The official announcement was made today at the House of Culture in Belize City – Carnival is Back! The date for the road march has been set in the schedule for the September Celebration calendar of activities. To make sure that bands get that extra boost, today the Ministry of Culture, through the National Institute […]
Disgraced senior diplomat Alexis Rosado is once again in the news tonight as more details around the charges of rape and aggravated assault are now being made public. Last Wednesday, the former Ambassador to Belgium was paraded into the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court, charged for two counts of rape and seven counts of aggravated assault, following […]
While the police believe there is a case for Rosado to answer in a court of law, Prime Minister John Briceño says that Rosado’s resignation as Ambassador and co-agent on the Belize team at the I.C.J. will have no bearing on the presentation we make or the result of the case. This is despite the […]
Former Minister of Works, Rene Montero is still wanted by police, who have sought the intervention of Interpol to apprehend and arrest the erstwhile Cayo Central area representative to face a criminal charge. A copy of an InterPol bulletin, dated March third was circulated today. It bears a picture of the former minister, his name, […]
The churches seem to have gained momentum in their bid to push for a referendum on the topic of legalizing marijuana. It is a controversial issue that has garnered strong support for and against, but with the churches reaching the threshold to trigger a referendum, Prime Minister John Briceño says they respect the churches’ view. […]
Tracy Thompson was fatally stabbed by her common-law husband in Calcutta Village in the early hours of Friday morning. The incident followed an altercation the couple had earlier that night that resulted in Devon Logan being chased away from the property. When he returned sometime later, he inflicted the deadly injuries on the mother of […]
By all accounts, the couple seemed to have had a tumultuous relationship that often resulted in physical violence. Despite several reports being made in the wake of such altercations, Tracy Thompson refused to proceed with court action against her common-law husband. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, she withdrew her statements against Logan on […]
Police are also seeking Honduran national Christon Roches for charges in connection with a stabbing incident involving his common-law wife Vanessa Reyes. The incident took place in Placencia Village last weekend during a domestic dispute. In the wake of that ordeal, Reyes has taken to her social media account to detail her experiences with domestic […]
Last Friday, we reported on the murder of Tracy Thompson, a vicious act allegedly perpetrated by her common-law-husband. That was preceded by a similar incident over the Easter weekend. In Placencia Vanessa Reyes was attacked and stabbed, allegedly by a man she had had a relationship with in the past. These are incidents that are […]
A murder took place on Sunday evening in the village of Red Bank in southern Belize. It is reported that five persons were out socializing and drinking, but that quickly turned into an altercation during which a knife was introduced to inflict a fatal stab wound to twenty-one-year- old Bonifacio Sho. While Bonifacio was stabbed […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also gave an update on the murder of Michael Clark, which occurred in Roaring Creek last Wednesday. The resident of the Another World area in the village was gunned down in front of his family, as he parked his S.U.V. in the driveway. Today, ComPol Williams says that while there […]
Three persons, including a woman, who were standing on Handyside Street on Sunday night, were injured when a pair of gunmen on motorcycle opened fire on them. Carmen Canelo and her common-law husband Michael Usher were along with Steven Hope when they came under attack. While Canelo and Hope remain hospitalized at the K.H.M.H., Usher, […]
A video showing a police officer purportedly manhandling a civilian in Seine Bight Village is causing outrage on social media. The incident happened over the weekend in front of a group of persons who, themselves, were hostile towards the police officers. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams viewed the footage earlier today and shared his thoughts […]
A Belizean/American visitor who was headed back to Los Angeles on Friday was busted at the Philip Goldson International Airport with a substantial quantity of illegal fisheries products in his luggage. The individual who is yet to be named has been issued a summons and is facing a minimum fine of twenty thousand Belize dollars […]
It’s no secret that the country’s fire service had, over several years, deteriorated almost to a point of disrepair. In at least two of the municipalities, the ceilings were falling in, and the trucks were outdated and lacked full functionality. To address the dire need for an overall upgrade, the government has allocated some three […]
As you just heard, the three fire trucks that government has acquired were purchased from the Calgary Fire Service in Canada, but many times the trucks we receive are donations, which mean that while they are functioning, they may be older versions. So we asked if any consideration is given to fighting fires that involve […]
But while the National Fire Service is celebrating its strides, there is one issue that came up on Saturday that could have caused confusion. Anibal Martinez, a man who has been a caretaker of a private property some at least three decades, told News Five that he has been cleaning the parcel of land where […]
CARICOM countries are contemplating alternatives they can use in light of the shrinking number of banking services that are now available with their U.S. counterparts. It began to affect many banks in the region around 2016, when American banks started to tighten controls with smaller banks for the sake of weeding out potentially risky users. […]
Prime Minister Briceño said that, in many instances, the U.S. financial officials were not aware of the plight that Caribbean banks were facing. He said that the banks introduced stringent measures because the U.S. Congress passed rigid laws that can hold them liable in the tens of millions of dollars in fines if they are […]
Across the country, thousands of primary and secondary school students returned to their classrooms today, officially bringing to an end their Easter vacation. While they are settling into the final leg of the academic year, their teachers are still waiting for the ten percent salary reduction to be returned to their monthly income. This morning, […]
On Saturday, the media was invited to accompany Miss Earth 2021 Destiny Wagner on a visit to her home village of Barranco. The visit, which was made possible through support from the Belize Tourism Board, was to give back to the primary school students at the Saint Joseph R.C. School located in the heart of […]
The tourism industry has been rebounding in the past few months, and over the Easter weekend, the number of flights touching down at the P.G.I.A. and the tourists across the country are telltale signs of a booming industry. But while figures for the first quarter are up, Tourism Director Evan Tillett says that the numbers […]
So what’s the strategy to get those numbers up? Director Evan Tillett breaks down how that’s going to look. Evan Tillett, Director of Tourism, B.T.B. “One of the things that we did was to focus on all the destinations or source markets that we have direct flights into the country. One of the key […]
A delegation from Belize left the country to meet with cruise line representatives to further develop the cruise tourism industry in Belize. The cruise sector is said to have been the hardest hit, in terms of tourism. While speaking about increasing calls to port in Belize, Tourism Director Evan Tillett was also asked about those […]
While the media spoke with the prime minister, he clarified a report that he had placed pressure on forestry officers at the northern border to desist from enforcing international CITES standards on a florist who sought ministerial intervention. This was how the PM explained the incident. Prime Minister John Briceño “I was called by […]
