Police shot a robber and have another man in custody after they robbed a grocery store on Daly Street in Belize City. According to Police, two men went to Kum Hua store sometime after eight-thirty on Saturday night pretending to be customers and shortly after held up the store’s owner at gun point. The owners […]
Police say they have recovered close to one thousand ammunition believed to be from the Victor L. Bryant burglary that happened last week. And they say that another five hundred rounds are still out in the streets. As we’ve reported, the arms dealer’s business on Chetumal Street was burglarized and a stock of firearms and […]
For years, complaints against the Vital Statistics Unit have been mounting. In December 2018, former Prime Minister Said Musa told parliament that there are many wrongs at the unit where even rodents were eating documents. Musa said that what is happening in the Vital Statistics Department poses a serious threat to the democratic system of […]
Disaster struck a family in the wee hours of this morning. A fire gutted the home of Kirk Davis Senior and his family, including Virginia Garnett who we met back in 2017 when she gave birth to triplets. Everything was lost in the inferno, and the family was able to escape with their lives and […]
Police say an arsonist set a vehicle on fire in Punta Gorda sometime around one on Sunday morning. The pick-up truck was in a parking lot at a shopping center when fire was seen coming from the front passenger seat. Police recovered a bottle with liquid substance suspected to be kerosene. There have been at […]
Five Belizeans are in Acayucan, a city in Veracruz, Mexico after they were attacked overnight and robbed of their travel documents, cash and other personal items. The men were towing several vehicles from the U.S. en route to Belize and were in the hills coming into the Mexican city when they were accosted by what […]
Today, the government signed a nineteen million dollar contract with Imer Hernandez Development Company Ltd to rehabilitate roughly ten miles of the George Price Highway, starting at Blackman Eddy Village and ending at the roundabout in Santa Elena, Cayo. These upgrades, according to the Ministry of Works, are being paid for through a loan from […]
The Opposition, People’s United Party, is outraged at today’s contract signing between Imer Hernandez, and Minister of Works, Rene Montero. The contract is for ten miles of road on the George Price Highway and has a value of more than nineteen million dollars. The P.U.P. says that its outrage is based on the many contracts […]
Today, C.E.O. Errol Gentle told the media that at the end of last year they had to request additional funds for some of the rehabilitation works being done on the highway. He says they need additional monies because they have undertaken massive works to ensure that the highway meets international standards – but they have […]
And if you are wondering when the works will begin on the coastal road, C.E.O. Errol Gentle says preliminary studies have started and once that is complete they will be able to do a design and from there a tendering process will begin. He told the media today that there are also works coming for […]
And if you are wondering when the works will begin on the coastal road, C.E.O. Errol Gentle says preliminary studies have started and once that is complete they will be able to do a design and from there a tendering process will begin. He told the media today that there are also works coming for […]
Gillnets provide many benefits for fishermen, making them an appealing fishing gear. On the other hand, there are also drawbacks to their use. Gillnets pose a threat to the environment and economy. The sport fishing industry of Belize is estimated to contribute over one hundred and ten million Belize dollars to the economy. The placement […]
It’s the Year of the Earth Pig on the traditional Chinese calendar and over the weekend, the local Chinese community held a grand event at the SCA Compound to celebrate with Belizean friends. In attendance were representatives from various private and public stakeholders, including members of the Belize City Council, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber […]
This afternoon, a population of a little over four hundred primary school students gathered on the compound at Wesley Lower School where there has been an endless rash of break-ins since December. They got together in the schoolyard for a brief ceremony during which Albert Area Representative Tracey Panton and the General Manager of Tropicana […]
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A twenty-two-year-old mother of two lost her life this morning, following last evening’s traffic accident in Ladyville. Marcia Lopez was waiting on a bus to head home to her family in San Pablo Village, Orange Walk when she was caught in a collision between three vehicles. A dump truck rear-ended a jeep SUV before crashing […]
On Tuesday, two Belizeans and a Guatemalan national were arraigned and remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being charged jointly for possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition. The indictments followed a bust in Benque Viejo on the morning of February tenth, when thirty-four-year-old Edgar De La O, twenty-six-year-old Jorge Luis Reyes Villeda and a […]
Despite strong objections from the court prosecutor, bail was granted to the De La O brothers on the presumption of innocence. According to Hamilton, ownership of the vehicle has not been established. Isani Cayetano “These clients of yours were purportedly in possession of at least two high caliber weapons and several rounds of ammunition. […]
The murder of star athlete Dwayne Cummings last Sunday in Orange Walk Town remains unsolved, despite investigators following several leads in an attempt to crack the case. The twenty-one-year-old basketball player who was a member of the Orange Walk Running Rebels was shot dead as he walked home in the early hours of February tenth. […]
Earlier this week, a resident of Corozal Town came under gunfire during an attempt on his life. Charles Itza reported to police in that jurisdiction that he was riding a bicycle in an area of town when he was accosted by a lone gunman who shot him to the right leg. Additional details have been […]
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight says that his office has received notice that Paulette Elrington has resigned from her post with the Foreign Service. Waight told reporters today that Elrington willingly resigned her position and that becomes effective this month. He says that monies will be paid to Elrington up until that period. Here’s how he […]
The I.C.J. Referendum is less than two months away – and the Referendum Unit is ramping up the public awareness campaign. Today, when we spoke with Financial Secretary Joseph Waight – he told us that almost two million dollars has been used up of the two point five million dollar budget. He says that a […]
As many as five individual lawsuits are presently before the Supreme Court where various tour operators are taking legal action against the Government of Belize via the Department of General Sales Tax. Jaguar Ventures, Hugh Parkey’s Belize Dive Connection, Chukka Belize and Daylight & Dark Night Cave Adventures have all filed suit, following a recent […]
It is believed that the cumulative sum that the claimants are seeking is in the seven-figure range, slightly below ten million dollars. While Financial Secretary Joseph Waight did not elaborate on the matter which is presently before Justice Courtney Abel, he does anticipate that the ruling of the high court will affirm government’s recent action […]
The Belize Bank has been trying to collect a ninety-plus million dollar UHS debt from the government – and the two trial dates set for December and January were both adjourned. As we reported at the end of January, the Supreme Court heard arguments on matters related to the U.H.S. debt legal battle. The Belize […]
