The economic crunch is having an impact on businesses across the country. Many are closing down, others are going into receivership and still others are laying-off staff to brace the “haad times”. We found today a once well established business that is on verge of collapse. The Belize City based company had hopes that it […]
Thousands of viewers were glued to their television sets this afternoon in anticipation of Belize’s third match in the Centro Basket games in Santo Domingo. But the game did not happen as scheduled and that may work out to the advantage when Belize takes on Cuba. Since the games began on Monday, there have been […]
Across the country and abroad, viewers have grown to love Julio Escalante, the groom-to-be of our From Yes to I do reality wedding show. The soft spoken and humble Julio was on his way to work today when he was hit by a vehicle. He was rushed in an unconscious state to the Karl Heusner […]
In 2007, Keon ‘’Williams’’ Myvette was charged with the murder of Michael Gladden. In 2009 his first trial ended with a hung jury and a retrial was ordered. Three weeks ago, he went back to court and that trial ended happily for him on Tuesday night. Myvette beat the murder charge and hours later, he […]
‘The Usual Suspects’ is the term given to the group of street persons who police round up and detain after a crime, any crime, has been committed. A detention doesn’t mean a charge will follow, but it does guarantee forty-eight hours of incarceration at the ‘piss house.’ One of the usual suspects, Jervis Valencia, who […]
The cases of sexual abuse of minors prompted our question on Tuesday. We asked: Should penalties be increased for predators found guilty of sexually abusing minors, regardless of the age of the child? Votes streamed into our e-poll, with an over whelming ninety-five percent of our viewers in agreement that the punishment for Child abusers […]
The National Basketball Team did not do as well as expected in Santo Domingo today where the Centro Basket games are taking place. The team squared off with it arch rivals from Mexico and we will have a full report of how that game went later in the newscast. But here on the home turf, […]
There are two heinous crimes against children to report tonight. In the first case, a Ladyville man who had been in police custody since Friday night was finally charged with two counts of carnal knowledge. And because of the sensitivity of the case and to protect the minor, her name will not be disclosed. But […]
In the other case of sexual abuse against a minor, the child in question was reportedly the victim of a prolonged period of sexual abuse but in this instance the victim is a young boy. The incident first came to the attention of authorities when the boy was taken by a parent to a local […]
In May of 2008 Ladyville resident, Danna Banner was taken before the Magistrate’s Court on a charge of Manslaughter after the death of a two year old toddler she was babysitting. The post mortem on Vernice Rodriguez Gonzalez certified that she died from head trauma due to a blow with a blunt object. But the […]
In the Supreme Court meanwhile, a jury is deadlocked tonight and still deliberating the fate of Keon Williams Myvett who is accused in the shooting death of Michael Gladden. The jury emerged at two-fifty-seven this afternoon to seek clarification on possible verdicts that they could bring at the end of the trial. After being directed […]
The Belize National Basketball team took on the top rated Venezuelan team on home turf and on Friday night it bombed the visitors by a twenty point margin. On Saturday the local boys headed for Santo Domingo on Saturday for the Centro Basket Games. At the opening game this morning against Trinidad and Tobago, Belize […]
Despite emerging victorious in its first match up, the roster is short of one of its top shooters who did not make it to DR because of an inadequate insurance policy. Top shooter Marlon Garnett, who was spectacular in last year’s COCABA Championship in Cancun, is noticeably absent from the hardwood in Santo Domingo. Garnett […]
This past weekend, one man was murdered and many others were injured in the continued gun violence in the Old Capital. Philip Anthony Barrera was heading to the bus terminal on Sunday morning when a gunman rode up on bicycle and fired several shots hitting him on the jaw and rib cage. It proved deadly […]
But the previous night, on Saturday, there was other gun violence in the Old Capital. Eight women were in a yard at Banak Street when gunshots interrupted their discussions. Two of the women were injured and the gunmen rode on towards Zericote Street where more bullets were fired. Three persons were hit and police have […]
The violence was not confined to the city. There was a ruckus in Camalote Village and while fortunately it did not end fatally, the incident landed two brothers in the hospital. The confrontation involved two opposing groups of youths from the same village and was over an old beef involving a stick of weed. The […]
The first of two friendly games between the Belize National Basketball team and the visiting Venezuelan team, played Thursday night at the City Centre before thousands of hyped-up sports enthusiasts. Belize held its own in the first half, but the Venezuelans came back strong in the second half, which meant they had to go into […]
We reported on Thursday, that a Carnival cruise ship did not make its scheduled stop in Belize. Over three thousand visitors were on the Carnival Valor that continued to its next port of call, Cozumel when it was not piloted through the English Caye Channel as is required by law. That meant a significant loss […]
The Belize national team is on the eve of its departure to the Dominican Republic for the Centro Basket Games. On Thursday we asked: Do you think the national basketball team is well trained for the regional games in Santa Domingo? The margin between those who said yes and those who said no was not […]
It is the only murder reported so far this week, and it happened in Cotton Tree Village, forty-two miles west of Belize City. The motive has not yet been established but police are leaning strongly toward a family dispute between the victim and an uncle. Family members say the Eleazar Enoch Barrientos was threatened repeatedly […]
The infamous Arthur Young, who has beaten the murder rap several times, now faces three more criminal charges for which he was arraigned today. Young went into hiding after police found a firearm silencer and equipment to manufacture the weapon accessory along with numerous books about the use of guns and sound suppressors. That bust […]
The tourism industry is in its low season so you would think that every visitor counts. But due to a major slippage at the Port today, thousands of visitors stayed away from Belizean shores. And what should have been a busy day for cruise tourism instead turned out to be a complete bust when the […]
It is now known how much, but needed foreign exchange was lost today when the visitors did not make it to shore. Well, a statement by the 2010 Article IV Consultation Mission to Belize issued in Belmopan today contains more bad news. According to the statement from Mario Garza, the Chief of the International Monetary […]
The regional Centro Basket competition in Santo Domingo kicks off this coming Monday. All eyes will be on Belize’s national team that placed second at the COCABA games in Cancun. This round of competition will be even fiercer and we are pleased to announce that we will be bringing it live to your living rooms. […]
The basketball team which is ranked at number twenty-three in the world by the International Federation of Sports, is in Belize tonight. Venezuela’s national team is preparing right now for what is expected to be one of the most exciting games that will be played locally for 2010. The two friendly games with Belize’s national […]
