A delegation of young martial artists, led by instructors Leon Guild and Juan Card, was in Chetumal over the weekend where they participated in a jujitsu tournament. The unarmed fighting technique, unlike karate, is not as popular locally and in an effort to promote the practice the Belize Martial Arts Academy teamed up with another […]
On Saturday the last regular season games were played in the Smart Mundialito Football Tournament. In game 1, Dimitri Fabro scored a goal for Third World giving them the one – nil win over Carlton F.C. In game 2 Brown Bombers held Ladyville Jaguars to a one – one draw, Dion Cacho scored for Brown […]
Seventy-two hours after businessman and farmer Ramon Cervantes Sr. was reported missing, his family is saying nothing and the police are being very cautious about what they do say. The seventy-one-year-old Orange Walk resident allegedly disappeared on Tuesday from his farm located on the San Roman Road, just a few miles from town. His family […]
Several bail applications were heard today in the Supreme Court. There were no objections from prosecutors in the Supreme Court all morning until the application of Shaquille Meighan came before Justice Herbert Lord. Shaquille, who is the younger brother of notorious siblings Ellis and Tyrone, has been tied to the spate of shootings that started […]
Torrential rains overnight in the south have resulted in flooding in the Toledo District. This morning, commuters along the Southern Highway were delayed near the Jacintoville Bridge where several inches of water inundated the thoroughfare for a few hours. Although the area is considered a flood prone location, traffic was interrupted until midday when the […]
Two squatters are tonight in detention following a complaint from a reported land owner in the Krooman Lagoon area. The men have been arrested for illegally squatting on private property. According to Officer Commanding Precinct Two of the Belize City Police Department, Superintendent Alford Grinage, the men have not been charged because they are working […]
As we told you earlier in the newscast, several bail applications came before Justice Herbert Lord today. Four residents from Orange Walk and Benque were granted individual bail in their respective municipalities. Orange Walk men, Kevin Albert Flowers and Martin Rigoberto Rosado, were both granted bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars each. Both […]
Twenty-six-year-old Jason Sutherland was busted on Thursday attempting to dispose of a bag of weed. Police on mobile patrol along West Collet Canal spotted a black Geo Prism going contrary to the flow of traffic. When the vehicle was stopped the driver identified himself and was informed that a search of the vehicle, as […]
Danini Contreras is the daughter of U.D.P. Minister Erwin Contreras. She is also the newly appointed Director of the Drug Inspectorate, a post that was created for her. It’s an appointment that has caused no end of discontent, primarily in the Pharmacy Association but also in the Ministry of Health. The situation has gotten so […]
Belize may not have qualified to participate in this year’s World Cup tournament but our athletes in five other disciplines will take to the international stage on July twenty-third in Scotland where they will compete in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Belize’s delegation is comprised of eleven athletes and six coaches, as well as a Chief […]
Also accredited to take part in the Road and Time Trials in Glasgow is Byron Pope. Due to a near-fatal mishap last weekend in which the cyclist collided into the rear of a delivery truck along the Hattieville/Boom Road, Pope will not be joining the team to Scotland. In his place is Gregory Lovell. According […]
‘From Yucatan to the World’, a two-night clarinet concert series opens on Saturday evening at the Institute of Mexico in Belize City and will feature the music of the five-member youth ensemble Paax utia’al iik. The group of performers was formed in May 2012 and the idea was to collectively produce chamber music with different […]
A cycling race in collaboration with Bowen and Bowen will be held this weekend in San Ignacio. It is the annual King of the Hill cycling race that will see athletes participate in all categories to win the title and various cash prizes courtesy of the beverage company. The race is set for one p.m. […]
Orange Walk businessman Ramon Cervantes Sr. has been missing for over forty-eight hours. Cervantes was last seen as he headed to his farm on the San Roman Road early Tuesday morning. He did not come home for lunch, and calls made to him by family during the day suggested that something was wrong. His vehicle, […]
On Wednesday morning, the lifeless body of Andrea Herbert was retrieved from the Haulover Creek near the BelChina Bridge, amid speculation that she may have been killed and dumped into the murky water. It was later discovered that she had a history of mental disorder which is strongly believed to be the reason that Herbert […]
Tropic Air and the Construction Depot, one of the Benny’s Group of Companies, will seek a settlement after a multi-million dollar land dispute. That dispute arises from a human error in the Ministry of Natural Resources. In a nutshell, a lease to a parcel of land was granted to Tropic Air, which started construction of […]
This morning, Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse was in court for a libel suit he brought against the Belize Times. That matter will not go to full hearing as attorneys are talking settlement which will be determined at a final court session on July tenth. But with that out the way, there’s always plenty to […]
The Puerto Azul project is still months away from serious consideration, according to Hulse. But the Norwegian Cruise Line Project is a definite go. In fact, work has already started on Harvest Caye to clear the site. Notwithstanding Government’s clear support for the project, on Wednesday, Justice Courtenay Abel granted B.T.I.A. leave to apply for […]
Gary Sewell has been fighting extradition to the US since 2010, and after a decision handed down by Justice Michelle Arana today, he will need to take that fight to the Court of Appeal. In 2013, Sewell’s extradition was given the green light in the Magistrate’s Court, and attorney Arthur Saldivar then submitted a habeas […]
The interim Auditor-General’s report was submitted almost four months ago and there is no sign of the final report which, hopefully, will be made privy to the public. Now we know the wheels of government grind slowly, but four months? There are still plenty of unanswered questions coming out of the interim version, which was […]
Minister Hulse also totally disregards some very serious criticism levied at his Director of Immigration Maria Marin. And even more than just criticism, the Auditor-General says that Marin can actually be charged. Marin’s name has come up before during our reports into the Penner immigration scandal and even during investigations into other immigration offences and […]
Former Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya and her family are grieving the death of her brother whom she believes was viciously attacked a week ago near the Conch Shell Bay Fish Market. Michael ‘Spam’ Moya passed away on Saturday, after reportedly receiving injuries to the chest, following an alleged altercation with a fisherman in the […]
Dennis Rajiv Gonguez Junior, the son of the Chief Meteorologist met his untimely death on April twenty-ninth 2013 when he was executed in front of Brown Sugar Marketplace on North Front Street. Gonguez Jr. and a friend, Jayme Marin, were exiting the compound, when a slim dark complexion man, who reportedly lay-waited them, approached and […]
While Navarro has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court, Derrick Munnings has been acquitted of an attempted murder charge. The twenty-one year old was accused of the April 2011 attempted murder of Donovan Pratt during a basketball game in Ladyville. After day one of trial today and more than three years on […]
After two nights in lock down at the Belize Central Prison, transgender woman, Vanessa Champagne Paris is finally out on bail. Today, Vanessa, who’s birth name is Perfilio Rodriquez, was out after her father met the seven hundred and fifty dollar bail granted by Magistrate Herbert Panton. While she appeared as a female on Tuesday […]
