Following this morning’s blaze, the owners of both Kimmie’s Bar and Business Computer Systems looked through the wreckage to see if anything could be salvaged. That seems unlikely, because the destruction was absolute. In a majority of blazes, the Fire Department comes under fire for everything from response time to faulty equipment, and this one […]
While all attention was on the main blaze which engulfed the buildings and killed one young woman, there was much drama being played out in Hunter’s Alley beside and behind the two buildings. The fresh sea breeze in this instance became the enemy of residents, feeding the hungry flames and neighbours were at real risk. […]
A release from the Office of Prime Minister Dean Barrow late Tuesday evening has stirred a hornet’s nest in the Bar Association. The release targets current and past presidents of the Bar Association Eamon Courtenay, Andrew Marshalleck and Jackie Marshalleck. In a nutshell, it is a spirited defence of the appointment of Court of Appeal […]
While Fonseca vouched for the characters of all three attorneys named in the Prime Minister’s response, he says that the behavior is typical of government. According to the Leader of the Opposition, a draft of the resolution was circulated prior to a position being taken by the association. Francis Fonseca, Opposition Leader “I know […]
As we told you, former President of the Bar Andrew Marshalleck is specifically named in the release. Today, he told us that the release is just a red herring to distract from the real issue which is the PM’s appointment of Awich, and not Awich or the Court of Appeal. Andrew Marshalleck, Attorney […]
Three persons are named in the Prime Minister’s release – Eamon Courtenay, Andrew Marshalleck and Jackie Marshalleck. But whether or not that was an attempt to get personal, Marshalleck remains unfazed, and focused on the real problem and the real message – which is that things need to change where appointments in the judiciary are […]
Attorney Godfrey Smith also weighed in on the release from the Office of the Prime Minister, and he wasn’t bashful about it. Smith says that the PM deciding to enter the fray at this point, and using his office to do so, is just plain wrong in every way. Godfrey Smith, Attorney “I think […]
The latest figures on unemployment were released this morning by the Statistical Institute of Belize. It shows a nominal drop in joblessness compared to the same period last year. The improved figures, according to S.I.B., are reflected in the city where there is construction work taking place. In the other districts, however, the unemployment rate […]
It is not often that judges’ names are bandied about in the public forum, largely because they are considered sacrosanct. Speaking on the conduct of those judges is a walk on hallowed and dangerous ground. But Justice Awich seems to be in the news a lot lately, and today he was the subject of an […]
Police are reporting a case of electrocution in the city. Despite warnings by the utility company against the practice of illegal connections, thirty-three year old Ernest Caniquie of Rivero Street climbed a lamb post on the street where he lives in an attempt to steal electricity. Rivero, however, was electrocuted and lost his life over […]
Twenty-seven year old Ladyville fisherman, Leroy Samuel Ruiz is in plenty trouble with the law; this morning he pleaded guilty to fishing in the Glovers Reef Marine Reserve without a license. The repeat offender is hoping that the magistrate will fine, but not confine him for the offense. Ruiz appeared before Magistrate Herbert Panton and […]
In the south, two men ended in the Punta Gorda hospital following a stabbing incident. Twenty-four year old Eden Mejia was involved in a confrontation with twenty-six year old Jordy Flores on Monday; the motive is not known, but both men are in critical condition. According to police, Mejia pulled out a knife and attacked […]
Young Ashton Tillett from Crooked Tree set the standards high this morning when he was honored as this year’s top scorer for the Primary School Examinations. It was not by any measure an easy task and Tillett had to cross many hurdles to become this year’s number one student. He now moves on to high […]
As we said earlier, twenty-five primary school students from across the country were honored at today’s national P.S.E. Award ceremonies in Belize City. And that included Jose Arciga from Louisiana Government School in Orange Walk. But Arciga was not initially included in the list of top performers issued by the Ministry of Education earlier this […]
Minister Faber was also asked about the plight of teachers who were dismissed as a result of the merger of three Belize City high schools. It’s an unfortunate situation says the minister, but that in the process of developing education in the country, the change will bring with it un-pleasantry…and that’s what it is. Since […]
If you can sing it, bring it… our sensational new entertainment show premiered as promised on Tuesday night with recorded auditions of those artists who dared to step up to the mic in their quest to become the numero uno vocalist on national television. They brought their A game with a diverse genre of music […]
Government threatens the president of the bar and two former presidents. Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in Dominican Republic for a SICA summit, but just after six this evening, his office sent out a stunning, but lengthy release on comments made on the reappointment of Justice Samuel Awich. It is a most unusual release […]
US Ambassador designate Carlos Moreno arrived in Belize on Saturday morning to take over from his predecessor, Vinai Thummalapally. The retired California Supreme Court Justice turned diplomat made it official with the presentation of his credentials to Governor-General Sir Colville Young this morning to begin his diplomatic tour. But there was a slight glitch to […]
The media was not allowed on the grounds of Belize House this morning, but we were invited to the US Embassy parking lot for an impromptu, very brief word from Ambassador Moreno. As we told you, he and his wife Christine arrived a few days ago, but notwithstanding the unexpected mini-protest this morning, they seem […]
Ambassador Moreno could not help but notice the welcome he received outside the residence of the Governor-General. To our knowledge he is the first arriving US Ambassador to ever been greeted with a protest. He seemed unfazed, but adamant that the US has no LGBT agenda, and he is not here to promote homosexuality. The […]
Benque Police are tonight investigating a report of the kidnapping of a six year old Guatemalan girl in Belize. Germayoni Asucena Cancinos Letran commutes daily from her home in Melchor De Mencos, Guatemala to attend school at the Adventist Primary School in Hills of Promise in Benque Viejo Del Carmen. But today, her father, who […]
In November of 2010, a plane famously landed on the Southern Highway, and nearby authorities found over twenty-nine thousand kilos of suspected cocaine with a street value of close to a hundred and seventy million Belize dollars. Six persons, police officers Corporal Renel Grant, Corporal Nelson Middleton, Sergeant Lawrence Humes, and Sergeant Jacinto Roches; former […]
The violent assault of Ernesto Chan last Thursday in San Ignacio by a pair of officers is the fourth reported incident of police brutality within that jurisdiction of late. On Monday, Chan gave a dramatic account of being accosted by two plainclothes officers who pursued him from in front of his home in the Santiago […]
In April, a transgender woman named Vanessa Champagne Paris was badly beaten as she walked on Vernon Street in Belize City. She claimed that she was targeted because of her sexual orientation. Tonight she is back in the news after an incident which occurred in Belmopan. Actually, the incident occurred on June tenth but went […]
The Pickwoad family, along with attorney Audrey Matura-Shepherd, was back in court today, where a land dispute involving a parcel situated at the corners of Chetumal Street and Albert Hoy Avenue will be heard before Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. In December 2013, it was discovered that the property belonging to Bernadette Pickwoad has been assigned […]
