A Belize City taxi driver, accused of theft of two vehicles and over five thousand dollars in cash from an international company, was freed of the charge by Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith after the prosecution provided no evidence against him. Robert Henry Young Junior, of a Vernon Street, Belize City, got the good news […]
In court today, BT, the infamous Brandon Mason Tillett, associate of the George Street Gang, was before the lower court for an attempted murder case for which he is awaiting a preliminary inquiry. Tillett is accused in the Lord’s Bank shooting of Jorge Carlos Lozano, who tricked the gunmen pretending to be dead. But before […]
Today is international anti-corruption day and around the world one hundred and seventy-seven countries are observing it. Belize isn’t one of those countries, but about seven persons representing the Belize Progressive Party today protested in front of the National Assembly, calling on government to sign on to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, UNCAC. According […]
As we have reported, the strike has implications with goods coming into and going out of Belize for the Christmas season. Caught in all this, is the importation of turkey which as you know Belizeans will want on the dinner table for the holidays. On Monday a cargo vessel, the Caribe Navigator, sailed away with […]
According to Barkman the impact is tremendous and the losses so far are about half a million dollars during one of the busiest times of the year. For now, the resolution of the standoff is crucial. On the Phone: Raymond Barkman, General Manager, Quality Poultry Products “I have another ship that I have some […]
Today at the Radisson Fort George in Belize City, OCEANA Belize held a conference to further discuss the issue of offshore oil exploration in Belize and the state of Belize’s waters. Named “The Energy of Nature versus the Nature of Energy,” the conference looked at the management and sustainable usage of natural resources while boosting […]
It is the season for giving and our friends at the Salvation Army are doing just that. Earlier today, as they do every year, the organization hosted children from numerous schools to their annual Christmas party. It is one of the biggest parties where the mood was celebratory. There were enough gifts and food to […]
How did a dentist from the U.S. charged and convicted for gross criminal abuse of office get a license from the Belize Medical Council to open a clinic and practice in Belize? That’s one critical question. Another is how did John Roberts Hall, that North Carolina dentist who pleaded guilty to injecting semen into the […]
Hall’s license has been revoked, but it seems quite clear that the council could not have done even the most cursory due diligence since that license to practice was issued under a false name – Robert Bob Hall. Interestingly, when San Pedro Police picked up John Roberts Hall on Monday he had a temporary work […]
There is no significant news on the fate of more than four thousand Cubans stuck in Costa Rica because they cannot access a transit point to the US. Late last week Prime Minister Barrow revealed that he had been contacted via phone by the Costa Rican President with a request to facilitate the transit of […]
For the first time in history on Monday, a vessel, the Caribe Navigator from Miami, sailed away from the Belize Port without offloading its cargo following a seven-hour strike taken by stevedores attached to gang number seven at the Port of Belize. The industrial action, discovered to have been sanctioned by the Christian Workers Union […]
Vasquez says that they have been having good negotiations with the CWU on the Collective Bargaining Agreement, but that the stevedores cannot hold the Port hostage when they disagree on a component of the CBA. The strike on Monday was a result of discrepancy on the amendment to a pension plan that is currently in […]
But what are the implications of the ship leaving the port with cargo destined for Belize? Well late this evening, The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a release strongly condemning the abrupt strike action taken by Gang Number Seven of the Christian Workers Union. As the only Employer’s Organization in Belize recognized by […]
A trio of Belize City men, including twenty-two-year-old Orel Leslie, thirty-year-old Brandon Baptist and Tyrone Meighan was recently acquitted of the November 2012 murder of B.D.F. soldier James Noralez. While Leslie continues to enjoy freedom, his alleged accomplices are once again on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arrested and charged for an […]
Leslie, Baptist and Meighan have since been served with a notice of appeal. According to Senior Counsel Dickie Bradley, the possibility of a successful appeal seems unlikely since there is insufficient evidence to begin with. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney “In this case, the judge is the jury so he hears that excuse me where […]
Two men, who were charged in connection with separate traffic accidents, were today committed to stand trial at the Supreme Court for Manslaughter by Negligence. Sixty-one-year-old Errol Belisle and twenty-four-year-old Boyd Lopez, following a preliminary inquiry, will have to appear in the higher court for separate traffic accident fatalities. The first case dealt with was […]
There is a bit of good news for caneros tonight as the first cane payment will increase to thirty-six dollars and sixty-five cents based on a revised first cane price estimate, which increased from forty-one dollars and fifty-six cents. According to Belize Sugar Industries Limited, the increase fully reflects growth provided under the new Statutory […]
The arrival of COPA Airlines’ maiden voyage to Belize at midday heralded the beginning of air traffic to and from Belize and Panama City. It has been a little over four months in the making and today Panama’s flagship carrier, Compania Panamena de Aviacion, COPA, landed at the PGIA to much fanfare. The non-stop airlift […]
There will be a Senate meeting on Wednesday when a request will be made to conduct an inquiry into allegations of corruption at the Immigration Department. Those allegations have resurrected in the wake of a scandal involving fugitive David Nanes Schnitzer, found with every manner of Belizean ID issued under a fake name, David Banes. […]
The Holy Redeemer Credit Union is the largest credit union in Belize. With over fifty-one thousand member-owners the HRCU ranks third in the region with assets amounting to a little over half-a-billion dollars. Over the weekend the lending institution opened a new branch in the south which means that residents of the Stann Creek and […]
In November of this year, sixty-one year old American tourist Edwin Simmons drowned trying to save his wife’s life. Edwin and Esther Simmons were on a tour at Shark Ray Alley in the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve. Police say that the couple was in the water and Edwin died while trying to rescue his wife […]
This morning, representatives of the Kareem Clarke Memorial fund presented just over two thousand six, hundred dollars each to two separate feeding programs in Belize City. The money was collected from generous donors by friends and colleagues of slain journalist Kareem Clarke who also held a commemorative event and fund-raiser on his birthday on November […]
Some two hundred primary school students from Belize City were hosted at the Fort Street Tourism Village for an annual Christmas party organized by the Belize Tourism Board and the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association. A total of ten primary schools participated. Duane Moody was there and has this report. Duane Moody, Reporting The annual […]
Police believe they have cracked an armed home invasion at a residence in Burrell Boom last Thursday night. Six of eight suspects have been arrested, charged and arraigned in court today, while police look for two other men. Three women have also been charged in connection with the armed robbery at the house of businessman […]
The group was expected in court this morning so family and friends were awaiting their arrival. They did not appear until the afternoon and it was under heavy police guard. In the drama that ensued, Meighan who was handcuffed, hit reporter Roy Davis off the veranda and down the stairs of the Supreme Court Building. […]
