According to San Ignacio Police, the Kotay siblings are still in the country recovering from their ordeal. Statements from Manisha and Kathen reveal that they were not robbed of any personal belongings or cash. Deputy Officer Commanding the San Ignacio Police Formation, Inspector Reymundo Reyes, says that the rescue would not have been possible without […]
Early on Thursday, San Ignacio police along with Mobile Intercept Team (K-nine) descended on the home of forty-seven year old Sherlene Myvette of Unitedville. The K-nine soon enough sniffed out suspected cocaine hidden in the stand of a fan. According to the police, there were six parcels of the cocaine weighing point three grams. Myvette’s […]
The inclusion of Belize as part of Guatemala’s territory, depicted on a number of geographical maps, is considered provocative given the political history of both countries in trying to resolve the age-old land dispute. Despite Guatemala’s Foreign Minister Fernando Carrera going on record to shed light on the matter, documents showing the annexation at the […]
Earlier this week, Russell Roberts, came to our studios to voice his concerns over existing gun laws saying there is an urgent need to revisit them. Russell is upset because he says police intervention has helped some persons to avoid charges. He alleges that this is what happened in the case of GST Supervisor, Reynaldo […]
Also at the head table of today’s press conference was the former Acting Supplies Manager at K.H.M.H., Delroy Herrera. Herrera blew the whistle on the irregular purchasing of supplies and the mismanagement of funds at the hospital during the period of January 2008 to June 2009. His actions triggered a Commission of Inquiry. Well, it […]
The press conference concluded with a public plea to citizens to exercise their rights and show civic pride. The group is asking everyone affected to make complaints to their area representatives and elected ministers in an effort to effect change. Russell Roberts, Activist “I think this will be taken out to the full length […]
In tonight’s newscast, we feature Belizean Joel Hodgson, who left Belize at the tender age of four when he was adopted by a Scottish couple living in Belize at the time. Hodgson was taken to live in Glasgow, Scotland. Recently, he caught the attention of BBC Sports because of his inspiring story. Homeless and selling […]
Two siblings were abducted in the west this morning as they left a resort, but their kidnapping fortunately ended without incident. While unscathed, eighteen year old Kathen Kotay and twenty-two year old Manisha of Virginia, USA, endured a terrifying ordeal at the hands of their abductors who were demanding seventy-five thousand dollars for their return. […]
The People’s United Party held a press briefing today at Independence Hall to roundly condemn the actions of the Elections and Boundaries Office, which rejected three hundred and thirty-seven signatures in the Elvin Penner recall petition. One hundred and fifty-six of those signatures were rejected because the signatures did not match, or the petitioners were […]
As we told you, the P.U.P. came with substance to back up their fire and fury. The party claims that after just a cursory examination, they are prepared to object to one hundred and forty of one hundred and fifty-six rejections. With judicial review on the horizon, the P.U.P. weren’t shown all the goods, just […]
There was a time not so long ago when the Belize/Guatemala referendum on the age-old territorial dispute was a part of daily conversation. All that changed when Guatemala backed out and talks stuttered at the eleventh hour. But the effort continues, or so it appears. Today, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Fernando Carrera flew into Belize to […]
With all the best intentions and apparent goodwill between both Foreign Ministers, there are still some sticky issues which have led to hostile words and tense moments between countries. One of those is the constant encroachments into Belize by Guatemalans, and the consistent plunder of natural resources within our borders. Those illegal trespassers have come […]
Another sticky issue is the consistent appearance of Guatemalan documents which cast some doubt, at least on that nation’s part, of Belize’s territorial integrity. Just recently, a Belizean delegation to an event in Australia came across a Guatemalan map which included the territory of Belize. It has caused some consternation and raised the ire of […]
The Belize National Teachers Union that started the year with a militant tone reacted swiftly today to a release issued by the Ministry of Education. The ministry took issue with plans by the union to hold rallies beginning this Friday up north. The ministry is of the view that the rallies would disrupt classes and […]
So that is where the B.N.T.U. stands tonight…starting at nine a.m. on Friday in Orange Walk Town and in the afternoon in Corozal Town, teachers from the two northern districts will march in large numbers and conclude their industrial action with rallies. The B.N.T.U. says corruption can’t go unchecked and it is also agitating for […]
By this afternoon, the Minister of Education Patrick Faber, in a meeting with the media, said that there is absolutely no reason why teachers should be demonstrating on a school day since they have made it abundantly clear that they are not holding a union meeting. According to Faber, students have lost too much time […]
Faber says that while the ministry is not threatening teachers, it will not sit by idly and watch the efforts of the government be toppled by the union. FOR VIDEO LINK CLICK HERE: FABER APPEALS TO TEACHERS Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “I want to make it absolutely clear as well to those who might […]
There is heinous crime to report tonight involving a fifty-one year old teacher, who is the stepfather of an alleged abused young girl. A twelve year old is claiming that her stepfather, who is many years her senior, has been sexually abusing her since she was at the tender age of seven years. The girl, […]
Today in the courtroom of the Chief Magistrate, a Freetown Sibun resident was convicted after his fingerprints were lifted from a perfume bottle he came in contact with during a burglary at the home of well-known Hattieville resident, Douglas Hyde. The crime occurred last September at Hyde’s house located in the American New Site area […]
Belize is looking for energy security and at a lower cost for the next ten years or so. As it currently stands, the national grid requires eighty megawatts of energy. The Belize Electricity Limited meets the country’s demand through multiple sources including: Belize Electric Company Ltd. (BECOL); Hydro Maya Limited in Southern Belize; Belize Cogeneration […]
Now, Belize Electric Company Limited operates the Chalillo, Mollejon and Vaca Hydroelectric located in western Belize. BECOL is owned by Fortis, the former Canadian owners of the utility company…prior to G.O.B.’s takeover in June of 2011. PUC Chairman, John Avery, says that while Fortis has preemptory rights of first refusal for waterways, that contract was […]
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health issued a release cautioning Belizeans about the seasonal flu. Included in the update was that there was one suspected cases of H-one N-one pending confirmation. Back in 2009, the entire world was on the edge fearing the global pandemic of H-one N-one; so what is the situation now? All […]
Tonight there is a development up north where the sugar industry has been at a standstill. And there is light at the end of the sugar-cane crop tunnel, as both B.S.I. and the BSCFA have compromised, if only tentatively, on a way forward. Both parties met today in Orange Walk, and the BSCFA presented as […]
This is the first time in Belize’s history that the sugar cane crop season has been so delayed. Generally it kicks off in the middle of November. Mother Nature has played a role in the delay, with incessant rains negatively impacting cane quality and destroying roads through which farmers access their fields and the factory. […]
The move to recall U.D.P. Cayo Northeast Area Representative Elvin Penner is dead in the water. In a letter to the Governor-General dated December thirtieth, 2013, Chief Elections Officer Josephine Tamai stated that the requisite petition threshold of thirty percent of voters had not been met. It wasn’t met because the Elections and Boundaries Department […]
