Faber to Step Down Amid Political Firestorm
What should have been a press conference to face the media, amid the latest scandal involving the alleged physical abuse of his fiancée, ended up being an almost two-minute long [...]
What should have been a press conference to face the media, amid the latest scandal involving the alleged physical abuse of his fiancée, ended up being an almost two-minute long [...]
The Minister of Human Development who is also responsible for Families, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, issued a strongly worded video statement today, calling for Faber to resign. She also underscored what [...]
The Special Envoy for Families and Children, Rossana Briceño, today called for the Leader of the Opposition Patrick Faber to resign. The release from the Special Envoy says the issuing [...]
This afternoon the People’s United Party added its voice to the chorus of organizations calling for the leader of the opposition to resign. They not only want him to step [...]
In a rapid response to the video sent out by Patrick Faber announcing he will step down January thirty-first, this afternoon the United Democratic Party National Organization for Women threw [...]
They were to be returned to Panama over the weekend, but tonight, what is being categorized as “an unacceptable” turn of events, ended with eight Venezuelans escaping from custody and [...]
Around nine p.m. on Friday night, shots rang out in what is known as the quiet neighbourhood of Belama Phase One. Enforcement officer with the Central Health Region, Virgil Coburn, [...]
The spate of gun violence over the weekend extended to Burrell Boom Village on Friday evening where a shopkeeper, believed to have been actively involved with a Belize City gang, [...]
Was the spate of murders going into the weekend all gang-related and linked to each other? Commissioner of Police Chester Williams responded to the question, saying that over the weekend, [...]
Over the last week, there have been at least four murders in the Belize District. But, at the Belize Police Department’s weekly media briefing today, Police Commissioner Chester Williams said [...]
Operations at the Port of Belize remain at a standstill. The stevedores continue their industrial action and say it will continue until the company yields to their demand for sugar [...]
Stevedore Allison Craig says the loss of the sugar unloading due to its relocation to Big Creek is really hurting the stevedores who relied on that income for several months [...]
We reached out to Belize Port Authority for comment. Major Gilbert Swaso, the Port Commissioner, acknowledged the delay in the supply chain caused by the impasse. First, he apologizes to [...]
While Commissioner Swaso says the Belize Port Authority is hoping both parties will resolve this issue sooner rather than later, other avenues are being considered to ensure operations continue. He [...]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also calling on the parties to resolve their issues through the Essential Services Arbitration Tribunal. B.C.C.I. says it is, “[the] appropriate mechanism [...]
In their statement, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry also noted the current impasse will result in severe impacts to households, firms, and the government. The release highlighted the [...]
A man lost his life when he was knocked down on Saturday along the George Price Highway in Camalote Village. At today’s Police/Media briefing, Communications Director of the Belize Police [...]
There was an armed robbery at Sam’s Club in San Ignacio Town over the weekend, but the robber did not just relieve the cashier of the day’s sales and leave. [...]
News Five also asked the Commissioner of Police, just how successful surveillance cameras have been in solving crime? Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police, B.P.D. “We do appreciate the fact [...]
The Omicron contagion that has spread across almost every corner of the country has not spared the Belize Police Department. Coupled with the spike in murders since last Friday, the [...]
Last Friday, one of Patrick Faber’s attorney’s, Orson Elrington, lambasted the ComPol for sharing the information following the statement that Faber’s fiancée gave to the police. Elrington suggested that Williams [...]
The Government of Belize issued a statement today saying it supports the Republic of China Taiwan’s participation at the seventy-fifth World Health Assembly as an observer. G.O.B. says Taiwan is [...]