While diplomats on both sides concentrate on taking the Guatemalan dispute to the International Court of Justice, encroachments in Belizean territory by Guatemalans continue to grow by leaps and bounds in the Chiquibul National Park deep in the Maya Mountains. Marion Ali did a fly-over of the reserve today and found that in some areas, […]
An international conman who is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States was caught in Belize on Monday. The police department took several days to release the information because they had to trace the web of deceit that took root as far as Australia and the Canary islands. Forty three year […]
There is information tonight that the Orange Walk Forest office on Liberty Avenue today seized logs from two trucks believed to have been illegally felled from a protected area near the Honey Camp Lagoon. If the information reaching our news centre is accurate, then there is cause for concern because we understand that four persons […]
B.E.L. made a surprise announcement today that will be good news to consumers if agreed to by the P.U.C. This comes on the heels of an injunction granted by the Supreme Court on February twenty-sixth to the utility company not to proceed with a rate decrease that would have lowered the cost of electricity to […]
The Hicatee is considered a delicacy and while it is not illegal to hunt the turtles for personal consumption, it is an offence to hunt them for commercial purposes. Today, sixteen Hicatee turtles were returned to their natural habitat after officials from the Fisheries Department caught up on two men with the turtles at the […]
A fire in the wee hours of this morning left a minor with first and second degree burns. Around three-thirty a.m., twenty-eight year old Kimberly Trapp and her eight year old son, Kareem Fisher, along with their thirteen year old neighbour, Robert Lord, was asleep in their wooden home located on Elston Kerr Street when […]
After four this evening an accident occurred at mile four on the Northern Highway. It involved a Ford 250 pickup truck belonging to Bowen and Bowen Limited and Daihatsu Delta pickup truck owned by Madisco. Both vehicles were headed towards Belize City when they collided. Pedro Sanchez, Junior, an employee of Madisco, explained what caused […]
On March fourth, an elderly resident of Chan Pine Ridge in the Orange Walk District was brutally attacked outside his home. Eighty year old Jose Caal, a father of sixteen children, fell unconscious and had to be rushed to the hospital. He did not survive the attack and before his demise, he was able to […]
A mechanic of Hattieville is spending his first night behind bars at Hattieville tonight after he was remanded for having sexual intercourse with a thirteen year old girl. Fifty-one year old Cyril Hanker is charged with Carnal Knowledge and Grievous Harm. Because the nature of the offenses is indictable, Hanker was denied bail. The girl, […]
Also in Magistrates’ Court, twenty-four year old Harold Mutrie pleaded guilty to Possession of Unlicensed Firearm and Ammunition and was sentenced to two years in prison. Mutrie was one of five persons charged with keeping a glock nine millimeter pistol and fifteen rounds. While the charges against the other defendants were withdrawn, they were not […]
A mother almost joined her son at the Hattieville facilities as a prison inmate for using indecent words to a police constable. The woman, thirty-four year old Lavern Longsworth, appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare on Tuesday. She was fined a hundred dollars and given until April thirtieth to pay but court records showed that she […]
The highly publicized extradition appeal by Rhett Fuller has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal and Fuller is behind bars pending a bail application. His attorney, Eamon Courtenay, is not giving up and has said they are prepared to go to the Privy Council if so required. While his fate is up in the […]
Lola Delgado’s Art and Idiocy exhibition opened Wednesday night at the House of Culture, and tonight there is another exhibit that art connoisseurs can’t miss. It is entitled “Roots Life’’ which is opening at the Bliss by Pen Cayetano who resides in Germany and takes periodic trips home. His latest artwork is inspired by Belizean […]
It may be a work day but there’s no reason why you can’t pop in at the Anglican Cathedral College‘s fair on Friday. Organizers have been planning since the end of last year and have prepared an assortment of activities to entertain the entire family. According to Alex Norales, one of the organizers, this annual […]
Available information indicates that hypertension is affecting a large segment of the population and most of time the causes are unknown. Healthy Living this week looks at the symptoms of this health problem. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting Hypertension or high blood pressure is an all too common condition in Belize. In fact, hypertension has been one […]
