An elderly Belize City resident is lucky to be alive tonight after he was brutally attacked in his home early Saturday morning. Eighty-eight year old Robert Acosta heard noises in his house on Hyde’s Lane sometime between four thirty and six that morning but upon checking he didn’t see anyone. He went back to bed […]
This morning, the trial of Belize City resident Herman Miranda Junior ended in an acquittal after six years on remand. Miranda was accused of the September twenty-ninth, 2009 murder of Norman Gillett, a resident of Vernon Street who was gunned down on the compound of House of Commons, at the corner of Partridge and Vernon […]
In February thirty-seven Belizeans, members of an expedition led by the Northern Territorial Volunteers, were seized by Guatemalan military in Belizean waters and forced to go to Livingston, Guatemala. They were returning from an expedition to Gracias a Dios, where they had refurbished and placed a plaque on the border monument there. But now pictures […]
Easter holiday is upon us and it means that many of us will be hitting the beach and some of the popular destinations locally and across the border. There’s one group that wants you to go to Caye Caulker this year for the invitational regatta on April fifth and sixth. Sailing Clubs from across the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The nation collectively held its breath with eyes glued to their TVs as the national football team of Belize faced the Cayman selection in game II yesterday after the lackluster stalemate at Belmopan last Wednesday. Football has always excited the Belizean public and our […]
The Court of Appeal delivered a significant judgment ruling in favour of Great Belize Productions/Channel Five, Channel Overseas Investments Limited, Katalyst Developments Limited and Thames Ventures Limited along with several former directors of Belize Telemedia Limited. The appeal by the directors and the companies was over the acquisition and financing of Great Belize Productions, the […]
Day two of the budget debate, for the most part, was as unremarkable as day one. The Opposition side criticized every aspect of the Budget and the government side criticized the Opposition and praised the Budget. This morning’s opening presentation was done by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General, Wilfred Elrington. He explained that while […]
Elrington was followed by the Area Representative for Orange Walk South Jose Abelardo Mai, who criticized the budget because he says it offers nothing for the agricultural sector, and no programs to assist the farmers of Belize. According to Mai, the budget is short-sighted and lacks vision, since G.O.B.’s only plan to raise revenue is […]
Following that back and forth Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat, definitely not a favourite of the Barrow administration, got up to make his presentation on the budget. When the inevitable heckling from the government side died down, Espat gained no favour by claiming that the document disguised as a budget is useless. Julius […]
The debate on the very controversial Petrocaribe Bill, introduced in the House on Thursday, was scheduled to follow the debate on the Budget. But Espat got in some early shots before he was closed down by the Speaker, saying that where Petrocaribe is concerned, the Prime Minister is behaving like an addict. Julius Espat, […]
At this time, two law enforcement officers from the south are in deep trouble with the law, and under investigation for a most despicable act. The duo from Mango Creek is being accused with the rape of a thirteen year old student. The girl’s name will not be released to protect her indentify but we […]
Twenty three year old Akeem Thurton had expected to go home today after Court of Appeal Justices Samuel Awich, Dennis Morrison and Christopher Blackman ruled on his case. Despite being convicted in March of 2012 in the first murder trial heard by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin without a jury, he has told all who will […]
In related news, the Court today bid farewell to long-standing jurist Justice Dennis Morrison of Jamaica, who served just shy of eleven years on the bench after more than three decades in practice. Justice Morrison in his final address to the court said he had not expected to become a judge but believes the chance […]
The police department is tonight mourning the death of one of its officers. Just before seven p.m. on Thursday, Police Constable Shannon Ramirez, who is attached to the Belama Police Precinct, reportedly shot himself in the head inside his room at his Aloe Vera Street house in Belize City. The body of the twenty-eight year […]
With Easter around the corner, the police are in high alert to curb criminal activity. Earlier this week, Placencia Police conducted anti-drug operations in Seine Bight and Placencia Villages which yielded a total of one thousand three hundred and sixty grams of cannabis; that is three pounds of weed. On the morning of March twenty-fourth, […]
Earlier in our newscast, we brought you some of the highlights of a budget debate which was largely uninspiring and lacklustre. Still, the Opposition managed to get in its jabs at the government and at a budget which it called a “Tax, Borrow and Spend” budget. The budget does indeed make reference to increased spending […]
Former P.U.P. Albert Area Representative and current United Democratic Party insider, Mark Espat, may have left the overtly political arena years ago. But there’s no doubt his parting has left open wounds in the P.U.P. Espat’s name came up in different presentations, most pointedly in Julius Espat’s presentation. The current P.U.P. Area Rep took the […]
The Belize Jaguars has been in the news for the past week; from a controversy of what’s seen as a locking out of star player to a disappointing scoreless qualifier match after failing to make good on a six-nil prediction. We have had it all, and so today, it was only natural that we caught […]
The 2015 fourth annual Dutch Lady Primary School Table Tennis Tournament was held today at the Belize Elementary School Auditorium. Seven Belize City schools yielded over ninety-two athletes in the competition today and for the first time, a female division was included. The competition is a part of the Belize Table Tennis Association’s goal to […]
Today, the Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department held a BLACK March. It’s an initiative to take back the city, which has been consumed by gang warfare in the north and south sides. An estimated thirteen hundred persons participated in the march that started from the Community Policing Offices on Caesar Ridge and ended […]
About two weeks ago we told you about a shooting in Ladyville that sent Kenroy Arnold to the hospital for gunshot wounds to the back and hand. Well, since that shooting two men were arrested and charged for the crime. Thirty year old Alrick Smith and twenty nine year old Ronald Michael were slapped with […]
If there is one place where work is mostly play, it’s in the classroom; a preschool classroom, that is. But it’s not just any kind of play; it’s one that the Quality Assurance and Department Services (QUADS) is harnessing to meet the learning needs of young students. A thousand preschoolers from the city and rural […]
Day one of the Budget Debate was uneventful and, as predicted, bursting at the seams with much political rhetoric and very little substance. We’ll have some of the highlights, such as they were, for you a little later. But first the Petrocaribe Bill – that little piece of new legislation which has sparked such outrage […]
The Prime Minister reserved a special dose of vitriol for Public Accounts Committee Chairman, Julius Espat. Espat on Wednesday said that the Bill, if passed, would in effect allow the Prime Minister to write a one million dollar check to his family. That got the PM’s attention in a hurry, and it was clear he […]
With that out the way, P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca got the budget debate started. He lashed out in short order, stating that not only was the 2015-2016 Budget the shortest ever, it is also the emptiest. According to Fonseca who pointed to the rising cost of basic goods, PM Barrow’s budget is actually devoid of […]
