Good Evening I’m James Adderley with this week’s portion of Sports Tuesday. The Caribbean Motors Cup final got off to a roaring start in Dangriga, on Sunday where George Town Ibayani utilized the Carl Ramos Stadium to host the Belize Defense Force to kick off the two game series for the 2010 B.P.F.L. title. Georgetown […]
It was launched as an initiative to combat crime and restore confidence in the deadly neighborhoods of Belize City, and according to the security forces, Operation Jaguar has had some measure of success in its first five days. While no high powered weapons have been removed to make the streets safer, no major crimes have […]
Lieutenant David Jones, the B.D.F. Bomb Expert, gave an update on the search to find the batch of missing grenades. The deadly explosives went missing from a British shipment in 2004 and since then eight of the twenty-four grenades have surfaced on the streets, adding to the fear of residents about the state of violence. […]
The Belize Police Department and the National Coast Guard were at the Radisson Fort George’s pier this afternoon. The two security teams were there to assist a man who was being transported the city on a Coast Guard vessel. A short while later, the Belize Emergency Response Team showed up with a stretcher since he […]
American national Bradford Keith Bryant will be spending the next three weeks at the Hattieville prison pending trial for possession of unlicensed ammunition. Bryant was busted with five rounds of ammunition while boarding a flight to the United States. At about ten-thirty on Thursday morning police visited Delta Airlines’ office at the Phillip Goldson International […]
We have reported on Wednesday afternoon’s high speed chase by police in an undercover operation in Belize City. Two suspicious cars were pursued since they were believed to have been used for illegal activities. When one of the cars was intercepted, forty-eight year-old Diego Witz, a businessman originally of Corozal Town but now a resident […]
It has been a while since a guilty verdict has been handed down in a murder trial and today the family of Kevin Arnold who was gunned down in Belize City three years ago is taking comfort in receiving justice. On Sunday, May twenty-seventh, 2007 Arnold was in the area of Los Cocos Bar on […]
The heat from the licenses for offshore oil exploration has spilled across the border into Guatemala. On May tenth, an article printed in the Guatemalan newspaper, Prensa Libre, reported that Belize has granted drilling concessions in the territory which they are still claiming. Fred Martinez, Belize’s ambassador to Guatemala, says that the noise driven by […]
There’s another side to the story on the one hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars which vendors at the Queen Square Market say they have paid towards their arrears. When City Councillor Kevin Singh spoke with us last week he said that the council is forced to raise the rental for the stalls because the owners […]
Daniel Alford passed away in April 2007 and left everything he owned to be shared among his six children. That included money for one hundred and three acres of land that he sold for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But after Daniel passed away, the buyers Belize Goat and Sheep Ranch Limited wrote—via Attorney […]
Stephen Buckley was shot by a police officer on April twenty-eighth when he and a friend were pulled over because their vehicle resembled one that was involved in a previous shooting. It caused public outrage because Buckley was shot more than once and police claimed it was an accident; a story that not many believed. […]
The report of the K.H.M.H. Commission of Inquiry on alleged wrongdoings at the hospital was released in late April, and it has prompted a reaction from the Board of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Interestingly, the Board says it feels vindicated even though the commission found grey areas and made recommendations about numerous pay backs […]
While the number of unreported cases of domestic violence against men and women remains inconsistent, the instances that are actually documented have become fewer over the years. The decline, however, does not mean that the situation is looking any better for victims of spousal abuse. One person who has chosen to advocate for those who […]
There have been many initiatives to get students and other youths to read. Drop Everything and read was one that had much success but the Audubon has decided to transform the written word into an interactive audiovisual experience for over three hundred primary school children from Belize City. According to Amanda Burgos Acosta, Audubon’s Program […]
It’s another long weekend but far from quiet as several businesses will have a variety of events to suit your entertainment taste as well as your budget. Whether it is tonight, Saturday or over the extended weekend, there is sure to be an event for your liking, from a UB bash in Belmopan, to a […]
A US request for the extradition of a notorious drug dealer almost caused the fall of Jamaica’s prime minister this week. The situation in the island is still volatile and reports are that in a gang infested neighborhood thugs have formed barricades to keep authorities from arresting Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. PM Bruce Golding, after months […]
And while Kaseke and his counterparts had entirely different views about the same piece of legislation, he said there is also a major difference with this case and previous extradition hearings. Elson Kaseke “They were saying that the UK extradition acts are still applicable in Belize, that they were saved at independence. But with the […]
Traffic was restricted to one lane at mile seven on the Western Highway this afternoon after one of the recently replaced culverts in that area had to undergo urgent repairs. It appears that when that culvert was installed, the material beneath it was not properly compressed. So when the rains came and the soil got […]
Most of the classrooms at the Santa Familia Roman Catholic Primary School were empty today as students stayed away from classes following a demonstration by parents on Tuesday. According to village council chairman, Millard Tun, only twenty of the three hundred and five students enrolled have shown up for classes. That’s ninety-four percent of students […]
Tonight’s question is on Operation Jaguar that was launched this past Monday in Belize City. Police and B.D.F. are on patrol in the city’s hot spots to put a stop or a dent to the crime wave. According to the police, the operation will be sustained as long as there is a need. We ask: […]
It was not so long ago that an arrest would be made for a violent murder and society would rest well. That has now changed and now within three months if suspects aren’t released, within a year the case would fall apart and become another unsolved murder. On the flip side, Belizeans have become wary […]
Drug trafficking charges are expected to be brought against the driver of a red vehicle bearing a Dangriga license plate which was being pursued by undercover police in the Lake Independence area on Wednesday afternoon. The vehicle was followed as it made its way across Belcan Bridge to the roundabout and onto the Northern Highway […]
Housing Minister Michael Finnegan has been out of the limelight and the political scene for the past month. Finnegan is in Detroit, Michigan, fighting for his good health and recovering from surgery for prostate cancer. He was diagnosed recently and decided to let the public become aware of his battle. His wife, Dianne, told News […]
There is a disturbing report about a minor from the Orange Walk District who, at the tender age of thirteen, is eight months pregnant. She claims that the father of her baby is a twenty-one year old mason, Miguel Miranda Junior of Trial Farm Village, who was today charged with two counts of Carnal Knowledge […]
The trial of two brothers concluded today and while they were not in court, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer handed down her decision, finding them guilty of Robbery. Emmerson Neal Junior and his younger sibling, Alrick Carcamo were sentenced to seven years behind bars while Carcamo was ordered to spend an additional two years of a […]
