The 2016-2017 citrus season is behind schedule due to impacts from Hurricane Earl in August. Millions of dollars in damages was suffered by growers of grapefruit and orange, the former in particular. However, after a delay, the season is picking up with grapefruit deliveries underway and orange set to join in as well in the […]
Almost five years ago, the Citrus Growers Association opened a four-million Belize dollar nursery for citrus plants which it sells to growers. The Plant World Nursery, located off the Southern Highway in Red Bank village, hosts as many as three hundred and fifty thousand plants and is the center of the multi-million dollar industry’s efforts […]
If you are a non-resident of Belize looking to invest in land in the Jewel, you will want to know that there are now changes in transactions that will affect your pocket. As of the end of November, the Ministry of Natural Resources has sent notice to the Association of Real Estate Brokers of Belize […]
President of the Association of Real Estate Brokers of Belize, Hugo Moguel, also discussed the general state of the market for real estate. He explained that while the international market is rebounding slowly after the 2010 global recession, local sales have slumped due to jitters over acquiring new debt for buying houses and land. […]
Vendors departed from the Commercial Center in downtown Belize City a few months ago in advance of plans for a major project intended to spruce it up and give it a modern look to match a modern City. The renovations are part of the Downtown and House of Culture project where the latter is converted […]
Businessman fifty-four-year-old Doug Singh appeared in court today in connection with two port authority offences that he was charged with earlier this year. Back in July, Singh who is the owner of International Cooperate Service was charged with permitting a man to operate a vessel without having a valid certificate of competence and permitting to […]
Spare a thought, as you drive bumper-to-bumper in our crowded City this week, for the traffic officers. Those from the Transport Department, City Traffic Department, and officers manning the checkpoints on key streets have a tough time of it when the crawl slows and impatient drivers find it necessary to go after the Police just […]
Officers attached to Eastern Division South were out and about in south side Belize City today, but it wasn’t for its routine meet and greet sessions; instead they were giving back to the community. Ninety-plus residents were the lucky recipients of food hampers, just in time for the Christmas holidays. The goodies were donated for […]
The increase in burglaries and robberies has been on the rise in recent weeks and the neighboring communities around Ladyville are helping the Police to keep their neighborhoods safe. In an interview on Tuesday, ACP Edward Broaster told us how the communities are getting security gadgets to help the police keep criminals away. A while […]
And that technology seems to be much need in places like Sunset Park and Lake Gardens. These are two small communities within the Rural Eastern Division. And ACP Edward Broaster says that there have been a string of attempted burglaries in those areas. He gave us an update on how the Police, with the help […]
B.D.F. Commander David Jones will be inducted into the military Hall of Fame at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in March 2017. The achievement comes after the Brigadier General accomplished the feat of graduating from the military college and rose in rank to become the commander of the Belize Defense Force. The induction is a big deal […]
The announcement of Jones’ induction came this morning during the annual B.D.F. luncheon. The brass catered to almost nine hundred soldiers presently enlisted in Belize’s armed forces. Today, those men and women made merry and indulged in food, drinks and entertainment at Price Barracks. Commander David Jones tells us about the Christmas party. Brig. […]
Teachers and students across the country are officially on Christmas vacation. Some are enjoying time with friends and family, while others are catching up with their to-do list ahead of the long weekend. In spite of the festive holiday spirit, both are once again locked into a situation that is not necessarily of their own […]
The United Nations is set to appoint an independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity issues, following three contentious rounds of voting at the international body in New York City. Belize has consistently voted in favour of LGBT rights issues at the U.N., and on this issue twice voted in favour of appointing the […]
Crime continues to grip the city. A shooting overnight has left a fifty-three year old Belize City resident hospitalized. Griffith Moody was outside his home on Lakeview Street with a friend when three masked men, one wielding a firearm, held them up and demanded his belongings. Fearing for his life, Moody handed over a gold […]
Gardenia Mechanic Dean Dawson was knocked down and killed earlier in March of this year and so far there has been a lot of back and forth, but no one has been charged. The driver of the vehicle is Dorian Pakeman of the Government Press Office. He was put on leave following a urine sample […]
Police are no closer to identifying the body of the woman retrieved from the Belize River last Wednesday. When it was fished out of the river, it was noted that the body had several cut wounds and post-mortem certified that she died as a result of the cuts to her head. Although Police announced that […]
After as many as forty years, a double murder case has been cracked. An American from California has been charged with two counts of maritime murder for the deaths of a British couple in their mid-twenties who had travelled to Belize. Seventy-five year old Silas Duane Boston is accused of luring Christopher Farmer and Peta […]
A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal will have significant bearing on the lives of inmates convicted for murder. The decision primarily hinges on parole rules mandating that those serving life sentences for homicides are not to be considered, much less granted parole. The court in October determined that the Criminal Code is unconstitutional […]
Thirty-six-year-old Chester Noralez, a repeat offender, accused of brutally attacking an elderly neighbor last year, is home free tonight after the court struck out the matter against him because his case file could not be found. Ninety-three-year-old Patrick Grant was beaten to a bloody pulp and left for dead during an aggravated burglary on December […]
Two Belize City men will have to stand trial for murder at the April 2017 session of the Supreme Court as well as a slew of other offenses including attempted murder dangerous harm, use of deadly means of harm and aggravated burglary. Initially, Windell Thurton, Byron Flowers, and the alleged mastermind Max Orosco were charged […]
Around this time in 2015, Rural Eastern Division Police based in Ladyville were stopping buses along the Philip Goldson Highway at a checkpoint. They selected certain passengers and in typical fashion, aggressively questioned them about their activities and imagined complaints and queries, not unlike a real traffic stop. However, nobody went to jail, or paid […]
Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus – fairytale or not – a Secret Santa was out and about today spreading Christmas cheer from Ladyville to Belize City with his elves – well, more like his helpers from the Belize Police Department. A Samaritan, who has given Christmas cheer in the past, decided to pull out […]
The Police’s Secret Santa was all over the Belize District today. This afternoon he came down to Southside and specifically to Iguana Street, where a mother and step-mother of thirteen was taken to Public Supermarket on Central American Boulevard on the pretext of responding to a “complaint.” However, Dawn Faber was quite happy with the […]
While residents are finalizing their last minute shopping and preparations for Christmas, the sad reality is that it is also a time when there is an increase in the number of robberies and burglaries. The Eastern Division South command has been on the beat, stopping criminals in their tracks. Since the start of the month, […]
