An urgent meeting took place all afternoon in Orange Walk Town involving La Inmaculada School and the Ministries of Health, Environment and Education. The school is located near the New River; over a thousand students are enrolled. There are health concerns that the children will fall ill since they are being subjected to the stench […]
Coast Guard Officer, Brian Orellana, is behind bars tonight. He has been criminally charged for allegedly attacking Christina Teul, hitting her with a handgun and firing the weapon. Orellana was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of wounding and one count of discharging a firearm in public. He stands accused of appearing […]
In November 2018 the remains of twenty-two-year-old Roaring Creek resident Oswald Arnold were found. He had been missing for six months and presumed murdered. Arnold’s remains were found along the Belize River in Teakettle. The cause for his death was never determined due to the advanced state of decomposition and investigators confirmed then that his […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Rafael Usher, known to friends and family as Ragga, succumbed to gunshot injuries he received on July thirty-first. The Arlington Drive resident was shot on Central American Boulevard that Wednesday night and remained hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. until Tuesday when he passed away. Usher was accosted by two persons on a motorcycle, who opened […]
There was a hit and run incident on Central American Boulevard this morning where a man riding a bicycle in the vicinity of Joe’s Meat Shop was struck by a vehicle travelling in the same direction towards the Cemetery Road Roundabout. The identity of the driver of the vehicle is not confirmed but he failed […]
Well-known criminal figure, Brandon Taylor, was arrested for attempting to cross into the U.S. But this morning he was convicted in abscentia on two criminal offenses of unlicensed kept firearm and ammunition. The charges stem from an incident in 2017 when Taylor was reportedly seen walking into a yard, stooping down and placing a Taurus […]
Forty-five-year-old Bartolo Shish, a businessman of San Antonio, Cayo, has been charged with forcible abduction and sexual assault. Shish reportedly abducted a minor on Friday, August twenty-third as she was making her way by the Welcome Center in San Ignacio. The terrified minor recounted to authorities that Shish took her to Belize City in his black […]
Industrial action by bus owners and taxi operators across the public transportation industry has been averted, following a late afternoon meeting with government officials in Belmopan. The sit-down began promptly at three o’clock at the NEMO Headquarters and the main item on the agenda for the Belize Bus Association was the issue of local runs […]
Thomas Shaw, President of the Belize Bus Association, says that they are satisfied with the outcome of the meeting. And notwithstanding the challenge of conforming to standards set by their competitors, several adjustments have been made in order to meet those requirements. Thomas Shaw, President, Belize Bus Association “Well yes we are satisfied, it […]
Minister of Transport Edmund Castro has been involved in the negotiations with the B.B.A. While he has championed the cause of the local tour operators, he says that the industry-wide consultations were necessary in order to acknowledge the concerns of other tourism stakeholders, including the Belize Hotel Association. He attributes the delay in arriving at […]
Last year we took you on a journey to Graham Creek in Toledo. We went along with the Belize National Teachers Union to see firsthand the hardship teachers in Graham Creek faced. We showed you the story of two men, local heroes to the people of Graham Creek. We walked in the shoes of Principal […]
As you saw in our story, Graham Creek Government School got some donations to kick off the school year. The donations were made possible by the business community and other non-profit groups. But as you’ve seen, the school’s needs go beyond basic supplies and every little bit counts. On Monday, Principal Jose Cuc also made […]
Walter Garbutt is the local manager for government schools in the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts. He was one of the persons who also visited Graham Creek on Monday. That was Garbutt’s second trip to the village. He told us that he tries to visit as many schools on the first day of classes – […]
As the local manager for government schools in Stann Creek and Toledo, Garbutt knows a lot about the hardships faced in the rural communities. We asked him about his experience and how that helps to champion the teachers’ call for re-categorization of the hardship allowances. In the case of Graham Creek, where the hardship may […]
Twenty-five-year-old Devaun Mascal, was gunned down in front of his house around midnight on Saturday. Mascal was with his girlfriend who escaped uninjured in the shooting. He had just exited his vehicle and was checking the battery poles of his car when a gunman opened fire hitting him multiple times and then fleeing in a […]
Coast Guard Officer Brian Orellano is tonight in trouble with the law. Orellano stands accused of hitting a woman with a handgun and firing the unlicensed firearm in public during the scary assault. The incident happened this morning at around eight o’clock inside Christina Teul’s residence in the San Martin Area of Belmopan. Teul reported […]
According to investigators, the firearm that Coast Guard Officer Brian Orellano used to hit Christian Tuel and fire was not a coast guard issued firearm and is unlicensed. In most cases, such accused persons would be facing firearm offenses which would be automatic jail time while the court prepares the case for trial. In this […]
Sixty-year-old Reginald Ruiz is tonight in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after he was hit from the rear by a police mobile. The accident happened between mile forty-four and forty-five on the George Price Highway at around five o’clock on Sunday evening. Ruiz was on a red Meilun tricycle traveling from Belmopan in the […]
According to A.C.P. Joseph Myvett, urine samples from both men will be collected and tested. Myvett says that Inspector Jones has been served with a notice of intended prosecution. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “What we know so far is that both vehicles were travelling in the same direction when the […]
There is heightened tension within the transportation industry where a final decision has not been reached on buses from Mexico and Guatemala that travel through Belize. The Belize Bus Association has devised a plan of action and is ready to put it in effect if the Ministry of Transport does not grant their requests come […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber hosted a convention on Sunday at the Civic Center. While the convention was to endorse him as representative for the Collet Division, which he has won for four consecutive terms, it was more about the man who wants to succeed Prime Minister Dean Barrow as leader of the UDP. The […]
There has been outpouring of grief following the untimely death of Rasheed Pollard. Pollard, who by all accounts was loved by many, perished this morning after celebrating his twenty-seventh birthday. He was driving to Belize City after partying in Ladyville when he collided into the concrete base of a light post near Mile Three on […]
There was another fatality; this time in southern Belize. As seen in this video, a motorcyclist reportedly lost control of his red Ninja motorcycle in the area of Golden Stream, some thirty miles out of Punta Gorda. He has been identified as Gregory Perez. He died on the spot at about two thirty this afternoon. […]
Popular Belizean cyclist Nissan Arana has been banned from participating in any officially sanctioned sporting event after testing positive for performance enhancement drugs. The decision was handed down by the U.C.I., the world governing body of cycling. Arana is in violation of the Anti-Doping Rule after being tested randomly during an in-competition doping control at […]
Under Arana’s suspension, the U.C.I. has requested that the Cycling Federation of Belize withdraws his license for the duration of the ban in accordance with specific articles related to the offense of doping. According to Leslie, Arana waived the option to test another sample. Dion Leslie, Vice President, Cycling Federation of Belize “That’s why […]
