First, the easy part: Derek Aikman is alive and well and reunited with his family. Now, the hard part: there is no discernable motive for the kidnapping so until Aikman is well enough and inclined to tell his story, there will remain far more questions than answers. For now, the only thing we can be […]
Members of the Association of Concerned Belizeans are celebrating a legal victory tonight as Justice Michelle Arana has ordered the disclosure of the Universal Health Services loan note, settlement deed, and secondary loan facility agreed to by Prime Minister Said Musa. That document must be made public within twenty-one days. Today’s proceeding was scheduled to […]
And while Dean Barrow will continue as an attorney in the A.C.B. claim, his comments earlier this week as Leader of the Opposition have prompted a response from Prime Minister Said Musa. During a press conference on Monday, Barrow declared that his United Democratic Party would “take all appropriate action” if the P.M. does not […]
Police believe they know what started yesterday’s fire on Collet Canal and have detained a thirty-five year old resident of one of the building’s apartments. Investigations reveal that the thirty-five year old woman in question left her three children, ages three, six, and seven, alone in the apartment and it appears that they set a […]
Three men have been arrested and charged with the murder for the death of Adrian Cruz in Steadfast Village. The twenty-four year old Cruz died on Monday in Southern Regional Hospital while undergoing treatment for stab wounds he suffered earlier that day. The three charged are Hansel Lopez, Gilroy Taylor, and Darren Chiu.
Three years after the cold-blooded killing of a police officer on Christmas Eve, the suspected shooter has been convicted of the crime. Chadrick Debride was twenty-three years old in December 2004 when he was arrested and charged with the murder of police constable Nedi Reymundo. The cop was shot in the head from close range […]
Construction has commenced on the Vaca Hydroelectric Facility. The eighteen megawatt run of the river plant will be located on the Macal River, two and a half miles downstream from the existing Mollejon power station. According to a release from BECOL, the sister company of Belize Electricity Limited, Vaca will deliver around eighty gigawatt hours […]
We are in the middle of Disability Awareness Week and today one organisation that deals with the subject at the grassroots level let the public know exactly what it does. News Five’s Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting Today CARE-Belize held an open-house to educate the public on their work. Roxanne Jones, Community Rehabilitation Officer, […]
He’s a cop, a poet, and now Edward Broaster is a short story writer. His latest release, All About Lawful Affairs, was four years in the making and contains eighteen reality-based tales, which tackle the touchy subject of relationships and more specifically, the exploitation that often accompanies them. At the launch this morning Broaster told […]
This evening the Belize Red Cross recognised thirteen graduates who successfully finished a Home Nurses Course. Twelve women and one man completed a fifty-hour syllabus that included theory, practical demonstrations and simulations. The homecare givers also completed sixteen hours of basic first aid and C.P.R. The graduates will now be required to go out and […]
