Consumers may not have felt it quite yet, but in the coming weeks a number of imported goods will soon sport higher price tags. The reason: a new tax which was supposed to help the environment is in the first instance just increasing the cost of living. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting It sailed […]
It is not a narcotic of choice for Belizean addicts, but that didn’t stop drug runners from using Belize as a transshipment point for a small fortune in heroin. Police managed to nip this deal in the bud, however, as two Hondurans, one Colombian and one Nicaraguan were busted with over six pounds of the […]
Police report a breakthrough in last month’s heist of the Belize Bank in San Ignacio. Over the weekend thirty-two year old Javier Ramirez of Orange Walk was arrested and charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary in connection with the break in which occurred sometime over the March ninth holiday weekend. At that time […]
Dangriga police, acting on a tip, have confiscated a big wad of counterfeit U.S. banknotes. The bust came in Seine Bight Village where eighteen-year-old Jovanie Miguel of Placencia was found holding a roll that would choke a whale shark. A total of five hundred and six bogus hundred dollar bills were confiscated from the young […]
The police even got some help in their crime fighting efforts from some public-spirited citizens. Around 8:00 Saturday night an Italian tourist was robbed at gunpoint while walking down North Front Street, but when the mugger took off with his victim’s knapsack he had some company. A number of passersby, along with tourism police, set […]
Politics marches on as three nominating conventions were held over the weekend, two for the People’s United Party and one for the United Democratic Party. All were hotly contested. In Cayo West, one of only three divisions not held by the PUP, Kendall Mendez was elected as PUP standard bearer. He received eight hundred and […]
Belize Electricity Limited is breathing a little bit easier tonight as it appears that the power supply from Mexico is back on track. The big Merida Three plant returned to service as scheduled on Friday night and the Commision Federal de Electricidad has been selling Belize twenty-five megawatts of electricity ever since. If the supply […]
On Saturday the Citrus Growers Association held its annual Citri Expo. The event, held at the organisation’s headquarters on the Stann Creek Valley Road, highlighted the many activities that the C.G.A. is involved in, including finance, research, technical advice, machinery rental, hauling services and fertilizer sales. The expo was opened by Citrus Industry Minister Henry […]
Not far away in Dangriga, an agricultural show was being held as part of a week of festivities organised by the World Garifuna Organisation. The show featured produce and handicraft primarily from the Garifuna communities of Barranco, Seine Bight, Hopkins, Georgetown, Dangriga and Punta Gorda.
On Friday the town of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye inaugurated its new fire station. The facility, located on Middle Street near the centre of the community, was built largely by the firemen themselves at a cost of ninety thousand dollars. The station will house two fire trucks as well as office space, training room and […]
Regular viewers of this newscast need no reminder that as much as we may love our wonderful country, sometime things go radically wrong. And whether that wrong is a driveby shooting, a high-speed traffic accident or a natural disaster like hurricane or fire, chances are that the victim will need to be given blood. Today, […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re in tuned to this version of Sports Monday. Things certainly are heating up at big Bird’s Isle as Belize District Basketball continues to pick up steam heading into the playoffs. We now take you to the Friday night opener between Medina’s House of Jewelry and M&M’s Christian Ambassadors. […]
Belizean businessman and owner of the Coral Grove Lounge, Kevin Morris, had his extradition hearing in the Magistrate’s Court adjourned for the fourth time this morning, this time until May eleventh. Reports are that Belize police picked up Morris on February first at the request of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. He is allegedly wanted […]
Police in Corozal have arrested the man they believe murdered an eighty-eight year old victim last month. Twenty-four year old Alejandro Ramirez has allegedly confessed to the brutal crime which occurred sometime prior to the morning of March sixth, when the body of Francisco Molina was discovered by employees of the Catholic mission who provided […]
Another death in Corozal, this one discovered Thursday evening, also has police working overtime. Officers were called to a farm about four miles from town around 5:30 where they found the body of fifty-six year old Zacaria Santos, a farmer of Salvadoran nationality. Santos’ body displayed bruises on the face, chest, abdomen and legs. A […]
Officials at Belize Electricity Limited are once again keeping their fingers crossed, hoping that assurances given by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission are reliable. B.E.L. has been told that the four hundred and eighty megawatt Merida Three plant, which has been down for repairs for over a month, will come back online sometime tonight. If it […]
The increasingly popular political practice of bribing voters with one half of a blue note has come under some serious criticism from the Central Bank. In a release today, the bank reminds the public that coins and bills that are mutilated, defaced or torn are not legal tender and will not be redeemed by authorities. […]
A new facility for the mentally ill has been opened at the Belmopan Hospital. The acute psychiatric ward was officially dedicated on Thursday by Minister of Health Jose Coye. Built at a cost of eighty thousand dollars, the ward will be home to those patients who pose a threat to themselves and those trying to […]
The World Health Organisation is encouraging Belizeans to walk for good mental health tomorrow. The journey from Hattieville to Rockview Hospital is just one of the activities to mark the observance of World Health Day on April seventh. PAHO consultant Jacqueline Dragone says that mental illness is not an all or nothing proposition. Ann-Marie Williams […]
Back in the days when streets in Belize City and the district towns were unpaved, the dust somehow didn’t seem so bad… probably because there were much fewer vehicles. Today, however, we found at least one choking resident who says he’s ready to go to jail if that’s what it takes to put down the […]
In terms of name recognition she’s probably not too far behind Marion Jones–and she’s still a teenager. Jose Sanchez reports on one of our favorite national symbols. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Back in 1983 when the Belize Zoo first opened its gates, few would have predicted that a shy newborn would one day grow up to […]
It has not been a good year for the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. Once the pride of Belize’s natural attractions, the area first fell victim to a devastating plague of bark beetles which promised to kill the vast majority of its trees. Now, just as timber salvage operations were reaching high gear, fast moving […]
A Belizean owned hotel and a Chinese shop were both jacked of over thirteen hundred dollars during a pair of robberies last night in Belize City. Police say Fiona Harris, thirty-eight, a receptionist at the Belcove Hotel on Regent Street West, reported that while in the office at around 8:45, a dark complexioned man entered […]
There is still no positive news to report on the electricity front. The Merida Three plant in Mexico remains offline, but officials are saying that it will return to service by ten Friday night. In the meantime, B.E.L. managed to avoid load shedding today, but has scheduled selected blackouts tonight from seven to ten in […]
Reading and writing are fundamental skills needed to survive and prosper in any society. Most of us acquire that knowledge in primary school, but there are still those who fall through the cracks and live for years without ever reading a book or filling out a job application. In an effort to rid the country […]
