Captain Charles Good’s mission ended when he succumbed to a heart attack early this morning. Good was a personality to reckon with and built a reputation in the B.D.F. and police force between 1969 and 1990. He became a household name when in 2007 he protested in front of the Social Security Board. Days after […]
One man who knew Captain Good and supported his fight is his ex-comrade in the Belize Defense Force and former Superintendent of Prisons, Bernard Adolphus. Adolphus says Good possessed the qualities of an excellent military soldier and boxer. Bernard Adolphus, Ex-comrade of Captain Good “I was in the jungle, Charlie was the communication officer and […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize has just released the Second Quarter 2009 Gross Domestic Product results. The results were poor. The Prime Minister in his quarterly press conference last week indicated that the country was in an economic recession. The blame is being placed on the global financial crisis which started on Wall Street in […]
Meanwhile, consumers will have to worry about one more expense; the water bill. The Public Utilities Commission, P.U.C., reports that it has received only four written comments on a submission by the Belize Water Services for a twenty-five percent increase in water rates next year. Of the four comments, two were outright objections while another […]
There was a development today in the million dollar money laundering case against the Coye family, their business Money Exchange International and employees. The Financial Intelligence Unit, which brought the charges against the Coyes made a request to the court to amend the charge sheet to now reflect changes in line with the revised Money […]
Bradley says that not even the statement of the main witness, Sean Oliver, has enough evidence to send the case to the Supreme Court. Later on in the day defense attorney Arthur Saldivar made submissions on behalf of Melonie Coye, Marlene Coye and Money Exchange International Limited. He believes that the evidence presented by the […]
On Monday’s newscast we reported of a traffic accident involving a sixteen year old who was hit and ended between the rear tires of a heavy duty ten wheeler truck in Georgeville. Tonight, two minors—a fourteen year old and five month old baby—are hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a fire that occurred […]
Minister Carlos Perdomo was in the news recently over a piece of land that he took from a single mother, a constituent of Minister Michael Finnegan. Tonight the news is that someone has now taken the minister’s computer and accessories. Someone broke into the minister’s constituency office over the weekend and stole the items. While […]
It is not often that we refer to someone as a clown, but one Belizean has the distinction of being an internationally recognized clown. Javier Canul is an Emergency Medical Technician by profession, but when he’s not making a presentation on the behalf of the Belize Emergency Response Team, he’s probably in his painted face […]
A woman who claims to be an employee of the Ministry of Education said she called police to hand over a bullet she reportedly found inside her house. But today she was charged along with her common-law-husband for another offence. Twenty-three year olds Sandra Thompson and Patrick Flowers were charged with Drug Trafficking for three […]
He was convicted in 2005 for the theft of a laptop and is presently awaiting trial for a second charge of a similar offence. But on Monday, fifty year old deejay and computer technician, Frank Conorquie, was convicted for the theft of yet another laptop. His victims in the past four years are all women […]
And the National Library Service has close to forty service points throughout the country including branch and community libraries. And while many persons are now relying on the internet, there are plenty others who still use the libraries as a source of reference. A newly created organization called Angel Says: Read, headed by former Washington […]
Private Constable Donald Pinelo, who was shot while in the line of duty, is still admitted at the K.H.M.H. in stable condition. Pinelo was shot last Saturday in the Calla Creek Area near Arenal Village adjacent to the Belize-Guatemalan border in the west. Following reports of armed masked men roaming the area, Pinelo and three […]
Emergencies or disasters occur in the most unexpected of places and a quick response can make the difference. A two week course on how to manage these situations got underway today at the Hattieville prison where the life of inmates and employees can be at risk. BERT is providing instructions to both. Jose Sanchez reports […]
