The rumour mill was in high gear today…no, not about politics, credit ratings or long lists of fired contract officers. No, today’s gossip concerned oil. That’s right–black gold, Texas Tea… all allegedly gushing from a well being drilled in Spanish Lookout. Well, like most rumours, this one had a kernel of truth. There is a […]
The drama over the D.F.C. Commission of Inquiry has apparently ended… not with a bang but with a whimper. Today in the Court of Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh the D.F.C., through its attorney Michel Chebat, dropped its case against the Commission and agreed to comply with the summons issued to D.F.C. Chief Troy Gabb, who […]
Sunday was not a good day for Belize Electricity Limited, nor, for that matter, virtually every resident of Belize. Around seven-thirty in the morning, the nation was plunged into blackout and power was not restored until over eleven hours later. The cause, according to a B.E.L. release, was a fault on the western transmission line […]
Prime Minister Said Musa will have a week to forget about the nation’s financial woes as on Sunday he departed Belize on an official visit to Brazil. While in that country Musa will hold discussions with President Luis Ignacio de Silva, focussing on cooperation in agriculture, specifically sugar cane and ethanol technology, as well as […]
Police have intercepted a cache of weapons large enough to outfit a small platoon. On Saturday night, officers of the Crimes Investigation Unit stopped a vehicle at the Burrel Boom-Northern junction and a search of the three men on board resulted in the discovery of six hundred and fifty dollars hidden in the socks of […]
Orange Walk police have nabbed two suspects wanted in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on Saturday night. Twenty-eight year old Manuel Vega of August Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk District told police that two men whom he was able to identify held him up at gunpoint around ten-thirty that night and stole […]
George Herbert, the Belizean drug runner who was convicted late last year in a New York court, received his sentence on Friday: thirty-three years and four months. The sentencing of the thirty-one year old Herbert brings to a close one of the most successful U.S. prosecutions of foreign narco-traffickers. In addition to Herbert, the court […]
Three days after it occurred, police are still not certain what caused the accident on Friday evening on the Western Highway that killed sixty-seven year old John Frampton Senior, B.D.F. private Beverley Roches, and two-year-old Shanine Avila. According to authorities, their initial investigations reveal that Frampton was riding a motorcycle heading east towards Belize City […]
In San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, two tourists have died, but police do not suspect foul play in either case. On Saturday, the body of fifty-one year old U.S. citizen Kevin Riley was discovered floating in the sea near Banana Beach Resort. Riley had last been seen by the resort’s security personnel around two a.m. when […]
In a climate of shaky national finances, this quasi-government institution sits on a solid financial foundation, looking forward to playing an even stronger role in safeguarding the nation’s environment. Its name? PACT, and today the organisation paused to celebrate its birthday. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has more. Valerie Woods, Executive Director, PACT ?It is not […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley with this version of Sports Monday. Week five of the Regent?s Cup playoffs found the defending champion and host team Sagitun fighting for its championship life against worthy contender San Pedro Seahawks Saturday night at Independence. With thoughts of repeat flashing, the 2004 BPFL champ looks for the early lead […]
