Shyne turned thirty over the weekend and there was much buzz that at least one well known musician would fly from the U.S. to celebrate the occasion with the Belizean born rapper who spent much of his life in New York. Well, it has been confirmed that Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., who hip hop fans […]
It is the place where members of Cabinet converge especially on Fridays to play dominos, that’s Brads located at the foot of the BELCAN Bridge and owned by Kim Jen Chee. It was also the subject of the famous Quitar ad against the U.D.P., in the 2008 election. Brads has now landed a contract to […]
An eight year old standard two student was lucky to escape serious injury this morning when she fell almost twenty feet to the ground from the upper flat of her school building. The incident occurred before the bell rang at Holy Redeemer Primary School on North Front Street. The little girl, Mekayla Chiac, has undergone […]
Last week there were three reported fatal traffic accidents on the Northern Highway. Twenty-nine year old Dorian Herrera was knocked down and killed between miles twenty-four and twenty-five on the Northern Highway after ten in the morning on Thursday. The driver of the vehicle, eighty year old Gordon Stout was charged with Causing Death by […]
There is further grief to add to the tragedy of the death of the twenty-two year old. Friends went to offer their condolence on Friday to the Sanchez family. Thirty-eight year old Cesar Aban, a salesman, also travelled to Santa Clara Village to pay his respects. After ten Friday night, he left on foot and […]
The preliminary investigation into the money laundering charge against the Coye family continued in magistrate court number three this morning. Defense Attorney Anthony Sylvester appeared before Magistrate Kathleen Lewis on behalf of his clients Dietrich Kingston and Athlee Matute. Kingston and Matute are clerks at Money Exchange International Limited (M.E.I.L.). M.E.I.L., the Coye Family (Melanie, […]
Frank Conorquie has been in and out of court and on his latest appearance today, he was found guilty of theft of a cell phone. Magistrate Sharon Frazer imposed a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars to be paid by December fifteen and he was also ordered to pay the victim three hundred and […]
An Aero Dispatcher, employed at the Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville won’t be at work for the rest of the year. But it’s not a long vacation; he will be spending that time behind bars. Twenty year old Kyle Nobert Domingo was busted with a point thirty-eight revolver and one live round of ammunition […]
Deceased soldiers who fought or helped to serve in World Wars One and Two were honoured during a brief ceremony on Sunday. At the annual Veteran’s Day ceremony Prime Minister Dean Barrow laid wreaths at the Memorial Park and the gravesites of the deceased men. Here are highlights of the event. [Highlights of Veteran’s Day […]
Tropical Storm Ida did not have affect Belize that Tropical Depression number sixteen had last year, but it did claim forty lives in neighbouring El Salvador after it dumped heavy rains over that country for three days. The deaths happened in at least five of the fourteen provinces in the mountainous regions where it had […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this dispatch of Sports Monday. With Ida gone, the Belize Premier Football League staged week eleven of its annual competition as advertised going into the weekend. On Saturday inside the M.C.C. Grounds, the Belize Defence Force played host to the San Pedro Dolphins in a […]
The hurricane season is winding down but this weekend, in southern Belize residents are bracing for heavy rains and flooding from Tropical Storm Ida that hit Nicaragua and Honduras and then downgraded to a depression. The speed of the depression has moved faster than those projected by models, but is Ida a threat? You need […]
As we said earlier, the tropical depression does not pose much threat of making direct landfall over Belize. In fact, the projected path of the weather system has it taking a northerly then north-westerly track. But the folks at the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, have taken steps to prepare for any possibility or eventuality, […]
Moses Michael Leviy AKA “Shyne” has a new home. And when we checked at Renaissance Towers today, packers were moving the personal effects of businessman Luke Espat from the luxury apartment. This will now be Shyne’s new address, a far cry from the small prison cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora where he […]
Thursday morning Dwain Davis suffered a massive stroke and tonight he is still in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Doctors diagnosed that the stroke caused bleeding in his brainstem. The extent of the brain damage makes his chances of recovery very grim. Davis has been placed on […]
Heading north, it’s the time of year when cane farmers receive a second payment for cane deliveries or a bonus from the Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI). This year farmers are scheduled to get ten million dollars. But there is disquiet because the payments from BSI should be paid on November ninth, but those cheques […]
And a couple who concealed the body of their child was spared jail time today. More than five years ago, Therese Watlow, and her common-law husband, Michael Tesecum were arguing and Tesecum reportedly hit the child against a wall. At the time of his arrest, in a caution statement, he confessed that he hit the […]
The court also handed down a twenty-two year sentence today in a case of Robbery brought against a Belize City man. They say lightening never strikes the same place twice… but twenty-three year old Delroy Chaplin did and he’s going to jail for it. On July twenty-eighth, 2008 Chaplin entered Jenny’s Shop on Meighan Street […]
Police are looking for the man with sticky fingers who has left a Belize City businessman short of thousands of dollars. Murli Mahitani, owner of Delta Store, reported to police that when he investigated a long outstanding bill owed by Honey Supermarket on the Lord’s Bank Road, he was told that an employee had already […]
The students who competed in the CODICADER games in Costa Rica were awarded earlier this week, and today the sponsors took the spotlight. The National Secondary School Sports Association (NSSSA) handed out certificates of appreciation to the organizations that made it possible for one hundred and three Belizean athletes to participate in the competition. While […]
Looking for something new to do? This week, Safiyyah discovered a brand new place that can easily and quickly become your favorite place to frequent and relax. Tinto y Blanco is a new wine bar where you can lounge comfortably, enjoy a glass of wine in a perfect setting and get a bite from a […]
Dwain Davis, the Director of Finance for the Belize City Council, is clinging to life tonight at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Davis appeared in court today where his case was adjourned. After leaving the courthouse, Davis called his wife to tell her about the case and that was when he was hit with a […]
In the deep south, residents of San Pedro Columbia are vocal against the building of a hydro dam in their community. Research work has already begun by the company, Belize Hydro-electric Company, and at a meeting last Sunday called by the Ya’axche Conservation Trust, an assessment was presented outlining substantive damages to the area, including […]
It’s the first storm to head this way for the 2009 Hurricane Season and the forecast is that Ida will bring a lot rain in the next few days. Ida formed in the southwest of the Caribbean on Wednesday afternoon and by night it was the topic of conversation countrywide. But today Ida has weakened […]
The most memorable claim of hospital negligence this year came from Cenaida Reymundo, the woman who gave birth at the P.G. Polyclinic without the assistance of a doctor. Her baby boy died shortly after at the K.H.M.H. following a series of unfortunate events. And sadly today, the Faber family lost their five day old infant […]
