There is another container that has turned up in Belize with suspicious cargo but it does not have to do with pseudoephedrine; this time it’s cold cash. And today Customs authorities are investigating the shipment that landed in their custody with a significant amount of cash. The cargo arrived in Belize on Monday and its […]
It’s been almost three weeks since we last reported a murder on this newscast … but that does little to erase the fact that there have been seventy-five homicides, since the beginning of the year. It’s plain to see that Belize has a crime problem, one that the government has been trying unsuccessfully to solve […]
At the same time that government was unveiling its national security plans at the Princess Hotel, not far away the staff at the Ready Call Centre was being evacuated after a grenade scare. Just after eleven this morning the staff filed out of the building after members of the Dragon Unit showed up at the […]
If you have been following the international news, you would know that there is a recall of Cadbury chocolates. The news reports say the recall is linked to the melamine tainted milk powder being sold in China. But there is no need to panic, it does not affect Belize. The main distributors of the chocolates […]
A Salvadoran who is illegally in Belize got five years today for the burglary of the home of the Minister of State, Michael “Hutchie” Hutchinson. On Tuesday September twenty-second, Hutchinson woke up to find that his house had been robbed. Hutchinson, who lives on Partridge Street in the Mitchell Estate area of Ladyville, said that […]
There are reports from Roaring Creek Village that a fourteen year old is pregnant. This child reported to police today that she is three months pregnant and after having sexual intercourse with a man in June of this year but she did not identify the culprit. Meanwhile in the north, a fourteen year old student […]
There are press reports that a submarine believed to be transporting drugs has been spotted in the waters of Mahahual, a coastal town located in the proximity of Chetumal that has become one of the fastest growing tourist destinations north of the border. The sighting of the submarine caused quite a stir because Mexican authorities […]
It’s down to the wire – and its four days to the U.D.P. mayoral convention. There are thirty-four horses at the gate for Councillors and two mayoral candidates. And the two contenders for Mayoral office have stepped up the gas in their campaigns. On one corner is the current Mayor, Zenaida Moya. In the other, […]
Fifteen students, primarily from the Belize and Stann Creek Districts, today received scholarships from the Department of the Environment to take up technical training in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. The courses are being offered at the I.T. VET Centres in the Belize and Orange Walk Districts with the support of the D.O.E. as the focal […]
Senior Citizen’s Week commenced on Sunday with prayers worldwide but there was a special event today that caught our attention on Albert Street that was planned to draw attention to International Day of Older Person’s, a highlight of the weeklong of activities. HelpAge Belize organized a citizen’s parade for the more experienced and older folks, […]
For many Belizeans diagnosed with cancer, there is good news to report tonight and that’s because there is a development in the fight against cancer here at home. According to statistics cancer is responsible for more than twelve percent of deaths every year. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Cancer has been in the top five causes of […]
