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New Educational Facility to target at risk youths

The Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, made no comments on the developments in the church-state system when we caught up with him at the inauguration of a new education center, formerly the Venus Bus Terminal. A little less than two years ago, fourteen year old Dylan Ayuso, a second form Wesley College student, was found […]

Weather Forecast; cloudy night and sunny day

Our friends at BelCaribe won’t provide the usual weather report today, but according to the twenty-four hour forecast from the Belize Weather Bureau, there were cloudy spells this afternoon and we can expect partly cloudy skies tonight and on Thursday morning. The sunny weather continues on Thursday with cloudy periods throughout the day. A few […]

After charges dropped against Principal, he still can’t resume his post

In November of 2010 we told you the story of thirty-six year old Denroy Tillett, then acting Principal of the Belmopan Comprehensive High School, who was accused of sexual assault but later cleared of those charges in March of this year. But even after two months of being cleared of the charges, Tillett has been […]

The other side of the highway accident; driver’s children injured

On Sunday afternoon shortly after one, thirty-nine year old Louise Bailey was driving from Hattieville en route to the Agric Show in Belmopan when her mini-van suffered a blow-out and caused her to overturn between miles forty six and forty seven on the Western Highway near the Hector Silva Airstrip. Travelling with Bailey were nine […]

Dougal murdered at his hang out spot on Fabers Road

Two persons fell victim to street violence over the weekend. A resident of Faber’s Road was shot at close range on Sunday night. One bullet found its mark on Russel Douglas’ abdomen as he socialized with friends at a regular hang-out spot on Faber’s Road.  The gunman simply rode up on a bicycle and delivered […]

Stabbing victim, Elvis Rhamdas, passes away

The other victim did not die from gun violence, he succumbed to stab wounds. Forty-one year old Elvis Rhamdas, who was viciously knifed on Holy Thursday whilst standing at the corners of Victoria Street and New Road, passed away after a weeklong battle for his life in the intensive care unit at the K.H.M.H.  On […]

Shots fired during pursuit of vegetable contrabandistas

In a late afternoon session in court, Customs personnel filed a complaint against the owner of a Plymouth Voyager Van that was found with contraband vegetables on Monday night. The vehicle was pursued on the Northern Highway and shots were fired when the driver sped off, but the occupants abandoned the van and escaped in […]

Two more arrests for largest cocaine bust and drug plane

On November fourteenth, 2010 a team of law enforcement personnel including four police officers and a customs boatman was nabbed near the entrance of San Juan Village. The men, it is suspected, were the masterminds behind the landing of an executive jet, laden with eighty bales of Colombian cocaine, along the Southern Highway in the […]

Osama Bin Laden, hiding in a million dollar mansion; now deceased

It’s been at the top of the news around the world. The most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, the founder of the militant Al-Qaeda organization was killed on May first during an operation in Pakistan that had been under the directive of U.S. President Barack Obama. Bin Laden, fifty three years old, was shot in […]

Cordel and Mark’s Gospel to be heard in the P.U.P. once more

In news of a political nature, are Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde back in the P.U.P. graces? There is word that the executive of the People’s United Party will be meeting this Wednesday to decide on some major changes in the hierarchy of the party. The executive is being asked to consider the re-instatement of […]

New faces emerge in the political arena for parties

And there were two political conventions over the weekend.  On Sunday, the U.D.P. elected Hugo Patt, the Chairman of the Belize Sugar Industries Control Board, as the new standard bearer for the Corozal North Constituency. Patt who garnered one thousand one hundred and forty votes thrashed the area representative of the constituency, Nemencio Acosta who […]

2 Belizean members of Mexican Cartel behind bars in Cancun

Two Belizeans are safely behind bars in Mexico. Wilton Osvaldo Lopez and Walter Antonio Lopez were arraigned in the Fifth District Court in Cancun on Friday after they were captured a week earlier. They are facing charges along with Mexican nationals Moisés Martínez Sánchez and Ana Isabel Rodriguez Zetina for carrying a firearm and possession […]

Drunk man assaults his wife and the cops

In Magistrates Court today, a K.H.M.H. employee was slapped with five charges after he had a few too many drinks on Sunday and assaulted his wife and two police officers. Twenty-eight year old Dwight Herrera pleaded guilty to one count each of Harm and Common Assault upon his wife, two counts of Aggravated Assault upon […]

“Reds” exposes himself to $1200 fine

An elderly man was lucky to secure bail in Magistrates Court today after he was charged for exposing himself in public. Sixty-nine year old Senior Citizen, Albert Garbutt aka “Reds” was arraigned today in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on a single charge following allegations that on Thursday, April twenty-ninth, he exposed his private part […]

Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage’s expert assess oil industry

The Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage is involved on a nationwide campaign for a referendum on the question of oil drilling and exploration. It is still short of the seventeen thousand signatures required for the poll, but as the deadline approaches, it has solicited the help of two foreign technical experts to assess the […]

Apartment No. 7 at Long Barracks up in smoke

There was a fire last night in Belize City. It occurred after eight p.m. on Amara Avenue and luckily no one was hurt. The blaze allegedly started from the rear of apartment number seven in the barracks behind St. Ignatius Primary School. The National Fire Service was called to the area to assist in outing […]

Yahoo places Barrier Reef on places to see before they disappear

Belize’s Tourism package received a boost earlier today from the online search engine, yahoo.com.  The article listed the top ten destinations tourists should visit before they disappear and Belize’s Barrier Reef, particularly the Blue Hole was listed as the number one destination in the world.  Although the article pointed out the diversity of sea life […]

MegaBingo is the Game!

Have you bought your MegaBingo tickets as yet? Well, you’ll want to run and get them when you hear that the next Mega Bingo draw is almost a hundred and eighty thousand dollars! This is the highest the progressive MegaBingo jackpot has ever reached and its host, Rachel, says that you need to get your […]

Sports Monday with winning analysis from James Adderley

Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Raymond Gentle City Boys United took its quest for perfection into the People’s Stadium as week 10 found them in action against Orange Walk United and folks this match-up lined up to its pre-game hype – sp lets get started. It’s all OW in the […]