A thirteen year old student of Ladyville, Belize District was reportedly sexually abused last Sunday afternoon. According to the girl, she and her friends went swimming in the sea behind Vista Del Mar, but the abuse occurred when she was not in the water. There are few details of the incident, but the minor claims […]
Three men were free of murder charge today when they appeared in Belmopan Supreme Court. Twenty-two year old Anthony Dennison, twenty-four year olds Traevon Williams and Denfield Tasher were acquitted of the 2010 shooting death of businesswoman Zhen Nong Zheng in Santa Elena, Cayo. In trial, Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez of the D.P.P.’s office relied […]
Belize has been gaining recognition worldwide as a top tourist destination. Well tonight, there is one more to add as the leading tour operator for the Caribbean hails from Belize. Carnival Cruise Lines has selected H2O-Tierra Ltd, owned by Tom and Ivette Wilson as the top tour operator in the countries where the cruise lines […]
Earlier, we showed you Mayor Darrell Bradley engaged in the very spirited defense of the Council’s finances. But there’s more than that going on at the Council. Bradley is also working on a land deal where CitCo workers will get a piece of the jewel. He told News Five today that the initiative has been […]
It made big news at the end of January when news of child predators on the prowl in the north spread like wildfire. Schools were on alert and so were the Police, hunting for signs of a white SUV allegedly linked to a kidnapping attempt. Things have quieted down somewhat, but today Officer commanding Corozal […]
Residents in the capital city of Belmopan were up in arms about a wooden structure that was erected on reserve land near the market. Somehow, a clerk at the Belmopan city council ended with the land after getting the nod from the mayor and proceeded to put up small kiosk. Well you know elections are […]
Today, senior police officers from formations across the country gathered at Raccoon Street Headquarters for day one of a two-day media workshop. It’s an initiative by Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie to improve the relationship between his commanders and the media where information dissemination is concerned. Mike Rudon was at the workshop this morning and […]
The dust seems to have settled at the Belize Body Building and Fitness Federation, but over at the Belize Boxing Federation, a storm is in the making. Former member of the Belize Boxing Federation, Asad Martinez, says that the federation isn’t functional and it has failed the athletes. Martinez believes that there are critical elements […]
We contacted the President of the Belize Boxing Federation, Moses Sulph, to comment on the state of the executive. He says that it boils down to a few people not willing to follow the rules. Rules, he says, that must be adhered to if the Federation wants to remain a member of the International Boxing […]
No legal professional in Belize’s history has ever been incarcerated for misappropriation of money entrusted to them by clients, but this morning senior attorney, Ernest Staine, almost became the first. Staine has been ordered by the court to pay back monies which were given to him for handling a land transaction between buyer and seller. […]
With the facts of the case on display, the court appears to have little sympathy for a member of the legal fraternity who has committed serious wrong. And certainly, Staine will get no support from the claimants who are out of pocket and whose trust has been abused. But he did have some support today […]
As we told you earlier, today attorney Ernest Staine appeared unconcerned by the very real threat of prison time. Until just days ago, he had failed to obey orders of the Court to disclose his assets, and he has still not paid a cent to the claimants despite repeated commitments that he would do so. […]
The accusation levied against Staine is by no means a rare one where attorneys are concerned. Traditionally, those complaints against attorneys should be taken before the General Legal Counsel, the body which decides sanctions against attorneys. Bar Association President Eamon Courtenay says that a complaint against Staine has been taken before that body, where it […]
Before noon today, a delivery truck from the Hummingbird Citrus Limited Two- farm collided with a small SUV at mile thirty-one on the George Price Highway. One of three persons travelling in the smaller vehicle, died. She has been identified as a US tourist who was heading to Jaguar Paw for a day trip. A […]
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Belize City businessman Christian Ebanks remains a free man tonight, following the dismissal of a single charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. The charge was brought against the forty-year-old naturalized Belizean in mid-May 2014, when personnel from the Gang Suppression Unit ransacked his former residence on Teacher Street and found an unlicensed nine millimeter […]
In court this afternoon, Ebanks testified that on the night before the GSU sting he was involved in a bitter dispute with his wife during which he informed her that he was ending their relationship. Ebanks went on to say that prior to the argument he had sought advice from attorney Oscar Sabido on dissolving […]
Also in the Magistrate’s Court, Bahamians Kelvin Leach and Rohn Knowles were today back before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. The Financial Intelligence Unit is contending that the men tried to leave the country without declaring cash they had on them, in excess of ten thousand dollars. The prosecution rested its case on January fifteenth, and […]
With sustained incursions by Guatemalan poachers into Belizean territory, along its terrestrial borders, a year-round issue for local law enforcement, military and coastguard patrols in the waters off southern Belize are often far and few. Their absence in the far reaches of the country allows for illegal fishing near the Sarstoon River, like xate harvesting […]
According to Maheia, despite reporting the incident to local authorities, very little is being done to increase police and military presence in the area of the Sarstoon River. In fact, Maheia says that they have been discouraged from patrolling the area. Isani Cayetano “Has this incident been reported or is this the first such […]
On Monday, P.U.P. Mayoral Candidate, Yolanda Schakron, who is seeking to unseat U.D.P. Mayor Darrell Bradley in Belize City, held a press conference saying there are flaws in the audit of the Belize City Council finances over the past three years. Schakron, who was flanked by Accountant Jose Coye, pointed to the need for transparency […]
This morning, we also took the opportunity to ask the aspiring mayoral candidate about her plans for the city, if she is elected to office. Yolanda Schakron, P.U.P. Mayoral Candidate, Belize City “We intend to be a council that will be transparent and consult with the people. I noh wah be wah mayor weh […]
MMR Belize Limited which is the parent company of the television game show, Mek Mi Rich, is denying allegations of infringement upon intellectual property in a claim brought by Curtis Swasey of Corozal Town. According to MMR, Swasey filed a claim against Belize Telemedia Limited back in November 2014, listing the company as a co-defendant, […]
A man’s house was burnt down and he lost all his belongings in a fire on Monday. By the time the neighbors called for the fire truck, the structure and all its contents were already burnt to ashes. Neighbors in the ‘Another World Extension’ in Roaring Creek reported seeing someone suspicious around just before the […]
A Corozal businessman of Indian extraction was robbed of a significant sum of money on Friday evening. While the incident has flown below the radar, twenty-nine-year-old Mahesh Balani was relieved of two hundred and forty thousand pesos at gunpoint. That is the monetary equivalent of forty thousand Belize dollars. Balani reported to police that while […]
