At a police press briefing this morning, ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer, confirmed that police have launched a full investigation into Saturday’s deadly explosion in San Jose Nuevo Palmar Village, which claimed the life of 25-year-old welder Jose Valencia. “Upon police’s arrival, they were able to
Belize City police have identified the woman whose body was discovered on Saturday evening stuffed inside a garbage drum at the corner of Amandala Drive and Cemetery Road. She is 42-year-old Shaniele Faber, a resident of Belize City. Faber’s body, which was in a state of
The ministry says the BDF’s EOD Team remains on standby to respond to any similar discoveries across the country.
A massive explosion in San Jose Nuevo Palmar, Orange Walk District, late this evening has been linked to a”a 1,000-pound bomb”,
Reports reaching News 5 are that an explosion happened this evening in San Jose Nuevo Palmar in the Orange Walk District. We are told that the powerful explosion ripped through a residence around 4:00 p.m. Unconfirmed report is that one person died. One neighbour told News 5, "My
With just days to go before residents of Caye Caulker head to the polls on October 8 to decide whether marijuana should be legalised and regulated on the island, the “Hope Not Dope” campaign staged a march today, urging voters to reject the proposal. The event
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has donated laptops and accessories to the Department of Cooperatives within the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, strengthening efforts to modernise agricultural services in Belize. The donation, part of the project Digital Agriculture Services
Belize has stepped into the regional spotlight by assuming the Presidency Pro Tempore of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) during the 10th Energy Week in Santiago, Chile. The gathering brought together ministers and energy leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean to push for
As Caye Caulker prepares for its upcoming referendum on marijuana legalisation, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan has issued a strong call for residents to reject the proposal. In a pastoral statement released Friday, the Diocese warned that legalising marijuana would bring serious
Robert Morris, the 64-year-old founder of Gateway Church, one of the largest megachurches in the United States, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. Morris admitted to felony charges of lewd or indecent acts with a child during a court
