The National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB) has written to Prime Minister John Briceño, raising concerns over the government’s recent decision to compulsorily acquire a 24-acre extension of Stake Bank Island under the Land Acquisition (Public Purposes) Act (LAPPA). The NTUCB questions the legality
Twenty-three-year-old Alwyn Arnold was stabbed to death on Saturday night after attending the annual Carnival Road March in Orange Walk Town. The Belize City resident got into an altercation with another individual during which he was fatally injured. But was the individual with whom he
On Monday, a Belizean American man who attended the Carnival Road March in Orange Walk Town was arrested and charged for assaulting the Commissioner of Police. ComPol Williams was on duty during the event when he encountered Jaron James McKay drinking beer out of a
The Belize Police Department was successful in keeping the peace in Belize City on Carnival Day. In fact, while the Commissioner of Police was out of the country for the Carnival Road March, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Richard Rosado ensured that spectators, like revelers, were safe
A Belize City couple, Jeneah Arzu and her boyfriend Kendale Nunez, both police officers attached to different units, will answer to an incident that occurred at their residence in Port Loyola two weeks ago, when PC Arzu opened fire at Martinez with his service weapon.
Twenty-nine-year-old businessman Aaron Flowers has been charged for wounding a food vendor. The food vendor, thirty-year-old Salvadoran Katherine Saravia told police that Flowers visited her food stand at the corner of Raccoon Street Extension and began to harass her customers. She reported that when she
The back and forth between the United Democratic Party’s leadership and members of the Alliance for Democracy movement continues with both sides issuing press releases on Monday, slamming each other. The U.D.P.’s release denounced what the party referred to as quote, “the deception and fraud
The Alliance for Democracy, meanwhile, maintains that the U.D.P. constitution does indeed allow them to conduct a convention and to vote. Albert Area Representative, Tracy Taegar-Panton, who is a member of the alliance, explained to News Five why they believe that their event and the
Participants from across Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, have converged upon Belize for the Inter-American Sign Language Linguistics Conference. It is the first time Belize is hosting such an event organized by the Inter-American Confederation for Deaf Professionals and Civil Society.
It’s been five years since the death of the beloved Jane Usher, otherwise known as Miss or Ma Jane. She is remembered for her contributions to the credit union movement, working diligently at the Holy Redeemer Credit Union for over sixty-five years and as a
