individuals, including Senior Customs Officer Richard Garbutt and Junior Customs Officer […]
All ports of entry, including harbours, are closed under the existing statutory instrument. And police are deployed at various hot spots along the borders to prevent the entry of contraband goods and the spread of the novel coronavirus by border jumpers. When News Five spoke with Gilbert Gordon, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, earlier today, he […]
While the police department does not have the powers of arrest where uncustomed goods are concerned, a separate investigation is being conducted by the Customs and Excise Department and additional charges are expected to be brought against all seven individuals. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “I communicated again with the comptroller of customs and […]
There were forty-five new cases of the novel coronavirus identified over the extended weekend, bringing the overall number of positive cases for the country to one thousand six hundred and thirty-five. Over the three days, a total of six hundred and twenty-nine samples were processed: sixteen returned positive on Saturday; twenty-one on Sunday and eight […]
The Quarantine Regulations have been further amended now that the number of COVID cases appears to be decelerating. The new regulations allow for a soft re-opening of the certain businesses. Beginning today, in house dining in restaurants is allowed for not more than ten persons at a given time. This also applies to salons, diners […]
If you are travelling from Belize, the following is information that you need to factor in your plans. The Office of the Director of Health Services says that there is no requirement in terms of PCR or any other test for SARS-CoV2. In respect of those persons leaving for essential reasons, including students and persons […]
Forty-five-year-old Belize City resident Denise Torres died within a matter of minutes on Saturday, spreading alarm among her family members and those who knew her. While Torres’ death went viral on Facebook over the weekend with suspicions that she may have died from COVID-19, tonight her family is refuting that notion. Torres’ family says that […]
Forty-seven-year-old Orlando Velasquez better known as Easy Bob of Belize City was found dead on Sunday. Velasquez’s body was found floating nude near the House of Culture in Belize City. Police say no sign of violence was observed on the body, but they did see blood coming out of one of his ears. When we […]
A toddler was knocked down and killed in Little Belize in the north over the weekend. Police say a resident of Chunox Village visited a warehouse to conduct business and when he was leaving, he ran over the fourteen-month-old child just before midday on Saturday. The driver of the vehicle is expected to be charged. […]
Rodrick Wade has been treated and released from the K.H.M.H. where he was rushed this morning after he was the victim of a road traffic accident at the corner of Albert Hoy Avenue and Alejo Beni Street in the Belama Phase Two area of the city. Wade was travelling on a motorcycle on Albert Hoy […]
There was also a traffic fatality in the US in which a Belizean couple perished in a single-vehicle crash on Sunday morning in the Crenshaw area of South Los Angeles. It is reported that Enfield Martinez and Shawnte Enriquez were killed near Martin Luther King Jr. and Crenshaw Boulevards around 3:20 a.m. According to the […]
Police have arrested and charged one of their own following an incident involving a firearm. Police say that Corporal Jercel Savery of Dangriga Police Formation used a pellet gun to threaten a group of people around seven on Sunday night. Reports are that some friends were socializing at house on Mopan Street in Belize City […]
National celebrations were muted this year due to the COVID pandemic. The events were mostly held virtually due to restrictions in place, save for Independence Day on September twenty-first. The official ceremony was held in Belmopan, with protocols observed. Many anticipated an announcement of the date of the general elections; that did not happen in […]
With the retirement of PM Barrow, Leader elect Patrick Faber of the United Democratic Party is facing Opposition Leader John Briceño in the upcoming general elections. Faber addressed the Independence Day ceremony as chair of the September Celebrations. He pitched a need for improved governance to ensure that transparency and accountability are observed, as well […]
The Commissioner of Police has a message for those of you who are still hosting parties with persons outside of their household. ComPol Williams says that he has instructed his officers to arrest and charge those law breakers. Today, he says that cops saw a number of parties happening over the Independence Day weekend, but […]
Police say they have arrested one man in connection with a shooting incident in a known hot spot in the city. It happened around ten o’clock on Sunday night. No one was injured, but police say it appears to be connected to an inter-gang rivalry. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation […]
There was a burglary over the weekend in Belize City, but the robber didn’t get away nor did he go straight to jail; instead, he landed in the hospital. The robber pried a window and entered the second floor of the building and then broke through the door to access the store on Magazine Road. […]
There was a fire on Independence Day in Belize City. Police say that around three-thirty on the morning of September twenty-first they were notified of a fire on Linda Vista Avenue in Belize City. The fire destroyed a wooden home and some vehicles in the yard. According to the police, no one was in the […]
There’s also a small fire to report in the north. This fire was set on the Caledonia Police Station. ACP Joseph Myvett says that the officers who work at the station were out at the time when someone set garbage ablaze on the building on Sunday night just before seven-thirty. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, […]
A commemorative excursion to Sarstoon Island in honour of Hubert Pipersburgh and Nedal McLaren, both well-known members of the Belize Territorial Volunteers who passed away this year, was held over the weekend. Founding member of the BTV, Wil Maheia, told News Five today that the trip to the southernmost point in the country went without […]
To end our newscast tonight, the late Father of Independence George Cadle Price was remembered by the People’s United Party on Saturday, which is commemorated as National Service Day. Nine years after the passing of former Prime Minister Price, the P.U.P. visited his gravesite at the Lord Ridge Cemetery after engaging in social outreach across […]
