At news time, a jury has been unable to reach a verdict after deliberating twice in one day in the sensational murder trial of Keon “Duppy” Myvette. The jury in this trial comprises six women and six men who were locked up for four hours in the first instance and then an hour and twenty […]
A U.S. national who was preparing to leave the country was picked up at the Phillip Goldson International Airport this afternoon, as he was about to board a flight to Houston, Texas. Businessman Christopher Hysinger, hours before was freed of five charges, among them Manslaughter by Negligence. When he was taken back to court Magistrate […]
And in the Magistrates’ Court in Dangriga, Percival Jones Lewis, who was wanted for the double murder of Chinese nationals, Liping Zhen and Yue Lian Liu, and Aggravated Burglary, was arraigned today. Last Friday, he was arrested and transported to the Dangriga Police Station. And tonight the eighteen year old Lewis of Sawaii Street was […]
An infant is the only casualty in a horrific traffic incident that occurred on last Thursday when a blue Isuzu Trooper and a White Ford Club Wagon carrying tourists collided between miles eight and nine on the Northern Highway near the old Williamson sewing factory. Of the ten Carnival Cruise Line passengers in the Club […]
Even when there is no amnesty program, police are always trying to get guns off the streets. On Friday, Belize City cops received some assistance securing a firearm and ammunition from a tip. Acting on that information, police visited an abandoned lot on Albert Street and found a Glenfield model twelve-gauge pump action shotgun and […]
Quick response by police has resulted in another bike thief being nabbed. Fifteen year old Wilfred Ramirez reported to police that around three-fifty Sunday afternoon he was riding his bike when at the corner Antelope and Pitter Streets, he was approached by Randy Coye. Ramirez says Coye placed a black object resembling a firearm to […]
And in Corozal police are investigating an allegation of rape. A sixteen year old girl accompanied by her mother, reported to police that on Saturday she was socializing at a home in the town and met three young men. The girl states that they began drinking and later that night all three had sex with […]
The Police Department is warning the public to be on the lookout for counterfeit currency. The press release places particular emphasis on fifty dollar bills in Belize currency and one hundred dollar U.S. currency notes. Business persons are being asked to be especially vigilant at night when fake notes are easily passed.
An investigation of firearms found in a barrel has intensified and elements of the Police Department’s Anti-drug Unit have taken over the probe into last Thursday’s bust at the Customs compound. The weapons include three high-powered guns, a home-made silencer and several rounds of ammunition that were discovered in a routine inspection by the Customs. […]
On Friday it is expected that government will introduce a bill to amend the Income and Business Tax Act to increase the tax on telephone companies from nineteen percent to twenty-five percent. That move caught Telemedia by surprise and today four managers sent a letter to Prime Minister Dean Barrow asking for an audience to […]
Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Commission will serve its order of compliance on another utility company, Belize Electricity Limited, on Tuesday. The order was scheduled to be served on Friday, but was delayed when B.E.L. applied to the Supreme Court for an injunction. The utility asked that the P.U.C. be prevented from issuing the order until […]
The Gulf of Honduras Project is an initiative designed to update maritime charts and maps in the region. Though it may not sound like a big deal, it has its relevance, especially since those maps have not been updated in many years. Guatemala and Honduras have already received the necessary equipment for charting their waters […]
Three weeks ago there was just too much water when the flood swept through the western part of the country causing the death of three persons and millions of dollars in damages. But today in Buena Vista Village in Cayo, the problem is not too much water but a shortage of it. A News Five […]
It is a little less than a month, since the persistent rains from tropical depression sixteen caused historic rises in water levels. In areas that are bound by rivers such as the Macal, Rio Hondo and Mopan Belize waters rose by eight feet. In the Blue Creek Village water levels peaked at over thirteen feet […]
His paintings can be seen in many art galleries in Belize, the rest of region, U.S.A., Asia and Europe. And while he is accomplished as an artist, Michael Gordon is humble in his lifestyle and you can find him in many places downtown Belize City, looking for what next to capture on canvas. His works […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Regent Cup Tournament playoffs rolled briskly into the semi-finals yesterday, Sunday, with F.C. Belize hosting Llagulei of Dangriga in game one of this home and away series that would decide who gets to perform in money time. Folks, it was a very prolonged and […]
