He is being sought by police in connection with the sexual assault of three teenaged tourists, but even while the suspect remains on the lam, his family is speaking out with their version of a story–that if you saw it on a T.V. soap opera–you’d say it was over the top. Janelle Chanona, Reporting Tonight […]
Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord today put a stumbling block in the path of the U.S. Government’s efforts to extradite accused drug dealer Andrew “Papa” Brown when he refused to allow a tape recording to be admitted as evidence. In making the ruling, Lord noted that no person was introduced who was present when the tapes […]
A second suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with last month’s robbery of the Princess Hotel. He is twenty-five year old Aniver Palacio of Waight Street in Belize City. Palacio joins twenty-five year old Egbert Vernon, who was arrested on August third in connection with the same crime. Both men have been charged […]
Police have made an arrest for another crime, this one a shooting, also committed on July twenty-seventh. Twenty-six year old Eldon Bevans of Conch Shell Bay in Belize City was arraigned before Magistrate Margaret McKenzie today, charged with aggravated assault, use of deadly means of harm, and wounding. The charges arise from the shooting of […]
Sometime after two this afternoon, traffic on Mahogany Street came to a standstill after a Toyota pickup collided into a Prado S.U.V. The crash caused the pickup truck to roll over on its side and both vehicles were extensively damaged. According to police, thirty year old Arnold Santos, the driver of the pickup belonging to […]
Were it not for the presence of three military helicopters, you might not have known that Belize was today visited by one of the highest ranking members of the United States Army. Under heavy security, General John Craddock, Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, arrived in Belize for a one-day business trip. The Southern Command […]
If you have become increasingly confused by all the different corporate entities used by Michael Ashcroft in his bid for control of Belize Telecommunications Limited, get ready to add another to the list. In a press release issued to the international financial community, Carlisle Holdings Limited, Ashcroft’s flagship conglomerate, has announced that it is “demerging” […]
It was first mentioned in an interview last month with Airport C.E.O. Pablo Espat, but today it became official. Beginning sometime in November, Delta Airlines will increase its flights between Belize and its Atlanta hub from once a week to every day. The move will provide close to a thousand new seats each week for […]
On Friday, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust held ceremonies at the University of Belize in Belmopan where it awarded eleven Belizean students with scholarships for graduate and undergraduate studies at home and abroad. According to PACT training officer, Nikki Tillett, the programme is an effort to ensure the continued protection of Belize’s environment. Nikki Tillett, […]
