The hurricane season is winding down but this weekend, in southern Belize residents are bracing for heavy rains and flooding from Tropical Storm Ida that hit Nicaragua and Honduras and then downgraded to a depression. The speed of the depression has moved faster than those projected by models, but is Ida a threat? You need […]
As we said earlier, the tropical depression does not pose much threat of making direct landfall over Belize. In fact, the projected path of the weather system has it taking a northerly then north-westerly track. But the folks at the National Emergency Management Organization, NEMO, have taken steps to prepare for any possibility or eventuality, […]
Moses Michael Leviy AKA “Shyne” has a new home. And when we checked at Renaissance Towers today, packers were moving the personal effects of businessman Luke Espat from the luxury apartment. This will now be Shyne’s new address, a far cry from the small prison cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora where he […]
Thursday morning Dwain Davis suffered a massive stroke and tonight he is still in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Doctors diagnosed that the stroke caused bleeding in his brainstem. The extent of the brain damage makes his chances of recovery very grim. Davis has been placed on […]
Heading north, it’s the time of year when cane farmers receive a second payment for cane deliveries or a bonus from the Belize Sugar Industries Limited (BSI). This year farmers are scheduled to get ten million dollars. But there is disquiet because the payments from BSI should be paid on November ninth, but those cheques […]
And a couple who concealed the body of their child was spared jail time today. More than five years ago, Therese Watlow, and her common-law husband, Michael Tesecum were arguing and Tesecum reportedly hit the child against a wall. At the time of his arrest, in a caution statement, he confessed that he hit the […]
The court also handed down a twenty-two year sentence today in a case of Robbery brought against a Belize City man. They say lightening never strikes the same place twice… but twenty-three year old Delroy Chaplin did and he’s going to jail for it. On July twenty-eighth, 2008 Chaplin entered Jenny’s Shop on Meighan Street […]
Police are looking for the man with sticky fingers who has left a Belize City businessman short of thousands of dollars. Murli Mahitani, owner of Delta Store, reported to police that when he investigated a long outstanding bill owed by Honey Supermarket on the Lord’s Bank Road, he was told that an employee had already […]
The students who competed in the CODICADER games in Costa Rica were awarded earlier this week, and today the sponsors took the spotlight. The National Secondary School Sports Association (NSSSA) handed out certificates of appreciation to the organizations that made it possible for one hundred and three Belizean athletes to participate in the competition. While […]
Looking for something new to do? This week, Safiyyah discovered a brand new place that can easily and quickly become your favorite place to frequent and relax. Tinto y Blanco is a new wine bar where you can lounge comfortably, enjoy a glass of wine in a perfect setting and get a bite from a […]
