The 2008 plot to kill a Belize City businessman and the kidnapping of his family members made many in the business district tighten the security measures at their establishments and at their homes. The cold blooded details are just coming to light. After over two years behind bars, the Supreme Court trial for five of […]
Belize City police are tonight seeking two male suspects whom they believe carried out a daring late evening shooting on Wednesday. While there were no fatalities twenty-six year old Derrick Clarke and fifty-six year old Rose Arnold were both struck a number of times as they stood on Wagner’s Lane. The gunmen, police say, drove […]
The continued stability of the sugar industry has been the center of debate in political circles as well as on the hallowed and fertile ground that the caneros of Orange Walk and Corozal have tilled for generations. But the speculation on how the owners of Belize Sugar Industry will obtain the millions of dollars needed […]
The need for new financiers is not the only issue that B.S.I. is tackling. The disrepair of turbines at the BELCOGEN Plant has shut down production in what is expected to be a very successful year for cane farmers. Carballo said that the repairs are going on schedule. Via Phone: Belizario Carballo, Finance Director, B.S.I. […]
The wave of crime throughout the country has resulted in an abundance of studies, plans, documents and well intended workshops to curb violence. But the latest initiative by the Ministry of Police and Public Safety is actually not geared towards the male participation in violence, but towards you, the driver and the cyclist. According to […]
San Pedro is an ideal location for skydiving and the activity has taken root on the island for the past few years. So when we saw Tsunami Skydivers hovering above the island today it was no strange sighting. But we learned that the skydivers from the US are not only in Belize for a bird’s […]
Recently the British government announced that it is downsizing its troop numbers at BATSUB Headquarters in Price Barracks at Ladyville. Over a hundred of the one hundred and sixty local employees will lose employment over the year. But while locals who work at BATSUB are about to receive their final pay slips, the civilian employees […]
Twenty-three year old Harrison Jacobs, a resident of San Pedro was today charged with the murder of Francis Figueroa, also known as Bejohn Wade, which occurred on the island in November, 2010. Jacobs, who was captured in Belize City, was arraigned in Magistrate Court number five on a single charge of murder. The body of […]
After a numerous adjournments, a date has finally been set for the preliminary inquiry to determine whether Dennis Lopez, a Police Inspector, will stand trial for the Attempted Murder of Stephen Buckley. Lopez received full disclosure today and his Preliminary Inquiry was set for March eighth before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie. Buckley has been […]
A fifteen year old girl in the Corozal District was reported missing by her twenty year old sister on February twelfth. The minor returned home two days later, but with news that upset her family. Police have found out that the teen left home on last Friday with another minor and they both went to […]
A bar on St. Thomas Street in Belize City was burglarized on Sunday morning. It appears that the thieves were more interested in getting high than getting cash. The burglars broke into Diamond Entertainment during closing hours and stole over a dozen packs of cigarettes, half a dozen quarts of rum, an assortment of brandy, […]
Residents of San Pedro have gone public to express their concerns over the steep fees they have to pay each time they need to cross the Boca del Rio Bridge that connects the north and south sides of the island. The fees are nothing new; they have been in place since the bridge was constructed […]
Education Minister Patrick Faber met with teachers from the Belize District this afternoon at the Princess Hotel to discuss a range of issues within the current education system. Today’s meeting was part of a countrywide series of discussions to update teachers on the progress of the ministry in addressing key areas of concern. Among the […]
Are you a MegaBingo progressive jackpot winner? There are two thirty-three thousand dollar prizes waiting to be claimed so you might want to check and re-check your tickets from February twelfth. There were three winners and so far, only one person has come forward to claim the cash. And since the game is aired live […]
We’ve all heard about first, second and third degree burns, but many people don’t really know what those terms mean. And when it comes to the treatment, the home remedies are too many to mention. This week’s Healthy Living will shed some light on skin burns; the classifications and proper first aid treatment. Marleni Cuellar, […]
A brazen, late evening shooting near downtown Belize City has landed two persons inside the emergency room at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. As many as twenty-one shots were discharged on South Street at its intersection with Wagner’s Lane. When the smoke cleared in the area also known as Jump Street, two victims lay on […]
Lavern Longsworth, also known as Anti-Christ, is facing a murder charge tonight. On July fifteenth, 2010, during a heated argument at her home on Castle Street, Longsworth threw kerosene on David White, her common-law husband and set him on fire. Initially, the now single mother of three faced an attempted murder charge, but since White […]
It’s a month and a half into 2011, and already there are eleven murders on record. While in the courts, four murder cases have fallen apart; leaving a total of six accused killers free to roam the streets. In three of those instances, the trials ended in a nolle prosequi because witnesses were too afraid […]
For the second time in one month, a tourist has lost her life while on a water expedition in Belize. This time the deceased is an eighty-three year old who died after she fell out of a canoe into ten-foot deep waters during a caving expedition in the Cayo District. The accident occurred around twelve-thirty […]
A second suspect has been charged for the double murder of thirty-four year old Ian Martinez and seventeen year old Daniel Puerto. The two were killed on February fourth in a hail of bullets that was unleashed by two gunmen as they stood at the corner of Tibruce Street and Hibiscus Lane. Daniel’s twin brother, […]
The sugar industry is still at a standstill tonight as Belize Sugar Industries is inoperable because of malfunctioning turbines at the BELCOGEN plant. Loans with I.N.G. and First Caribbean International Banks are still outstanding and B.S.I. was hoping that it would attract a new financier in the form of Banco Atlantida from Honduras. After representatives […]
After hearing about the Banco Atlantida proposal, the Leader of the Opposition John Briceño contacted B.S.I. Briceño says that no one at B.S.I. is aware of the offer and instead of entertaining offers for a buyout, the government’s effort should be concentrated on assisting with finding a financier for the multi- million dollar debt. John […]
A shocking verdict was handed down in the Corozal Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon. After four hours of deliberation, a jury of nine found twenty-two year old Ivan Sosa and twenty-one year old Herby Narvaez not guilty of Rape; much to the surprise of Senior Crown Council, Cecil Ramirez. Both men were charged following a […]
That alleged rape was not the only sexual offense before the courts today. In the second case, a sixteen year old minor is accused of carnal knowledge against another minor, a fourteen year old girl. The teen initially told police he was nineteen, but when he was taken before the Chief Magistrate, his true age […]
High School students normally impress the public with open-days on school compounds. But the Tubal and Trade Vocational Institute students take their handicraft to the public. A week ago, students of the Ladyville based trade school, handed over the keys to a new home that they built for a Hattieville victim of Hurricane Richard. But […]
