Just before news time tonight, a house collapsed in Belize City. The plywood and concrete building at Rivero Extension, off Kraal Road, was occupied by the Young family. The residents were in the process of lifting the structure a few feet when the accident happened. Many items were damaged inside the house, but while two […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley with this week’s rush of Sport Monday and by now you must have heard that Valley Renaissance is the boss. So let’s head to the M.C.C. Grounds where the decision game three of the Belize Bank Super League Championship series attracted a massive crowd to that vaunted venue yesterday as […]
This afternoon businessman Rhett Fuller was escorted by his wife and authorities from the Appeals Court to a waiting police vehicle… to once again be remanded to custody, as a result of his extradition appeal being dismissed. And while Fuller had no comment, his attorney Eamon Courtenay, who has been through the highs and lows […]
Fuller wasn’t the only one to get bad news from the Appeals Court. Today the Government of Belize’s constitutional amendments received the second blow when Justices Sosa, Mottley and Carey, dismissed an appeal of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh’s ruling. On July twenty-eighth the C.J. granted Alberto Vellos, Dorla Dawson, Yasmin Shoman, and Darrel Carter judicial […]
And while Alberto Vellos et al were celebrating their victory, Louis Gentle aka “Louie Ganzie” was being remanded to prison to serve out his life sentence. This morning, Ganzie’s appeal was dismissed by Justices Sosa, Mottle, and Carey. He was convicted of the murder of his ex-common law wife Takeisha Sutherland, which occurred on January […]
In the deadly and dangerous streets of Belize City, another person’s life was cut short. This time, it is a minor who months ago had a quick brush in the grenade explosion on Mayflower Street. The sixteen year old was confined to a wheelchair for some time but last night he ran out of luck. […]
The Plues Street youth who was detained after the murder of Sharife Smith was charged today for Keeping an Unlicensed Firearm Without a Gun License when he appeared in Family Court today and was sent to Boot Camp until May fourth. Late this evening, a concerned family member came by our studios to say that […]
Sharife Smith was not the only youth to lose his life over the past twenty-four hours. A child was also tragically killed in an accident that occurred this afternoon. Seven year old Elias Suarez attended the Ladyville Seventh Day Adventist School, located at the corner of Hecker and Perez Roads. Classes ended at twelve and […]
Two murders that happened earlier this week remain unresolved. Police have detained one person and are looking for other persons of interest in connection with the shooting death of Police Constable Wiener Denis. Denis was shot dead in the Salvapan area of Belmopan around two twenty-five on Thursday afternoon; he had just left home and […]
In the other case, Belmopan police also have on their hands the mysterious death of twelve year old Saida Noemi Godoy Veliz of Frank’s Eddy Village that occurred on Tuesday night. And while police have still not charged anyone in connection with her death, they are looking at the possibility of charging more than one […]
But a Guinea Grass couple needs your help to save the life of their newborn son. Joshua Teck was born with an incomplete esophagus and is unable to be fed normally. Friends of Pediatrics has been helping the family and arranged to have the baby flown to the U.S. for medical treatment along with his […]
In news from G.O.B., it was announced today that Prime Minister Dean Barrow will be traveling to Costa Rica this Sunday where he will be joining Central American presidents for a meeting with the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. The meeting with Biden has to do with the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be […]
But before the Central Americans huddle with the U.S., the world is being asked to turn off the lights this Saturday for one hour as a part of the annual Earth Hour Initiative. With climate change becoming a growing concern, Earth Hour is aimed at reaching out to communities to take small steps to mitigate […]
If you’re single and you’re at loose ends, there’s one activity that could interest you this weekend, Saffiyah has the details and more tips for a weekend of fun … Hey, I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize. Well, Easter is almost here and I hope you and your friends or family already have […]
It has not been a good week for the Police Department; one officer has been charged with Abetment to Murder, three more may face charges in connection with the same incident, the murder of a Chinese National in Orange Walk Town. Another is under investigation in the death of a twelve year old girl in […]
For years Chinese nationals have been coming to Belize from the island of Cuba and then making their way to greener pastures in the north. And it seems that business is brisk in the multi-country ring. The last chartered flight arrived in Belize on Wednesday with a group of seven men and one woman. They […]
A case in the Orange Walk Supreme Court ended today with a father of seven being sentenced to jail for Incest and Aggravated Assault. To protect the identity of the minor, we cannot reveal his name, but Justice Herbert Lord stipulated a sentence of four years for incest and three for the aggravated assault of […]
In another disturbing case from the north, twenty year old Eder Pott of Corozal, appeared in the Orange Walk Supreme Court today to face charges of an Unnatural Crime against an eight year old boy. But Pott instead pleaded guilty to the alternative charge of Aggravated Assault of an Indecent Nature and after mitigation pleas […]
Tourism-related operations at the Fort Street Tourism Village were on track this morning, despite news that a security guard lost his life there just before daybreak today. By the time the gates opened for visiting cruise ship passengers, there was nothing to indicate that the location had been the scene of a shooting. Police say […]
Belmopan police are about to detain and question once more, a volunteer special constable in connection with the unresolved death of a young girl. The twelve year old girl had gone missing and her remains were discovered on Tuesday night in a ditch close to a dump site off a dirt road in Cotton Tree […]
We have reported from time to time about the war in the transport industry between local bus companies and now there is another battle developing, but this time with regional bus lines that may have greater implications in the tourism industry. This week the Ministry of Transport held a public consultation in Belize City with […]
Belize Natural Energy is the only oil company to extract and export commercial quantities of petroleum from Belize’s soil. It is estimated that from 2005 to 2008 B.N.E. earned three hundred and thirty-four million dollars. On July sixteenth, 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow introduced the windfall tax from which the government would share fifty-fifty any […]
In news on the diplomatic front, four ambassadors presented their credentials to the Governor General of Belize, Sir Colville Young today. This morning at the Belize House, Mohammed Al-Allaf of Jordon; Ernesto Justo Lopez of Argentina; Francisco Miranda Ortigas of the Phillipines and Maria Del Carmen Diez Orejas of Spain all delivered greetings from their […]
Australia is known for having the largest barrier reef but in the Americas we like to point out that Belize has the largest living barrier reef. That has been the main sales pitch of the tourism industry for decades but it turns out that our reef is in as much danger of dying as Australia’s. […]
Still on environmental news, the Second Caribbean Community Conference on Climate Change ended this week in St. Lucia with Secretary General Edwin Carrington calling for the expedition of the Climate Change strategic and action plans. The draft plan developed by the CARICOM Climate Change Centre here in Belize, is awaiting endorsement from the Council for […]
