Murder in Seine Bight; Several Persons Detained
In the wee hours of Sunday, a lone gunman carried out a brazen murder in Seine Bight Village in the Stann Creek District. Residents were gathered at Gee-Pees establishment on [...]
In the wee hours of Sunday, a lone gunman carried out a brazen murder in Seine Bight Village in the Stann Creek District. Residents were gathered at Gee-Pees establishment on [...]
The murder occurred after twelve midnight on Sunday which is well into the curfew – which began at ten p.m. Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood says that the incident could have [...]
A police corporal lost his life in a single vehicle traffic accident last Friday on the George Price Highway. The off-duty officer was reportedly heading home and nearing Roaring Creek [...]
It dates back to the days of ancient civilizations and has happened in Belize before, but over the weekend, tomb robbers, showing no respect for the dead, desecrated a grave [...]
For a second time in less than twelve months, Mesopotamia Area Representative, Shyne Barrow, is set to assume the office of the Leader of the Opposition. His swearing-in ceremony at [...]
The Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs has responded to the claims put forward by the Toledo Alcaldes Association and the Maya Leaders Alliance during Friday’s press [...]
Next on G.O.B.’s agenda is the completion of a Maya Customary Land Tenure Policy. Notwithstanding the controversy surrounding the Free, Prior and Informed Consent Protocol, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ [...]
At the heart of the ongoing dispute over the F.P.I.C. Protocol and the Maya customary land rights issue is the Commission of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. Succeeding Lisel Alamilla as commissioner, [...]
According to Ch’oc, the Maya Leaders Alliance is an umbrella organization comprised of several organizations that are in fact the appellants in the Maya land rights case. On that basis, [...]
The Minister of Immigration has provided an update on the situation of the remaining Venezuelans who were refused entry into Belize on January eighteenth. The ministry says that all the [...]
Reports started circulating last week that an elderly man had been beaten inside a house on Kiskadee Street in Belmopan. He was seen bleeding on a vehicle on the street. [...]
Police are asking for help locating two children who disappeared from their home in the Valley of Peace over the weekend. A flyer being circulated shows the photos of ten [...]
The COVID regulations for funerals now allow for more than twenty people. But in the past two weeks, there have been two funeral processions which looked more like street fetes, [...]
Police are investigating a report of a land dispute that prevented a family from leaving their home in Corozal. Reliable information reaching News Five is that police were informed earlier [...]
In diaspora news…the nephew of well-known Belizean American news anchor Kendis Gibson was murdered in a New Your nightclub over the weekend. News outlets in New York are reporting that [...]
First, it was January first, then February first. Now, yet another date has been set for the reopening of the borders with Mexico and Guatemala. The proposed new date is [...]
Minster Mahler also spoke about the cruise tourism industry amidst the spread of the Omicron variant. Unlike the devastating standstill experienced in 2020, he says Omicron did not pose any [...]
The Belize Tourism Board’s health insurance mandate comes into effect on February fifteenth. It requires all visitors, even those with their own travel insurance, to pay eighteen dollars U.S. for [...]
The Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations has launched its Matching Grants Program for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. The program is being financed through a fifteen million U.S. dollar [...]
And, there will also be funds for some culinary and cultural projects. The establishment of a food hub on Mahogany Street in Belize City and construction of two music studios [...]
We end tonight’s newscast on a royal note. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton and Prince William, are heading to Belize. International media reports are that the couple [...]
A man was shot and killed in Belize City on Thursday night, but no one knew it had happened until the body was found on a London bridge. This afternoon, [...]
The standstill at the Port of Belize Limited came to an end this morning. Stevedores reported back to work at eight a.m., but the issues that led to the dispute [...]
Earlier this week, Cabinet announced that it had approved the Free, Prior and Informed Consent Protocol (F.P.I.C.) that will guide future consultations with the Maya communities in Toledo District. These [...]
The actions taken by the Briceño administration, says Coc, is a clear indication that government is not serious about carrying out the Maya land rights. Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, M.L.A./T.A.A. [...]
