And from crime to the financial sector…Prime Minister Dean Barrow is away on an official visit to Washington where he is attending a series of high-level meetings with officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, as well as the IMF and World Bank. Government is attempting to solve the issue of correspondent […]
A candle is believed to have sparked a fire in the upper flat of a house in the south side of Belize City. The fire victim, Allan Locario lived alone and lost all his belongings in the blaze. The fire department arrived soon after the fire was reported and was able to contain it before […]
Meanwhile, fire officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire up north, inside the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. Around three p.m. on Tuesday, a seventy-five by seventy-five foot structure used as a warehouse and is the property of Orange Walk businessman Amit Moriani, went up in flames. While the building is said to […]
Suicides are not reported in our newscasts as a matter of policy, except in rare cases. Recently, there have been two cases of a pair of young girls in the Cayo District, which have raised alarm bells. Suicides, theoretically, are not often random. In fact, a majority of those who take their own lives often […]
After more than a week, the murder case of Belize City Daniel Anderson, accused with the 2011 murder of Joyce Mitchell came to an end. Mitchell was gunned down in a hail of bullets sprayed in her direction but she was not the intended target. The ruling has been deferred in the trial by judge […]
Tonight, the man accused of burglarizing the Cafeteria at Edward P. Yorke High School has been identified as Julian Edward Cowling. Cowling, a resident of Belize City was arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Deborah Rogers for burglary and handling stolen goods. He is accused of stealing chocolate, chips, an assortment soft drinks, juices, snacks, water, […]
The Belize Bank inaugurated its new branch offices in San Ignacio on Wednesday night offering its customers a more spacious and comfortable location to conduct banking business. The need for expansion had become real because of the growth in the number of customers and portfolio that the bank has been experiencing in the west. News […]
This Saturday at Price Barracks in Ladyville, the Belize Defense Force will host its annual B.D.F. Day in celebration of its thirty-eighth anniversary. The event allows for the public, as well as the families of the officers, to get an insight into the life of a soldier. Activities for the entire family, as well as […]
According to data from the Belize Kidney Association, they have recorded to date that one hundred and twenty-two persons have passed away due to kidney failure. There are currently one hundred and five persons in need of dialysis treatment. A number of these persons are receiving treatment, but the remaining patients are in dire need […]
You’ve heard about the Forty-five shootout and now a battle of international disc jockeys will take place for the first time in Belize. It’s all happening this weekend at the Pick Wick Club when the four-time Grammy award winning Black Chiney from Jamaica will take on Dynamq from Africa. The promoter dropped by today to […]
And this news, if you have been experiencing problems with the B.T.L. service, the company confirmed today that its prepaid short code system is facing significant issues. B.T.L. says the system went down on Sunday due to its primary and backup servers. As a result, the short code to check credit balances or buy text […]
Two cases this week have highlighted the plight of persons with mental health problems. In both, the persons were kept within their environment, but were they receiving appropriate treatment? Family support is critical in promoting mental wellbeing, as is building awareness about mental health, says the Ministry of Health. This week in Healthy Living, we […]
There was a deadly home invasion at about one-thirty this morning in Belize City. Ian Robert Blair of a Lizarraga Street address was visiting with Doctor Marcos Christopher Rugama Miranda at the doctor’s house on Simon Lamb Street when he was fatally stabbed on the chest and succumbed in a bedroom. According to the investigators, […]
Murder victim number twelve is from Corozal Town where the second murder for today took place in broad daylight. Around eight-thirty this morning several shots rang out in the Skeleton Town area of the northern municipality. Twenty-eight year old Paul Massam had been executed; he was shot twice to the head by a lone gunman […]
There was chaos on a Westline Bus this afternoon as a passenger was attacked. Early reports to News Five indicate that San Ignacio resident Conrad Thomas boarded the two-thirty-bus at the Welcome Center in San Ignacio, bound for Belmopan. Somewhere around Esperanza, about fifteen minutes out of San Ignacio, Thomas was approached by another man […]
As we’ve told you, there is some confusion coming out of the crowded bus, and Police are being kept busy finding out exactly what happened. Several persons have allegedly claimed that there was a weapon with what looked like a silencer attached. That would account for the lack of noise. The badly bleeding Thomas was […]
There is a major development today in respect of the allegation against investor Bradley Paumen, the owner of Dark Night, who is accused of ordering hits against four people. And even if it may seem coincidental, indications are that Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has pulled the plug on Dark Night Cave Tubing Tours. As we’ve […]
After his arraignment, Paumen was successful in renewing his tour operator’s license despite being served notice by B.T.B. that they were aware that Dark Night was operating without a valid license since the beginning of the year. The B.T.B. says that Paumen’s indictment has nothing to do with his ability to satisfy the necessary requirements […]
And did B.T.B. have a role in the acquisition by Paumen of the controversial piece of land or the co-management agreement presently in place with the National Institute of Culture and History? Its immediate responsibility, according to Javier Paredes, has nothing to do with the issuance of land or co-management agreements. And he asserts that […]
The unsolved murder of ABC producer Anne Swaney, an American tourist who was killed while vacationing in Belize on January fifteenth, is another black eye for the country. Not only are the circumstances surrounding her death baffling, but Belize has been receiving a lot of negative international publicity in the wake of the homicide. So, […]
While crime has been tainting Belize as a tourist destination, 2015 was a stellar year for tourism in Belize, as the number of visitors in both the cruise and overnight sectors continued to grow considerably. Notwithstanding shaky first and second quarter figures, the better part of last year saw steady increases in overnight arrivals. December […]
The United Democratic Party will be holding a national convention this March. Some executive positions such as Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Deputy Leader and Leader will be up for election. And while there will be challengers to the chairmanship and the deputy chair, no one will be running against the Deputy Party Leader, the powerhouse from […]
The leadership convention for the People’s United Party is this Sunday in Belmopan. And while campaigns are often negative, many onlookers conclude that the tone and tenor of this particular race has been outright nasty. We asked Minister Faber to comment. Patrick Faber, Member, U.D.P. “It is very hilarious in many ways. The fact […]
In March of 2015, the Belize Traffic Department was burglarized and twenty decal license stickers were stolen. A surveillance camera picked up a security guard entering the building on Youth for the Future Drive in Belize City. He was later charged with burglary and handling stolen goods for seven of the twenty stolen stickers. Today, […]
In a similar case, a pair of cousins, who were accused of burglarizing Quality Used Tires which is owned by businessman Rene Gordon, walked free. Thirty-five year old Kenrick Pitts, aka “Snake,” along with his cousin, thirty-five year old Roderick Pitts, both residents of Louise Bevans Street, Belize City, were freed when the prosecution could […]
