There have been two murders reported in Belize for 2014. Both of them occurred in the south and both victims were viciously chopped to death. The first murder occurred on Thursday night near the community of Trio on the Southern Highway, and the second occurred on Saturday night at the Green Gold Banana Farm off […]
The first murder of the year also occurred within the jurisdiction of the Intermediate Southern Formation. Like Maria Perez, the victim was savagely chopped to death and left bleeding on the ground. The body of Guatemalan national Rene Arturo Perez was discovered early Friday morning, on a farm some five miles outside the community […]
There was more violence over the weekend. In Burrell Boom, eight expended shells were found at the scene of a shooting just before midnight on Saturday. The victim, Adrian Myvette, remains hospitalized for injuries to the abdomen and back. Myvette was heading home when an assailant rode up and ambushed him. Two are detained […]
The Belize National Teachers Union came out swinging this morning on a number of issues. The union took umbrage to the prime minister’s recent New Year’s address, in which he touched on the much delayed salary adjustment and announced that it will be holding national rallies. B.N.T.U., as part of a multilateral body, has been […]
According to Luke Palacio, the fixed date was set by government and the delay, he says, needs to be explained by the prime minister. Furthermore, Palacio maintains that there is a distinction between the salary adjustment and a pending increment for teachers and public servants who qualify for the two percent raise. The manner in […]
After several months without a country manager, following the resignation of Audrey Matura-Shepherd, OCEANA in Belize has a new vice president. Former Channel Five reporter and freelancer Janelle Chanona assumed office this morning; her first task is to undertake an overall restructuring of the organization. While Chanona joins the team at a critical juncture, OCEANA’s […]
Admittedly, the bar which has been set extremely high by Chanona’s predecessor is a hard act to follow. And Chanona says she does have the best interest of the country at heart as it pertains to advocacy for the protection of its natural resources. Isani Cayetano “Some would say that filling Audrey’s shoes, in […]
Back to the Belize National Teachers’ Union…During the last house meeting on December twelfth, executives from the National Trade Union Congress of Belize were ejected from the gallery after vocally protesting for the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health Bill. The proposed law has been in the pipeline for quite some time and even […]
On Friday, a group of irate residents living along the Old Northern Highway threatened to block access to the road if businessman Roque Matus did not address the issue of damages caused by trucks and heavy equipment to the thoroughfare. Matus is the owner of M&M Engineering Ltd., a company which relocated to the community […]
A car washer, who works at the parking lot located behind the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, was today in front of the court to answer to a single charge of theft. He is twenty-one year old Kenrick Longsworth, a resident of Belize City, who appeared this morning before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer for arraignment. […]
Also in the court, an electrician who was involved in a traffic accident back in October 2013 was today charged with several traffic offenses in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. The traffic accident took the life of a senior citizen, sixty-four year-old Patricia Johnson back on October twenty-second, 2013. Jason Grant, a resident of Faber’s […]
Tonight, there is some extremely welcome news for motorists and commuters who frequent the George Price Highway between Belize City and the capital. That stretch of road has been responsible for many road traffic fatalities and mishaps, and for years there has been a public outcry to address proper road resurfacing. The Government of Belize, […]
Around one p.m. on Thursday, the body of sixty-four year old Brian Townsend, a former missionary living in Valley of Peace was exhumed in Flores, Peten. Townsend’s body was found floating in the river near Arenal in Guatemala on the twenty-seventh of December after he had gone missing on Christmas Eve. But it was not […]
Samuel Nicholson, a high school teacher at E.P. Yorke, is the lucky winner of a 2014 Toyota Hilux. He won the annual Rotary Christmas Raffle after purchasing a single ticket to enter the draw. Nicholson found out that he had won the prize on December twenty-third but did not receive the keys to vehicle until […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 13 in the Belikin Cup brought a pivotal showdown to the MCC Grounds yesterday as FC Belize in its last regular season match sought to shore up its playoff appearance with a win against a Police United Team that still has a mathematical […]
