On Wednesday, Marcel Cardona’s resignation from his own party was accepted, even thought he had not offered one. The Orange Walk East Representative was told that by his actions he had “constructively” resigned from the U.D.P. Signed by the party chairman, Patrick Faber, the letter came after his legendary remarks in the House last Friday […]
In an interview with News Five late Wednesday evening, Minister Faber said that the U.D.P. did not wish for Cardona to sit on the government side. But neither can he sit on the side of the opposition since he has not crossed the floor. So, how does the opposition People’s United Party weigh in on […]
Murder victim number twenty-seven for this year, was found inside his taxi on Prince Street not far from his station at the downtown taxi stand. The gunman sought Luis Ramos’ taxi just before midnight, and pulled the trigger on the cabbie. He attempted to get away but was killed behind the wheel with a single […]
Police are questioning a US sex offender, David McLain from Oklahoma, in connection with last week’s murder in Orange Walk of a Lebanese born artist Isis Nassar. She was killed at her home in Orange Walk on March twenty-fourth. Her throat had been cut and there were bruises on her hands. At the time of […]
An entire community of squatters was evicted earlier today. They had set up shop at an area near the Faber’s Road junction with the Western Highway where a road is being built for a bridge that would connect the south side to the north side of Belize City. Police showed up heavily armed and blocked […]
We told you about this morning’s mayhem when police blocked access to houses squatters had set up in a new area on the Western Highway. Marion Ali was at the scene late this evening when the squatters returned to the area. The squatters waited for hours on the side of the highway while three police […]
The United Democratic Party in its 2008 manifesto promised a senate that would be comprised of thirteen members, one more seat than the current that would include a representative from the N.G.O. community. It was a novel idea and the reform would have shifted the balance of power from government’s control and put it in […]
According to Senior Counsel Dickie Bradley, the U.D.P. has broken a promise it made to the electorate prior to taking office. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney for COLA “The important matter in this is one: there is an outright breach of a manifesto. That is a political matter to be told to the voters that, just […]
A foiled robbery attempt earlier this week landed a pair of teenagers before the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday evening. Eighteen year old Akeem Requeña, a resident of Morter’s Alley, was jointly charged along with a minor from Hattieville for attempting to rob a fourteen year old of his bicycle. On Tuesday evening the teenagers accosted […]
Twenty-nine cadets today received care packages from a US national who had earlier conducted a health clinic for them. Dr. Stephanie Sweet was touched by the lack of personal items during her first visit with the Cadets that she raised enough funds to provide the goodies. The items were well received by the cadets at […]
And while the topic of the week has got to be Marcel Cardona’s condemnation of his own party and his subsequent removal, the matter of the budget is still not dead. The youth arm of the People’s United Party, the Belize Youth Movement, has done its review of the document and came up with their […]
Smart is celebrating six years of success and for the past few weeks the company has been giving back to customers. It has had the usual promotions like triple up days and phone upgrades, but some lucky customers won cash and cellular phones just for using the service. The biggest prize of them all was […]
The clock is ticking away and today the first quarter of the year is up, it also means that Easter is only a few weeks ahead. And if you haven’t, now is a good time to get back into an exercise regime. There are a number of things that you can do to jumpstart your […]
Marcel Cardona went ballistic against his own government last Friday in the House during the budget debate. While he did not support the budget, he abstained in the vote. His passionate presentation was remarkable for many reasons; he took direct shots at the two most powerful people in his government and party, that being Prime […]
In a letter sent to him and signed by the Minister Patrick Faber, the party chairman, the fate of Cardona’s party politics was sealed. While he has not tendered any resignation, he was told that by his actions, he has resigned. The letter also says that put he failed to attend Parliamentary caucuses and National […]
Shots rang out in the night a little after eight-thirty on Tuesday. It happened on a very busy Belize City Street. Police officers blocked one end of Freetown Road at its junction with the I.T. Vet compound and another near Li Chee. There was a barrage of gunshots and officers tagged at least fifteen expended […]
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Well, that’s how one angry woman from Independence Village is feeling tonight. She has a scorching land issue with the Ministry of Natural Resources. A portion of Julie Bonilla’s property has been affected by a road being built to service new lot owners in the village. Bonilla […]
On Tuesday the government said it had awarded Maranco Ltd. a production sharing agreement, giving the green light for oil exploration in northwestern Orange Walk District which includes the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management area. The Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage, has reacted with disappointment to the award of the contract. According to […]
Forty-one year old Mark Conorquie, a resident of Carmelita Village who was found guilty of causing death by careless conduct after knocking down Maurice Sedacey in 2009 was today fined for the fatality. On July twenty-seventh, 2009, fifty-nine year old Sedacey was riding his bicycle along the Northern Highway in the area of Sand Hill […]
There have been constant reports of harassment of witnesses to crimes. As recent as a week ago, the police asked the media not to report that a murder witness had been threatened. But friends of a man accused of robbery have allegedly been persistent in their attempts to unlawfully end the case. It started as […]
No one will dispute that there is an abundance of violence on television and it is debated that the programs are influential to rogue behavior. But a nineteen year old resident of San Pedro Town is in critical condition tonight not because of the program he watched, but because he moved a TV. According to […]
In speech you can get away without crossing I’s and dotting T’s. However, you can’t get away with improper choices during a spelling bee. The Coca Cola Spelling Bee is an annual event in which primary school students across the length and breadth of the country look forward to make new friend and learn new […]
Since the beginning of March there have been a series of activities held in commemoration of Women’s Month. The events of the past few weeks have highlighted the role of women in Belize, but there was one issue that drew public condemnation. That was the publication of an uncomplimentary photograph of a P.U.P. executive member […]
The news spread through the grapevine on Tuesday that Joseph Marinan, the President of JD Financials, had said goodbye to his friends and Belize for good. Today a release was issued, announcing that the company and its popular game MegaBingo, which is aired exclusively on Channel Five, have a new management team. Majority owner of […]
Culture by definition is the knowledge and values shared by a society. But in Belize, you don’t need a dictionary to know what it is; you simply have to look around. That was especially evident today at a multi-cultural fair held by the University of Belize, where students and teachers sported their best cultural attire […]
