Humanitarian Dara Robinson is hosting another fundraising event to help the many children that benefit from his feeding program. On Sunday at the Bird’s Isle in Belize City, the fourteenth annual Bob Marley Tribute and Food Drive will take place. Residents will be able to drop off food items or make their contributions by attending […]
Brazen thieves made away with a thirty-five-foot boat on the island of San Pedro. The boat was stolen on Thursday morning from the Grand Colony Dock; it belongs to Island Divers Belize. Valued at one hundred thousand dollars, the vessel is equipped with a canopy, twin Yamaha two hundred horsepower engines, oxygen units, life jackets […]
World Cancer Day was celebrated on Thursday; the news in Belize is that a staggering number of persons are affected with cancer and that figure is on an upward trend. The World Health Organization has released a video in which it shows the plight of a woman from Belize, who has been afflicted with the […]
Two men were shot on Wednesday night in south side Belize City just before seven o’clock, shattering a period of relative quiet on the streets since the beginning of the year. Twenty-six-year-old Benua Andrews was hit twice on the chest and is in a stable condition at the K.H.M.H. His friend, twenty-six-year-old Tyron Myers was […]
Orange Walk was once known as Rambo Town, back in the days when drugs and violence had overtaken that northern community. It has not quite reached that point yet, but there is an increase in illicit activity which may have lawmakers sitting up and paying keen attention. Even as investigators try to solve a broad […]
Six persons died at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital between October 2015 and January 2016 due to unknown illnesses. The hospital, however, believes the deaths may be related to the influenza virus. Still yet, no epidemiological link has been found after testing. The family of one of the persons who died mysteriously explains the unusual […]
Gaspar Vega versus Ramon Cervantes Junior and Fiesta FM – the anxiously awaited decision in that sensational libel and slander suit was to be handed down today by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin. But it wasn’t. For the fifth time since December 2015, the matter was postponed. Attorneys we spoke to told us that no adjournment […]
Three year old Brenae Timmons remains in an induced coma at the K.H.M.H. The child was badly injured last Friday when a heavy metal gate fell on her near the entrance to the Lloyd Coffin Pre-School. She had gone there with her mother to wait for her father to come off work at the public […]
Well known cyclist and sports enthusiast Kaya Cattouse has been threatened by Cycling Federation of Belize President Dion Leslie. In a letter sent to Cattouse Tuesday, Leslie accuses her of breaching three areas of the Federation’s code of ethics, namely – respect for others, respect for self and respect for the Federation. Leslie goes on […]
On this World Cancer Day, the news is not good. The Belize Cancer Society says the number of deaths due to cancer is staggering and it doesn’t include deaths by persons who seek treatment in the private sector. Close to two hundred persons died last year due the disease and about the same number of […]
Accused murderer and sexual predator Bert Vasquez was in Court today. Vasquez was accused of the murder of young Jasmine Lowe in 2012, but he is also accused of sexually abusing two girls as far back as 2011. Vasquez has been on remand since 2012 and it is expected that his substantive trial in at […]
While Vasquez is accused of violent and heinous sexual offences, by far the more serious charge is for the murder of Jasmine Lowe. Lowe’s decomposed body was discovered days after she was reported missing and shortly after, Vasquez was arrested for the crime. It’s an interesting case since a medical examination on Lowe’s body could […]
Earlier this week, Daniel Anderson was acquitted of the murder of Joyce Mitchell in a trial by judge without jury. Today, a second murder trial by judge alone concluded before Supreme Court Judge, Troadio Gonzalez; but Byron James of Belize City is still to learn his fate. James was the suspect in the murder of […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is turning twenty-one and in these two decades it has been in the spotlight for its own share of ups and downs. The hierarchy of the hospital is optimistic about the future and has confidence that the national referral hospital will continue to grow and improve. As many as three […]
Hattieville resident Egbert Ferguson lost his life while undergoing surgery on Tuesday morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The forty-seven year old had been transported to the hospital following an accident between miles seventeen and eighteen on the George Price Highway on Monday afternoon. Ferguson’s vehicle collided head on with a van loaded with […]
In late January, thirty-seven year old Ian Blair was stabbed to death while he visited Nicaraguan Doctor Marcos Rugama at his home on Simon Lamb Street, Belize City. Three thieves went into the house while the urologist was pining out clothes on the verandah and Blair was inside. The robbers attacked both men, but Blair […]
Today, officers from the Rural Eastern Division were in the community of Mahogany Heights, located in La Democracia. They were joined by members of the Community Oriented Policing Program because the intention is to form a real and lasting bond between the residents of Mahogany Heights and the department mandated to serve and protect them. […]
The residents of Mahogany Heights are also looking for a Good Samaritan to assist in the community. It’s not asking for much…just electricity in a small building. It’s actually the health center, if you can believe that, but the intention is to use half of it as an education center where children can hang out […]
On Wednesday there was a tragic incident in the community of Indian Creek in the Orange Walk District. A toddler left inside a home apparently toppled into a bowl of water and drowned. According to Police Anna Blatz had just fed her daughter at around eleven that morning and then went outside the home, leaving […]
Meditation exercises are becoming more and more mainstream. The popularity of the practice has been reinforced by scientific evidence proving its various benefits and personal testimonials of high profile athletes, musicians and a host of other mega celebrities. For whatever reason, it’s also gaining popularity in Belize. This is why Om Shanti Center invited the […]
The relief on Bradley Paumen’s face was clear this afternoon as Justice Antoinette Moore granted him Supreme Court bail. Paumen has spent seven nights behind bars awaiting a process which took less than ten minutes today. The American investor and owner of Dark Night tours appeared in Court last Thursday to face charges related to […]
Another man who spent seven nights behind bars with Paumen is Lisburn Anderson. He also received bail today from Justice Moore in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars and two sureties in the same amount. Anderson is the mechanic who allegedly placed the firearm in Michael Modiri’s vehicle on behalf of Paumen. His arraignment was […]
As we said, Bradley Paumen was before the courts this afternoon in Belmopan and secured bail for a slew of charges relating to a murder for hire plot he allegedly orchestrated. An issue that has been robbing local tour operators is that even while he has been exposed for his alleged deeds, he continues to […]
The new National Executive of the People’s United Party under the leadership of John Briceño was sworn in this morning at Independence Hall on Queen Street. A former minister and veteran of the P.U.P., Samuel Waight administered the oath. Briceño hit the ground running since Sunday’s election meeting with parliamentarians but today he officially assumed […]
Today’s swearing in was done at Independence Hall, the traditional and emotional home of the People’s United Party. But emotion aside, the assets of the Party, including Independence Hall, the Belize Times and Positive Vibes are privately owned by principals within the Party. It created no end of discomfort from 2008 when 2011 when Briceño […]
