Present for the arraignment was Godwin Hulse, the Minister of Agriculture who is the father of Kenzle Hulse. The Minister signed bail for Kenzle, who has a previous charge for a similar offense. In March 2017, Kenzle was charged with one count of harm committed upon Alberto Santos Lopez. His indictment came several months after […]
The mother of Nicole Usher was heard early this morning on the airwaves with the complaint. She placed a call to Vibes radio complaining of the physical assault on her daughter and granddaughter. The mother alleged the accused individual had displayed a pattern of abusive behaviour but operates above the law due to his high […]
A second missing person was found dead this week. On Monday, the remains of Densmore Bowman from Belmopan were found in a shallow grave between miles twenty-three and twenty-four on the George Price Highway. On Tuesday afternoon, the body of another Belmopan resident, seventeen year old Damion Bregal, was found. He had vanished last week […]
The workplace of the financial officer of the Belize Defense Force at Price Barracks, Ladyville was broken into recently and stolen from his office was an assortment of liquor, as well as an undisclosed sum of cash. The burglary, from all indications, appears to be an inside job as the FO’s office space which is […]
The number of missing persons: youths, men and women, is on an upward trend. In some cases they are found safely but in a number of instances, missing persons are found lifeless. Often they are last seen alive with persons known to them. This week alone, two missing persons from Belmopan were found murdered. Suffering […]
This morning twenty-one-year-old Mark Waight was found not guilty for the second time and the judgment came six months apart from each other. Waight was on trial for the attempted murder of Jamelia Neal. In arriving at his decision, Justice Colin Williams said that he did not find the testimony of the accused sister, Desiree […]
A two-year-old child was at the centre of a domestic dispute between the parents. This morning Mara Perez, a resident of Ladyville village, appeared before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson where she was arraigned on a charge of aggravated assault. At the arraignment, Perez pleaded not guilty to the charge. Since there was no objection, she […]
On Tuesday we showed you the impacts of the drought on the sugar cane fields in the north. A lot of crops have been affected by the below normal rain fall in the last couple months. Today, we spoke with the National Meteorological Service to get a full picture of the scale of the drought […]
Маrсоѕ Оѕоrіо is no longer the Dіrесtоr оf thе Ѕugаr Іnduѕtrу Rеѕеаrсh Dеvеlорmеnt Іnѕtіtutе (ЅІRDІ). Thе Ѕugаr Іnduѕtrу Соntrоl Воаrd reportedly ordered Osorio’s removal when he was informed that his contract will not be renewed. In an interview on Tuesday, B.S.I.L. Саnе Fаrmеrѕ Rеlаtіоnѕ Маnаgеr Оlіvіа Саrbаllо Аvіlеz said that the decision was made and […]
A total of one hundred and eighty million dollars in goods was imported last month, an increase of nine point two percent from imports in November 2018. Increases were recorded in categories, including food and live animals which rose from seventeen point two million to twenty-three point two million dollars. Merchandise imports for the first […]
Back to the case involving Kenzle Hulse. Late this evening, it prompted a statement from the Commissioner of Police. It states that on Tuesday, December seventeenth 2019, Nicole Usher, and her ex-boyfriend Kenzle Hulse, were both involved in a domestic issue over their sixteenth month child. Police, he states, received reports from both parties who […]
The U.K.’s exit from the European Union is nearing – and with recent elections in the country, the result has empowered Conservative Party Leader Boris Johnson to effect the “Brexit” deal. The U.K. media cites Prime Minister Johnson’s call for the elections as a means to increase his parliamentary majority and end months of deadlock […]
The University of Belize has been enjoying the spotlight with some of its students excelling in various sectors. Recently, Abbie Godoy won the prestigious Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship. Today, U.B. says that its nursing graduates excelled in Regional Examinations for Nurse Registration. According to a release, seventy percent of UB graduates who sat passed the […]
Today the Sea to Shore Alliance received a brand new truck for the manatees. The seventeen thousand U.S.D. truck and its trailer will be used to transport manatees. The manatee man, Jamal Galves, says that the current transportation being used is not always able to carry large manatees – so there is need for the […]
The children of the Saint Martin’s area of Belize City attended their anticipated annual Christmas party today. The festive event is now in its ninth year and each year it keeps growing. The kids were treated to food and plenty entertainment; the bouncy house turned out to be a huge attraction. All in all, they […]
This morning, the Leo Bradley Library also held a Christmas party to culminate a series of literacy programmes held throughout the course of the year. Over one hundred kids attended today’s event which featured musician Brad Pattico and Myrna Manzanares. The event was organized by Sarah Castillo, library assistant with the National Library Service. […]
A husband and wife were savagely stabbed to death inside their house in Orange Walk Town. The bodies of Rafael and Mario Huezo were found on Monday morning sending shock waves throughout the community. Today police detained one of their sons, Mario, for the gruesome murder. He was captured near Independence in the south and […]
Tragedy struck a family in Silk Grass, Stann Creek District, on Monday afternoon. Omar and Efijenia Lobos lost their three-year old son in a fire that totally gutted their small wooden house in the village. Inside the house on a bunk bed was Isaias. The fire swept quickly and the young boy could not be […]
There was a shooting in the dead of the night in Belize City on Monday. A thirty-six year old resident, Christopher Guild, was heading to Freetown Road when he came under attack and it was all caught on surveillance camera. The gunman was monitoring Guild, employee at B.P.O., and opened fire when he saw the […]
A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of thirty-four year old Densmore Bowman show he died a horrible death; he was hacked to death. The death certificate states that the Belmopan resident died as result of traumatic shock due to multiple chop wounds to the head, neck and limbs. His body was discovered on […]
A police constable is in plenty trouble with the law. Twenty-two-year-old constable of Esperanza Village, Nadir Rayon Mendoza, was charged for theft when he appeared in court today. He was arrested on Monday after police issued a warrant post on Thursday. He is accused of stealing three firearms from the Queen Street Police Station in […]
There are some in-roads being made in respect of the eventual ban of gillnets. As you know, the government has endorsed the continued use of the fish gear on the basis that more than eighty fisher folks need to secure their livelihood before a ban is imposed. Oceana and the Coalition had committed two million […]
Banana Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary of the Big Creek Group, is taking Island Holdings Limited, the parent company for Harvest Caye, to court for non-payment, following a business deal turned sour. Island Holdings, we understand, contracted the services of Banana Enterprises to purchase a dredge in order to clear a channel for Norwegian Cruise Line […]
According to Flores, Banana Enterprises lost significant money on the deal since the dredge has failed to serve the purpose that it was initially purchased for. Zaid Flores, Managing Director, Belize Enterprise Limited “Well we’ve been doing dredging of our own for some time. We own our own dredge so, you know, it’s not […]
At midnight tonight, consumers will be spending more on three types of fuels. The price for regular gasoline, kerosene and diesel will be going up. Regular gasoline will increase slightly by one cent to ten dollars and six cents per gallon. In the case of kerosene, the increase is sixteen cents which means a gallon […]
