A vicious murder, the first for this year in Orange Walk, has left the community reeling and the family of the victim in deep shock. A young and well-known custom broker, Stephen Kuylen Junior, was executed inside the yard of his house at around nine o’clock on Tuesday night. He was home alone and there […]
A formal investigation has been launched into allegations of sexual misconduct made against a primary school teacher in Dangriga. On Monday, we reported that a trio of girls, standard two students at the primary school, had been molested by their music teacher. The incident occurred last Thursday while the class was attending lessons at the […]
It is no secret that Belize is a popular tourist destination among cruise and overnight visitors wanting to get away from the frigid winters of North America and Europe, to enjoy their honeymoon or simply discover the many wonders of this beautiful country. But tonight, the Jewel is being marketed as a premium erotic destination […]
The Gang Suppression Unit is reporting a major bust tonight about one mile on the More Tomorrow Road off the George Price Highway. Early this morning, the GSU says it intercepted a white vehicle, driven by Danny Marin Castellanos of the Benque Viejo area. When the driver of the van spotted the unit, he sped […]
Up to news time, a jury is deliberating the fate of Paul Jex, accused of the murder of Aubrey Lopez, the son of Belmopan’s Mayor Simeon Lopez. Lopez was violently murdered in May 2010 in Belize City. The sensational trial of the accused Belize City suspect, Jex, got underway two weeks ago in the Supreme […]
On January nineteenth, nineteen year old Marlon Balona was found murdered in the community of La Gracia, and on Tuesday his brother, twenty-one year old Raulito, was shot to death in Arenal. The brothers were suspects in the murder of Canadian missionary Brian Townsend in Valley of Peace at Christmas. Now both are dead, and […]
Following a weekend meeting between Mayor Darrell Bradley and CWU President Audrey Matura-Shepherd, it was revealed that much headway had been made in resolving the dispute surrounding twenty-six City Council security workers. That’s good news for the workers, most of who should at this point be preparing to move into a ready-made job with a […]
While he is involved in intense discussions with the Labour Commissioner and the CWU, the Mayor is also dealing with litigation with Belize Waste Control. In fact, Mayor Bradley was in Court on Tuesday for arrears owed to the sanitation company. According to the Mayor, he has already made payment of one point two million […]
Following a prolonged period of intensive road-works in the city which resulted in equal parts appreciation and frustration, there has been a noticeable slowing down of infrastructural works. It’s probably more noticeable because many of the streets in the city are in deplorable condition, rutted and gutted by no maintenance made worse by the recent […]
‘Making Tourism Benefit Communities Adjacent to Archaeological Sites’ is a local initiative spearheaded by National Institute of Culture and History and the Belize Tourism Board that is being supported by the European Union. This morning, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at Altun Ha, in the Belize District, to commemorate infrastructure improvements at the location. The […]
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, also known as the Great Mayan Reef, stretches over six hundred and twenty-one miles from the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula down to Belize, Guatemala and the Bay Islands of Honduras. Its coral reefs are well-known among divers the world over for their eye-catching beauty and multicolor displays, but are […]
There was a high-level meeting held in Toledo on Tuesday, where officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Security and Agriculture met with representatives of the Guatemalan government. The meeting is part of an ongoing series of discussions following the formation of a joint commission established in January in Washington. While the agenda for […]
A family from the village of San Pablo in the Orange Walk district is a quarter-million dollars richer today. This morning cane-farmer Teodulo Marin and his wife Rosalia headed down to the Fantasy Five office in Belize City and collected their hefty check. The couple does not purchase tickets every week, but on Saturday they […]
The second suspect in the highly publicized murder of Canadian missionary, Brian Townsend has been found….not alive, but dead. On Christmas Eve night, Townsend, a Valley of Peace resident, was abducted from his home in the village. He was brutally murdered and his body dumped in the Mopan River on the border with Guatemala near […]
The Elvin Penner fiasco broke back on September nineteenth, but except for administrative investigations in the Nationality and Passport Sections of the Immigration Department, there has been no criminal investigation. But now, the People’s United Party has issued a rare ultimatum to Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie. If Whylie does not commence a criminal investigation […]
The letter to ComPol Whylie, delivered on Monday, gives a deadline of seven days by which he is asked to take action. The timing is critical because there is a statute limitation of six months for the summary offence of which Penner is being accused. Legal Advisor Anthony Sylvestre told the media today that the […]
The P.U.P. has come out with legal guns blazing and former Minister of State Elvin Penner locked firmly in the crosshairs. There is some urgency in the matter, because the matter for which the Party wants charges brought against Penner is a summary offence. That means that criminal proceedings must be initiated within six months, […]
On Monday, B.T.L. introduced a new element to its Digicell service, particularly its 4G platform in which it is no longer adding onto its system cellular phones that aren’t directly compatible with its existing settings. Simply put, if you’re planning on purchasing or unlocking a phone made specifically for international GSM carriers such as AT&T […]
To address their fears, a meeting was held with various distributors in Belize City this afternoon. B.T.L. called a late evening press briefing saying that they are working together to find an agreeable outcome. The discussion, says Miranda, was productive. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Dr. Dionne Miranda, General Manager of Customer Service, B.T.L. “These phones […]
There was another issue that came up in the P.U.P.’s press briefing earlier today. It involves the Elvin Penner recall petition put in motion by the Party, but rejected on December thirty-first by the Elections and Boundaries Office. The rejection came on the basis that it did not meet the threshold of valid signatures. The […]
Gary Seawell, wanted by U.S. authorities, along with his sibling, for allegedly organizing a drug trafficking ring between 1994 and 1997, continues to fight for his freedom, despite a ruling by Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith in October 2013 to have him extradited. The matter has been elevated to the Supreme Court and a hearing […]
There is another case in a growing list of human trafficking offences to report tonight for which a twenty-nine year-old man remains in custody at the Queen Street Police. The Immigration Department strongly believes that the suspect has been smuggling Salvadorans into Belize and across the northern border. But that is just what they suspect, […]
Back in December of 2013, three cops were arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court for the shakedown of Tyrell Hyde on September eighth of last year. But their case has been transferred to Belize City and today only two of the three officers—forty-two year old Corporal Reymundo Requeña and thirty year old Special Constable Joslyn […]
With the D.P.P. occupying a rare space in the spotlight, another issue which has dominated the news recently also came up…that is the Firearms Act. The act, amended in 2008, has been the cause of much distress to those, innocent and guilty, who have been swept up in its very wide-reaching and tightly-meshed net. Career […]
Reynaldo Verde’s name has come up quite frequently lately in discussions of the Firearms Act, or more accurately, as one of the very few who has managed to escape its net. Verde, a senior employee of the General Sales Tax Department, was detained on January third when a Police search allegedly yielded an illegal firearm […]
