Former Prime Minister Said Musa appeared in court this morning accompanied by a battery of nine lawyers for the preliminary inquiry in the case of Theft against him last year. But the outcome will not be delivered until February tenth. That’s when Magistrate Earl Jones will decide whether or not the prosecution has presented enough […]
But while the matter may take some time for Magistrate Earl Jones to review, as far as the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Branker-Taitt, is concerned, the series of events to transfer the Venezuelan money from that country to where it ended up in Belize late 2007 is a clear cut case for a Supreme […]
Christine Perriott is out of City Hall, but not necessarily out of Mayor Zenaida Moya’s hair. The former Human Resources Director confirmed today that she has received her termination letter and she went in to clear out her desk this morning. But it is not over as Perriott says that she is reviewing the letter […]
There might be a breakthrough in the strike by cane farmers in the north. And this evening, Chairman of the Sugar Industry Control Board, Nemencio Acosta, told News Five that a meeting was held today among officials of the Board and Belize Sugar Industries Limited to discuss the possibility of a new price mechanism. But […]
An explosion sent various persons scurrying at the Fort Street Tourism Village late this evening. A young boatman was injured at the docking port of terminal four while workers at the village were left looking for cover. According to eyewitnesses, a boat engine was running while it was being fueled at the pump. Fumes ignited […]
A popular pizza parlor was burglarized on Wednesday night by someone who knew the business well. Just before midnight this past Wednesday, Stephen Roberts, the owner of Peppers Pizza, received a call of a break-in at the establishment. Roberts made his to the pizza parlor on St. Thomas Street to investigate. And when he got […]
In last night’s newscast we reported that the cargo ship, Westerhaven that ran aground on the reef on January thirteenth, was still under arrest at Anchorage. But it seems that the ship might soon be free since the court has offered bail. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ruled that the ship can be released if its […]
The Westerhaven has not been the only one to cause damage to the Barrier Reef. There is another case we reported on January twenty-third in which Duane Miller, the owner of Bread and Butter Caye in the south, was fined for using living corals as landfill on his island. And tonight we report that there […]
In news from the courts, a squabble between a Belize City woman and her former boyfriend has landed the man in police custody. Thirty-one year old Kenisha Velasquez of Central American Boulevard told police that at around twelve-thirty this morning, her boyfriend dropped her off at the gate and upon entering her home, she heard […]
A Caye Caulker man was today remanded into custody for a robbery in which two vacationing women were injured on Monday. The two Canadian tourists, Valerie Walker and Sofia Stefanio, reported to police that around three-forty-five that afternoon, they were in the south end of the island when a man armed with a machete and […]
Heart diseases are often deadly and medical science has shown they are non-discriminatory and can afflict young and old. In Belize there is one organization whose trademark is to help children access free medical treatment, that is the Rotary Club of Belize. This week the organization has been holding pediatric heart clinics under its Children’s […]
It’s a disorder that is regarded more as a nuisance than a health problem. It is more common in men than it is in women and while most carry on with their lives conceding that they snore, there is reason to pay closer attention to this disorder. This segment of Healthy Living takes a look […]
