Belize formally adopted the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final appellate court in June of last year. Barbados and Guyana are the other Caribbean countries that have joined the CCJ. Belize has elevated several cases to the CCJ most notably that of former ministers Florencio Marin Sr. and Jose Coye over the sale of […]
Moshe Levi Ben David, Belize’s Music Ambassador, will release his first album after being behind bars for nine years. Promoters say Ben David, also known as Shyne, is expected to have at least two Def-Jam recording artists present at his pre-release album party this weekend. The promoter says that because of the hype being generated, […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The National Cricket Team has made a dramatic statement in International Cricket by winning the ICC Division 3 Tournament staged at Costa Rica, sweeping all 5 matches in emphatic fashion. On their return to the Jewel Yesterday was filled with excitement, pump and circumstance and […]
Armed thieves broke into a business establishment not far away from the Mesopotamia police sub-station. The late afternoon robbery on Tigris Street in Belize City netted the three brazen robbers an undisclosed sum of money from Plastic Packaging Supplies Company. Shortly after three o’clock three men entered the business and held up two employees at […]
While the police look for the suspects in the Plastic Packing Supplies robbery, a female constable was arraigned for Theft following a report from a Belize City woman that her personal belongings were stolen. Theft is a common crime but this crime allegedly happened while her jewelry was in the possession of officers at the […]
The Maya land rights case was initially won in June 2010 by thirty-eight southern villages. The Supreme Court legally allowed communal land rights which has been the traditional way of life practiced by the Mayas. But the government resisted and took the case to the Appeals Court. The Mayas are united in their right to […]
On Tuesday we broke the story that pandemonium erupted at a Progresso school under construction. A family who is squatting on a piece of land where the Seventh Day School is being built got into a brawl with the workers over an access road. The badly needed building is being funded by US missionaries; who […]
Mahogany Street vendors are being asked to move from their current location because it is smack where the main transmission line for electricity runs. On Wednesday we asked the question of whether the viewers thought that the vendors should be compensated for losses to be incurred in their relocation. The polls went sixty-six percent in […]
The annual San Jose Succotz Fair is an anticipated event in the calendar of activities in the west. It is a culturally enriching experience that attracts visitors from all over the country and across the border, who make the trip to the village situated across from the Xunantunich Maya site. The event takes place this […]
We told you on Thursday night that the report has been completed on the controversial issue of cruise ship tourism for southern Belize, specifically the Placencia Peninsula. In a nutshell, the consultants recommend that Belize should not approve a new port of call due to the environmental impact and because southern communities are not ready […]
A fifty-four year old man, who was out on parole is back behind bars. Winston Dennison was arraigned today for Unlawful Carnal Knowledge of a fourteen year old high school girl. According to court records, Dennison was charged for murder, but was convicted for manslaughter and granted parole in August of 2009. It is now […]
It also did not go down well for an American National, who is facing stiff penalties for stealing three beers and a coke from Red Hunt Inn in the Bella Vista Area. The price of the goods is just under ten dollars but Gregory Keith Walp, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to burglary and […]
A thirty-eight year old European visitor was reportedly raped while vacationing in San Pedro. The woman told police that on Wednesday night she met a man, who identified himself as Jamie at Wet Willy’s Night Club. She says she socialized with Jamie and at around one a.m. on Thursday morning they left the club and […]
Twenty-three Mahogany Street vendors, who operate under Belize Electricity Limited’s main transmission line, are no closer to finding a solution to their impending relocation. B.E.L. charges that the vendors are in danger because they are immediately under the path of the transmission line, which runs above the City’s Reserve. The reserve is controlled by the […]
St. John’s Junior College celebrated Drug Awareness Week. In a time when teens are experimenting with alcohol and drugs, the students and teachers culminated the events with a display to show that they can have fun without putting themselves at risk. News Five spoke to the school’s counselor who said that the exhibits at the […]
The Women’s Department is encouraging Belize City women to sign up for its Supporting Single Mother’s Project. Successful applicants will learn a trade and after the course, the department will help them with job placements. It’s an opportunity for the women to empower themselves and gain financial independence, which also benefits their children. Arlette Abraham, […]
Commuters heading north of Belize City can now wait for transport in the comfort of a newly built bus stop on the Northern Highway near Palotti High School. For several weeks passengers have stomached the inconvenience of waiting under a small makeshift shed while the construction of modern facility was underway. The project, which costs […]
Week after week Arielle has been bringing you the scoop on where to find the hottest parties. And tonight’s What’s Happening Belize segment is packed with ideas for fun and relaxation for this weekend. The rundown includes a full moon dance in the cayes, a moonlight serenade out west and much more. Nice to see […]
Representatives from Maya communities converged at the Battlefield Park in downtown Belize today for day one of an appeal by the Government on a Supreme Court ruling handed down last year. That ruling affirmed ancestral Maya land rights for thirty-eight villages in southern Belize. The case was a major win for the Maya Leaders’ Alliance […]
The men implicated in one of the biggest drug seizures ever in the country were taken to court this morning. Four police officers and a Customs boatman were hauled to the Chambers of Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb McKenzie under the protection of heavily armed escorts. Sergeants Jacinto Roches and Lawrence Humes along with Corporals Renel […]
The report on cruise ship tourism in the south is in. Last October the Belize Tourism Board held public consultations with residents of Placencia, Dangriga and Punta Gorda to discuss the introduction of cruise tourism to Southern Belize. From the get go, the opposition was strong, in particular among the Placencia based businesses and environmental […]
The headline on Wednesday was that twenty-three vendors and their families may soon have to close down their businesses on Mahogany Street if they can’t find a suitable relocation area. Belize Electricity Limited contends that there is danger to vendors who operate immediately below the transmission line that brings power to Belize City. B.E.L. claims […]
It’s common for prisoners to be transferred from the districts to Belize City or the Central Prison, but when it happens in the dead of night, well that’s a different story. And that was the case with former Mexican Soldier, Jose Luis Robles Beltran, who was in the custody of the Corozal Police until a […]
An American visitor, who went jet skiing with her husband and a group of friends had to be rescued out of the waters near Ambergris Caye. Police are collecting statements on what transpired out at sea. After she was pulled out of the water, Cara Bray was taken to the San Pedro Polyclinic and quickly […]
Also in court news, two interdicted officers attached to the Ladyville Police Formation will stand trial at the Supreme Court for a shooting death in Lord’s Bank Village last year. Thirty-three year old Corporal Jorge Lemus was charged with Manslaughter while twenty-eight year old PC Lazaro Catch was charged with Abetment for the killing Jamaican […]
