U.S. Ambassador Robert Dieter’s term of office in Belize is about to expire. Aside from the diplomatic work he was engaged in, one of Dieter’s personal goals was to visit educational institutions around the country and share some of his own experiences with students. Today Dieter and his wife Gwendolyn visited Canaan and Nazarene High […]
Channel Five is upping the stakes in its popular weekly Game Show Tek it or Leave It. So to start the year on a good foot, Carlos Lara had the opportunity to take home ten thousand dollars in cash. He played last Wednesday strategically hoping that with lady luck by his side, the ten grand […]
On Monday’s newscast we brought you the story of twenty-one year old Christopher Bowman who needs funding for a surgery to remove a tumour from his chest. Bowman is currently in the United States seeking treatment, but his eight year plight to get the tumour removed caught the attention of a CBS Dallas reporter, Jay […]
The challenges and issues faced by Belize’s children and youths are numerous… and for decades UNICEF has been trying to improve those conditions, not only in Belize but around the world. On Monday, Country Representative Rana Flowers was a guest on Open Your Eyes and reports that funding for UNICEF’s activities come from all over […]
Our lead story tonight involves the controversial sale of a parcel of land in San Pedro Town that over the years has been used as a park. The purported sale has raised the ire of many who reside in the area and points to a questionable land transaction involving what is believed to be an […]
Last Friday former P.U.P Minister Jose Coye, publicly said he felt vindicated after Lands Commissioner, Manuel Rodriguez, instructed the Lands Registrar, Marjorie Petzold, to cancel letters of caution the Ministry had issued to title-holders of fifty-seven lots in a subdivision developed by Coye’s CHEOP Enterprises. The development began when Coye was still in government and […]
March fourth, the date set for the City Council and Town Council Elections, is less than two months away and the two main political parties have their horses at the gate. Over the past weekend, the opposition P.U.P. presented its candidates at a low key event and this morning, the man who hopes to dethrone […]
According to statistics from the Elections and Boundaries, there are thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-one registered voters in the commercial city, which means that the campaign will be more intense for the two political parties. The blue ticket includes a mix of old and new faces such as Danny Madrid, Jackie Welch, Marvin Otley, […]
There is another case of murder to report tonight. This latest incident involves the gruesome beheading of a man in the Stann Creek District last week Friday. Police in Independence are reporting that forty-two year old Honduran National Israel Escobar Montoya was killed inside his home in Cowpen Village. Officers have been investigating this horrific […]
A swimming expedition at the Hydro Dam in the Rio Bravo area of Blue Creek, Orange Walk turned deadly for two Belize City residents. Shortly after three on Sunday afternoon, three friends and co-workers of Plues Street set out to swim near the hydro dam: twenty-four year old, Jair Moh, seventeen year old Javier Hernandez […]
There were several robberies to report that took place over the weekend. The first incident occurred on Friday on Orange Street in Belize City. About seven-fifty p.m. two men entered Sunshine Restaurant and one of the two, stood guard at the door while the other headed to the counter and pulled out a black point […]
A forty-nine year old Belize City resident and his thirty-five year old girlfriend will spend a month behind bars for being in possession of ammunition, a nine millimetre pistol and point six grams of cocaine. Today, businessman Wayne Yorke and his girlfriend Reina Cruz appeared in the Magistrates’ Court where they pleaded not guilty to […]
The ten year agreement between NICH and Cruise Solutions’ was ventilated by the media for days unending and while NICH president Diane Haylock was suspended by Cabinet for a month, it doesn’t mean that the issue has gone away. Haylock is now having her say about the public spat between her and Minister of Culture […]
Outgoing U.S. President George Bush signed a legislation on June thirtieth of last year which will have an impact on Belize. It is called the Merida Initiative, a partnership signed amongst the governments of the United States, Mexico, and Central America and other regional partners to confront trans-border crimes committed by gangs, organized criminal organizations […]
The streets have been paved and the parking of vehicles has been relegated to one side of Albert Street. Drivers have complied, but on Friday the sidewalks which should have been only for pedestrians were still occupied by vendors. The transfer of street vendors to the Battlefield Park was a particularly prickly issue for some […]
The plight of a Belize City young man has gone international and tonight his mother is pleading for assistance for her son who is in the United States undergoing a string of surgeries to remove a tumor. Twenty-one year old Belize City resident, Christopher Bowman, has been battling with a very large and growing tumor […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week sixteen of the Belize Bank Super League of Soccer saw three teams already into the post season and two of these ball clubs clashed at the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday in a bid to improve their playoff seedings […]
Former P.U.P. Minister of Government, Jose Coye has twice been taken to court since the change of government and in both instances he has felt vindicated. The most recent case goes back to February of 2008, immediately after the current administration took office. The Ministry of Natural Resources issued letters of caution on fifty-seven lots […]
On Wednesday, the Public Utilities Commission announced that they had made an amendment to the June 2008 annual review proceeding final decision. The big news coming out of the amendment was that the there will be a twelve percent reduction in rates for consumers for the first six months of this change. At a press […]
The case of Theft against former Prime Minister, Said Musa was called today in the Belmopan Magistrates’ Court. But the preliminary inquiry did not proceed because the defense team needed time to review the evidence provided to them only last Friday by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait. A period of fourteen days is […]
A change in any government is usually followed by a change in top ranking personnel… and with president-elect Barack Obama scheduled to take office on the twentieth, the term of U.S. Ambassador to Belize Robert Dieter will come to an end. In his final days as the US’ top diplomat in Belize, Dieter appeared on […]
And in news from the courts, an electrician of Casanova Street might be facing prison time for an unusual recipe for Johnny Cake. At about twelve-thirty p.m. today, twenty-one year old Khaphian Jones, took some Johnny Cake to a friend who was in the holding cell at the Queen Street Police Station. An officer explored […]
Also in the court, an inmate at the Hattieville Prison will spend an extra year behind bars after he pleaded guilty to charges of Drug Trafficking. Today, thirty-five year old Martin Gideon, who was serving nine years for a previous case of robbery and harm, was sentenced to spend another year for trying to slip […]
And Ivan Jones, a nineteen year old fisherman who was out on bail for a burglary charge he received two weeks ago, did not learn from that experience. On December first, 2008, Jones allegedly broke into the house of his neighbor, sixty-four year old taxi driver Fidencio Vasquez and stole several items. Jones was back […]
In another case, twenty year old, Clifford Flores of Caesar Ridge Road appeared in court to answer to charges of Aggravated Assault on twenty-three year old Wayne Rocke. Today, Flores appeared before Magistrate Sharon Frazer and pleaded not guilty to the charge, but due to the nature of the offence, he was remanded into custody […]
