Still on party politics, the national executive of the U.D.P. will meet over the weekend to consider whether or not Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers will be re-admitted back in the fold. Moya has made known her intention to run for the U.D.P. in the Albert constituency even though she was expelled last May by the […]
Steven Buckley was shot last year during a police operation near the Cumberbatch Field. What appeared at first like an open and shut case has lingered in the system for months and Buckley has been unable to work since then. It’s close to nine months since the incident, and the Buckley family is growing frustrated […]
We record the passing of Lloyd Faber, the father of Education and Youth Minister Patrick Faber and his brother, City Councilor Andrew Faber. Faber who was a lay minister in the Anglican Church died this morning in Corozal Town. Funeral arrangements are being made.
The murder of twelve year old Janessa Jones continues to haunt the Ladyville community. The school girl left home after school to run an errand and from all accounts she never made it to the intended destination in the City. Her mother and stepfather have come under close scrutiny and today Arlene Bainton told News’s […]
It’s the third anniversary of his death: but Andy Palacio continues to live in the hearts of Belizeans. At the Image Factory, Anthropologist Dr. Joseph Palacio, spoke of Andy, the perfectionist, whose untimely death came at the time when his music reached the pinnacle of success. The promotion and preservation of the Garifuna culture took […]
The Prime Minister’s recent statement on oil exploration in protected areas is causing a firestorm. Last week the PM said that while he had not decided on the future of offshore exploration, he supports drilling by Capital Energy in the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Earlier today, the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage issued […]
Hope is slipping away for a Belize City woman, whose son went missing twelve days ago. Violet Jones says her son, Matthew Gonzalez went fishing earlier this month and no one has seen him since then. Gonzalez lived in san Pedro and his neighbor first alerted her that he had not been seen since January […]
There’s another development in the two week old tendering dispute. There’s word that Carnival intends to cancel stops in Belize on Thursday and that Royal Caribbean along with Norwegian Cruise Lines are bound to follow suit. As it stands tonight, an agreement on the price to transport tourists from the cruise ships to the Fort […]
The family of William Portillo is safely home tonight. They got the keys to their new house this afternoon and moved in after it was handed over to them by Hand in Hand Ministries and Scotiabank. The house is only one component of the Building for Change project; the intention is to build families, an […]
There were two shootings in the Old Capital in the past twenty-four hours. Shots rang out on Monday night at the usually quiet Belama community, across from the police sub-station on Chetumal Street. Just last week there was outrage from the area representative that the station has been closed since the end of last year. […]
The judiciary and members of the legal community were out in full force and regalia this morning for the traditional opening of the Supreme Court. The Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich reflected on the number of cases and the rise in crime last year while the President of the Bar sought a commitment for the […]
Forty-three Belizeans working at the BATSUB Headquarters in Price Barracks, Ladyville have been given formal notice that come April first their services will no longer be needed. The layoff comes as part of a massive reduction effort by the British Ministry of Defense to ease its presence in Belize and several other countries. The job […]
A woman is claiming she was sexually assaulted by a high ranking officer of the Police Department. But apparently she doesn’t want to pursue the matter in court. The woman, an employee of the Ministry of Works reported the alleged attempted rape to Superintendent Sandra Bodden, at the Commissioner’s office. According to the statement, the […]
A couple in Punta Gorda was attacked on Sunday night and tonight Jesus Bol is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. with chop wounds on his hand and minor injuries on his head. His common-law-wife Darlene Coleman, has charges of Attempted Murder and Rape pending in the Supreme Court against Tito Martinez, who is also known as […]
A burglary early on Sunday morning at Three Flags Supermarket at mile fifty nine on the Western Highway, ended in the death of the suspect. Paul Benjamin was a football player and his family is still in shock. They don’t believe he ever entered the building and allege that the scene was staged. While the […]
A new fee called a rider’s tax was unexpectedly imposed on domestic flights since Saturday. The tax ostensibly will be used for the expansion of the Belize City municipal airstrip, a project estimated to cost in the range of thirteen million dollars. Whether the tax is permanent, has not been determined, but what we can […]
A local musician says he intends to sue for damages after a brutal run-in with police officers on the eighth of this month. Damion August, who goes by the stage name Weezy, says the cops broke his jaw and landed him in the hospital for a week. But aside from the physical pain, August says […]
There are two men reported to be missing. Normally we don’t report on missing cases but because of the current climate of violence on the streets, prudence is necessary. According to Violet Jones of Belize City, her son Matthew Gonzalez Junior is missing and she wants the public’s help in locating him. The twenty-five year […]
A Swedish visitor, staying at the Seaside Guest House in Belize City is tonight still shaken after she was robbed at gunpoint. Sofia Eva Hillstrom says she was approached by a single assailant, who pointed a firearm at her head and demanded her belongings. She handed over her purse, which contained cash and personal documents […]
There are reports in the Mexican press that Justo Alberto Balam was detained over the weekend in Chetumal. It is claimed that Balam is a Belizean who may be wanted by local authorities. But according to the Mexican Embassy’s Press Officer, Marcelino Miranda, Balam remains in custody across the border until it is ascertained whether […]
We can report tonight that Carnival Cruise lines will not be calling on port this Tuesday. The reason is that the local tendering operations are not satisfactory to the cruise line. That’s the latest word coming from the newly formed Association of Tender Operators, which is now being led by Jason Marin after the sudden […]
Earlier in the newscast, we interviewed Senior Superintendent Chester Williams, who we had reported on a previous occasion had gone off to study law in Barbados. In case you were wondering how Senior Superintendent Chester Williams is still the Officer Commanding the San Ignacio Police Formation, he explained to us that his posting is “legal”. […]
Attorney at Law, Norman Gilbert Neal Senior has passed away. Neal was once a Magistrate, then later went into private practice as an attorney. On Saturday, after months of battling prostate cancer, Neal, also known as “Charlie Bogs”, died quietly at his Campus Avenue home in the West Landivar area of Belize City. His dedication […]
Going into the weekend, there is great unease in the city where gang warfare has erupted. There were two shootings on Thursday night within minutes of each other. One turned out fatal for Trevor Trapp, the brother of Andre Trapp who was ambushed last year as he left the court in downtown Belize City. Trevor […]
Forty minutes before Trapp’s murder, a shopkeeper was shot inside his business. Shirong Mei, was at his shop at the corner of Prince Street and East Canal when he was shot by a customer. The customer came up to the barred window of the store and after placing his order, he shot twice at Mei. […]
