Over a thousand residents on a stretch of the Western Highway experienced a dry spell today. According to Belize Water Services Limited consumers from about three hundred and thirty homes were without water during the day. The problem stems from an operation at the Burton Canal Bridge at about mile six on the Western Highway. […]
Turning to the telecommunications industry, late Wednesday, government said it had taken over a forty-five million dollar loan as part of the nationalization of Telemedia in August. That loan, as it turned out, is owed to the British Caribbean Bank of (formerly the Belize Bank) of Turks and Caicos. But it seems that government may […]
In respect of the war between the two telephone operators, SMART subscribers were able to access limited international and roaming services this morning through independent services and not through Belize Telemedia. On Friday, the battle between the two escalated when Telemedia cut off SMART from its international circuits claiming that Speednet, SMART’s parent company, was […]
The operator of Money Exchange International Limited, the Coye Family, is committed to stand trial at the Supreme Court. That’s the decision of Magistrate Kathleen Lewis at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry today. They Coyes have been charged with Money Laundering of more than a million dollars in cold cash found in suitcases at […]
In other news from the courts, Hirian Good is moving ahead without her husband Charlie who passed away three weeks ago. The Goods protested for weeks at the steps of the Supreme Court after Hirian was fired from her job as a school warden at Trinity Methodist School. Now the fight has moved from outside […]
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh also dealt with the case by Belize Bus Owners Cooperative (B.B.O.C.), who sought an injunction by the Supreme Court against the Transport Department. The Cooperative made claims that the Department’s new bus schedules for the western route had taken away three of its peak runs, significantly cutting into its revenues. Today […]
Still on the courts, Corporal Samuel Bonilla was arraigned in the San Ignacio Magistrates Court for Attempted Rape, Harm and Aggravated Assault. Bonilla pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on a bail of five thousand dollars and two sureties of the same amount. According to investigations, Bonilla and several other officers visited […]
While one San Ignacio cop is facing charges of Attempted Rape, a shooting incident involving two Belize City Officers on Sunday night is still up in the air. Police Constable, Adolph Navarro made an official report to the Patrol Branch Unit that he was shot at Sunday night by P.C. Adrian Lopez, a colleague from […]
Two men stormed and robbed Tang’s Store on Vasquez Avenue while others waited in a getaway vehicle last Friday evening. The thieves took off with four hundred dollars from the cash register but were intercepted by police shortly after the incident. According to owner of the store, Zan Chu Chen, the men were armed with […]
And in the Family Court, a minor also faced robbery charges for another incident late last week. The Belize Photo Lab outlets downtown are going out of business and on Friday afternoon two thieves sped up the process by robbing the Bishop Street store at gunpoint. A sixteen year old minor was charged with Robbery […]
And in the south, Citrus Greening has been affecting citrus trees since the earlier part of this year. The dangerous disease is spread by a bacteria that lives in the vascular system of the plant and disrupts the flow of nutrients within the plant, ultimately killing the tree. Recently, surveillance exercises have detected that the […]
In a report just in to the newsroom, a young man was shot this evening in Belize City. The incident occurred at the corner of Mex and Amara Avenues around six-forty this evening and left Peter Myvette with bullet wounds to his hip and hand. Myvette has been taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital […]
The Hayward Charitable Belize Trust has announced that it is launching a website in the next few days. The Trust owned the majority shares in Telemedia before its nationalization. The website will provide details about the Trust and the process by which applications for funding shall be received and awarded. The grants are substantive running […]
But there is good news on Paul Nabor. He was flown to Belize City from Dangriga on Friday morning after doctors suspected he had suffered a minor stroke. But the legendary Parandero was well enough to be discharged from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Marion Ali was on hand for the occasion just before he […]
