“Bring St. James.” That was the pointed message delivered on April sixth by Social Security Board General Manager Narda Garcia. Garcia was responding under oath to questions posed by members of the Senate Special Select Committee appointed to investigate the S.S.B.’s affairs in the wake of revelations that millions of dollars of public funds have […]
After all the legal hauling and pulling, today in the courtroom of U.S. Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages the case of Innovative Communications Corporation versus the Government of Belize finally got underway in Miami, Florida. Viewers will recall that Judge Ungaro has already dismissed charges of fraud, rescission of the share pledge agreement, and the payment […]
In the midst of graduation ceremonies across the country, tonight a number of Orange Walk residents are protesting one school’s decision to cancel this year’s commencement exercises. We understand that according to a decision by the board of governors of Muffles High School, instead of a formal ceremony, a liturgical mass will be held next […]
A tragic fire in Independence on Monday night has claimed the lives of two of the village’s residents. Sixty-year-old Elizabeth Diego and one-year-old Rudolph Green were burned to death inside their small wooden house, which caught fire around seven-thirty Monday night. Preliminary investigations by police reveal that Diego’s common law husband, Ricardo Lozano, left some […]
The sexual abuse of a child is always disturbing, but when the accused abuser is someone you’re supposed to trust, like a police officer, the act is downright tragic. According to reports, this morning in Belize City Magistrate’s Court, twenty-five year old police officer Wilbert Lanza, attached to the San Pedro formation, was formally arraigned […]
More woes for B.E.L. Around four-thirty this afternoon the entire nation was once again plunged into blackout. The cause was an explosion at the Xul-Ha generating plant west of Chetumal, which cut off the supply of Mexican electricity to Belize. While B.E.L. managed to get the power back online from Mollejon and the gas turbine, […]
This next story is a cautionary tale for anyone considering posting bail for a friend. Tonight one Belize City resident, Napoleon Vicente, is behind bars after his “good buddy” skipped town. According to Vicente, two years ago he agreed to sign a twenty-five hundred dollar bail for Santos Armando Arzu after Arzu was charged with […]
And in a correction to a story we aired on last night’s newscast, one of Belize’s top ten P.S.E students, Oniesha Flores, is a student of Sacred Heart Primary in Dangriga, not San Ignacio. We apologize for the error and take the opportunity to congratulate the school and its students on their performance.
Semi-pro basketball. It may have fallen off the national sports scene, but that does not mean that the hardwood at the Belize City Centre is silent. While an ongoing inter-office competition has been getting much of the media spotlight, a group of city women have been living out their hoop dreams over the last couple […]
