D.O.E. has additional long-term work in the months ahead. Deputy Chief Environmental Officer, Edgar Ek says that part of the plan includes further studies of the sediments that have sunk to the bottom of the river, including pesticides and heavy metals. That part of the plan has been presented to the Task Force. There is […]
Over the past two months, the health of the New River deteriorated exponentially. Aside from visible changes in its physical aspect, a strong stench of rotting eggs, which is hydrogen sulphide, enveloped residents along the river bank. Personnel from D.O.E. and the Ministry of Health have been monitoring the situation closely. Today, we asked Deputy […]
The family of a woman from southern Belize is claiming that a loved one died due to dengue. An outbreak was detected months ago and the number of cases continues to go up in the districts of Orange Walk, Cayo and Stann Creek. But the Ministry of Health says that Jazmin Ogaldez had a pre-existing […]
As we reported earlier this week, Stann Creek is showing the second highest rate of dengue infections in the country. A total of one thousand nine hundred clinically confirmed cases of the disease have been determined, primarily in the youth population, and the number continues to climb. DHS Marvin Manzanero says that residents need to […]
The police needs assistance in locating nineteen-year-old Jose Salvador Alfaro Chavez; he is nineteen-year-old and from El Salvador. Alfaro Chavez is wanted in connection with the murder of cousins Gruver Delado and Herman Valladares. Both young men were shot on Saturday morning in the San Martin area of Belmopan. Prior to the shooting, the cousins […]
On Thursday afternoon, twenty-two-year-old Harmonyville resident, Nelson Espinosa was arraigned for the heinous murder of nineteen-year-old Adamir Choc. It is believed that Choc was sexually assaulted and murdered in a bushy area off Never Delay Road the morning she went missing from a nightclub in Belmopan. Police have impounded a car in relation to the […]
At a very lengthy press conference that went through the lunch hour today, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that a state of emergency is to be declared in parts of the country due to the prolonged drought that is impacting the agriculture and other sectors. This has become necessary to access funding to assist affected […]
While this is not the first occasion that drought has affected the agricultural sector, it is certainly the worse. The government’s plan to work with Central Bank and local banks to offer financial relief to farmers and by extension six thousand families spread across twenty-three communities is welcomed by Opposition Leader, John Briceño. Briceño; however, […]
There is heightened tension in San Elena, Cayo tonight where a mother of six was killed on Wednesday night. Mirna Young was with her family at home when she was injured by a gunman who was targeting her son, Mynor Galindo and his friend Angel Martinez, who were in the yard. Her husband, David, was […]
The mother of Adamir Choc arrived in front of the courtroom in Belmopan today minutes after the murder suspect was taken away in the pan of a police pickup truck. He is a twenty-two-year-old resident of Harmonyville, on the George Price Highway. Nelson Espinosa was taken to court under police escort and was arraigned for […]
Investigation continues in the Belmopan double murder of minors Gruver Delgado and Herman Valladarez. The two cousins were gunned down after delivering freshly made tortillas. While several persons of interests are being sought by the police, there have been no arrests so far; neither has the murder weapon been recovered. But have the suspects escaped […]
A U.S. national indicted on sex charges and wanted in Kentucky was detained in Belize this morning. The Special Branch Unit zoomed in on sixty-year-old Ladd Duane Ottofy who was residing at an apartment complex owned by former U.D.P. senator Juliet Thimbriel in Ladyville. Local officers who were accompanied by officials from the U.S. Embassy, made this […]
The winding down and liquidation of Atlantic International Bank Limited is nearing completion as a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is imminent. This succeeds the Sanctuary Bay real estate scam in which A.I.B.L. was the offshore banking institution used by dozens of American investors. Prime Minister Dean Barrow did not go into great details […]
As much as sixty million dollars worth of cocaine went up in billowing smoke today. The drugs contained in more than forty parcels were ceased by the police in one of the biggest drug busts so far. It happened in the wee hours of September ninth off the Coastal Road where police were waiting for […]
Meanwhile, Mike Menjivar says that he was unaware of what was happening in front of him. In fact, he was on his way to Melchor De Mencos when his vehicle was intercepted. Menjivar claims that he was treated like a criminal—assaulted, forced to the ground and his vehicle and person searched before he was allowed […]
Investigations into the murdered young woman from the San Martin area of Belmopan, Adamir Choc, have produced a possible break in the case. There is word that three persons are detained charges are expected once the investigations wrap up. The nineteen-year-old vanished for days and her body was found last Saturday off a feeder road […]
Thirty-one-year-old Joseph Rowland was shot in the buttocks last night. It happened at Rowland’s residence on Pelican Street, Belize City. Police say that Rowland was with a customer for whom Rowland had repaired a generator for when a vehicle pulled over and opened fire at the duo’s direction. The vehicle sped off and Rowland was […]
An alleged robber or would-be robber is detained. It all played out in the streets of the city and captured on video. The incident is said to have happened this morning when a man on bicycle was pursued by a vehicle. It is believed he was attempting to get away from a robbery at one […]
There is an allegation tonight against a minister and his son by a police corporal. The corporal, Christopher Smith, who believes he was doing his duty, allegedly came under attack by Minister Edmond Castro and his son Jahfari. The incident is said to have occurred on September fifteenth at around five forty-five pm, on Regent […]
The United Democratic Party is yet to name a new candidate to fill the void in the Orange Walk North constituency, following the abrupt resignation of Standard Bearer Homero Novelo over the weekend. The electoral district is presently being represented by Gaspar Vega whose presence in parliament has all but vanished since being removed as […]
Is disgraced U.D.P. politician and former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega mounting a political comeback ahead of the November 2020 general elections? Over the weekend, Orange Walk North Standard Bearer Homero Novelo stepped down from his campaign and cited personal reasons for that decision. His resignation comes at a time when Gapi Vega is also […]
Dated September ninth, Homero Novelo’s resignation letter is addressed to the U.D.P. Secretary General Pearl Stuart. Novelo tells Stuart, “It has been an enjoyable but though journey from the U.D.P. supporter to Standard Bearer of the party. I have learnt many lessons and made many friends who became my supporters. I don’t want to be […]
The race for the leadership of the United Democratic Party in the months prior to the 2020 general elections is taking shape. Despite talks of a so-called dark horse, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber and National Security Minister John Saldivar are wasting no time in shoring up support from delegates across the country. But amid […]
A minor, as young as thirteen years old, is believed to have been involved in the double murder of Gruver Delgado and Herman Villadares. The cousins were shot and killed on Saturday morning in San Martin, Belmopan, after a tortilla delivery. Family members of the shooting victims believe that the gunman is a member of […]
This morning in the courtroom of Justice Courtney Abel, the long-drawn-out case against Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, a shareholder with a twenty percent stake in the embattled Progresso Heights Limited, resumed after a six-week adjournment. Elrington is being sued by the principal director Lawrence Schneider of the real estate development company after cautions were placed […]
