Forty-three Belizeans working at the BATSUB Headquarters in Price Barracks, Ladyville have been given formal notice that come April first their services will no longer be needed. The layoff comes as part of a massive reduction effort by the British Ministry of Defense to ease its presence in Belize and several other countries. The job […]
He first made the news almost a year ago and it appeared that Detective Constable, Jermaine Mangar, an interdicted cop who has now moved from the City to live in Orange Walk, will remain in the headlines as he will now stand trial at the Supreme Court. The charge is an old one: Conspiracy to […]
A woman is claiming she was sexually assaulted by a high ranking officer of the Police Department. But apparently she doesn’t want to pursue the matter in court. The woman, an employee of the Ministry of Works reported the alleged attempted rape to Superintendent Sandra Bodden, at the Commissioner’s office. According to the statement, the […]
A couple in Punta Gorda was attacked on Sunday night and tonight Jesus Bol is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. with chop wounds on his hand and minor injuries on his head. His common-law-wife Darlene Coleman, has charges of Attempted Murder and Rape pending in the Supreme Court against Tito Martinez, who is also known as […]
This afternoon, Belize played its third game in the regional football tournament, the Copa Centroamericana, in Panama. Today’s game was do or die for the national home team and we can say it is over. Belize fell victim to a poor and shaky start. Giving up a penalty so early in the game was unforgivable […]
It didn’t make it on our Monday sports report, but the Belize Basketball Federation is preparing for the upcoming National under fifteen and seventeen tournaments. And to make sure the ballers from the deep south are included, the President, Paul Thompson and Head Coach of the national junior team, Mathew Smiling, headed to Punta Gorda […]
Joey Clarke passed away from a massive heart attack on Monday night as he was receiving medical treatment. Clarke, a playwright and actor, moved to Belize in March 2009 and married Senator, Lisa Shoman. He staged a number of successful plays that revitalized theatre. Tributes were flowing in today from the many who worked along […]
The first live show for KTV Latino Season Two is just one week away, but tonight we’re bringing you the second set of hopefuls that auditioned last year. The talent was diverse and singers from all corners of the country answered the call to try out for the competition… after all, there’s a ten thousand […]
A burglary early on Sunday morning at Three Flags Supermarket at mile fifty nine on the Western Highway, ended in the death of the suspect. Paul Benjamin was a football player and his family is still in shock. They don’t believe he ever entered the building and allege that the scene was staged. While the […]
There’s another death to report tonight; the body of fifty-nine year old Horace Reyes was retrieved from the Belize River in Burrell Boom Village around seven-thirty this morning by Ladyville Police. Reyes’ body was found floating under a dock behind the Old River Tavern. There were no visible signs of foul play and but the […]
There has not been a murder conviction for some time according to our records; that is until today when a jury handed down a guilty verdict. The jury, comprised of eight women and four men, found Orlando Wade guilty of the 2008 Murder of Sandhill resident, Dorla Pitterson Slusher. It took over three hours of […]
A new fee called a rider’s tax was unexpectedly imposed on domestic flights since Saturday. The tax ostensibly will be used for the expansion of the Belize City municipal airstrip, a project estimated to cost in the range of thirteen million dollars. Whether the tax is permanent, has not been determined, but what we can […]
SATIIM, which co-manages the Sarstoon Temash National Park in the south, is challenging the validity of comments recently made by the Prime Minister. According to Greg Ch’oc, SATIIM’s Executive Director, while the PM told the media that he hadn’t made up his mind about offshore drilling, he had a definite position regarding drilling in the […]
Twelve year old Janessa Jones was the first minor to be murdered this year, and since her body was retrieved from the sea last Wednesday, police investigations have not resulted in any arrests. The probe continues and so far Janessa’s mother and stepfather have twice been detained for questioning and released. Arlene Bainton, reported her […]
A local musician says he intends to sue for damages after a brutal run-in with police officers on the eighth of this month. Damion August, who goes by the stage name Weezy, says the cops broke his jaw and landed him in the hospital for a week. But aside from the physical pain, August says […]
There are two men reported to be missing. Normally we don’t report on missing cases but because of the current climate of violence on the streets, prudence is necessary. According to Violet Jones of Belize City, her son Matthew Gonzalez Junior is missing and she wants the public’s help in locating him. The twenty-five year […]
A Swedish visitor, staying at the Seaside Guest House in Belize City is tonight still shaken after she was robbed at gunpoint. Sofia Eva Hillstrom says she was approached by a single assailant, who pointed a firearm at her head and demanded her belongings. She handed over her purse, which contained cash and personal documents […]
A seventy-five dollar bicycle has turned out very expensive for twenty-one year old Enrique Alvarez, who admitted in court today that he stole it from Oscar Portillo. He pleaded guilty to a charge of Theft, saying that he jacked the bike because he needed money and intended to sell it. But now Alvarez must pay […]
There are reports in the Mexican press that Justo Alberto Balam was detained over the weekend in Chetumal. It is claimed that Balam is a Belizean who may be wanted by local authorities. But according to the Mexican Embassy’s Press Officer, Marcelino Miranda, Balam remains in custody across the border until it is ascertained whether […]
We can report tonight that Carnival Cruise lines will not be calling on port this Tuesday. The reason is that the local tendering operations are not satisfactory to the cruise line. That’s the latest word coming from the newly formed Association of Tender Operators, which is now being led by Jason Marin after the sudden […]
The People’s United Party today weighed in on two issues, including the sky-rocketing prices of fuel. In a release, the PUP calls on Prime Minister Dean Barrow to lower taxes on fuel since the prices have soared past ten dollars. The release sites several occasions when the PM publically promised to revisit a dollar tax […]
Earlier in the newscast, we interviewed Senior Superintendent Chester Williams, who we had reported on a previous occasion had gone off to study law in Barbados. In case you were wondering how Senior Superintendent Chester Williams is still the Officer Commanding the San Ignacio Police Formation, he explained to us that his posting is “legal”. […]
Attorney at Law, Norman Gilbert Neal Senior has passed away. Neal was once a Magistrate, then later went into private practice as an attorney. On Saturday, after months of battling prostate cancer, Neal, also known as “Charlie Bogs”, died quietly at his Campus Avenue home in the West Landivar area of Belize City. His dedication […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly bursting out another portion of Sport’s Monday. The foot community of Belize might be in disarray at this time but it certainly did not prevent the National Football Team as selected by the recently ratified Football Federation of Belize from competing in the Copa Centro Americano being staged by UNCAF […]
Going into the weekend, there is great unease in the city where gang warfare has erupted. There were two shootings on Thursday night within minutes of each other. One turned out fatal for Trevor Trapp, the brother of Andre Trapp who was ambushed last year as he left the court in downtown Belize City. Trevor […]
