The Bar Association of Belize had elections last night; one of the main issues in the Bar’s meeting was the election of a president to succeed Jackie Marshalleck who headed the Bar since March of 2007. The new president of the exclusive club of attorneys is Aldo Salazar. Until recently, Salazar was the former Registrar […]
Earlier in the newscast we reported on developments in the Belize Bank and NEWCO. And in the no holds barred interview Lord Ashcroft also had his thoughts on the Prime Minister’s stimulus plan. Here is what he had to say… Lord Michael Ashcroft “To put it in its simplest sense, a stimulus is meant to […]
And the price of fish has gone up considerably. But before you panic, we’re talking about the price of the dreaded Lionfish. The invasive fish specie released off the coast of Florida in the nineteen ninety’s, has spawned and affected reef ecosystems in many Caribbean countries. It eats just about anything; even fish twice its […]
In the north, Orange Walk police have detained a man pending an investigation of Theft… the amount is a whopping twenty-three thousand dollars. Details are sketchy, but reports are that between July and August 2008 Dr. Marco Deville went to the United States and left a man to take care of his home in the […]
Brazen thieves continue to target schools across the country, the latest is the Toledo Community College. The incident happened around eleven on Wednesday night when two masked men attacked the watchman, sixty-two year old Toribio Parchu, who was concluding duties for the night. The gunmen tied up Parchu and when the security guard, Victor Chun […]
A jury of five women and seven men deliberated for a little over four hours today before it unanimously found forty-five year old Hubert Bennett, a.k.a. “Yankee”, not guilty of Murder but guilty of Manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of eighteen year old Tiquan Emmanuel who was killed around midnight on August twentieth, 2005 in […]
Three persons, one of them a seventeen year old boy, were charged in connection with the robbery of Brads Store on West Collet Canal, when they appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. The minor and twenty-two year old Robert Tracey were charged with robbery, while thirty-three year old Stephanie Copious, the minor’s sister, was charged with […]
A Belize City taxi driver is in the hot seat tonight, facing charges of Arson. This follows a fire at the home of a social worker on Thursday night. Police say they were summoned to Mex Avenue around ten-thirty p.m. and saw smoke coming from the lower flat of the two-storey wooden structure. Thirty-one year […]
And in the west, San Ignacio police are looking for a man in connection with a report of rape that allegedly happened after eleven o’clock on Wednesday night. The victim, a thirty-six year old woman told police that the culprit went to her house that night and invited her out to a bar in Santa […]
Earlier we reported that thieves targeted a high school in Punta Gorda, but in Belize a young food vendor got a rude awakening when two youths jacked him at gunpoint rather than patronizing his business. Nineteen year old Gustavo Ereas, a resident of West Canal, told police that he was selling fruits on Neal’s Pen […]
If you know twenty year old Wayne Harris, then Belmopan police need your help in locating him. That’s because the youth went missing three days ago and has not been seen or heard from since. According to Harris’ father, thirty-five year old Kevin Harris, Wayne left his home in the Phase Three Area of Cohune […]
Belize enjoys a rich cultural diversity and in classrooms around the country, appreciating ethnicity has become part of the curriculum. At Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City, a cultural day was organized and spearheaded by teachers and parents. There was plenty on display to show the varied cultures: Creole, East Indian, Garifuna, Maya, Mennonite […]
It’s Friday, which means you should have time on your hands to relax. In the city and elsewhere there are fun things that you, the family and friends can thoroughly enjoy, including a visit to a crocodile farm. Saffiyah has details. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? Valentines Day may be a […]
This morning Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh walked into a packed courtroom as Mayas from Toledo made the long-journey to Belize City for the first day of trial against the Government of Belize. And what a first day it turned out to be as attorney Lois Young for the government and Antoinette Moore for the Maya […]
After the court case, over a hundred Mayas made their way to the Radisson Fort George where they held a press conference. At the meeting members of the M.L.A. and the T.A.A. expressed their frustration that once again justice will be delayed for the Mayas. The citizens also called on the government to stop stalling […]
The other hot button topic at the conference was the releases sent out by the Toledo Cacao Grower’s Association. According to the T.C.G.A., the Maya Leaders Alliance and Toledo Alcalde Association had not fully consulted with the villagers before acting on their behalf. They also say that the communal land system would not work in […]
We reported last night that a container previously erected by Guatemalan Leonel Arellano had been successfully dismantled from the village of Jalacte and moved to Guatemalan territory. The issue had been a particularly thorny one for G.O.B. because Arellano who hails from the nearby village of Santa Cruz, El Peten, had defiantly threatened to attack […]
Just before news time, an accident between miles twenty and twenty-one on the Western Highway this evening left five people injured. It involved four vehicles; a Ford pickup truck and a vehicle being towed by a Toyota four Runner, all heading towards Belmopan and a green Ford van heading towards Belize City. Reports are that […]
HL’s Burgers, they are a staple and the burger stands have become institutions at strategic locations on some of Belize City’s more popular streets. But soon Belize’s burger king, our own HL’s, will be no more. That’s because the franchise has gone into receivership after its owner, Howell Longsworth, declared bankruptcy following default of seven […]
It was a busy in court today and following the lawsuit brought by the Mayas, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh granted judicial review of the controversial contract between NICH President Diane Haylock and businessman David Gegg that was signed in June 2008 and came to light in December of that year. While it is a small […]
While Courtenay’s case is straightforward and the contract will be re-drawn as agreed to by the NICH board, there is a new twist. Kaseke and Smith are arguing that since the site has not been declared an archaeological reserve, then all the visitor fees to the cave that Jaguar Paw handed over to NICH over […]
It was one of the most horrendous killings in the south of Belize, when in September of 2007 the nude body of nineteen year old Mirna Figueroa was found in some bushes off a dirt road about two miles into the Hopkins Road. She had been sexually molested and strangled to death and near her […]
Police suspect that a resident of Sittee River Village may have been poisoned by his step son. Fifty-six year old Herman Foster reported to the cops that about midday on Tuesday, his stepson Luis Assi arrived home and gave him a bottle of juice. Foster said that after taking two mouthfuls of the juice, he […]
It is known that the Guatemalan Congress has not given the green light to take the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice. In Belize, the government has given its support but the jury is still out in respect of how Belizeans feel about going the I.C.J. way. In both countries the question must […]
This morning P.U.P. Mayoral hopeful Ivan Castillo and incumbent Mayor of Corozal Town, Hilberto Campus were guests on our Open Your Eyes show. Both had an opportunity to explain their visions for the town. Castillo and Campus also discussed accountability and though both candidates had a different response about the current council’s financial records, both […]
