There is breaking news from the Belize Electricity Limited and that is that late this evening the utility company announced that it had reached agreement with the Public Utilities Commission over installation of new electricity lines which will positively impact consumers. According to a release from B.E.L., it has received assurances from the P.U.C. that […]
It’s a formality to an announcement made at the last meeting of the House of Representatives, and today in Magistrates’ Court the one hundred and thirteen charges of Failure to Report a Suspicious Transaction brought by the Financial Intelligence Unit against FirstCaribbean International Bank, were dismissed. But when the matter came up this morning, it […]
There were other matters in the Magistrates’ Court today and a charge of Murder against twenty-five year old Denvoy Domingo for the fatal shooting of Jermaine “Jerry” Smart, was struck out for want of prosecution when Domingo’s file was not available. The file is reportedly with the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Tait, because the […]
On Monday evening, police responded to a call from the S.S.B. on Princess Margaret Drive where three Honduran nationals identified themselves as eighteen year old Jose Luis Montero, twenty year old Irbin Zetina, and thirty year old Henry Vasquez, who claimed to be fishermen in Mango Creek, were applying for social security cards. Police found […]
There have been arrests in the shooting of thirty-nine year old Phillip Lightburn. Today nineteen year old Abel Arana and a seventeen year old minor were jointly charged with the attempted murder of Lightburn when they appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. They were additionally charged with Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. […]
Twenty-six year old Tyrone Estrada, who was charged with Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods, was sentenced today to one year at Hattieville Prison. Estrada appeared before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers and he pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods. After the guilty plea was accepted Flowers withdrew the Burglary charge from Ernie Miranda and the charge of […]
And in related news, home invasions may be a growing trend in Belize but it does not mean that thieves aren’t still making use of opportunities to rob empty houses. As was the case, yesterday, September third, twenty two year old Fiona Usher left her home in Burrel Boom through the Camp Oakley road on […]
She went on an adventurous tour and tonight a woman is dead after the thrill of the experience triggered a heart attack that eventually and tragically ended her life. The woman, fifty-one year old, Dawn Holan of San Jose California, who reportedly came with her husband and friends on the Carnival Legend Cruise Ship today […]
The N.D.F.B. building had been on the auction block for some time now, and today when the gavel finally came down, Telemedia acquired the building on Coney Drive for an undisclosed sum. The building was built with a loan from the Social Security Board to the N.D.F.B. in 1994 and over the years it changed […]
The government of Taiwan made good on its word to provide millions of dollars for budgetary support. A cheque for twenty-five million dollars which is the second installment of a grant for fifty million dollars for the period of 2008 to 2013 was handed over to PM Barrow by Taiwanese Ambassador Ting Joseph Shih in […]
The drama and allegations at the Belize City Council has apparently prompted a response from the Ministry of Local Government. Today in a press release the ministry announced that the Office of the Auditor General has completed an audit of the Belize City Council for the financial years of 2003-2004 and 2006-2007 and that a […]
Works are advancing in the downtown area street project which the City Council is planning to complete in time for the Independence Day bash. But before that can happen there are some night time closures on Albert and Regent Streets which will hopefully not interfere significantly with the flow of traffic over the weekend. The […]
It’s been a week of much generosity for various schools throughout the country that have been receiving donations from non-governmental organisations such as WISH, UNICEF and Dynamic Auto Club. And this morning, one thousand exercise books were donated to less privileged kids by the Lifeline Foundation that is targeting three schools in the Belize District. […]
If you can spare some, there is one organisation that is in need of assistance and support, and that is the National Secondary School Sports Association which this morning went public with its appeal. The thirteenth annual Central American Scholar Games, organised by the Central American Council for Sports and Recreation, CODICADER, is to be […]
In 2004, the CARICOM countries and the Dominican Republic, known as CARIFORUM began negotiations with the European Union for an Economic Partnership agreement known as the EPA which replaces the Cotonou Agreement, a treaty between the European Union and the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in June 2000 for development cooperation. After years […]
As the spirit of nationalism builds up in this five month, some organizations are stepping up the plate spreading goodwill and generosity. A group of special ladies have joined the fray and have come together to help in their own unique way. They will take the stage at Bird’s Isle and strut their stuff on […]
