As we reported on Thursday, through their attorneys the Seawell family is claiming that their loved ones rights have been violated by the United States government. On behalf of the family, attorneys Elson Kaseke and Dickie Bradley have outlined their clients’ objections as well as the claim that the extradition treaty between Belize and the […]
In court news, today two men accused of killing an elderly woman have been sentenced for a lesser crime related to her death. In July 2004, the body of seventy-three year old Mary Blondell was discovered in a shallow grave on her farm in Saint Margaret’s Village on the Hummingbird Highway. A post mortem later […]
For the last two weeks, the local talk show circuit has been abuzz regarding the Government’s guarantee to Universal Health Services multi-million dollar debt. Much of the discussion has involved the integrity of the guarantee itself as initially the confusion centred on its very existence. Government officials have now attested to its presence in the […]
A young woman is dead tonight following a bizarre accident in the Toledo district. According to police reports, around twelve-thirty this afternoon twenty-six year old Doris Cal missed the bus to San Antonio Village so she decided to take the one going to San Jose. But on the road, Cal’s bus caught up with the […]
The Mayors Association of Belize has a new president. According to a press release issued today, Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya will replace outgoing president Mayor Elsa Paz of San Pedro. Other members of the executive include Benque Viejo Mayor Marconi Sosa as vice president, Ravell Gonzalez of Orange Walk as secretary, and San Ignacio/Santa […]
Since March, customers buying fuel at the fifteen Shell gas stations across the country have received raffle tickets for every fifty dollars spent. Today all those tickets went into a barrel and one lucky couple drove way in their new 2007 Suzuki Vitara. Kendra Griffith, Reporting This morning, last minute gas buyers hurried to get […]
Over the years, many of our health stories have focussed on diabetes, cancer, and of course, the impact of HIV and AIDS. But tonight we take a closer look at conditions that affect the brain, because as one local doctor maintains, what you don’t know can kill you. Kendra Griffith, Reporting As the centre of […]
Semi-pro basketball action is set to tip off this weekend in San Pedro between the home team Tigersharks and the Belize Bank Bulldogs. Publicity about the new season has been minimal and even though coaches and players admit that basketball in Belize has had a rocky past, insiders say fans can expect an exciting future. […]
For more than three decades Belize has been sending young women to participate in the Miss Universe Pageant. But the closest any of our contestants have come to winning the popular event was in 1974. That was the year Sarita Acosta made it to the top ten. Thirty years later the country has yet to […]
