Hijos del West Marimba Group left Belize today for a month-long performance in Taiwan. The group out of Benque Viejo del Carmen was invited to attend the Yilan International Children’s Folklore and Folkgame Festival, where Belize will be the only country representing Central America and the Caribbean. The ten-member group that was formed back in […]
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Xalapa in Mexico is in Belize tonight putting on a twentieth anniversary show. The fifty-member orchestra says that the milestone celebration will feature a single show that kicked off at seven tonight inside the Bliss. We stopped by to check them out in rehearsal and found out that the group is […]
Four young ladies are vying for the title of the fifth annual Miss Indian Cultural Pageant. It is a pageant that aims to raise awareness and appreciation for East Indians in Belize. The Corozal Organization of East Indian Cultural Heritage is observing the event this year under the theme, ‘Capture Cultural Rhythm.’ Today we spoke […]
Two females came under gunfire on Wednesday night in the south side of Belize City. The city has been silent of gunfire for days, but around seven-thirty p.m., up to eighteen shots rang out on Kraal Road. Residents scattered as the bullets ricocheted off the pavement and nearby metal bars and houses in the area. […]
A Belizean businessman who also holds Guatemalan citizenship is being held in Guatemala following an overnight raid in Melchor de Mencos on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we reported that thirty-three-year-old Francisco Javier de la Ho Duarte had been caught with two AK-47 rifles, seventy-five rounds of ammunition and cash in an assortment of currencies from U.S. […]
There were two robberies and a home invasion in less than twenty-four hours in the Old Capital, beginning late on Tuesday night and into Wednesday afternoon. As we’ve reported, armed thieves made off with a cell phone and some jewelry from a couple just before midnight on Tuesday on Pitter Street, Belize City. The couple […]
At least twenty-nine persons are on a witness list in the trial against the two accused men in the bloody stabbing of Attorney Richard Stuart and his wife, Maria. This includes the Stuarts housekeeper who was at the house when the murder occurred. Milton Maza and Eli Lopez Avila appeared before Supreme Court Justice Colin […]
Supreme Court Justice Courtenay Abel did not have to make a ruling in a civil suit brought against businessman Chad Eckert. That’s because the parties managed to put their differences aside and agree on common grounds. The U.S. investor, who eventually surfaced as the owner of Apex, was being sued by former business partner Gustavo […]
During the dispute between Gustavo Cardenas and Chad Eckert, Cardenas reportedly removed the cotton and seed to another location away from the farm. This prompted Eckert to file a criminal complaint against Cardenas. However, according to Eckert’s Attorney, Darrell Bradley, as part of the settlement, the criminal charges will be dropped in good faith. […]
It took two months to clean up a long standing problem at the western border where pedestrian and vehicular traffic, as well as illegal activities, were posing persistent challenges to law and order. A perimeter fence that has been erected will allow for the efficient flow of traffic and assist authorities to better control illicit […]
Today’s ceremony at the western border was twofold. Not only was the Benque/Melchor facility inaugurated, ground was also broken for the construction of a Belize Defense Force outpost atop a hill overlooking the immigration and customs department offices. The lookout station will be put together by B.D.F. personnel attached to the Light Engineering Company and […]
A traffic officer was busted with weed on Wednesday on the George Price Highway. Police at the checkpoint at mile four detected the city council employee traveling on motorcycle carrying two knapsacks. When twenty-eight-year-old Stafford Young was intercepted and searched, the cops found that the knapsacks contained over twelve pounds of weed, neatly packaged in […]
Since Monday, there have been two robberies in the Corozal District; and although they were miles apart, in both instances four armed men held up the proprietors of the Chinese-owned business establishments. The first incident occurred on Monday evening around four-thirty p.m. in San Andres Village at San Fa Construction Supplies. According to the proprietor, […]
Within the twenty-four hours, a group of four thieves would strike again, this time at a convenience store at mile sixty-nine on the Phillip Goldson Highway, also in the Corozal District. While the culprits were dressed differently, the police was asked whether there is a ring of robbers carrying out these robberies that have become […]
Armed robbers also struck in the north side of the city. The first occurred around ten a.m. at mile two and a half on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Tacos vendor Geisy Molina says that a thief who posed as a customer approached and ordered tacos; he said he would return to pick up his order. […]
Hours later, another robbery occurred at a popular tortilla factory in the King’s Park area; and fortunately, several persons have since been detained. Forty-seven-year-old Maureen Lainfiesta, the cashier at Cortez Tortilla Factory on ‘C’ Street in Belize City, was held up by two men with rags over their faces; one of the perps was armed […]
An old charge that did not go to trial has come back to haunt a political aspirant in the Belize Rural North constituency. Marconi Leal is a retired teacher and Principal and currently the village chairman of Sand Hill. He is running for the People’s United Party against Area Representative Edmund Castro in the sprawling […]
According to Marconi Leal, his trouble started when he intervened in the re-registration of Castro’s niece, who he claims lives in Los Angeles, California and therefore does not have the two-month residency requirement. Marconi Leal, P.U.P. Standard Bearer, Belize Rural North “I am presently working on the re-registration process in the Rural North area […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with representatives of the diaspora on Wednesday at his office at the Laing Building. A group comprising Muriel Laing Arthurs, along with Hubert Pipersburgh, Joseph Guerrero, Debbie Curling and Aria Lightfoot met with the PM; on the table were issues facing the community. First, was the matter of Guatemalan citizens […]
A national theme for this year’s September Celebrations has been chosen and the winner of the annual competition hails from Corozal Town. In commemoration of the two hundred and twentieth Anniversary of the Battle of St. George’s Caye and the thirty-seventh anniversary of Belize’s Independence, the National Celebration Commission has chosen a theme submitted by […]
A football summer camp is underway in Belize City and wraps up on Friday. The camp started two weeks ago to engage children in sporting activity. This is the seventh annual camp for the Future Football Club and the organizer says that while it teaches the children news skills and tips, it also helps them […]
It’s a supplement that has been growing in popularity. For many women, it carries their hopes for longer and healthier nails and hair and even better skin. It’s a tall order so, in tonight’s Healthy Living, we find out more about the hype behind biotin or hair and nails supplements. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting With […]
A Belizean businessman was busted with an AK-47, ammunition, drugs and thousands of dollars in different currencies in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. Thirty-three-year-old Francisco Javier de la Ho Duarte along with forty-three-year-old Aolibama Mengibar were captured in a raid conducted by police in Melchor de Mencos on Tuesday night. Police found the duo with two […]
A couple endured a terrifying home invasion on Tuesday night on Pitter Street in Belize City. Fifty-eight-year-old Salvadoran national Vilma Ramirez and her husband Elias Ramirez were held up by two armed robbers inside their home and tonight they say they fear for their safety. Elias Ramirez says that the frightening ordeal happened sometime before […]
Thirty-one-year-old Ryan Lopez was caught with a cache of uncustomed goods on Tuesday night. At around eight-forty-five, police in Benque Viejo del Carmen intercepted Lopez who was driving a Suzuki SUV. Lopez, who is a car dealer of Belmopan, had left from the Benque Viejo Free Zone when police intercepted his car. Inside the Suzuki, […]
