The rollout of the party’s countrywide vote-seeking activities will see an energetic campaign to shed light on a number of issues, including corruption and misconduct. The launch of the P.U.P. manifesto will also be a significant part of the national campaign. Francis Fonseca, Leader, People’s United Party “Over the next five weeks Mike we […]
So, where does the P.U.P. stand on the issues of Petrocaribe spending, the nationalization settlements of B.T.L. and B.E.L. as well as the Belize/Guatemala dispute? Well, according to Fonseca, that’s for the people to decide on Election Day. As it concerns the division within the party, Fonseca says that team of thirty-one is united in […]
As the nation prepares for general elections in the wake of this morning’s announcement of early elections, the Prime Minister and his administration is anticipating a place in the political history books with a third consecutive term. Late this evening he told News Five that the U.D.P. is as battle ready as they can possibly […]
C onvicted Belizean/American sex offender, Kenrick Bowman has been in the news since Tuesday for allegations that he sodomized a number of minors at his house on Police Street, Belize City. After being held by police since Wednesday night; this afternoon the forty-two-year-old was escorted to court, arraigned and granted bail for an alleged sexual […]
Despite Bowman’s arraignment on a separate matter this afternoon, there are a myriad of questions that need answers. Those questions were posed to Senior Superintendent Chester Williams during a press brief earlier today. The most obvious, why hasn’t Bowman been charged in relation to recent allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor? According to the […]
Does the request for statements from alleged victims of Kenrick Bowman taint the partiality of the police investigation into the reported sexual offence? That’s what the media asked the Regional Commander of Eastern Division South today and while he does attest that it takes away from the objectivity of the process, he says he is […]
Two farmers from the Corozal District were gunned down this morning in a cane-field near Paraiso, just three and a half miles out of town. The bodies of Rogelio Rancharan and Victor Enrique Ayun were found by police after they responded to a report of shots being fired. A farmer who was with Rancharan and […]
Keyren Tzib, on remand for manslaughter, was in Supreme Court this morning for a second appearance in her petition for bail. Last week Friday Justice Troadio Gonzalez had adjourned the matter and requested a psychiatric evaluation of Tzib before making a determination of bail. But the process of that determination has been delayed once again. […]
Tzib’s mother says that she is doing okay on remand because she is away from the things that terrorize her. She’s confident that everything will work out for her daughter in the end. Another spectator in court today was the sister of Thytis Blancaneaux who died after he was stabbed once to the shoulder by […]
Blancaneaux says that her family is seeking closure for the death of their brother and son. But they also want Tzib to get the help she needs. According to Minerva Blancaneaux – Tzib won’t get that if she is just released into society, and she also won’t get it if she is incarcerated at the […]
Kenrick Bowman, who is a sex offender registered in San Diego, U.S.A. is in police detention tonight and it is expected that he will charged for allegations of sexually abusing a young boy on Saturday night in Belize City. He came to Belize two years ago and has been living in the Police Street Extension […]
One month ago three Belize City fishermen – Donovan Usher, Giovanni Murillo and Jerome Bowen – went out to Turneffe for a day. They never returned and are presumed dead. Following the disappearance family members immediately pointed fingers at the Coast Guard, since the men had previously had unpleasant encounters with those guardians of the […]
The recent eviction of vendors from the Western Regional Hospital, as part of an effort to rid the facility of a grave rodent infestation, has raised the ire of sellers who earn their living by selling food at the hospital. They contend that in all their years of doing business on the compound, their stalls […]
While there is no timeline for the re-positioning of the vendors, Doctor Allen told the media earlier today that while the Belmopan City Council empathizes with them, the mayor and his councilors also understand the gravity of the situation at Western Regional. Dr. Peter Allen, CEO, Ministry of Health “Certainly we sympathize with that situation, we can’t, […]
There was a fatal collision early this morning at Mile Two on the Philip Goldson Highway. One of two persons travelling in a S.U.V. was killed instantly in the crash and it is believed speeding on the slippery highway may have contributed to the accident. John Gordon suddenly lost control of his vehicle and crashed […]
Nolberta Sanchez died at the K.H.M.H. on September tenth after undergoing surgery several hours earlier in Belmopan, where she gave birth to a child via caesarian section. When doctors at the Western Regional Hospital were unable to stem the hemorrhaging, they transferred the mother of four to Belize City. Sadly, the prolonged ordeal came to […]
The proverbial buck, the outcome of all the scandals that have besieged the Western Regional Hospital since the beginning of the year, stops at the Minister of Health. He, in turn, has placed the blame squarely at the feet of the hospital’s administration. So, will heads roll in the wake of the massive rodent infestation, […]
A registered sex offender from California, who is now living in the Lake Independence area of Belize, is still walking around free despite heinous allegations being made against him in the United States. The forty-three year old is from San Diego, California, but it is not known when he entered the country or how long […]
There are reports that the parents of the child have asked that no charges be brought in the matter, for whatever reason, but that is unconfirmed at this time. According to Williams, even if that is so, the perpetrator would still be arrested and charged. If and until criminal charges are laid, the alleged predator […]
Any news about police breaking down doors and barging into peoples’ homes unannounced would practically be a non-story – not because it is right, but because it is basically an everyday occurrence. Evadne Scott, who lives on Raccoon Street Extension isn’t prepared to just accept that and move on. She claims that over the weekend […]
Scott took to the airwaves, and her story caught the attention of Commander of Eastern Division South Chester Williams. Williams today told us that Scott has gotten her apology, and officers have reportedly been told to exercise more care and discretion. Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “I had visited the […]
A family of four, including a physically challenged father, escaped serious injuries this morning when their elevated home on Electric Avenue in Belize City suddenly collapsed. Joany Smith, her two kids and her husband were all fast asleep when sometime before five a.m., the uprights supporting their wooden house gave way. According to Smith, they […]
Tonight there is little progress in the tragic death of twenty-nine year old Nolberta Sanchez. The mother of four died at the K.H.M.H. after giving birth to a healthy child and then undergoing what the family claims was a hopelessly botched hysterectomy at the Western Regional Hospital. Last week, the Ministry of Health brought in […]
On September third, an elderly woman was struck by a motorist while walking along the Phillip Goldson Highway near mile two. Maria Dolores Castro was severely injured during the accident, breaking both an arm and a leg as a result. Since then she has been admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and […]
Three days short of a year, on September twenty-fifth, 2015, Belizean Tourism Police Special Constable, Danny Conorquie was murdered as he stood watch at the Caracol Archeological Site in the Chiquibul. The eighteen-year-old Georgeville resident was shot to the head by a group of men, believed to be Guatemalan bandidos, who illegally entered Belizean territory. […]
