It has been six days since nineteen-year-old Adamir Choc was last seen by family and friends and a frantic search to locate the Belmopan resident is underway tonight in the areas surrounding the nation’s capital. According to Marciano Choc, his niece set out on Friday evening with a friend of hers and reportedly ended up […]
According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett, an official report was filed with Belmopan police on September eleventh. Choc’s cell phone was reportedly left with a friend and all other attempts to contact her have been unsuccessful. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, NCIB “On Monday, police received a report from Elvira Choc who reported […]
The government today issued a statement in respect of Reynaldo Verde, the Deputy Director of the Belize Tax Services Department seeking to distance itself from the forty-seven-year old tax officer. As we have been reporting, Verde was returning from Brussels when he was nabbed at the Washington, Dulles airport. Verde was attending a taxation workshop […]
An agreement between the Government of Belize and the Export-Import Bank of Taiwan for a fifty million dollar loan was signed on Monday after it was ratified by Senate in late August. The monies will be used for the upgrading of the forty-seven mile long Corozal-Sarteneja Road, construction of the Pueblo Nuevo and Laguna Seca […]
Newly appointed fire chief, Colin Gillett, after having completed a tour of most of the National Fire Service’s facilities countrywide, says he is determined to have the service adequately equipped. The National Fire Service is seriously under-resourced with most stations equipped with age-old fire trucks. Minister of Transport Edmond Castro says that they are speaking […]
The recently formed New River Task Force, Chaired by the Department of the Environment, met for a second time at Orange Walk Town today. The Department of the Environment updated the group on the measures being taken to address the current state of the New River. One of the members on the Task Force is […]
Tonight, teenager, Vince Timmons is on remand at the Belize Central Prison on three criminal offenses, including an indictable offense of arson. Late on Wednesday, Timmons appeared before two different magistrates to answer to the charges. First he appeared before Magistrate, Stephanie Gillett for a threat to destroy. Allegations are that on September third, 2019, […]
Police are currently looking for two persons who robbed two men while conducting business in Belize City. Superintendent Hilberto Romero told the media today that on Wednesday, armed men held up workers of Madisco while they were on Flambouyant Street. Supt. Hilberto Romero, CIB, Belize City “Two complainants, namely Clinton Abraham and Edilberto Guerra […]
After thirty years of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, Belize continues to benefit significantly from various programmes for its support to the Republic of China. Days ago, the government signed a fifty million U.S. dollar loan agreement for roads with Taiwan. A number of activities have been taking place to mark the special relations between the […]
Friends for Conservation and Development is reporting a spike in aggressive cattle ranching activities along the western border. F.C.D. notes that in March, more than eighty pastures were documented in an area of ninety kilometers of the western border. This year, the N.G.O. has conducted five aerial reconnaissance trips of the Vaca Forest Reserve, Chiquibul […]
The F.C.D. is also reporting that illegal wildlife trafficking and poaching have been affecting the scarlet macaw population. This year, some twenty five parrots were lost at the hands of Guatemalan poachers but that number can be more. A national census conducted earlier this year showed that Belize has a minimum of three hundred individual […]
Border points across the country will be airing infomercials on migration which is a global problem that is growing in Belize. The International Organization for Migration has donated television sets which are being installed at the Philip Goldson International Airport as well as other points of entry to address immediate challenges of the issue. The […]
As the Bahamas recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Dorian, a brewing storm system is posing a new threat to the northern islands of the Bahamas. Meteorologists say it could likely become a tropical storm over the weekend. In Belize, the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO is keeping a close eye on all forming storms. […]
Dnyaneshwar Yewotkar has traveled across seventeen countries and has been joined by American national Christopher Vitale as they bike across the world to spread the message of peace. The ride is an effort to commemorate the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. They’ve been in Belize for the past five days and are […]
By now you know that a yearly eye test is advised to maintain and protect your vision. But an eye exam can also detect diseases like Glaucoma that can rob you of your vision without any warning. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we find out more about who is at risk and what you can do […]
A chilling murder took place in the Orange Wald District in the past few days. A fourteen-year-old boy from the village of Yo Creek died a horrible death. His head was smashed and he was brutally beaten. The body of the minor was then stuffed in a culvert and found in a feeder road off […]
In the village of Bella Vista in the Toledo District, a Chinese grocer was the second victim of murder during the Tenth holiday. Shortly after seven o’clock on Tuesday night, a robbery was reported at Chens Store in the village. Store owner Jingzhang Xu, was inside his business sitting behind the counter when an armed […]
This afternoon, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke briefly on the murder of Jingzhang Wu. He also confirmed that a suspect has been detained for the deadly shooting. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Sometime yesterday, Independence police were called to Chen’s Store in Bella Vista Village, Stann Creek District, whereupon arrival they saw the […]
Police are moving swiftly with charges relating to one of the biggest drug busts in Belize. Four of six foreigners were arraigned today for the drug plane that landed at an illegal airstrip off the Coastal Road on Sunday night. The group comprises of two Honduran nationals, a Mexican pilot and a commercial pilot from […]
According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the two hospitalized suspects will be criminally charged once they are discharged from the K.H.M.H. When the six men were apprehended on Sunday during the bust, there was a shootout with the police. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The persons charged are, we have Carlos Cruz. He […]
The illegal plane landing took place on an illegal airstrip on private property off the Coastal Road in the Belize District. It is believed that the men legally entered through the western border days before the drug plane landing. It is also believed that they may have canvassed the area to prepare the illegal landing. […]
There are further details tonight on the arrest of senior government official, Reynaldo Verde. Verde is the deputy director of the Belize Tax Service Department. Over the past weekend he was detained at the Washington Dulles airport by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. He was returning from a conference in Brussels and he is facing […]
An expert from the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York says that the quick-fix solution to the New River crisis may cause more harm than good. Doctor Guy Lanza, says that the use of aerators to oxygenate the New River may cause further sediment disruption and release other […]
A well-known Kraal Road resident, who is no stranger to police, picked up a second attempted murder charge today in court for Sunday morning’s shooting on George Street when two men were injured. Twenty-one-year-old Jason Horace Anderson, aka “Jason Williams”, the son of Jason “Soup” Williams was read six criminal and indictable offenses. Anderson […]
A Belmopan family is desperately looking for their missing teen, Adamira Choc. She has been missing for days and the Choc’s have organized search parties in the hope of finding her. Adamira was last seen dressed in pink leaving the E and L night club in the capital and entering a vehicle in front of […]
