Garifuna parandero C-Wills has won a total of five awards at the recently held Garifuna Music Awards in New York. The ceremony was held on Saturday at the Hostos Center for Arts and Culture. Apart from being named the Best New Artist, C-Wills also snagged the coveted Album of the Year Award for his debut […]
Tonight, an impasse between Belize and Guatemala remains in place following an incident involving members of the Belize Defense Force and the Guatemalan Navy near the mouth of the Sarstoon River, at the site of a forward operating base on the Belizean side of the estuary. After the GAF confronted the B.D.F., Belize sent a […]
Now in Washington today, a meeting between Belizean and Guatemalan foreign ministers Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales was held at the seat of the Organization of American States. That meeting had been planned ahead of the armed confrontation between B.D.F. personnel and the Guatemalan Navy. There are not too many details available on the […]
In the aftermath of the standoff in the Sarstoon between the B.D.F. and the Guatemalan Armed Forces, much has been said about the tense relationship between both militaries. The National Security Council met on Monday to discuss details of the incident, as well as the way forward. But what about the progress of the construction […]
It is not the first time that hostility has been displayed towards the Belizean military by the Guatemala navy. In fact, alarm bells were sounded since last year that the Guatemalan Armed Force was behaving confrontational. A report from the Belize Defense Force back in 2015, records instances where the navy became aggressive toward the […]
On Monday, the P.U.P. condemned the aggression of the Guatemalan navy. Today, another political party added its condemnation. Vision Inspired by the People denounced Guatemala’s military aggression toward Belizean soldiers and citizens. A V.I.P. release states that Guatemala’s government is pursuing a path of military intimidation in violation of its obligations as a member of […]
Today, the murder trial of Osmar Sabido, accused of stabbing his common-law-wife Christie Carrasco to death, continued in the Supreme Court in Orange Walk before Justice Herbert Lord. Sabido has been on remand since February, 2011, when he was detained outside the home the couple shared. This afternoon Sabido took the stand for the first […]
Attorney Oscar Salgado, representing Osmar Sabido, stated in an interview at the start of the trial that his client would make a case for self-defence. That is consistent with Sabido’s testimony given today in which he claimed he was attacked by Carrasco who tried to stab him. One witness for the prosecution, Deon Faber, took […]
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Over the weekend, a thirty-four year old woman was shot and killed in a taxi. Her murder remains unresolved. Today, Belize City police have another murder on their hands to solve. This morning around ten-thirty, the body of eighteen year old Mario Trotman was retrieved from the canal near the dyke off Faber’s Road. Trotman’s […]
While police have two friends of Trotman detained in connection with his murder, this morning, several others were rounded up and taken into custody for the murder of thirty-four year old Tanika Lemoth. The single mother of two teenage boys who was killed on Sunday morning on Faber’s Road inside a taxi, as she and […]
Since then, several families from within the area of Mayflower and Sibun Streets have been complaining of excessive use of force by GSU and Police officers. Juanita Gongora, a resident of Sibun Street says that police showed up at her house early this morning looking for guns and ammunition. The search came up empty, but […]
But ACP Williams says he is not moved by the allegations against the officers. And those complaints should simply be made to the Professional Standards Branch of the Police Department. ACP Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “Many parents have been grieving, have been on the TV crying, suffering, having lost their loved […]
The Eastern Division South unit is also investigating a shooting on Monday night in Belize City. Around ten-thirty p.m., a gunman came up to the barracks at the corner of Jasmine Street and Marigold Lane and opened fire at an apartment. Inside were forty-seven year old Dean Parks and his thirteen year old son. Parks […]
Details were released this afternoon of the two-day visit of President Ma Ying-Jeou of the Republic of China which begins this Wednesday. The visit comes at the end of Ma’s presidency and is seen as a farewell tour. He arrives here from Guatemala. Now, due to a hectic schedule, the president is unable to visit […]
Belmopan now boasts of another FIFA-certified stadium. The Isidoro Beaton Stadium was launched this afternoon and tonight a first international friendly match will be held to whet the field. Worth well over three million dollars, the stadium is a two-star facility complete with all bells and whistles. It is owned by the Belmopan City Council […]
The Belmopan Bandits are set to play El Progreso of Honduras in an international friendly tonight at the newly reopened Isidoro Beaton Stadium. Hundreds of football fans are already gathering at the sporting complex to cheer on the powerhouse that John Saldivar built. It is a showcase that will feature Belize’s best doing battle with […]
A fisherman, who claims he was provided with four hundred and forty-four undersized conchs for free, will end up paying thousands of dollars. Thirty-two year old, Raymond Myers was busted by the Gang Suppression Unit this morning on behalf of the Fisheries Department. Myers was taken to court by the Fisheries Department for the offense […]
A very well known businessman from the Orange Walk District believes that tonight he is lucky to be alive after what seems very much like a kidnapping attempt, or maybe worse, Sunday night. The individual who asked to remain anonymous told News Five that he was heading back towards town at around ten-thirty after dropping […]
Migration, identity, cultural influence, as well as the economic impact of movement from one place to another are issues that are being discussed in an academic forum. The two-day discussion is organized by the University of Belize and the Mexican Institute. Doctor Pio Saqui is the Chair of History and Anthropology at the University of […]
There is currently unease in the halls of government following an incident in the Sarstoon on Saturday. While reports started circulating that night, the first official verification came via G.O.B. release twenty-four hours after, on Sunday evening. That release acknowledged that tension in the Sarstoon was at an all time high, and used language like […]
In that release issued Sunday, the Government also stated that it would send a strongly worded protest note to Guatemala to condemn the very aggressive action by its military in the Sarstoon, as well as the encroachment into Belizean waters near the Forward Operating Base on the banks of the Sarstoon. That has actually been […]
While Belize has operated on the premise that at least half of the Sarstoon is sovereign territory, the Guatemalans claim that the Sarstoon, and much more than the Sarstoon is theirs. Neither side is willing to abandon its position. But recent events show that Guatemala is quite prepared to step forward aggressively, and PM Barrow […]
We first heard about the BTV in the role of troublemakers in 2015, after Guatemalan gunboats attempted to stop boats carrying BTV expedition members who were intent on circling Sarstoon Island. Back then, both the Prime Minister and Brigadier General David Jones claimed that the actions of the BTV ratcheted up the tension. That’s been […]
But with all that said, PM Barrow is adamant that there must be a resort to democracy to resolve this issue, since war is unthinkable and cannot be contemplated. And that’s where a planned ministerial mission headed to Washington comes in. The group, led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington was set to meet […]
