Early this morning, the news spread that one of three narco jets was forced to land at an airport in neighbouring Chetumal. Mexican and Belizean authorities were tracking the three-drug planes that had left South America with plans to land somewhere in Central America and Mexico. According to Mexican news outlets, around one o’clock in […]
In July of this year, Mexican authorities busted another drug plane. According to news media in Chetumal, a man with foreign passports who claimed to be the pilot was detained. That man, it is said, has a long criminal record. It is also being reported that the cocaine was packed in fifty-four parcels. The total […]
On Monday, it was announced that a curfew will be in place on the night of November eleventh when counting is expected to be getting underway. Here is what will happen. Polling stations in all thirty-one constituencies across the country will be officially closed at six o’clock. Voters who are already in line at that […]
Where it concerns the media, ComPol Williams has given assurances that we will be able to move about freely in the conduct of our duties to you, our viewing public, to bring live coverage of the elections results. Again, for those in line after six o’clock, should the curfew period catch you there, you will […]
At the close of polls on elections day, supporters of both major political parties, as well as those rooting for other candidates, would traditionally gather at various locations in anticipation of the results. Those watch parties are often loud and celebratory and they usually go well past midnight. With a curfew in effect from eight […]
With a clear winner having been declared at last count, it will be difficult for the Belize Police Department to prevent either of the political parties or their candidates from taking to the streets in an impromptu victory rally. So how will they attempt to temper unplanned events such as motorcades and does the police […]
The prime ministerial debate, despite the absence of the leaders of both major political parties, is proceeding on Wednesday night as scheduled, according the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. While the organizers were hoping that the debate on national issues prior to the general elections would see the participation of all leadership candidates, including […]
According to Longsworth, while Party Leader Patrick Faber had indicated last Monday that he will be participating in the debate, he reached out personally via email to the leadership debate committee to hinge his participation on the debate once all participate. Marissa Longsworth, President, B.C.C.I. “As it relates to the leader of the United […]
Six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior was laid to rest on Monday evening in his hometown of Orange Walk. Arturo died at the K.H.M.H. on Saturday. He was the first child in Belize to contract the deadly novel coronavirus and to die from the disease. The COVID-19 virus worsened Godoy’s health as he battled kidney disease for […]
Orange Walk is the district with the highest number of cases and its health facilities are under pressure with the number of positive cases. Reports have surfaced that at least one person of the Godoy family has tested positive for COVID-19. Arturo Godoy Senior, however, is saying that the family has not been swabbed for […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that several police officers will be charged for hosting a social event. A video that surfaced online shows cops celebrating a birthday party – a social event that’s supposed to be restricted during the pandemic. The video captured as many as ten persons in the room – with no […]
There are nineteen active cases of COVID-19 among inmates at the Belize Central Prison and nine wardens have also tested positive for the disease since the first infection was recorded at the facility. While the most recent figures indicated that there were ten new cases behind prison walls at last test, Chief Executive Officer Virgilio […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today confirmed that one person tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a baby shower in Guinea Grass Village. Twenty-three persons were arrested at that party for participating in a restricted social event. The fear was that COVID cases would increase if large groups congregate and that is exactly what happened […]
Police down south believe that twenty-year-old Ronaldo Ack brutally murdered twenty-six-year-old Guatemalan national Humberto Vasquez Ramos. Ramos was found with multiple chop wounds in a wooden shed at a cement blocks factory in Santa Cruz Village last week Thursday. His body was discovered by his coworkers who believed that Ramos knew who his killer was. […]
And then there were five. Two weeks ago, twenty-eight prisoners escaped from the Belize Central Prison and a manhunt was set in place immediately. So far, twenty-three prisoners have been recaptured, including Akeem Tillett who was killed during a crossfire with authorities. Over the weekend, two others were detained and on Monday night, Eutychus Nunez […]
Tonight, we head south for a look at the campaign trail in Stann Creek West. There are five candidates contesting next month’s elections. They are P.U.P.’s Rodwell Ferguson, a three-time area representative and incumbent, who is now seeking a fourth term; U.D.P.’s Ivan Williams; independent candidate Melvin Hulse, a former three-time area rep who served […]
A seat held by the U.D.P. up north is the Orange Walk North constituency. It has been a stronghold since Gaspar Vega first won in 2008. But Vega has been disgraced and is now ending his political career so that seat is up for grabs. The P.U.P.’s Monchi Cervantes has been working that area gaining […]
While the P.U.P. will not participate in the B.C.C.I. debate, it will be heading to court on Wednesday to fight an effort to stop the November eleventh General Elections. This is in respect of an application for an injunction to delay the elections until redistricting of thirty-one constituencies can be carried out. The P.U.P. says […]
Eighty-five students of the Youth Leadership Council were recipients today of ten-inch tablets courtesy of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Peace Work. The organizations have been promoting financial literacy here for years and now that the students are not physically in classrooms, the tablets come in handy for distance learning. Here is News Five’s Duane Moody with a […]
While we were with Chief Education Officer, Doctor Carol Babb, the media asked about recently made remarks by B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith as it relates to the concerns of teachers of contracting COVID-19 in the current way of teaching. The worry is that they can get infected while handling packages that are handed over […]
But even as teachers, rightly so, are concerned about contracting the virus, Doctor Babb says that as an educator, her concern and that of the ministry is the bad effect the lack of education can have on children during the pandemic. She says that at this time, the children must be meaningfully engaged. Dr. […]
A Teakettle man was killed in a road traffic accident on Monday night in the village. Twenty-two-year-old Joshua Lee Tun was driving his motorcycle near the S-Curve when he lost control and crashed into a road sign. The accident happened around eleven thirty as Lee was heading towards Ontario Village. He was rushed to the […]
The discovery of a lifeless body in Trio Village, Toledo District on Monday has triggered a criminal investigation, as it has since been ascertained that the death of the Hispanic male may have been the result of foul play. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, it appears that the individual, found faced down in […]
