May 17, 2024 - Channel 5 Belize

Attempted Child Abduction in Belmopan

A woman took to Facebook last night to say that her daughter was the victim of an attempted abduction. According to the mother, the incident happened at around 4 p.m. yesterday.

She wrote, “I was about to take a bathe a little after 4pm while my daughter played in the yard with a neighbors child… Not even 3 minutes and the other child came and alerted me that someone was taking my child.”

She said she quickly pursued the man. She says that she has filed a police report.

According to the mother, the man told her daughter that he would buy her “chips and she seh she tell he no but she she mi fraid fi scream caz she neva want d man hurt her.”

“Parents please keep unu kids inside!!! They have some real maniac and child molesters bout the place!”

Her daughter is okay.

ComPol Williams Elected 1st Vice President of the ACCP

At the 38th Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) Annual General Meeting, held in Belize City, Belize, Commissioner of Police Chester C. Williams was elected as the 1st Vice President. In the previous executive, Commissioner Williams served as the 2nd Vice President.

Commissioner of Police Atlee Rodney from Antigua and Barbuda was re-elected as President. Commissioner of Police Crusita Descartes-Pelius from St. Lucia was re-elected as Secretary/Treasurer, while Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander from the Bahamas was elected as the 2nd Vice President.

This year, Belize hosted the event, providing a platform for commissioners of police from across the region to discuss strategies for tackling crime as a united front. During the conference, police commissioners addressed pressing issues such as gang violence and border security.

A U.S. judge rules that tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches

It’s a question that has stood the test of time—and one that sparked a legal battle in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the U.S.A.

Are tacos sandwiches? According to Allen County Superior Court Judge Craig J. Bobay, the answer is yes, including burritos. In a ruling on Monday, Bobay declared tacos and burritos “Mexican-style sandwiches.” This decision arose from a case on whether “Famous Taco” could open in a Fort Wayne shopping centre.

The zoning policy for the property bans fast food but allows restaurants to sell “made-to-order” or Subway-style sandwiches. Although the city commission initially denied the request, Bobay ruled that Famous Taco fits the criteria of serving “Mexican-style sandwiches,” noting that the policy doesn’t restrict to American-style sandwiches.

This isn’t the first legal consideration of food categorization. The USDA in 2005 labelled a burrito as a “Mexican style sandwich-like product.” Additionally, the Cube Rule, which categorises food by starch placement, would classify a burrito as a calzone and a taco as a taco.

For now, Judge Bobay seems to have settled the debate in Fort Wayne. “No amendment was necessary,” he wrote.