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 […]
Today representatives of the eighteen branches of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association met in Orange Walk. The only item on the agenda for today’s session was a look at the letter sent by B.S.I. on December thirty-first and the formulation of a response. The response will be to invite BSI back to the table, […]
According to Ortega, the Prime Minister has told the BSCFA that if negotiations break down he would be willing to intercede. Well, for all intents and purposes negotiations have crumbled, but how practical is it to expect that the Prime Minister will intercede to coerce B.S.I. to make a firm, written commitment to farmers. The […]
And even as the gods seem to be frowning on the crop season, with more rain, less sucrose, impassable roads and the bagasse impasse prevailing, there is more bad news. Unofficial indications are that there has been some equipment malfunction at B.S.I., which would make milling at this time impossible, even if everything else had […]
Residents along the Old Northern Highway are tonight up in arms, following the destruction of the road at the hands of a construction company. They contend that M&M Engineering Ltd. is responsible for its deplorable state since their trucks are constantly up and down the road. The incessant rains aren’t doing much to help the […]
A family of five is tonight homeless after a fire in the Mitchell Estate Area of Ladyville gutted their house. The McKay family has been living in the three bedroom structure for over twenty-five years and now they are without a roof over their heads, following the inferno which was caused by a lit candle […]
On New Year’s Day, many families generally celebrate by spending quality time together. But on New Year’s Day in Ranchito Village just outside Corozal, thirty-year-old Hensleigh Ryan Jones shot his father in the head three times, following an altercation. Hensley Jones miraculously survived the ordeal, and was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where he is currently […]
San Bernardino Police and the FBI are hunting for a man who is said to have strong ties to Belize. Edly Albert Atherley is wanted for the murder of his estranged wife, Ashley Atherley. She was found dead in the couple’s San Bernardino, California home on November thirtieth. Her throat had been slit, she had […]
Persons charged for illegal firearm offences are in the news on almost a daily basis. People are hauled away regularly for unlicensed guns or bullets found on them, in their homes, in their yards and even in close proximity. But our story tonight is different, with distinct Animal Farm undertones. There is a large measure […]
In news from the courts, two Hondurans caught living unlawfully in Belize were today charged with illegal entry and ordered to pay one thousand dollars each. But tonight, the men are behind bars after not being able to pay the fine. Twenty-five-year-old Jonnie Cabellero and twenty-year-old Neris Reyes, wasted no time and pleaded guilty to the […]
Also in court, a twenty-one year old man, who is being accused of assaulting a fifteen-year-old female, was today before the court with injuries he claims he sustained while in lockdown in police custody. Jorge Perez, a resident of Western Avenue, Belize City appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer wearing a bandage over his right […]
B.T.L. Park remains under construction after several months of diligent restorative work. The relentless rains, however, have caused major delays in the reopening of the recreational space. Despite an initial launch date being set in early December, the Belize City Council has had to postpone grand event. Mayor Darrell Bradley, in an interview with the […]
