When we aired a story two weeks ago on the suspension of city administrator Englebert Perrera, little did we know that his was only the tip of the iceberg. Reports are that, Human Resources Manager Christine Perriott has been sent home for a week without pay while she is being investigated for similar allegations as […]
At yesterday’s sitting of the Senate, sixty-six year old Supreme Court Judge John Troadio Gonzalez was reappointed to the bench for a one year term. Gonzalez retired earlier this year but with a voluminous calendar of overdue criminal and civil case files, he was brought out of retirement. His appointment is retroactive to September first […]
In other news from the courts, three men walked down the steps of the Supreme Court free of charges of Murder earlier today. The reason, the chief witness could not be located to give testimony in the trial, making it the eighth case this month that the prosecution has been unable to proceed with. The […]
Another murder case fell through for the prosecution today in the Supreme Court due to insufficient evidence. This time it is twenty-two year old Denvo Banner, charged with the murder of twenty-eight year old Demsley Arnold, who was gunned down on February sixteenth, 2007 in Belize City. The shooting took place around three-fifteen p.m. at […]
In more news from the courts, a U.S. national resident of Burrell Boom will spend the end of year holidays behind bars. Twenty-eight year old Brian Tillett was today charged with the Unlawful Carnal Knowledge of a thirteen year old minor. Magistrate Tracy Sosa informed Tillett in court that no plea will be taken because […]
Michael Gladden, who appeared in court on Monday for Attempted Murder, was back in Court today, this time for the robbery of another taxi driver, sixty three year old Hipolito Fernandez that occurred around eight-thirty on Friday November fourteenth, 2008. Gladden pleaded not guilty to the charge and will re-appear in court on December seventeenth. […]
Two convictions were secured in court; in the first case, a fifty-one year old man was today sentenced to a year and five months in prison. On October third, Alrick “Mente” Reneau pleaded guilty to Theft and was fined five hundred dollars. But today when Reneau reappeared in court for an unrelated charge of Theft, […]
In the other case, in court today thirty-three year old Charles Bradley pleaded guilty and was sent to prison. The fisherman was busted by police on Thursday with a nine millimetre pistol and this afternoon Bradley pleaded guilty to Keeping a Firearm and Ammunition without a License. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie sentenced him to two […]
It is the beginning of the peak season in the tourism industry and with tourist arrivals slightly down and a financial crisis gripping the U.S., which is where most of our tourists originate, stakeholders in the industry met today to look at the season and challenges ahead. Jose Sanchez reports from the Biltmore Plaza where […]
It’s that time of the year when students from secondary and tertiary level schools are recognized for their performance in the Caribbean Advance Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. And this year the national top scorers hail from St John’s. The Belize CXC National Committee today held the National Award Ceremonies at the Bliss […]
The results of the exams, however, show a mixed bag. While results indicated performance increases in passes in sixteen of the thirty-three subject areas, English showed a decrease by twenty-two percent and Mathematics increased by eleven point six percent. Chairman of the CXC National Committee, Alan Genitty says that this will give the Ministry a […]
Four years ago, the employees of the Social Security Board started the Ride across Belize as an initiative to uplift the image of the organization and at the same time promote a healthy lifestyle and raise money for charity. In 2007, the ride raised sixty thousand dollars. This year’s four-day ride begins this coming Thursday. […]
The culmination of the Primary School Volleyball competition was staged at the Belize City Centre today. Students from primary schools countrywide convened to battle for the titles of Female and Male Volleyball Champs against rival school teams. Preliminary competitions took place earlier this school year in all six districts. National Sports Coordinator, Charlie Slusher says […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported that S.J.C. had topped the CAPE and CSEC exams. That’s quite an academic accomplishment and to show that its students are well rounded, the institution earlier in the day, premiered an art exhibition that captures the talents of its students in the creative arts. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Art Everywhere; […]
When residents drove over the Swing Bridge on Thursday morning, they were surprised and probably perplexed to see a gazebo smack in the middle of the junction with North Front Street and Queen Street. But unlike backyard gazebos this one wasn’t for relaxing… instead it is for on-duty traffic officers. Today the structure, which is […]
It is finally here, Tek it or Leave, the new game show on Channel Five. Saffiyah has the details of the show and more on what’s happening around Belize… Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. The art Center of S.J.C. would like everyone to know that their art exhibit is now open. […]
It is eyeball to eyeball between the Barrow Administration and Telemedia over the Accommodation agreement signed in 2005 between the two. On one side the government has declared it as invalid and on the other, Telemedia has maintained that it is binding and legal. And today if Belmopan did not get the memo, Telemedia stepped […]
At the time Telemedia was making its statements, Prime Minister Dean Barrow was leaving Belize for the scheduled twenty-fourth meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Antigua and Barbuda. The meeting will address matters on economic partnership agreement and the negotiating of a trade between CARICOM and Canada. […]
And in the Supreme Court, the case against Lionel Castillo, known as the Ombudsboy, finally came before Justice Herbert Lord today and Castillo walked free when Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Banker-Taitt filed a nolle prosequi indicating that the prosecution was unable to proceed. Castillo was facing a charge of Agreement to Influence an Officer […]
And in the lower court, tonight a Mahogany Height resident is in prison, accused of the carnal knowledge of a female child. Forty year old Ian Blake appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning to answer to the charge of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge against a thirteen year old girl, which occurred on Sunday. He was remanded […]
Also in the Magistrates’ Court, a dispute over twenty-five cents has landed a businessman in jail. The incident in question occurred around six p.m. on Monday when seventeen year old Jason Lamb went to purchase Boledo at Kim’s #1. Lamb says he paid for his numbers and was supposed to receive twenty-five cents change and […]
Eighteen year old Jhermack Lopez, a labourer of Amara Avenue, who allegedly broke into the house of his ex-girlfriend twenty-three year old Lisa Alvarez and choked her, was charged with Burglary when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Tracy Sosa offered Lopez a bail of four thousand dollars and adjourned his case until January […]
And in another case in the Supreme Court, one more witness refused to testify at a murder trial, and the accused also walked free. Twenty- five year old Alburn Plunkett, who was charged with the 2006 murder of Cassius Myers, was freed of the charge today in the court of Justice Adolph Lucas when crown […]
A thief who tried to rob a man of his gold chain was caught dead in his tracks. Twenty-one year old Victor Gibbs reported to police that around six-fifteen Wednesday morning, he and a friend were standing in front of his house when a tall male with braided hair rode up to them on a […]
While on the issue of crime, remember the Ross Kemp documentary on the gangs in Belize? It made many wary of foreign journalists portraying Belize as a dangerous place where tourist dollars should stay away from. While the Kemp documentary was aired back in September, there is another that is about to bring the purported […]
