Reports out of Mexico City say that businessman, Hussein Nasr Harmouch, is being held in custody by Mexican federal agents. Harmouch was nabbed when he attempted to board a plane, flight number four nine nine bound for Frankfurt with Lebanon as his final destination. Harmouch was detained at the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico […]
There is a special sitting of the House on Friday. It is special because the House is on recess but there is urgent business that requires the nod from parliamentarians. The Income and Business Tax Amendment Bill will go to the House for the second and third reading and thereafter through the final stages so […]
The division in the Belize City Council is glaring with the embattled Mayor Zenaida Moya fighting to survive a tough challenge coming from her Deputy Anthony Michael. Today the Mayor is back in the news, but this time it’s about the tourism head tax. The fee was agreed to by the Belize Tourism Board and […]
Every year scholarships are given to deserving Belizeans countrywide, and one corporate citizen that has remained a top provider of those donations is Telemedia. Today, at the Radisson, thirty-one of thirty-two recipients were presented with certificates for Telemedia’s high school scholarships. C.E.O. Dean Boyce, flanked by the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber expressed their views […]
Times are hard, but today one company has pledged to dig a bit deeper into their pockets to maintain a piece of the jewel. It falls under the Belize City Council’s “Adopt a Park Programme”. But in this case, it is not quite as big as a park – in fact, it’s just a roundabout […]
A former police officer is in custody tonight after he was found guilty of Obtaining Property by Deception. In this case, the officer was accused of taking money from a woman to secure the release of her son from prison. Thirty-nine year old Javier Mendez was fined one thousand dollars by Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie […]
And in an update to a story we aired last night, nineteen year old Winfield Dennison a.k.a. “Cucu” appeared in court today to face charges relating to the shooting of fifteen year old high school student, Randy August. Dennison was charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm, and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. He was […]
You may have heard of new legislation in the form of the Firearm Act, and today thirty-three year old Michelle Baltazar became the first person to be convicted and sentenced under the new policy. Baltazar appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to keeping a point twenty caliber round of ammunition and to possession of […]
Thieves made away with two firearms when they broke into the house of a watchman from the Cayo District. Thirty-one year old Honario Tun of Red Creek area in Santa Elena reported that between six and eight-thirty Sunday night, his house was burglarized and his sixteen gauge single action Stevens shotgun and air rifle were […]
People’s property and belongings have been going missing frequently nowadays and today was no different. This time a vehicle was stolen from in front of its owner’s house. Yesterday, at four fifteen in the afternoon, Taxi driver, twenty-three year old, Andy Cruz of East Canal, Belize City reported that between the hours of twelve twenty […]
In other news from the police blotter, twenty-five year old Lenny Benguche of Marage Road in Ladyville was found with a white transparent plastic bag containing fifteen pieces of crack cocaine. The drugs were unearthed during a search of Benguche by police patrolling the Compassion area of Ladyville. As result, he was arrested and charged […]
The results of a survey conducted in Belize a couple years ago revealed that in addition to child abuse, the country’s children were also regular victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The issue is a complex one as unlike child abuse, CSEC has its roots in poverty and for many victims and their families it is […]
