A waitress of Punta Gorda and her nine children are homeless tonight after a fire destroyed their home. Thirty-five year old Rosie Canelo, told police that she was asleep at around two on Sunday afternoon when the blaze woke her up. Canelo says her children were outside playing at the time and none of them […]
A man walked free this morning for a murder which occurred back in 2008. In the first nolle pros for this year, thirty six year old Roger Anthony, a known figure of Ghost Town gang walked from the murder of Dillon Bennett who was gunned down in October 2008 at the corner of Central American […]
While Anthony is out of prison, Arthur Young was back in court today. Two weeks ago, Young beat charges for keeping prohibited material, drug trafficking and possession. He was charged along with Errol Haynes, who is still facing trial, after police found a silencer at a house in Vista del Mar. But Young was in […]
It’s an offence that is all too common, but often goes unreported and unpunished. Today a Belize City woman was charged with Child Neglect for allegedly leaving her three children alone inside a wooden house, with a candle burning and the door padlocked from outside. Twenty-eight year old Mary Tatum was read the single charge […]
There has recently been an increase in missing persons reported on the police blotter, but they are often followed by updates that the persons have returned home. That’s with the exception of cases like Janessa Jones, who was found murdered or Matthew Gonzalez who hasn’t been found at all. Tonight a Belize City mother is […]
There’s finally some good news for Christopher Bowman who has been suffering with a tumor for more than a decade. If all goes according to plan, Bowman will be flying out to the United States for urgent surgery. While his condition has worsened significantly, there is hope that the new round of medical interventions will […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and here is another portion of Sport’s Monday. The 2nd of the Belize Cycling Association’s weekend races for 2011 blasted off from I front of Leslie’s Imports on the Western Highway as 54 of the elite and Masters riders made a bid to complete the 26 mile ride in less […]
An eighteen year old has turned himself in for the murder of the reputed Kraal Road leader Raymond “Killa” Gentle. So who killed Killa? Well, the man in police custody is Corwin Bennett of Plues Street, and is believed to be a member of the George Street Gang. After several attempts on his life, Gentle […]
There was a brazen robbery in broad daylight this afternoon in the old capital. Prosser Fertilizer Company, situated at the corner of Hydes Lane and North Front Street in Belize City, is the latest business to be hit by armed robbers this week. At around two o’clock this afternoon two armed men entered Prosser brandishing […]
The threat of the delisting the Belize Barrier Reef is top on the agenda of the new Belize National Commission for UNESCO. This morning at the ITVET campus, members of the Commission were formally installed. The Commission has until the end of the month to report on the status of the barrier reef as a […]
It has been a hellish two weeks for tender operators in the cruise tourism and there is still uncertainty on how a new policy by the major cruise lines that requires larger tenders to transport passengers to shore will affect their livelihood. Last night we asked viewers if they thought the benefits of cruise tourism […]
There’s has been controversy over the new cemetery since the site in Hattieville was first disclosed. The cemetery is run by the City Council and as things go there is always conflict. Its thirteen miles from the City which presents a problem for many families, but the biggest bone of contention is that even the […]
On Thursday night we reported that the Novelo brothers are now running the Belize Diesel buses, formerly operated by Lopez Shuttle in Belize City. The brothers have formed a new company called Arrow Line which uses the buses to provide an air-conditioned ride in the West Landivar/Downtown route. But the new run comes with its […]
Police hauled in six persons on Thursday morning to face charges for firearm and ammunition offences. They are naturalized Belizeans, Alba, Marvin and Esdras Lopez, Mexican national Mario Augustine, Honduran national Jessika Lopez, and a seventeen year old minor. The group was arrested at Marvin’s house on the Western Highway following a police search at […]
Adolfo Manzanilla, an eighteen year old laborer of Ranchito Village in the Corozal District has been charged with the rape of a fifteen year old high school student. The minor was at the school grounds after classes earlier in the week, when she was approached by Manzanilla. He then allegedly forced her to the male […]
Belize’s Aid for Trade Strategy was launched earlier today at the Radisson. The Aid for Trade Strategy is designed to support the government in the identification of priorities for building trade capacity and initiating dialogue with donors and investors. The conference had participation of the Inter-American Development Bank, CARICOM representatives, and members of private and […]
Although the initiative will have positive results, Belize is handicapped in its competitiveness because it has higher labor, utility and telecommunication costs than other regional countries. The Inter-American Development Bank has embarked on a Central American Electricity interconnection project that would provide cheap power from Panama to Mexico. Belize, however, is not a part of […]
It started with a small enrollment but over the years, Escuela Secondaria Tecnica Mexico has become one of the top high schools in the north. The school is an Independence Day gift to Belize by the government of Mexico and is one of the more tangible benefits in the relationship with the northern neighbor. The […]
The nation’s only referral hospital is getting a facelift. The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has embarked on a program to improve its aesthetics and it is turning to the private sector for partnership. With an annual budget of around eighteen point five million dollars, of which sixty percent goes towards emoluments, there’s hardly any money […]
Where in the World is Belize? That used to be the catch phrase over two decades ago to promote the location of the Jewel. But Belize’s location is no longer a secret as thousands of cruise ship tourists take part in packaged tours every week. But for those who wish to spend more than a […]
We promised you that What’s Happening Belize would be back this Friday … and it is with our new entertainment girl, Arielle, holding over for Safiyyah. She’s got the stats on your favourite party spots in the city, but there’s also plenty happening out west this weekend, including the first bash of the year at […]
A sensational case of money laundering for sixty thousand U.S. dollars in cash fell apart in court today. It is the third case that has gone bad for the Financial Intelligence Unit in the past year. On April second, 2010 Scott Stringer and his girlfriend, Julia McCord, along with their friend, Sydney Ellis were charged […]
The price of fuel keeps soaring, premium is selling for a whopping ten dollars and forty nine cents per gallon. Just about everything is going up and if you ride the City, bus you might just have to dig deeper in your pocket. Since Wednesday, a number of commuters, adults as well as school children, […]
And while Kevan Jenkins told us off camera that the Traffic Department has not received any proposal from the Novelo brothers for the new bus run, Spokesperson for Arrowline, Philip Jones, said they have proof of the proposal and did get the approval for it. Philip Jones, Spokesperson, Arrowline Services “We have Belize Intransit; we […]
When we checked today, cruise lines are still on schedule for Friday but the future of tender operations remains up in the air. Three lines called on port today: Carnival Valor, Aida Luna and Seven Seas Navigato. Their passengers were ferried to the Fort Street Tourism Village by Eurocaribe. Despite having recently formed an association […]
