The Prime Minister’s State of the Nation Address takes place each September as part of a ceremonial sitting of the House and Senate held on the steps of the New Administration Building in Belmopan. Since it’s inception in 1999, the event has been boycotted by the Opposition … and this year was no exception. What […]
When the speech was over the Prime Minister mingled with well-wishers before giving some quality time to the press. He responded to questions ranging from his plan for an elected senate to the controversy over a twice promised cruise port. Prime Minister Said Musa “We do intend to take a bill to the parliament to […]
We have three murders to report tonight, from three different parts of the country. Two involve female victims who were sexually assaulted before their deaths. The most recent occurred in Orange Walk where this morning I visited the scene of the crime. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting This morning Orange Walk police removed the badly decomposed body […]
The second murder is the tragic culmination of news coverage that began last Thursday with the discovery of an unidentified child and continued Friday with a report that while the mystery of the boy’s identity had been solved, his mother was missing. Tonight, we have the sad duty to reveal that the woman in question, […]
Reports of death threats turned very real for the family of twenty-seven year old Hubert Faber Jr. who was gunned down around midnight Saturday night on Iguana Street Extension in Belize City. According to family members and friends who did not wish to appear on camera, they strongly believe that Faber was killed by someone […]
An Orange Walk man sought by police for molesting a teenager has been arrested and charged. Twenty-eight year old Elias Chuc of San Jose Village in the Orange Walk district has been charged with Aggravated Assault. He is alleged to have been caught by police as he engaged in oral sex with a sixteen year […]
Dangriga police have charged one of their own with grievous harm following a report by the alleged victim. According to Anthony Garnett, while he was in police custody, Constable number 482 Godfrey Moreira used excessive force against him. Moreira was arraigned at the Dangriga Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was […]
Tourism and Climate Change – two things we wouldn’t ordinarily talk about in the same sentence. But today personnel from the tourism industry and the Climate Change Centre are finding reasons why the two are more closely related than we may think. It is with this in mind that the groups sat down today to […]
James Addereley, Reporting Good Evening. I’m James Adderley and you’re indeed welcome to this rush of Sports Monday. Youthful ambition and proven experience were destined to clash in the 94 mile Acros National Road Championship presented by the Belize National Cycling Association yesterday. The 8 a.m. start at Roaring Creek sees some 45 of the […]
