A few months ago we told you about the drought that has hit the north. It has affected several different crops, and one of the hardest hit, is the sugarcane. Because of its value to the country’s economy and livelihoods of thousands of Belizeans, a lot of steps are being taken to build the resiliency […]
Since the signing of a huge contract of one hundred and thirty-three point two million dollars for the Coastal Road between Government and Imer Hernandez, serious concerns have been raised. Hernandez, the relative of former P.M. Gapi Vega, who has emerged as government chief contractor, has won a number of other contracts with G.O.B. though […]
Another thorny issue is the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The Chamber along with the unions and NGOs were critical in the push to its signing three years ago but implementation has been at a snail’s pace. In a letter to the P.M. dated December fifteenth, the Chamber notes that along with the N.T.U.C.B. and […]
A house was gutted by fire on Monday night in Belize City. The fire broke out after eleven o’clock in the CET Site area of Saint Martin’s in the Old Capital. The wooden house with zinc roofing was completely destroyed by the blaze. The owner, thirty-nine-year-old Daisy Foreman, was not at home when the fire […]
A B.D.F. soldier had to be rushed for medical treatment to the Southern Regional Hospital after sustaining injuries in a freak and dangerous accident. Twenty -one year old soldier, Macario Cus, was cleaning an M16 when it accidently discharged and the projectile hit Cus in the left leg. Cus, who is attached to the Fair […]
There was a bust of contraband goods here on Coney Drive. The list of items includes wines, vodka, whiskey and cigars, popular goodies especially at this time of the year. A mobile patrol this afternoon stopped and searched businessman forty-nine year old Freddy Ellis Mansu who was driving a car. The vehicle and the items […]
With the clock ticking toward the Christmas holiday, the past weekend turned out to be a bloody one for families across Belize as the incessant murder count keeps going upward and there is loss of lives in traffic accidents. Up north in Orange Walk, a horrific murder occurred. A couple was found dead inside their […]
The discovery of the bodies of husband and wife couple, Rafael and Nancy Huezo, rocked Orange Walk this morning. According to police, Nancy had what appeared to be an injury to one of her hands. The couple was discovered inside their home on Stadium Street by one of their sons who had stopped by to […]
There was another murder over the weekend. On Saturday night, shortly after eight o’clock, police were called to Farmer’s Site in Hattieville, Belize District where another murder took place two weeks ago. Thirty-three year old Phillip Roberts of Bainsville village was executed in his own yard where he had just stepped out having had what […]
This morning, also in Hattieville, residents made a shocking discovery when they found thirty-seven-year-old Brian Harris with multiple gunshot wounds along a makeshift path off the George Price Highway. Harris was accosted and shot several times before being left for dead on Sunday night. Surprisingly, he survived the attack and was rushed to the K.H.M.H. […]
The family of Densmore Bowman finally has closure; Densmore had been reported missing since November twenty-ninth, when he left his house in the Young Bank area of Belmopan to collect money at Western Union. His family feared the worst and this morning it came to pass. Bowman’s body was found in a shallow grave, between […]
A burning aircraft believed to have been laden with an undetermined quantity of drugs was discovered this morning on an airstrip in Sarteneja Village. According to police, they were notified of the airplane entering into Belizean airspace on Sunday night and scrambled various teams into areas where they suspected that it would have landed. This […]
Thirty-four-year-old Diana Pott Jones was found floating in the lagoon in Crooked Tree on Saturday morning just after nine o’clock. There are multiple reports circulating about what may have happened to Jones. She was reportedly seen swimming in the lagoon prior to her death. Today, we asked Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero about how police are […]
Тhіѕ morning, Сhіеf Јuѕtісе Kеnnеth Веnјаmіn hеаrd frоm the Belize Peace Movement and the Vision Inspired by the People in their case against thе Еlесtіоnѕ аnd Воundаrіеѕ Соmmіѕѕіоn in which they claim that that the thirty-one electoral constituencies are disproportionate. As such, the claimants are asserting that the government is in violation of the Constitution […]
The case is being heard by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in the Supreme Court. Deputy Solicitor General Samantha Matute-Tucker is representing the Attorney General. Saldivar was asked if he was pushing the case to trial in light of next year’s elections. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney “Most definitely. Again I believe it is the desire of […]
When the representatives of the Belize Peace Movement exited the court, they were also asked about the disappointing turnout at a recent rally at Battlefield Park in Belize City to mark the anniversary of the signing of the UNCAC. There was some promotion of the event, but it failed to attract support last week. One […]
A robbery in Guinea Grass on Friday night played out in the village when several residents took matters into their own hands to hunt down the culprits. Police captured the two thieves but enraged residents, as captured on video, launched an attack on the men. But police told the media today that the apprehension should […]
There is tragic news from the Stann Creek District. A two-year old boy was killed in a fire this afternoon in the village of Silk Grass. The child was inside a house that went up in flames. Epifenia Lobos, the child’s mother, had just stepped out to run an errand when the house went up […]
A number of persons lost their lives in traffic fatalities. Twenty two year old Jaime Enrique Williams lost his life as a result of a traffic accident on Sunday night. Just before ten o’clock, Williams was driving a brown Honda C.R.V. S.U.V. on La Loma Luz Boulevard in Santa Elena Town when he lost control, […]
A man tragically lost his life on Saturday morning after he was ran over on the Bullet Tree Road, Cayo. It was about twelve-forty when police in San Ignacio Town received reports of a fatal traffic accident. At the scene, police saw thirty-year-old Manuelito Ye motionless on the road. He was rushed to the Western […]
Dangriga resident, sixty year old Lydia Weller, was also a victim of a traffic accident on Friday afternoon on the Stann Creek Valley Road. That fatality happened at around three-thirty on mile thirteen. A grey Toyota Highlander collided with a white van. Weller was inside the Highlander which was being driven at the time Beverly […]
There was also another traffic incident on the Hummingbird Highway. Around two thirty this afternoon, a truck transporting electrical poles overturned and ended belly up. The driver was reportedly trapped inside the vehicle. The incident caused an interruption of vehicular traffic.
Doctor Lisa Johnson has been named as UB’s Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences. According to a press release from UB, as dean, Johnson will lead development and implementation of UB’s plans for the future of the Faculty of Health Sciences, particularly its National School of Medicine. Johnson is also expected to deepen the […]
Fragments of Hope is a non-profit community-based organization that has been working to respond to coral reef challenges by re-seeding and re-planting the reef with diverse and resilient corals. There are many threats to coral reefs, including intense hurricanes, warm ocean temperatures, plastic pollution, development and sewage. These have degraded Belize’s barrier reef over time […]
Aside from the bloody murders, a couple of persons were injured in shootings. Two young men, sixteen and nineteen-years-old, was attacked in Belize City on Saturday night, as they stood on Seagull Street. Kamron Adolphus and Rassan Leslie were socializing when someone on bicycle blindsided them and opened fire. But why were they targeted? That’s […]
