Over the next three days officials from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre and representatives of more than thirty regional organisations will meet in Belize to discuss information sharing and mitigation strategies against natural disasters and the impact of climate change. According to organisers, the idea is to pool ideas, methods, and resources to promote […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s portion of Sports Monday. The RFG Insurance Cup Tournament kicked off the 2005 season over the weekend with a whopping seven ball games spread out across the nation. Here in Belize City, football fans got to see Kremandala open against Hankook Verdes at the M.C.C. Grounds, so […]
A caretaker from the Tres Cocos area of San Pedro made a gruesome discovery around nine-thirty this morning when he came across the body of a man lying in the lagoon. The corpse was completely nude and badly decomposed. Police say because of its condition, they have been unable to determine its identity and all […]
On Monday at the opening of a military seminar, Minister of Defence Vildo Marin spoke of the many threats facing Belize. These include trans-national organised crime involving illicit drugs, human smuggling, arms trafficking, and money laundering, not to mention challenges such as corruption, environmental degradation, terrorism, natural disasters, and pandemics like HIV/AIDS and Dengue. But […]
Bike thefts seem to be on the rise, but one Belize City man abandoned his bike in fear when a robber approached him wielding a machete. Carl Parham told police he was riding his beach cruiser on West Canal around seven-thirty Monday morning when Steven Arnold began chasing him with a machete, making chopping motions. […]
A Ladyville resident pleaded not guilty to burglary and handling stolen goods today in Magistrate’s Court. Stanley Hilton of Mitchell Estate was granted bail of five thousand dollars, but was remanded due to other unpaid court fines. He is accused of breaking into the home of his neighbour Alfred Hislop sometime between August twenty-seventh and […]
On September nineteenth, Denfield Anderson will be eight months old, but already this baby boy, who weighs only seven pounds and three ounces, has gone through more than his tiny body can endure. Little Denfield was born with a heart defect that has been affecting his breathing and health, and the child’s physicians have acknowledged […]
It’s that time of the year when Belizean artists release their latest works as part of the September celebrations to observe the Battle of St. George’s Caye and Independence Day. One such example is “The Story of Belize City”, an epic poem by John Alexander Walter. Watler says the production is based on his own […]
With the September celebrations in full swing, many of us are looking forward to attending musical concerts. One such performance, The Belize Sound Fest, is scheduled for Saturday night. But at least one of the organisers says September no longer belongs to local artists and for some reason the business community seems to prefer to […]
And while the veterans of the Belizean musical scene are fighting to defend their territory, some young up and coming Belizean performers are also presenting a unified front on Tenth night. Rock bands Echoes, Aquarius, and Zyro Dcplyn, and a number of special surprise performers will be putting on a “Unity Concert” at the Putt […]
A jewellery shop owner from San Ignacio is much richer tonight. Juanita Carmita Pinelo won Wednesday night’s Lotto jackpot of one hundred and two thousand, five hundred dollars by selecting the same numbers she has played for the past four years: 1-9-15-19 and 24. Why was she so sure these would be her lucky numbers? […]
The baby featured earlier in our newscast has to go abroad for open-heart surgery, but another child is undergoing a series of operations right here in Belize City to help him recover from an accident at his home. What caused his suffering is a common household item, something you may never have considered dangerous to […]
Tonight there is significant news from the Belize-Guatemala front: the Ramphal/Reichler proposals have been shelved, demoted to nothing more than paperweights. According to Belize’s lead negotiator in the Guatemalan claim to our territory, Assad Shoman, this week both countries have begun to chart a new course towards a solution acceptable on both sides of the […]
It seems hardly a week goes by without someone getting into a traffic accident. Particularly disturbing are recent cases of children being severely injured or killed in auto mishaps. And while there is some good news for one young victim today, she has been joined by yet another little one in the hospital. Added to […]
A Ladyville resident who had been badly beaten and stabbed found his way to the Ladyville police station on Wednesday morning to report the crime. What makes this story different, however, is that Godfrey Coote says he was attacked by two women. While their motive was not revealed when they appeared in Magistrate court today, […]
In other court news, a former employee of the Belize Water Services Limited pleaded not guilty today to four counts of theft. B.W.S.L. is accusing Tanisia Emmanuel of dishonestly appropriating almost eight hundred dollars in four separate transactions on August eighth. Emmanuel was granted bail of two thousand five hundred dollars, which she met. She […]
While public perception is that a great many burglars get away and the stolen property is never recovered, today one member of the public did his or her part to ensure a thief was caught red-handed BEFORE he got anything. Police say a call to 911 alerted them to a break-in at a house on […]
On Wednesday night, the Alliance Against AIDS was once again burglarised. Sometime during the night, a thief or thieves cut through the locks of an attic window. Once inside, the perpetrators stole three computers and other electronic equipment valued at eighteen thousand dollars and left by breaking the locks on the back door. This morning, […]
While September normally brings a children’s rally to promote patriotism, today a rally was held for high school students to promote peace and end the violence on the streets. Leading the charge were Youth for the Future and Belize Youth Movement, with considerable help from some international music stars. Linsford Castillo, Administrator, Y.F.F. “We have […]
This is only the second Kriol Festival, but from the heavy turnout today at the Belize City House of Culture, it’s clear this event is quickly becoming a favourite on the September Celebrations Calendar. And true to the theme of “Wan, Wan okro full baaskit” the very best in Kriol food, music, language, and cultural […]
With little money but plenty of spirit for the big day, Carnival groups are once again racing against the clock to get ready. William Neal visited some of the Mas Camps last night to see what is different this year. William Neal, Reporting Mas camp rounds by the media are designed to boost the morale […]
Police have made more arrests today in connection with several weekend homicides. While the authorities have already fingered Leroy Henry as the triggerman in the Jason Hill murder, tonight they have charged a second man with murder: eighteen year old Erwin James. During a press briefing at the Queen Street police station this afternoon, authorities […]
He’s been nursing his wounds in the hospital ever since an intended robbery victim returned fire with a vengeance, but now twenty-three year old Darren Waight is well enough to face a judge for his alleged crimes. Waight, of Allan Pitts Crescent, was formally arraigned today in the court of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord. The […]
On the civil side of the judicial docket, a dive resort has prevailed in a legal dispute over a sunken boat. In a case decided last month but entered into the record this week, Justice Samuel Awich has ruled that Lighthouse Reef Resort is entitled to collect a four hundred and twenty thousand dollar claim […]
The last time the Belize Tourism Board and Inter-American Development Bank collaborated, the result was a major renovation of Belize’s ancient Maya sites just in time for the nation’s boom in cruise tourism. This time around the B.T.B. and I.D.B. are looking to build on that success with an initiative that seeks to upgrade the […]
