A Guatemalan national charged with exposing his person in public and failure to comply with the conditions of his visitor’s permit will spend the next eight months in jail. Forty-nine year old Edwin Morales pleaded guilty to both charges in separate appearances on Monday and today before Magistrate Hettie Mae Stuart. On Monday, he was […]
The P.U.P. will reportedly be handing over signatures to the governor general to trigger a referendum in the Cayo Northeast. According to information from a P.U.P. source, over two thousand signatures have been collected, which is above the number required to trigger the recall of former Minister of State, Elvin Penner. The P.U.P. is fielding […]
Stann Creek’s Ecumenical High School will compete against either the Toledo Community College or Julian Cho High School to represent the southern region in the first annual oil debate competition. On Monday in Dangriga, Ecumenical High beat Georgetown Technical in arguments in favor of the debate for the establishment of an oil refinery. The competition […]
An invaluable piece of Mayan history has been returned to Belize, following diligent work by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in tracking down an olden stone artifact which had been stolen from the Lubaantun Archaeological Site by a university student. On Tuesday, FBI agents surrendered the object to Ambassador Nestor Mendez at the Embassy of […]
The reality wedding couple, Allen and Roselle are inching closer to their wedding on December fifteenth at the Princess Hotel. The couple is now putting final touches to the wedding preparation before they say I do before a live audience. Tonight, Roselle looks at the dress that will wow her finance as well as viewers […]
An internal police investigation is underway in the death of a Dangriga resident who police detained following the burglary of a Canadian couple in Placencia. And it appears that the official police information is not adding up with the results of a post mortem. On Thursday night, the home of the couple was burglarized and […]
You heard the police version of how they found the body of twenty-seven year old Tyson Rodriguez in the sea near the Chabil Mar Villa Resort in the Placencia Peninsula. But there are more questions than answers surrounding the mysterious circumstances under which the Dangriga resident met his horrific end over the weekend. An autopsy […]
The family has indicated that legal action against the police department will be pursued. Meanwhile, attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd says that what she observed on Rodriguez’s body is not consistent with the police report. There were no wounds to his lower extremities to indicate that he had jumped out of a moving vehicle. Audrey Matura-Shepherd, […]
There are five thousand three hundred registered cane-farmers in northern Belize. They are divided into eighteen branches which all operate under the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. On Sunday, a significant portion of those farmers were at the Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico auditorium in San Roman for a general meeting. On the agenda were financial […]
Currently, the ball is in B.S.I.’s court. What they do with it will have great impact on the industry in days to come. Experience has shown that cane-farmers are perhaps the most militant and determined protesters. They haven’t had to demonstrate that militancy so far because the rains and the deteriorated sugar roads have made […]
Twenty-seven year old Sharie Muschamp, a mother of two is today fortunately back at her desk at the International Business Company Registry. Muschamp was scheduled to return to work last Friday, but she was escorted out of the offices located on the second floor of the Marina Towers on Princess Margaret Drive. In a back […]
Belize’s former Minister of State Elvin Penner and current Minister of State Edmond Castro have made it onto the pages of one of the world’s leading news journals, the Economist. The Economist is a weekly magazine of news and opinions which is regarded as one of the most eminent of its kind. It provides coverage […]
Thirty-two year old Jose Funes tonight finds himself behind bars after he was arraigned for the carnal knowledge of a thirteen year old girl. The Mahogany Heights resident appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court to answer to the sexual offense charge. No plea was taken and Funes will be spending the holidays at the […]
On Sunday, the Banquitas House of Culture in Orange Walk Town was home to the third annual Tacos Fest. The name says it all. It’s an event where residents and visitors can sample every style of tacos known to Belize – made from chicken, beef and pork cooked in a variety of ways and served […]
A Belizean bodybuilder has clinched an international title in the sport. Mister Belize, Rigo Vellos, won the top prize and title in the 2013 Revolution Cup Bodybuilding Competition held on Sunday at the annual Yucatan Festival in Xmatkuil, Merida. Vellos competed in the eighty kilo and over category besting other competitors. After advancing to another […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. Week nine in the Belikin Cup brought the impressive Paradise Freedom Fighters of Toledo to the MCC Grounds yesterday for its second meeting with FC Belize as the second half of the PBL season continues to roll. However, at the hometown looking to strike first […]
The 2013-2014 sugar-cane crop season was to have gotten underway this coming Monday, November twenty-fifth. But that is not going to happen. There are two obstacles in the way – one caused by nature, and the other by a breakdown of negotiations. On one hand, the incessant rains and the dire conditions of the sugar […]
Sharie Muschamp was employed at the International Business Companies Registry when it was taken over by the government earlier this year. She was, however, on medical leave which transitioned into maternity leave for the twenty-seven year old receptionist. Muschamp says she was never terminated and was shocked that when she attempted to collect maternity benefits, […]
A two-day symposium to end violence against children ended today in Belize City. The session is being held under the auspices of the Special Envoy for Women and Children, with partnership from the Ministry of Human Development, the NCFC, Restore Belize, UNICEF and the European Union. The goal of the comprehensive symposium is to build […]
Whatever happened to the National Security and Immigration Committee? The formation of the committee was announced in the wake of the recent passport and visa scandals as one of the measures to prevent further corruption in the immigration department. But it is yet to convene a meeting to scrutinize proposed amendments to three existing pieces […]
It still remains unclear whether or not Doctor Carey Fraser, President of the University of Belize was put on leave by the Board of Trustees or he proceeded on his own. Fraser has been at odds with the Board claiming that the board has been micromanaging the institution. In a letter written to the Prime […]
Two years ago, a seven year-old child was the victim of sexual assault by a man, who at the time was twenty-eight years old. That man is now thirty years old and he will be spending time before bars for the crime. A nine member jury of three male and six women deliberated for one […]
Popular Belizean entertainer, Linda Blease is the latest victim of burglary, following a break-in at her apartment on Thursday. The female disc jockey reported to Belize City police that her residence, located on Santa Barbara Street, had been robbed sometime between two o’clock and six-thirty that afternoon. Stolen from the apartment were electronic items, including […]
Sixteen Days of Activism to end gender-based violence against women is an annual calendar of events organized by the Women’s Department to promote awareness on the issue of domestic abuse. The initiative precedes and coincides with Women’s Month and as such activities are held countrywide to educate the public, as well as to celebrate the […]
There have been escalating reports of bizarre behavior by young female students in Orange Walk Town. From the little information we have been able to gather so far, this all started a little over a month ago, and at least ten young girls from different schools have been affected. It is alleged that the incidents […]
