Their names are synonymous to the bus industry and since February of this year, they have been running into plenty of problems. And while it wasn’t a knockout victory for the Novelo brothers, the ruling today of Justice Samuel Awich has given them enough reason to proceed to the next round of legal battle with […]
The family of a young Douglas villager who was shot and killed by a Belize Defence Force soldier on the night of November twenty-second will have their day in court. While the initial report appeared to be that nineteen year old George Cortez White was unruly with the B.D.F., the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl-Lynn […]
In the Magistrate Court this morning, two accused gunmen were sentenced in absentia for two robberies that took place back in 2005. The two, twenty-six year old Maxwell Andersen and twenty year old Christopher Waight Betancourt were convicted of two counts of Robbery, Grievous Harm, and Keeping Unlicensed Firearms and Ammunition. While the men were […]
Also in Magistrates’ Court, Anthony McKay, a twice convicted felon who has been fingered in the recent robbery at the Atlantic Bank Collection Agency, was today charged with Burglary. McKay, a resident of Junesville, pleaded not guilty to the charge but was denied bail and will be in custody until January twenty-second, 2009. The culprit […]
Three years ago he was happy to be freed of an attempted murder charge, but that same charge has come back to haunt Herman Lanza. It was déjà vu for the thirty-four year old because the charges were reinstated by the Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Lyn Branker Taitt. Lanza was arraigned in the Magistrates’ […]
A computer technician was charged for presumably wanting to preserve his life. Today, twenty-five year old Paul Gibson of Nurse Seay Street was charged with possession of a prohibited material. Gibson pleaded not guilty to the charge, but admitted that he wore a bullet-proof vest for protection because he had been robbed four times this […]
In other news, two incidents involving Spanish speaking bandits near the Belize/Guatemala Border are creating fear among the residents of Arenal Village. In the first incident, two men from Benque Viejo were robbed by a farm near Arenal last Friday morning around eight thirty. Uvildo Howe, a taxi driver of E Street Benque Viejo Town […]
The gun amnesty programme closed with a bang. In its last days in November, a bullet at least six inches long was handed in to the cops in Belize City and there was both surprise and relief. The final figures of the firearms and ammunition that were delivered to cops around the country have still […]
You have been waiting for it and now the first episode of Channel Five’s highly anticipated game show, Tek It or Leave It airs tonight at eight. The show was recorded last Wednesday night at the Bliss in the presence of an electrifying audience. In this game of chance, each week, a member of the […]
She published her autobiography, IN-TRANSIT: The Story of a Journey on October thirty-first, 2000. The document records the colourful life of Sadie Vernon, a lifelong educator and author. And tonight, it is with sadness that we report her demise. Sadie Vernon passed away around two on Monday afternoon after suffering from pneumonia. She was ninety […]
Sadie Vernon has seen her last days on earth, but meet Ann Terry, who has outlived her by more than a decade. The average lifespan of a human being is generally said to be seventy years and when you find someone turning a hundred years old, it asks for a celebration. Today, Helpage Belize had […]
In December 2005, Belize’s Cabinet approved the National Policy on HIV/AIDS and the National Policy on HIV/AIDS in the World of Work. Since then, work has commenced on reviewing the current legislation to bring them in line with the policies and give their much needed teeth of enforcement. But while that process is going through […]
You have heard about the proposed increase in business tax, and today the opposition People’s United Party, issued a release announcing that the P.U.P. will be meeting with relevant stakeholders to discuss the proposed tax hike which the government intends to impose on the banking sector and on the telecommunications industry. According to the P.U.P., […]
Andy Palacio passed away earlier this year on January twenty-fourth at the peak of his musical career. He continues to be missed nationally and globally for his impact on world music and the cultural journey on which he took the Garifuna and rest of the jewel. He would have turned forty-eight today and so on […]
