Financial losses to the sugar industry continue to grow and today, four days after violence erupted and one man was killed near its compound, the Belize Sugar Industries finally broke its silence. Their response came in the form of a three-page press release issued to media houses and appearing in the printed press. The company […]
But the core sampler is not the only issue that the cane farmers have… the other is Chairman of the Sugar Industry Control Board, Nemencio Acosta. Since Friday, the caneros have been asking for Acosta’s removal, saying that he does not have their interests at heart. Today we caught up with the Corozal North area […]
The post mortem on the body of cane farmer Anatacio Gutierrez was performed this afternoon at the K.H.M.H. The result has not yet been released, but what is known is that the body made a stop in Orange Walk for an hour and was transported to his family in San Victor Village in the Corozal […]
Also in respect of the strike, the Belize Workers Union, representing hourly paid workers at BSI, today issued a release expressing regret on the death of Atanacio Gutierrez, the cane farmer who was shot during Monday’s protest in Orange Walk. According to the union, work stoppage at the cane industry can potentially result in a […]
It has been a week of violence, including three murders in San Pedro alone. And tonight we report on another victim, a Belize City taxi driver. The Honduran national was missing for a week and when he was found this morning, it was not a pretty sight. The forty-one year old man was murdered execution […]
It was a full day in court for former P.U.P. Housing Minister, Ralph Fonseca over the ten million dollars from Venezuela gifted to Belize. Fonseca’s defense team and the Director of Public Prosecutions battled it out with legal arguments before Belmopan Magistrate Earl Jones. By the end of the day there were a number of […]
One more person has been charged with Money Laundering in respect of the bust of one and a half million dollars on New Year’s Eve at MoneyGram. Thirty-three year old Ernest Raymond Jr., has joined five others already charged for the offence. Raymond was offered and met bail of fifty thousand dollars. He is to […]
A Belize City resident was caught with a substantial sum of cannabis in his home. Twenty-four year old Micah Lee Williams, a resident of Raccoon Street Extension, who police reportedly busted with twenty-two pounds of cannabis on Wednesday, was charged with Drug Trafficking when he appeared today in Magistrates’ court. Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie offered […]
A vehicle belonging to a police officer was destroyed by fire but the police department is not calling it arson yet. Augustine Cobb, a thirty-three year old Police Constable of San Pedro Village in the Corozal District parked his Chevy S-ten pick up in a yard between miles seventy-four and seventy-five on the Northern Highway. […]
The celebration of the Belize Audubon Society’s forty years of conservation efforts started with Wetlands Day on Monday. On Wednesday, the Mexican Cultural Institute played host to Shutter Speed, a photo exhibit that chronicled five years in the boardroom and the different sites managed by Audubon. And today, the N.G.O. brought rural and city kids […]
In political news, you will know from the political ads in the media that the campaign for the March fourth municipal elections is well underway. And today in Orange Walk Town, the Opposition P.U.P. launched its party’s platform. The event formally introduced mayoral candidate, Ramon ‘Monchi’ Cervantes and councillors; Josue Carballo, Rozel Flores, Rafael Avila, […]
This week Healthy Living looks at issues of grief and loss; these are painful experiences that we will endure at some point or another. Coping with these problems is a challenge as we learn in the following segment. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting When you injure a part of your body, there are various processes you may […]
