The latest Cabinet reshuffle was announced last Friday. Minister of State Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes was removed from the Ministry of Immigration and placed in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, alongside Minister Orlando Habet. So, what is the Prime Minister’s rationale behind the shift? That’s what we asked him when […]
On Tuesday, Cabinet heard a presentation from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. According to Prime Minister Briceño, in light of the ongoing negotiation between B.S.C.F.A. and B.S.I., Cabinet has taken the decision to hear presentations from both parties. We asked the Prime Minister about the takeaways from yesterday’s presentation. Here is what he told […]
There are reports that a number of businesses have taken steps to mitigate the effects of the recent adjustments made to the minimum wage. One tortilla factory in Orange Walk recently posted on social media that it would reduce its opening hours to offset the increase in minimum wage. There are reports that some businesses […]
Christopher Sosa has been missing for the past six days, but his family only just reported his disappearance on January eighth. His family acknowledges that the twenty-nine-year-old has a criminal past and they believe that he may have been killed and his body dumped somewhere in the Belize District. His sister has led a search […]
Today at the Radisson, public and private sector stakeholders were invited to witness the launch of the Transportation Leaders Empowered through Education, Awareness and Effective Policy Change on Human Trafficking in Belize. TLEAP Belize, as it is otherwise known, is intended to tackle one of the many aspects of the trafficking of persons in the […]
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash! That is what two elderly brothers are claiming they lost during an aggravated burglary in Belmopan. The eighty-year-old and seventy-five-year-old siblings from Maya Mopan had just arrived home from working their farm on the night of October fourteenth, 2022, when a group of armed men barged into […]
The Belize Police Department turned to seasoned attorney ‘Dickie’ Bradley to carefully review a set of files pertaining to former Woman Police Constable Michelle Brown’s alleged involvement in the death of Fareed Ahmad. It did so over the weekend after much public pressure was brought to bear on the department to reopen an investigation into […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the witnesses who cooperated with the investigation into the accident that killed Fareed Ahmad, testified in court that there wasn’t a third person inside the sports utility vehicle that night. He says that testifying to the contrary, all these many years later, would only call into question the […]
In the murder of Michael Williams, who was also shot and killed in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan on December twenty-seventh, 2022, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams initially told reporters that his death was believed to be drug-related. On January third, he also told reporters at a press conference that the department believes that […]
The three-way race for the Garden City is several weeks away and tonight, U.D.P. Party Leader Shyne Barrow has come forward to announce that he is throwing his support behind former Chief Executive Officer George Lovell. As you would know, John Saldivar has been cleared by the U.D.P.’s National Party Council to participate in the […]
Less than two weeks ago, on New Year’s Eve, American visitor J’Bria Michelle Bowens, from Indianapolis, was vacationing in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye along with her family when she was shot dead. The incident occurred near the Central Park and the nursing student was not the intended target of the shooting. The killing of a […]
Despite the “black eye,” associated with the tragedy, last week, C.N.N. Travel listed Belize among the top twenty-three destinations to visit this year. It speaks to the ease of travelling to the Jewel and tourists being able to experience both marine and terrestrial attractions. The article reads, “Lush rainforests, cave networks, winding rivers and rich […]
The family of seventy-four-year-old Romaldo Che is mourning his death after a driver knocked down the elderly farmhand and did not stop to render any assistance. The fatal road traffic accident occurred on Sunday night around nine-thirty on the San Estevan Road in Orange Walk Town. Reports are that even as Che was struck, the […]
Up to news time this evening, no one has been detained in connection with the road traffic accident in which Romaldo Che lost his life. At a press conference this afternoon, Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero shared brief details on the incident, asking for the public’s assistance. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, O.C., Eastern Division “Police […]
On Saturday, after days of search, the body of Luke Hansen was recovered from the Belize River, in the vicinity of Banana Bank. It was the third day of a search effort and Belize Coast Guard personnel, as well as members from the Belize Search and Rescue Team, were back on the river along with […]
Police have arrested and charged three of their fellow law enforcement officers in connection with the death of Andrew McDougal back in December 2022. McDougal succumbed to injuries he sustained after being thrown into the pan of a police mobile while being detained. As a result, police formally arrested and charged twenty-nine-year-old John Lucas and […]
In the wake of the shocking murders of brothers Jon and David Ramnarace in Belmopan on New Year’s Eve, the Belize Police Department, under public pressure to revisit the case of Fareed Ahmad who died in the presence of former Woman Police Constable Michelle Brown, turned over a sheaf of documents to seasoned attorney Richard […]
According to Bradley, after poring over the documents, he was satisfied that there’s insufficient evidence to support the claim that a third person was ever inside the vehicle at the time of the incident. He told the media during a press briefing this afternoon that the extent of Elmer Nah’s involvement had to do with […]
Following Bradley’s explanation, based on what he read from the police file, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also addressed the matter. For reference, the case was revisited because of public pressure, including a call from the Leader of the Opposition, for the Belize Police Department to reconsider Elmer Nah’s involvement in that incident. This, after […]
It was all the uproar back in 2016 when it was discovered that attorney Sharon Pitts and Andre Vega, son of former Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, benefited from an outrageous land deal for private properties that were sold not far from the Haulover Bridge. The prime piece of real estate amounted to two acres. […]
The case, according to Elrington, was clear-cut and straightforward. He says that after poring over the facts presented, it would appear that in the absence of evidence of wrongdoing, the claim against Pitts was driven by an intent to do harm to her reputation. Hubert Elrington, Attorney-at-law “There is absolutely no technicality involved in […]
Thirty-four-year-old Gilbert Goodger has been sentenced to two years in prison, while twenty-four-year-old Mark Waight is on remand at the Belize Central Prison. The pair was busted this morning while double riding on a bicycle near Victoria Street and Barrack Road. In their possession was a firearm loaded with five rounds of ammunition. Both men […]
Twenty-three-year-old Steven Allen Vernon, a construction worker of San Mateo area, San Pedro also appeared before Magistrate Mannan this morning where he was read a single charge of being a member of a gang. It is alleged that Vernon is a member of the San Juan Bloods, a gang on the island town that is […]
Belmopan residents are speaking out against the recent murders that have shaken up their community over the last week. Following three murders in a span of three days, the Belmopan City Council, in partnership with the local churches, organized a peace walk and prayer vigil. The march saw attendance from family and friends of the […]
Following Thursday night’s peace walk and prayer vigil in Belmopan, our colleagues at Plus T.V. spoke with Anthony Chanona, a former Mayor of Belmopan and the Chairman of the People’s Constitutional Commission. Chanona, in his remarks, stated that Belize’s criminal justice system is failing. He went on to say that the ongoing constitutional reform exercise […]
