The Belize Police Department is once again facing serious public backlash after a recent video emerged showing officers involved in a violent confrontation with civilians in Corozal. The footage shows what appears to be police officers striking multiple individuals, including a woman, with batons. The incident,
Police in Dangriga are investigating a case of theft and cybercrime involving a 13-year-old girl. Police say the incident was reported on Tuesday, July 8, around 9:30 p.m., when the minor and her mother visited the police station. Reports are that the child was walking along South
A deadly collision along the Philip Goldson Highway near Biscayne Village has claimed the lives of two men from Rhaburn Ridge. The crash occurred just after sunset on Tuesday evening, when a motorcycle carrying two passengers collided with a delivery truck belonging to Price Premier Products. One
Just over a month into the hurricane season, heavy rains have already caused widespread flooding in parts of northern Belize, which has turned roads into rivers and raised more concerns about the country’s infrastructure readiness. In Orange Walk, intense rainfall caused water to overtop key roadways,
A Belize City man is hospitalised with multiple gunshot wounds following a shooting incident earlier this morning. 31-year-old Andre Kerr, a mechanic of Custard Apple Street, was reportedly shot in the eye, shoulder, and arm. He was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where he
Twenty-six-year-old employee of Flo’s Pristine Services, Samara Moody, is now in police custody following allegations that she stole jewellery and other valuables from a client’s home in Belize City. Moody had been working for the cleaning company for six months when the incident reportedly occurred on
There’s a big development out of the Belize High Court and tonight, sugar cane farmers are calling it a step in the right direction. The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association is celebrating a legal win, not a final verdict, but a green light to move
The sugar cane industry is facing a full-blown crisis. A fast-spreading fungal disease called fusarium is tearing through sugarcane fields across the country, infecting over sixty thousand acres and severely damaging another eighty thousand. Earlier this month, Agriculture Minister Jose Mai warned that the fight
As if battling a devastating fungal outbreak wasn’t enough, sugar cane farmers are now facing another major blow, flooding. Weeks of heavy rainfall have left cane fields waterlogged across the country, wiping out crops and compounding an already dire situation. This season has seen one
For the past three weeks, News Five has been trying to get answers, specifically, a full list of all the properties the Government of Belize is renting for office space and public use. It’s public information, and we believe the public has a right to
