A fisherman from Dangriga has been charged for the murder of Marlon Martinez who disappeared on March sixth. Thirty-four-year-old Derek Gorosica was arraigned for the Martinez’s murder following the discovery of skeletal remains. Earlier today, ACP Hilberto Romero provided additional information on the latest developments regarding that case. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern […]
Tonight, there is still no progress on the pending discharge of cargo vessels scheduled to arrive at the Port of Belize Limited. Despite the Christian Workers Union and the management of P.B.L. expressing willingness to sit down and negotiate a settlement of the existing logjam, neither party has come to the table to hammer out […]
On Thursday, the Christian Workers Union called out the Ministry of Labor for failing to intervene in the dispute between the waterfront workers and their employer. According to the C.W.U. president, the Labor Department plays an important role in a tripartite body that includes the union and the Port of Belize. So why did government […]
Late this evening, the Christian Workers Union fired off a press release responding to the Port of Belize Limited. That statement says, “C.W.U. offered options for a prompt resolution of the current unlawful lockout by P.B.L. Notwithstanding the binding Collective Bargaining Agreement hours of work provisions, stevedores agreed to work the larger container vessels, particularly […]
Another murder was recorded overnight; this time in Ladyville. The details of the tragedy are that a brawl between a pair of siblings and a group of men from the village ended with James Bainton being shot and killed; his older brother was stabbed and received cut wounds to the face, but survived. All indications […]
Four persons are being hospitalized and a fifth reportedly drowned as a result of a shootout between two groups of men who were involved in a high-speed chase on Thursday afternoon in the Corozal District. The incident ensued shortly after one p.m., near the Pueblo Nuevo Ferry and ended when one of the vehicles overturned […]
A cargo ship with as many two hundred containers, waiting to be offloaded for delivery to customers across the country, remains docked at the Port of Belize Limited. The vessel sits idly in the middle of another standoff between the waterfront workers and their employer and everyone is losing money. This morning, the Christian Workers […]
Ted Peralta is the new chief executive officer at the Port of Belize Limited. He says that the Christian Workers Union decided on its own to go back on an arrangement that was already slated for discussion. The C.E.O. says that the attempt to revert to the unproductive arrangement of one gang, one ship, places […]
With every passing hour that the stevedores remain inactive revenue is being lost. According to the C.W.U. president, dockworkers are not responsible for the stoppage. Additionally, Hyde says that the refusal of entry to the waterfront workers is unlawful since it flouts the Essential Services Act. Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde, President, Christian Workers Union “You […]
Prior to Peralta taking over as C.E.O., agreements involving the Port of Belize Limited and the stevedores had been entered into and discussions were had on the financial implications for stevedores. Peralta says that notwithstanding the mutual agreements, the C.W.U. proceeded to act on its own irresponsibly and the potential consequences can negatively impact the […]
Going back to the initial agreement between the stevedores and their employer, C.W.U. president ‘Mose’ Hyde says that because that arrangement was not workable, they approached the shipping agent directly and struck a deal that was mutually beneficial. He says that the Port of Belize took that good faith agreement and made it mandatory. […]
This morning in Belize City, the Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, along with the Area Representative for Toledo West, and other government officials, met with the media at the Biltmore. The purpose of the press conference was to provide an update on developments regarding the implementation of the C.C.J.’s Consent Order of 2015, as well […]
According to the Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, instead of taking matters into their own hands, residents of Yemeri Grove and Laguna should file a report with the authorities via a dispute resolution mechanism. Commissioner of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Greg Ch’oc explains how the system works, as well as the involvement of his […]
In Toledo West, the constituency represented by Oscar Requeña, there are as many as twenty-six indigenous communities. Despite a position taken by government that is being met with cold water by the Toledo Alcaldes Association and the M.L.A., we asked if he is prepared to face the potential backlash from the indigenous community. Oscar […]
This afternoon, following the walkout in Belmopan, the Toledo Alcaldes Association issued a statement in which it said, “we are at a disadvantage if we trust government officials who seem set on defeating us, set on working against us. The government has repeatedly mischaracterized our aspirations for protection of our judicially-recognized rights and has repeatedly […]
According to Coc, the Toledo Alcaldes Association and the Maya Leaders Alliance, representatives of the indigenous community, demand full recognition and protection of customary land rights in accordance with the decision of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. On the phone: Cristina Coc, Spokesperson, […]
Several persons lost their lives over the extended weekend and we’ll have these stories for you later. But we begin our newscast tonight with this morning’s inferno on Antelope Street Extension that has gripped the nation. A mother and her two children – one three years old and the other only three months old – […]
This morning in the lower courts, the daughter of a well-known city councilor was denied bail when she was brought up on a charge of manslaughter by negligence. Tehje Vaughn has been remanded to the Belize Central Prison until July third, when she is scheduled to go before the Chief Magistrate Jayani Wegodapola. Vaughn, who […]
A man was shot dead near his house by a gunman who hid under the victim’s back step. While there are reports that the deceased was not the intended target, police are saying that in fact, he was. Sometime before eight-thirty on Sunday morning, twenty-nine-year-old Adrian Pook was reportedly walking on an unnamed street near […]
Today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, Anthony Carballo Junior, was arraigned on a charge of murder for the killing last week Thursday of thirty-year-old Silvian Swift on Antelope Street. Due to the nature of the offence, bail was denied and Carballo was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until June 2023. Swift was standing […]
Twenty-two-year-old Everald Martinez, who was charged with rape and murder of his seventeen-month-old stepdaughter, walked out of the courtroom a free man today. Martinez had spent five years behind bars for the incident after baby Allyssa Nunez was sexually molested, raped and beaten with a blunt object in March of 2018. Supreme Court Justice Ricardo […]
There is major development in the case of the weed laced candies that hospitalized several children on Tuesday. National Exhibit Keeper for the Belize Police Department, Mario Bustillos, has been charged with ten counts of negligent harm in relation to the minors who were hospitalised after they ingested candy laced with weed. Just before two […]
While the exhibit keeper will have his day in court over his alleged involvement in exposing the edibles back to the public, today, Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow told reporters that he hopes that the Ministry of Education would now implement measures to ensure that children are never exposed through the school setting […]
And Barrow said it is because of incidents like what happened with the tainted snacks reaching the public and worse, schoolchildren why he feels that the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police need to either resign or be removed from those positions. In fact, Barrow went as far as criticizing the Prime […]
A man died late this evening following a shooting incident in the King’s Parks area of Belize City. The victim has been identified as thirty-year-old Charles Canton. Canton was found inside motionless inside a silver Ford Escape with a gunshot wound to the chest. Preliminary reports suggest that Canton accidently shot himself. Investigators recovered the […]
