Two persons have been detained pending police investigations into the cause of a fire that destroyed three houses in San Miguel Village. Punta Gorda police are questioning Sepriano Sho and Mariano Kuz, both residents of San Miguel. According to reports at around eleven o’clock on Tuesday night a fire started in the kitchen of a […]
The assistant receptionist of the Pathology Lab on Eve Street who was detained for questioning in connection with the robbery of five hundred in cash and seven hundred dollars in cheques has been released. Police say the receptionist reported she was on her way to Barclays Bank on Tuesday morning when a man ran up […]
To help market Belize as an attractive tourist destination the Belize Tourism Board is hosting two groups of travel writers this week. According to Belize Tourism Board’s Director Valerie Woods their visits will generate positive publicity for Belize in the international press. Valerie Woods, Director of BTB “As part of Tourist Board’s on going marketing […]
Although they have full schedules, twenty-five Police Officers and Prison Warders devoted their day to learning new techniques in a workshop sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization. According to psychiatrist Dr. Roy Lopez, their objective is to sensitize the officers about Mental Health and Psychiatric Issues in order to […]
In an effort to contribute positively to the Dangriga community, the Punta Rebels band will be holding a series of concerts at the various parks beginning tonight at the Benguche Park. They also plan to bring all the Dangriga bands together to hold a fundraiser to buy a TV and VCR for the children’s ward […]
On Sunday June 20, thirty-three swimmers will brave the waters from St. George’s Caye to Belize City to raise funds and awareness about cancer in Belize. Members of Swim Across Belize Outstanding Relief, SABOR are spearheading the effort with help from Belize City Rotary and the Belize Audubon Society. While most of the swimmers, the […]
The Rotary Club of Orange Walk has been involved in a community project of its own. This past week they hosted a team of doctors, nurses and technical staff who performed craniofacial surgeries on 35 patients. The Life Enhancement Association for People, LEAP, team performed two full days of operations on cases which included cleft […]
While a lot of people are focusing on the start of the Semi-pro basketball finals tomorrow night, there are members of the sports world who are completely wrapped up in another endeavor. One they hope will show the region what Belize’s up and coming athletic stars can do. Arreini Palacio was at the City Center […]
Today, family members of Sherilee Nicholas and Jay Blades visited the police forensic lab where we understand they viewed items that were found with the remains discovered on Sunday on a feeder road by three and half miles on the western highway. Although police will not say at this point if the school bag, books […]
Three families in San Miguel, Punta Gorda are without homes tonight after a fire broke out shortly around eleven Tuesday night. According to reports the flames totally engulfed buildings belonging to Sebastian Coh, John Coh and Ricardo Cuz. At this time it is not known how the fire ignited but P.G police say the blaze […]
An Assistant Receptionist at the Pathology Lab on Eve Street reported she was robbed of five hundred dollars cash and seven hundred dollars in cheques on Tuesday morning. According to CIB, the woman said she left the lab to go and deposit the money at Barclays Bank and as she walked on Daly street, a […]
On June third, forty year old Alcine Eudithia, from Ghana, who was arrested and charged with two counts of obtaining property by deception was remanded to Hattieville prison after he fail to meet bail of five thousand dollars. Today an additional charge of obtaining services by deception was levied against him after it was discovered […]
Last week Friday’s Semi Pro basketball game has left one team to face newcomers BTL Nets in the finals. Although there have been no Semi Pro games in the past year Phoenix Footlocker Raiders are no stranger to the Championships, the question is whether they can once again become the champs. Arreini Palacio, Reporting It […]
Belize’s reef is already a World Heritage site and now Belize will be the international headquarters for the Meso-American Reef System project (MRSP). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Johnny Briceno, who attended an environmental conference in Guatemala last week says Belize lobbied hard to get the headquarters for the MRSP which is […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will be rehabilitated through a three-point two million-dollar grant from the European Union. This week cabinet reviewed the proceedings of a meeting between members of the ministries of health, works and budget planning to determine the scope of the work. Cabinet will also be asking the Inter-American Development Bank to […]
The Students of St. Joseph’s Primary School assembled this morning to hear some good news from the Minister of National Security who is also the area representative for the Freetown division. Jorge Espat handed over ninety thousand dollars to complete the school’s expansion project, which will provide additional classrooms, a principal’s office and restroom facilities. […]
The children of Stella Maris School got a pleasant musical treat this afternoon, from the Fiddlers on the Reef, the chamber group that is performing for it’s seventh year in Belize. Arreini Palacio reports. The five professional musicians who play for the Pacific Symphony Orchestra of Southern California, are bringing free classical music concerts to […]
The Ministry of National Security announced today that no crimes were reported over the past forty-eight hours due to the continued efforts of the police and BDF. But while they claim there was no new crime, the specter of an old one reared its fearsome head this weekend when a man who went to cut […]
A young man was violently attacked by five men in Santa Elena, Cayo on Saturday night. Edward Peters has been hospitalized and five men Allan, Denis and Aaron Castillo, Lindburg Bahador and Denis Castellanos are in police custody. Police say nineteen-year-old Edward Peters was escorting a young lady in the New Area of Santa Elena, […]
In its 1998 manifesto the People’s United Party promised to create 15 thousand jobs during its five-year term of office. We don’t pretend to know about the other 14,999, but one man few people ever expected to see back on the government payroll has surfaced in a big way. Word is that Delroy Cuthkelvin, the […]
The Belize Defense force will be taking advantage of a training opportunity in the form of a visiting United States Naval vessel the U.S.S. Firebolt. Members of the BDF Maritime Wing under the command of Major Teck will undergo training in a number of areas including patrol techniques in Belizean waters. Colonel Hugh Cain says […]
Two and a half years ago members of the Louisiana National Guard spent several weeks grading and improving the drainage of the 12 miles between Burrel Boom and Hattieville getting it ready to be paved. Now it seems the project may be completed if the World Bank agrees to assist with the finances. This morning […]
Usually when you hear the word Fahrenheit you probably think of the hot summer temperatures, but Fahrenheit has a new meaning in the music world. The jazz and blues CD, which was released early this year in New York, features the music of Belizean saxophonist Ronald Clarke. Clarke, who has his roots deep in the […]
A traffic accident in Belize City this evening has left two vehicles heavily damaged, but their drivers unharmed. Lt. Colonel Luke Castillo was driving his BDF Land Rover west on Raccoon Street around six this evening when he says he was run into by a Chrysler pulling out of Bocatora Street. That car was driven […]
Belize has been selected to participate in a study to monitor the effects of global warming and rising seas on the coral reef. To learn about the study and how it will be carried out, Dylan Gomez of the Bacalar Chico Marine reserve off San Pedro attended a seminar in the Bahamas. The CBU has […]
