We begin tonight’s newscast with some economic news which may not be good for the country. The latest Report by the Economic Intelligence Unit, prepared in October and fresh off the press sounds many economic and fiscal alarm bells for Belize, especially in the wake of recent storms and floods. Firstly, the E.I.U. says that […]
When butane prices fell late last month it was good news for the food industry and everyone preparing for the Christmas season. But before you start baking confectionaries and cakes, you need to know of news coming from Belize Sugar Industry in Orange Walk. And that is that the company is rationing white sugar this […]
In other news, there has been much back and forth between Belize Electricity Limited and the Public Utilities Commission, enough to give anyone whiplash. The latest flurry of press releases started last Thursday when the P.U.C. released a statement on the “state of affairs of the electricity utility sector.” In the three-page document the commission […]
In court this morning, another round of arguments between the Mayan Leaders Alliance and the Government of Belize was heard. Preliminary objections were submitted in which the Mayan Leaders are attempting to convince the courts to extend to other areas, an earlier ruling which gave the Mayas communal rights in the Conejo and Santa Cruz […]
A renegade wanted by police for the shooting of Frederick Lynch a.k.a. “Diggidap” was today apprehended. Twenty-six year old Jervis Valencia was arrested and taken to court and charged with Attempted Murder, Grievous Harm and Use of Deadly Mean of Harm. Magistrate Albert Hoare took no plea from Valencia because the offences are indictable and […]
And a burglar in Ladyville was caught in the act as he was about to leave the home he had just robbed and now he will spend the holidays behind bars. Thirty-five year old Leopold Stevens, a farmer of Lords Bank Village, appeared in court of Magistrate Tracy Sosa today and was charged with the […]
And in more news from the courts, two men were charged today with Keeping Prohibited Ammunition. Micah Thompson and Shelton Tillett August, both twenty-eight year old, were charged for the possession of fifteen rounds of point forty-five calibre bullets. Both men pleaded not guilty to the charge, but because bail is not allowed, Chief Magistrate […]
Also coming up in court, is a case of extortion in which a policeman who felt that he had used the system to benefit himself finds that he is instead the subject of prosecution for the offense. The incident in question occurred on Sunday at the Northern Highway checkpoint. Police say they stopped and checked […]
It is estimated that globally there were thirty-three point two million people infected with HIV at the end of 2007. The disease continues to be a prevailing concern, which is why every December first is set aside as World AIDS Day to bring awareness to the epidemic. Locally, statistics show that there were two hundred […]
And the weekend was not free of traffic mishaps and two accidents resulted in the deaths of three people. The first occurred around eleven-thirty last Friday night between miles sixty-three and sixty-four on the Southern Highway in the Toledo District. When police arrived they discovered a four door Nissan Frontier pickup extensively damaged. Inside, twenty […]
Last Friday we reported on a shooting incident that occurred at the foot of the Swing Bridge in Belize City at about five p.m. In update to that story, Javier Castellanos, a thirty-five year old security guard, was walking over the bridge when two men on bicycles coming from Regent Street West darted towards him […]
Javier Castellanos was not the only person attacked by robbers but in the following incident the culprits got away. At about three-thirty p.m. this past Friday, thirty-four year old Arthur Rosales was walking on Dolphin Street towards Banak Street when he was accosted by two men. One of the culprits, a slim built man wearing […]
In other news, Belize has no shortage of talent and musicians who produce excellent music. And some are trying to make it big on the international scene. Take four singers from the group, Instruments of Love, who may not have gotten too much attention at home, but are getting a lot from the music industry […]
On November fourth when we visited Douglas Village in Orange Walk, the situation was grim as flood waters had been contaminated by overflowing pit latrines in the village. The condition posed such a major health hazard that the Orange Walk branch of NEMO quarantined the area until the waters receded. Aside from the losses the […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this week’s issue of Sports Monday. With the F.C. Belize protests relegated to the rejection heap by a hostility convened protest committee last week, the Regent Cup kicked off its 2008 championship series yesterday inside the Carl Ramos stadium with Llagulei of Dangriga hosting a surging […]
