On February fifth, News Five reported a very disturbing and appalling sexual crime against a small child. The child, an eight year old female, visited the Independence Police Station with her aunt to report that on February first she went to her aunt’s house in the village of Bella Vista to get some flour tortillas […]
On Wednesday, we told you about Global Fantasies, an online site advertising Belize as a sex paradise. The website features fifteen worldwide destinations where the images of well-known Belizean women are prominently displayed as escorts. It says quote, “it offers Belize Fantasy Adult Sex Vacations” at exotic locations. The idea is that for a premium […]
Belmopan Police say that they are closing in on twenty-nine year old Edwin Paula, an inmate at the Belize Central Prison who escaped while being transported to Belmopan for a court appearance. Paula and three students from the Belmopan Comprehensive School were accused of an array of charges including murder and attempted murder for the […]
In court today, a Belize City man reappeared before Justice Troadio Gonzalez to learn his fate following his conviction last Thursday. Twenty-eight year old Glenford Ferguson Jr. was sentenced to twenty-two years imprisonment for a crime that goes back to seven years ago, when he was accused of the murder of Koffi Beeks, a Ladyville […]
There is confirmation tonight from the Belize Agricultural Health Authority of the presence of bovine tuberculosis in the country. Bovine TB is a chronic infectious disease which affects cattle and is caused by a bacteria that is related to the that which also causes tuberculosis in humans. According to a release issued by BAHA earlier […]
The increase in the smuggling of historical artifacts worldwide has prompted a warning by UNESCO. The UN agency has written to the President of the National Institute Diane Haylock, indicating that now more than ever before, religious, sacred, indigenous, and archeological cultural objects have been appearing on the market as well as in public and […]
Love is in the air….February fourteen is celebrated every year as the day of love, Valentine’s Day. Throughout the day, florists had a long list of orders and jewelry stores were packed with persons doing last minute shopping to show their love and appreciation. In the downtown area there was a wave of red as […]
The annual Valentine’s Cycling Classic is less than two days away and riders from across the country, in various categories, will be participating in the tournament. The race is the second activity on the cycling calendar leading up to the big event on Holy Saturday. Competing this year are a number of international athletes who […]
And on the basketball courts, a second run of competition takes place over the weekend. The National Elite Basketball League is hosting several regular season games with participating teams visiting various towns to take on their respective home teams. The newly opened season, according to NEBL Commissioner, Isaac Rhys is off to a strong start […]
Ras Dara’s feeding program has gotten assistance from a number of corporate sponsors since opening his kitchen to needy children across Belize City over the years. On Sunday, the well-known philanthropist held a fundraising activity to collect money and other donations in the form of nonperishable goods to provide for the students. Today, however, another […]
While vendors at Mr. Ham’s are busy trying to realize their sales target, officials from the Belize City Council were on hand at BTL Park this afternoon to oversee the final touches being added for tonight’s mega-event. The park, after several months of construction, is being launched to much fanfare. With a lineup of popular […]
Valley of Peace resident, Martita Requeña, has lost two of her sons in less than a month, both of them murdered. The two brothers, Marlon Flores and Raul Balona, were allegedly being sought by Police, since they were considered suspects in the murder of Canadian missionary Brian Townsend, killed at Christmas time. The violent murders […]
The family is running scared and, obviously afraid to go to the Police Department, have turned to the Ombudsman for help. When they first went to the office in Belize City, Marlon Flores had just been killed but Raul Balona was still alive. Now both brothers are dead, and the family feels they need the […]
A jury deliberated for about five hours and when the panel emerged just before nine o’clock on Wednesday night, they found that the suspect in the murder of the popular basketball player and teacher, Audrey Lopez, was not guilty. In the two-week trial, fourteen witnesses were called to the stand, but the main witness claimed […]
After weeks of tension between Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley and Christian Workers Union President Audrey Matura-Shepherd, an agreement has been reached on behalf of security officers deemed redundant. The negotiations were concluded today after an extended session at the office of the Labour Commissioner. By all indications, it is good news for the CWU […]
The CWU will be meeting with Hiram Longsworth of Ranger Security on Friday to discuss terms and conditions under which they will be employed. They will be looking at overtime, work schedules and other employment conditions. One of the major sticking points in the negotiations, and what seemed like a sure deal-breaker at one point, […]
Today, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmer Association and Belize Sugar Industries met in Orange Walk Town for the first round of intensive discussions on the new sugar-cane purchasing agreement, of which the most pressing is the quantum of payment for bagasse. It was not expected that all negotiations would be concluded today, and it wasn’t. […]
The Spelling Bee is perhaps one of the most anticipated competitions on the primary school calendar. In the yearly event, schools from across the country compete round after round until the best speller clinches the competition from a reserved list of unconventional words. It started twenty years ago and has grown into a hugely successful […]
Earlier we showed you the grief-stricken family of two murdered men. They have sought assistance and protection from the Office of the Ombudsman because they feel threatened. That’s bad enough, but it gets worse. The family feels that because of the circumstances of the murder of Canadian Brian Townsend, they are now being forced out […]
A resident of San Pedro is reporting that his licensed firearm was stolen from his home on Barrier Reef Drive. Thirty-five year old tour operator Eric Andrews reported to police that as he arrived home on around eight-thirty on Monday night, he found that his apartment was burglarized. A further search revealed that his licensed […]
An amputee of La Democracia Village will be spending the first of a one year jail term tonight behind bars for a drug possession conviction. Sixty-six year old John Ramos is certainly no stranger to the court; he has eight previous convictions for possession of controlled drugs and today in the Courtroom of Senior Magistrate […]
Abbas Khan, a Pakistani national with Belizean citizenship appeared in the Belmopan Magistrate Court this past Wednesday. Khan was on trial for a charge of Escape from the Orange Walk police station. Police claimed that Khan escaped from the station last year on March third. Six witnesses, all police officers, were called to the stand. […]
Just at about this time at the Mexican Institute in Belize City, Harpist Ada Tzab from Merida is presenting a solo recital. The twenty-three year old musician has been studying at the Advance School of Arts in the Yucatan Peninsula where some Belizean students are currently enrolled. Tzab has been invited to Belize by the […]
A huge concert to mark the official opening of the B.T.L. Park is set for Valentine’s Day, this Friday. City Hall is planning a grand opening that will see a long list of local artists taking center stage starting at seven p.m. Preparations are near completion and today, the headliner for the show, Jamaican Reggae […]
Very few people enjoy going to the dentist but good oral hygiene is one way of ensuring good overall health. The mouth, including teeth and gums, is an organ in your body and poor oral hygiene can lead to health complications in other organs and body parts. Tonight in Healthy Living, we discuss this topic […]
