The protection of Belize’s marine resources got a boost today with the arrest of three people caught red-handed with illegal sized conch in their possession. Responding to a tip, fisheries personnel launched an operation early this morning in the area of Glover’s Reef Atoll. Within a couple of hours, three fishermen and their illegal payload […]
This afternoon the attorney, friends and family of Rhett Fuller, the young Belizean businessman presently facing extradition charges to the Unites States for allegedly being involved in a murder over nine years ago in Miami, called a press conference. They wanted to state their dissatisfaction about the way the matter is being handled. Attorney Kirk […]
Police have released details of an incident of domestic violence over the weekend which has the common law husband in custody for reportedly trying to kill his wife with a sawed off shotgun. Police and B.D.F. personnel responded to the scene on Vernon Street Sunday afternoon and were told by Amanda Gabourel that Richard Rudon […]
A report out of the north reveals that one of our modern grannies may be involved in activities other than baby sitting and crocheting doilies. Seventy-seven year old Saturnina Gamboa of Santa Martha Village was on Wednesday arrested and charged with drug trafficking. This is the result of an anti drug and firearms operation carried […]
Police have arrested a Belize City driver for allegedly having sexual relations with a twelve year old girl. The child told police last week that George Abrahams of Faber’s Road had sex with her on several occasions during September. The thirty year old man has been charged with two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge.
Police investigating the theft of almost thirty thousand dollars in cash and jewelry from a store in Belize City last week have apprehended two men and recovered some of the missing money. Li Juan Li told police almost thirty thousand dollars in cash and jewelry were taken from her store at the corner of Mahogany […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Alvan Rowland died this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial after a short illness. Rowland devoted the greater part of his life to law enforcement entering the police force in 1965 and rising through the ranks to become the Commanding Officer for Eastern Division in Belize City and Assistant Commissioner three […]
Last night Channel Five reported that veteran broadcaster Colive Cabral was looking to buy the small Belize City radio station Roots Radio. Cabral told Channel Five’s Stewart Krohn that he and B.C.B. announcer Adrian Harris and B.I.S. Seth Hernandez were in negotiations with station owner and founder Murphy Maclaren to purchase the station. After seeing […]
If you wanted something other than rice and beans today, U.C.B. was the place to be. The International Fest and Dance featured something sweet, something sour and a lot of something spicy. It was like a visit to Epcot Center in Florida, only that the venue was much smaller: held at the University College of […]
Most of us don’t want to hear about it anymore, but turning away won’t make it go away. Tonight Patrick Jones has a startling reminder of the AIDS epidemic that keeps on growing and continues to threaten all Belizeans. The statistics provided by the National AIDS Program indicate that the number of HIV positive persons […]
Earlier this week the Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow sent a letter to the Prime Minister objecting to Said Musa’s proposal to revoke several appointments Barrow had made to the judiciary just days before the General Election. The Prime Minister, who was himself Leader of the Opposition at the time of the appointments, has […]
