The recovery effort to retrieve the lifeless body of ten-year-old Jason Pau from the Ho’Keb’ Ha Cave in Blue Creek Village resumed earlier today with a dive team descending into the waters below in search of the missing child. Pau disappeared on Friday evening while touring the cave system with a group of American Missionaries. […]
A thirty-seven year old and a sixteen year old resident of Sand Hill are facing criminal charges in connection with a stabbing incident in the village on Monday afternoon. Sometime after one p.m., the father of a thirteen year old girl surprised the sixteen year old committing unlawful sexual intercourse with his daughter at their […]
In June 2014, a prosecutor with the Municipal Court was arrested and charged for two firearm offenses after he claimed he stopped a friend from committing a serious crime by taking his gun into safe keeping. Joseph Nunez was charged for Kept Firearm and Ammunition without a Gun License. But that is now behind him […]
A Hattieville resident is out on bail after he was charged with the offense of Burglary with the intent to rape his thirty-five year old neighbour, whom he knew for years. Robert Mejia was arraigned today before newly appointed Magistrate, Deborah Rogers. The alleged incident occurred on June twenty-eighth, 2015. In court, Mejia pleaded not […]
A seventeen year old is tonight fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was knocked off his motorcycle on the Bullet Tree Road on Monday. Brendon Vallecillo of Santa Familia had to be hospitalized at the San Ignacio Hospital for a cut wound to his abdomen and severe head injuries. […]
The G-twelve in the P.U.P. has not been heard from since their boycott of national executive and standard bearers meetings in the past two weeks. That is except for Dan Silva who explained his position on Sunday for attending the start of the party’s “Power to the People” Tour in San Ignacio. Now, from what […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Development Finance Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier today. The mutual partnership will see both organizations strengthening their respective services to members and clients through access to shared resources. While the DFC is primarily a commercial lending institution, the alliance will allow for facilitation and […]
The partnership, Aikman says, will allow the Chamber to expand its reach across the country. Kim Aikman, C.E.O., Belize Chamber of Commerce & Industry “They will also assist the BCCI secretariat with logistical support for regional meetings. As I said, we are trying to expand our reach throughout the country. The DFC will help […]
Four very special athletes returned home to a warm welcome today. And they did not come empty-handed; the athletes returned to the jewel with medals around their necks after taking on much older and season athletes from around the world. The sport is bocce and it put Belize in second place over all in the […]
Over the weekend, the Belize Tourism Board held its annual tourism awards in San Pedro. The event honored hotels and resorts, as well as individuals who have excelled within the industry. But the event was also used to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of tourism in Belize, specifically San Pedro where the first hotel, the Holiday […]
There is a report of a violent incident in Sand Hill Village on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The father of a young girl reportedly stabbed and threw acid on a man who he caught engaged in illegal sexual activity with his daughter sometime this afternoon. We’ll have more on this is Tuesday’s newscast.
There is big financial news tonight. CIBC First Caribbean Bank which was hit by robbers last week today informed it’s management and staff that it was selling out it assets to Heritage Bank Limited, a much smaller local bank. The reports had been circulating for some time, but it was made official until today. Staff […]
How far is too far for citizens to take matters in their own hands? Well, it is believed that they went too far in Dangriga this morning when a man was beaten to death. The man, identified as a resident of Belize City, is said to have been living in Dangriga up to the time […]
The deep internal rift in the People’s United Party has been dominating the headlines for weeks. But on Sunday, at least for a few hours, the chasm was not as wide when the P.U.P. and its supporters converged for a first leg of a national tour. P.U.P. leader, Francis Fonseca, says he is taking a […]
Cayo Central Standard Bearer Dan Silva was the chief organizer of the first leg of the P.U.P. national tour in San Ignacio which was planned some time ago, even before the revolt in the P.U.P. He is also among the original G-twelve, which is now down to G-ten, who oppose the existing state of affairs […]
While Silva’s position is that they have a righteous cause for going against the status quo, Deputy Leader Julius Espat maintains that boycotting national executive meetings does nothing to bring about meaningful change within the party. Julius Espat, Deputy Leader, P.U.P. “If you are recommending for us to have meetings and you be a […]
A recovery operation to retrieve the body of ten-year-old Jason Pau from the Ho’keb’ Ha Cave in Blue Creek Village remains open, following the disappearance of the minor on Friday evening in the Toledo District. Pau was in the company of a group of American missionaries on a tour of the system when he was […]
As the CIBC First Caribbean Bank changes hands, five men have been charged in connection with the daring bank robbery this past Friday at the First Caribbean International Bank at the San Cas Plaza. All five men, including four who are well known to the law, were charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery […]
A jury of five men and four women found former U.D.P. Orange Walk mayor, Ravell Gonzalez guilty of two counts of causing death by careless conduct. The thirty-seven year old was sentenced for a traffic fatality that took the life of two year old Martita Lopez and Manuel Coto on miles thirty-five on the Phillip […]
Also this morning, businessman Chris Rosado, the owner of the popular Thirsty Thursday Restaurant and Bar located on Newtown Barracks, was found guilty of wounding his ex- brother-in-law, Sergio Quan. Rosado narrowly escaped jail time after Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith referred to Rosado’s actions as “vigilante justice.” On November twenty-third, 2014, Rosado visited the […]
Tonight, there is another report of sexual abuse against a minor. A fifteen year old student in the Cayo area has confirmed to police of an ongoing illegal relationship with a twenty-three year old man from Santa Elena. A medical examination following the report reveals that the minor has been carnally known. Police have since […]
Since her termination as general manager of the beleaguered La Inmaculada Credit Union on July twenty-seventh, erstwhile head of operations Yolanda Gomez has broken her silence on the issues that are clouding the lending institution. The membership of the credit union has been clamoring for answers on her termination and other matters, which the credit […]
To coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of tourism in San Pedro, the 2015 Tourism Industry Conference was held in the prime tourism destination. On Saturday, the Fido’s Courtyard was the venue for one of the biggest events on the tourism calendar. It’s essentially an event where the Belize Tourism Board issues its report card on […]
Karen Bevans has been with the B.T.B. for the past sixteen months, following her departure from Belize Telemedia Limited as Chief Operations Officer. She was brought in after the resignation of Laura Esquivel Frampton as Tourism Director. There was a report that expenditure of the marketing budget had ballooned. So what is the current status […]
The National Tourism Awards was the highlight of the weekend out in San Pedro. Following the tourism industry conference at Fido’s courtyard, stakeholders in the industry were recognized at the glitzy thirteenth award ceremony. Eleven stakeholders made the cut while several others were recognized for their excellence in the industry. Duane Moody reports. Duane […]
