The cane farmers’ strike is over… it took eleven days for a resolution to finally be reached between government, the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association, and Belize Sugar Industries, but that is what happened this afternoon in Orange Walk. According to association C.E.O. Carlos Magana, they have been in talks since Monday and the breakthrough […]
The Public Utilities Commission has once again lowered electricity rates; this time by six point six cents. According to a release issued this evening, this latest amendment to the 2008 Annual Review Proceeding Final Decision was undertaken after a process of consultation and represents a fifteen percent reduction in the Mean Electricity Rate. The new […]
An accident at mile thirty-two on the Northern Highway on Thursday night has claimed the life of an Orange Walk man. Around ten-thirty p.m., a green Toyota van and a black Isuzu Rodeo collided into each other. Thirty-nine year old Elias Cocom, the driver of the Isuzu, died on the spot. Initial investigations reveal that […]
Police are investigating to determine whether a prisoner found hanging inside a cellblock committed suicide. Placencia police say that on Thursday they discovered thirty-four year old Martin Ayala hanging by the neck from a shoestring tied to an iron bar on the cell window. Ayala, originally from Orange Walk Town, was a resident of Seine […]
Weeks after a fourteen year old girl was raped at knifepoint in Seine Bight Village, police have charged her alleged attacker. The accused, forty-one year old Wallace Cayetano of Lakeland area in Dangriga, has been charged with Rape, Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Aggravated Assault, Harm, and Threatening Words. The charges follow the alleged incident on December […]
Five prisoners are facing charges for attacking a fellow inmate at the Queen Street Police Station last Friday. Twenty-one year old Robert Gillett, eighteen year old Trevor Lamb, along with two minors, appeared in Magistrates’ Court today, while the third minor was arraigned on Thursday; all face charges of Wounding. While in their holding cell, […]
Nokia Smith and Sasha Bowen, two veteran shoplifters with at least three convictions, pleaded guilty to charges of Handling Stolen Goods and Using Indecent Words when they appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. Smith and Bowen were also charged with Theft for the incident that occurred on Thursday. Magistrate Sharon Frazer gave the duo a suspended […]
Twenty year old Jerome Wade, the second of three persons who the police believe robbed six employees of Discovery Expeditions last Friday, was charged with six counts of Robbery when he appeared today in Magistrates’ Court. Wade pleaded not guilty to the charges. Magistrate Dorothy Flowers explained to him that the court cannot offer him […]
Statistics reveal that road traffic accidents are among the leading cause of death in Belize… one means of reducing causalities is for drivers to behave more responsibly on the road, but another can be found in the response of the relevant personnel to the mishaps. Today some of those first responders staged an event designed […]
In their quest to cure diseases and explain the inexplicable, scientists around the world continue to push the boundaries of their knowledge through research and experiments. One such man is Keith Campbell, a microbiologist who along with a team of scientists shocked the world by successfully cloning a sheep. That famous lamb named Dolly was […]
The Special Olympics Global Youth Activation Summit on intellectual disabilities begins today in Idaho in the United States. Belize is being represented at the event by two thirteen year old girls, Romelda Logan and Briany Staine. Staine is a St. Catherine Academy student and Logan is a gold medalist of the Nicaragua Games. According to […]
From north to south, activities are picking up pace and Saffiyah Muhammad has details of fun events such as music tributes and travelling movie showcase. So you’ll have a wide assortment of choices for a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. Hey guys I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? As you all know Valentines Day […]
