A man was shot in Belize City on Thursday night and it happened just a short distance away from a police booth on Vernon Street. Now, as the victim struggles to survive, investigators are trying to make an arrest. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story in the following report. Marion Ali, Reporting Thirty-six-year-old […]
Today, ComPol Chester Williams offered some brief comments on the shooting, saying that a motive has not been established as yet, but investigators are out collecting data. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “From what we know, Sutherland is not affiliated with any gang so we are still trying to figure out what the motive […]
There was another shooting incident recorded overnight; this time in Dangriga. Nineteen-year-old Leonard Baltazar was riding a bicycle on Saint Vincent Street when two men on motorcycles rode up behind him and one of them fired several shots in his direction. Baltazar received multiple injuries to the body and was rushed to the Southern Regional […]
A Bangladeshi shopkeeper was the victim of an aggravated burglary at his place of business on Curassow Street on Thursday night. MD Rahman, proprietor of MQ Grocery, was roused out of his slumber by four masked intruders. One of the men attacked the thirty-nine-year-old, punching him in the face repeatedly. He was then bound at […]
The principals of Waterloo Investment Holdings have written to the Government of Belize making serious allegations of corruption at the National Environmental Appraisal Committee. Today, C.E.O. in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Doctor Kenrick Williams, under whose ministry the NEAC falls, responded to the allegations, saying that an investigation will be launched, but there would […]
C.E.O. Doctor Kenrick Williams says that a meeting has since been held with members of the NEAC. He explains how that conversation went. Dr. Kenrick Williams, C.E.O., Ministry of Sustainable Development “We discussed it as a matter of importance as a committee because it hangs over this public process. We have high professionals within […]
The conservation community has come out against the proposed causeways that are a major part of the Stake Bank multibillion-dollar cruise port project in the Belize City harbour. Earlier this year, it was revealed that approval was issued by NEAC years ago, giving developers the green light to proceed as planned. That document is now […]
Today News Five found out that Colonel Azariel Loria will succeed outgoing Brigadier General Steven Ortega. Ortega’s term as commander of the B.D.F. comes to an end shortly and at the annual B.D.F. day in January; Loria will ascend to the post. Loria is the current Deputy Commander of the B.D.F. Minister of State for […]
Who will succeed Edward Broaster as Deputy Commissioner of Police? The post remains vacant at this time as Broaster has retired from active duty. The Security Services Commission and the Ministry of Home Affairs are now undergoing the application process to determine who is best fit for the position. Many felt that ACP Marco Vidal […]
Despite the high crime in Belize, or perhaps because they want to do something about it, today there was a passing out for a record number of police recruits. Duane Moody was on hand for the happy occasion celebrating the successful completion of their training. Duane Moody, Reporting The largest number of recruits to […]
In political news, the Guardian newspaper reported today that former United Democratic Party Area Representative Frank “Papa” Mena has won a libel suit. In total, he was awarded eighty thousand dollars in damages for comments Indira Mejia made in April, for which she could not provide evidence in court. In addition to the damages, Mejia […]
Southern coconut growers are getting organized. This week the Department of Co-operatives held a registration ceremony for the Toledo Coconut Growers Co-operative Society. The group is no longer an ad-hoc farmers’ group, but has a new status giving it access to a variety of services and entrepreneurial development programs. The co-operative operates from Big Falls […]
Belize and Japan will be cooperating on agricultural projects in the coming year. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Jose Abelardo Mai, signed a memorandum, of understanding this week with the coordinator of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Michiyo Hashiguchi, for the Development of Agriculture Cooperatives and the Improvement of Management Capacity. The aim […]
The U.S. Embassy Belize has announced that the U.S. Government-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation has selected Belize for a five-year grant to fund local programs aimed at reducing poverty and stimulating economic growth. The release says that as one of MCC’s newest partner countries, Belize will develop and lead its own projects’ design and implementation based […]
Downtown shopping is at its peak, as thousands of Belizeans have descended on Albert Street and surrounding locations to make purchases ahead of the Christmas holidays. At Bottom Dollar Store on North Front Street, one family strode the aisles picking up grocery items from shelves, but they didn’t pay a cent as they won a […]
Today the Belize Sugar Industries issued a statement saying it will proceed with the opening of the crop season on Monday the twentieth, despite what it describes as attempts at quote, intimidation and threats, unquote, hurled on Thursday by the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. The Association reportedly informed the mill that they would not […]
Neal says A.S.R./B.S.I.’s wants to make sure that the government is acting in sync with what its representatives are saying. So come Monday, the hope is that the B.S.C.F.A. will partake in the crop season along with the rest of the cane farmers associations. But, as Neal indicated, that is left to be seen. […]
