The passing of extraordinary Parandero, Paul Nabor, earlier this week continues to resonate across the country. His death has undoubtedly created a vacuum within the ranks of esteemed Belizean musicians. Those who have had the fortune of collaborating with Nabi in the past, sing his praises as a larger than life character both on and […]
Well-known music promoter, Barbara Noralez, also shared past experiences with Paul Nabor, her fondest being a visit to the late buyei’s temple in Punta Gorda Town. According to Noralez, they both share a spiritual connection with each other. Barbara Noralez, Music Promoter “My fondest memory or more like a spiritual one is that whenever […]
Paul Nabor’s daughter, Marie, arrived in Punta Gorda today via Guatemala so funeral arrangements for the Paranda great will be finalized over the weekend when a delegation led by representatives of the National Institute of Culture and History will meet with family members in Punta Gorda. The Government of Belize has extended an official funeral […]
It has been a month since the horrible execution of Danny Conorquie at the Caracol Archaeological Site. The murder triggered the closing of the site to visitors, both local and foreign. A week ago, a Belize delegation met with Guatemalan counterparts and signed off on a twelve point agreement. Chief among the points agreed is […]
The body of a Guatemalan male was found floating in the Mopan River near Calla Creek at around eleven Thursday morning. It has since been identified as that of twenty-two year old Rudy Leonel Salazar, who has been missing since Sunday. Salazar and two other men crossed into Belize illegally from Suchitan, Melchor Sunday to […]
Belize has lost one of its greatest musicians. Paul Nabor passed away quietly on Wednesday night in Punta Gorda after suffering from three strokes. The eighty-six-year-old legend had been ailing for some time, but the sad news of his death spread across Belize quickly. Nabi, as he was called, is recognized for putting Paranda music […]
Tonight, there are unconfirmed reports of a confrontation between a Police Patrol and Guatemalan nationals in the community of Calla Creek in western Belize. That altercation allegedly occurred when Police attempted to retrieve the body of a man they believe to be missing Guatemalan Rudy Leonel Salazar. On Sunday Police were called to the area […]
The long awaited inauguration of the Dangriga market was to be a happy occasion; after all, its completion was delayed for thirty months. Its construction became mired in controversy when it was revealed that kickbacks were being paid; as a result, five SIF employees lost their jobs and work on the market was slowed down. […]
Tonight, officials from the Ministry of Health are still anxiously awaiting the results of testing on four samples which were sent to Trinidad. The persons tested, all from the Las Flores area in Belmopan, have shown positive for Chikungunya using a rapid test, but that test is not considered absolute confirmation. Until there is some […]
There is new tonight out of Tampa, Florida where a former school teacher has pleaded guilty in the federal Court to enticing two minors for sex. Forty-nine year old David Wendel Thompson used social media, specifically Facebook, to lure the two underage girls to have sex with him for money. At the time, one was […]
A new measure put in place by local authorities in the wake of an Ebola scare a week ago forced the cancellation of Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas from calling on Belize on Wednesday. The new protocol, which includes a boarding party comprised of several government officials traveling out to the anchored vessel, caused […]
According to Andrade, the various cruise lines are now following a similar protocol as that being followed by Belize. Valdemar Andrade, Director of Cruise, B.T.B. “It comes in the tens of thousands of dollars when they have to do that. So we decided then what we would do is only board the public health […]
Facing the threat of the dread Ebola, the nation went on high alert, which is a polite way of saying we panicked. There’s no threat from that particular source any longer, but now there’s a new report that Chikungunya is here, specifically in one community in the City of Belmopan. Chikingunya, or CHIKV, doesn’t inspire […]
Dengue has been identified in certain communities across the country, and that is where the Vector Control Unit pumps its resources. Like in Las Flores, for example, the team collects information on positive dengue tests from private labs and from the Western Regional Hospital, and then targets those homes for spraying. They’ll end up visiting […]
We reported on Tuesday night that People’s United Party Cayo North Area Representative Joseph Mahmud will not be contesting his seat in the 2017 general elections. The announcement was made in a letter to party leader, Francis Fonseca, last week Monday. The news has subsequently sent shockwaves across the P.U.P. since the party feels it […]
Last Friday, U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that they are disappointed in Belize’s decision to turn down a request to have a lab technician and her husband airlifted from the Phillip Goldson International Airport to the United States. An appeal was made on Thursday for the woman, an […]
Along the western and southern borders for some time now, B.D.F. soldiers are deployed to deter encroachments, illegal logging and xaté harvesting, as well as gold panning and the cultivation of marijuana, primarily at the hands of Guatemalans. Since the execution of Danny Conorquie, Brigadier General David Jones of the B.D.F. says the force is […]
Following the Ebola scare last week, several measures were put in place before passengers of cruise ships are disembarked to come on land. The new protocols such as screening of passports are causing huge delays for cruise ships passengers who spend an average of eight hours in Belize. On some days, up to four ships […]
Belize International Services Limited, the parent company of the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize and the International Business Companies Registry, won the first round of a protracted legal battle with the government of Belize in the Supreme Court a few weeks ago. On October first, Justice Shona Griffith ruled that BISL, prior to being […]
Among damages being sought is sixty million U.S. dollars, profits BISL claims it would have earned over the remainder of the seven-year contract. Senior Counsel Denys Barrow says that there is no basis in the arrival of that figure. Courtenay, on the other hand, asserts that experts have been hired to assess the quantum that […]
On Sunday, three men from the Guatemalan barrio of Castrillo de Suchitan headed into Belize to fish in the flooded Mopan River near Clarissa Falls. What happened there on Sunday night has the Benque Police a little baffled. One man, nineteen year old Cesar Umberto Chinchilla Rodriguez, was shot in the leg. Another was allegedly […]
In the south, there is a disturbing allegation tonight against a twenty-five year old man from Independence. The details are few, but we can report that the grown man was taken to court on Monday for a heinous offense and is on remand. It is alleged he sexually abused a five year old boy who […]
But in the north, thirty-year-old Leslie Logan Junior was shot and killed during a foiled robbery attempt in Orange Walk Town on September nineteenth. He was one of two men, including Alexander Tillett, who entered Hung Yun Store on the Belize/Corozal Road and held up a grocery store attendant at gunpoint. During the brazen mid-afternoon […]
The family has since retained the services of attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd who told the media today that the Logans are being given the runaround by the police department and that there may be a cover-up afoot. She says that while the final recourse is the Professional Standards Bureau, the family is considering its legal options […]
Tonight, there are confirmed reports that P.U.P. Cayo North Area Representative Joseph Mahmud has thrown in the political towel. Those reports indicate that Mahmud handed in his resignation to the party’s secretariat as early as last week. It’s a significant blow to the People’s United Party going into municipal elections in less than six […]
