Was Dangriga Teen Mistakenly Killed?
Official details from the Belize Police Department on the murder of Kwamie Williams were shared at today’s press briefing in Belize City. The fourteen-year-old was shot dead as he was [...]
Official details from the Belize Police Department on the murder of Kwamie Williams were shared at today’s press briefing in Belize City. The fourteen-year-old was shot dead as he was [...]
A notice of intended prosecution has been served on San Ignacio resident Leon Small following a fatal road traffic accident out West. On Friday night, Small was travelling in his [...]
There were several shootings reported over the weekend; one in Belize City and the other in the Forest Home community in Toledo. The most recent occurred just after midday on [...]
Later on Sunday night, police responded to shots fired in Forest Home Village in Toledo. Fredrick Bahadur as well as Selvin and Winston Ramclam were sitting outside a wooden house [...]
There were several other shootings in Belize City, but no one was injured. Shamar Nicholas, the minor who was fatally wounded in a police-involved shooting the previous week, was laid [...]
On Saturday evening, yet another Bowen and Bowen delivery truck was targeted by thieves, this time in the Kontiki area of San Ignacio Town. Gilbert Philips and two sidemen were [...]
The Carnival Vista Cruise Line returned to Galveston port in Texas on Saturday with what it termed a “small outbreak” onboard after it left Cozumel, Mexico. The outbreak was detected [...]
A Catholic nun from Texas who had been Benque Viejo since 2017 died over the weekend from complications caused by COVID-19. Sister Maria of Merciful Love Medina had been serving [...]
The last we heard, almost sixty percent of the Belize Police Department has been vaccinated so far. But does statutory instrument seventy-four of 2021 that speaks to getting vaccinated or [...]
Plans for a U.D.P. convention to select a caretaker for Belmopan have been rejected by the Minister of Health and Wellness who has cited concerns about large social gatherings, amid [...]
The eligibility of John Saldivar as a candidate for the United Democratic Party has been called into question by party leader Patrick Faber. He is on record stating that special [...]
At least four government high schools in Belize City have seen sharp declines in the number of students enrolled at those secondary institutions. Absenteeism has increased in schools such as [...]
Young people drop out of school for a variety of reasons, but the Department of Youth Services is hoping its entrepreneurship and on-the-job training programs can help some of these [...]
Are Primary School Examinations a thing of the past? Since COVID-19 disrupted the academic calendar last year, Standard Six students have not been able to sit the annual papers. A [...]
Minister of Youth, Sports and E-Governance Kevin Bernard also supports an end to standardized testing. Minister Bernard says these tests place unnecessary pressures on students which ultimately lead many to [...]
The Holy Redeemer Credit Union has, in its own way, been helping in the building of the country, through its support of schools and charities. But it has also been [...]
Their story got over half a million views on News Five’s Facebook two weeks ago; this week, the south side car wash boys are in the news again, getting equipment [...]
Minister Bernard says an assessment survey is providing the Youth Department with much-needed information about the types of services young Belizeans need most. Kevin Bernard, Minister of Youth, Sports [...]
The U.S. Embassy has a new Chargé d’Affaires. Leyla Moses-Ones arrived in Belize on Friday and will serve at the embassy in Belmopan for three years. Chargé Moses-Ones most recently [...]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as part of an initiative called “Strengthening of the Ministries [...]
Five Belizean nurses have completed an eighteen-month operating room training program in Taiwan. Viviane Villas, Sheila Dominguez, Lusbei Can, Elvita Choco and Enelie Alfaro completed the course on August fifth. [...]
