The illegal extraction of rosewood in seven Maya communities in the Toledo District has become too rampant to ignore. The Maya Leaders Alliance is taking on the fight to stop the extraction because the precious wood is under threat of extinction. The MLA alleges there is official facilitation to the illegality. News Five’s Isani Cayetano […]
The gangs are not known to issue statements; in fact they are known not to want to appear on camera. So we found a release they purportedly sent out today to be unusual. It comes in the aftermath of a violent shakedown by the Gang Suppression Unit against alleged members of the George Street Gang […]
There were two shooting incidents on Wednesday night. A Belize City woman was shot in the presence of her children. According to reports, thirty-one year old Tiffany Cadle was standing in front of her home at the corner of Victoria and Yorke Streets when a lone gunman approached her. At seven p.m. Cadle, in the […]
Earlier in the night another shooting incident occurred but luckily no one was injured. It happened on Iguana Street at a home behind the Raccoon Street Police Station. According to forty-eight year old Francine Coleman, she was standing on the verandah of her bungalow house when she heard several gunshots coming from Morrison Alley which […]
The public hearings for the Ninth Amendment were held on Wednesday night in Orange Walk Town. Of the three held so far, it was the biggest and lengthiest going well past the midnight hour. The views expressed were overwhelmingly against the proposed change to the constitution. The sea of blue washed across the multi-purpose centre […]
Two minors appeared in the Belize City Family Court on Wednesday to face charges for gun possession. The first to be arraigned was a fourteen year old student who police say was busted on Tuesday with a point twenty-five pistol shortly after thirty-four year old Guy Fuller Junior was fatally shot inside his home on […]
Meanwhile, in the Magistrates Court, a construction worker and his common-law-wife were charged with Aggravated Burglary and Threat of Death in connection with a confrontation that occurred on August second. Augustine Montez and Verna Guzman are accused of storming into the home of Frank Trapp, armed with a machete. Police say they threatened to kill […]
The Bak to Skool trimming program was started last year by two enterprising young men who wanted to do something positive in their community. It was an immediate hit among young students who needed a free haircut in time for the school year. The program is going beyond young boys this year; young girls are […]
One week ago, Mega Bingo paid out over a hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars to its progressive jackpot winner. On Wednesday night two regular players hit the one hundred and two thousand four hundred and thirty three dollars grand prize. Two housewives, fifty three year old Bernadina Zuniga of Belize City and twenty-six year old […]
Earlier we told you about the statement issued by gangs, saying they do not intend to disrupt the celebrations. The largest mass event for the celebration is this Saturday when citizens will be lining up the streets to view the spectacular Carnival road march. The junior and senior bands are mostly ready for the grand […]
With a long and rich history, the sixty sixth annual Queen of the Bay Pageant is set to take place this weekend. Every year young women across the country vie for the title of the oldest pageant in the Jewel. Accompanied by a chaperone they go on tours and train intensely for over a week […]
The month in which we celebrate our independence is not only about the festivities. Some persons in entertainment and education are congregating on a number of issues. Writers, Artists, Musicians and Intellectuals are invited to the WAMI Conference on Friday at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall. According to Adele Trapp, WAMI’s Coordinator, the event is […]
BERT is a familiar service for medical emergencies. In the first six months of 2011, BERT made an average of three hundred and ten runs per month, and that figure includes two hundred and forty-three were for medical emergencies. Aside from the Belize District, BERT operates in the Cayo District where it has trained emergency […]
