The undeterred murder rampage on Belize City streets hit home for one politician whose family tonight is coping with the loss of their son. The shocking news spread early this morning that thirty year old Aubrey Lopez, the son of Belmopan Mayor, Simeon Lopez, was gunned down execution style on Wednesday night inside a car […]
The murder of Aubrey Lopez has sent shockwaves in Belize City and in the Capital. Lopez has made many friends over the years, some of whom consider him a brother. He is also a well known basketball player and was the captain and team leader of the Belmopan Bandits, which is the leader in the […]
On Tuesday, Cabinet admitted that crime has reached crisis proportion and that the behavior of rogue cops had contributed to the loss of confidence in the police department. Opposition Leader John Briceño says that government is stating the obvious. Along with two ultimatums, Briceño gave some indication of what his party would do to address […]
The People’s United Party also called for the removal of Carlos Perdomo as Minister of National Security and says structural changes within the top brass of the Police Department are urgently needed. John Briceño, Leader of the Opposition “When you start to lose confidence in, in an organization, like in this case in the issue […]
The number of persons who polled on the question if they supported offshore oil drilling rose to seventy-nine percent this morning. The environmental community has had its say and they have come out flatly against offshore drilling. On this hot button issue we ask: Do you agree with APAMO that there should be a ban […]
On Wednesday night’s newscast we showed you the updated Belize Petroleum Contracts map. The February map listed seventeen companies which have been given concessions to explore for oil on land and sea. That number now reaches eighteen as one more company, Northern Spirit Resources, has also been granted a license to search for oil. News […]
And if there is a time in which the various government departments need to consult, the time is now. According to Andre Cho, the Inspector of Petroleum in the Department of Geology and Petroleum, none of the oil companies are in the drilling stage. On Wednesday Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action (COLA) joined the […]
A post mortem examination has been conducted on the body of twenty six year old Zhennong Zhen. According to Doctor Mario Estradabran, the cause of death is Exsanguinations. The gunshot wound to the chest injured the aorta which caused internal and external bleeding. On Mother’s Day after ten p.m., Zhennong and her husband were inside […]
On Wednesday night Belize City Councillor, Kevin Singh, revealed that there were no accounting of monies which vendors at the Queen Square Market had been paying into City Hall’s Finance Department towards their arrears for stalls. Singh explained that the Finance Department at City Hall could give him no satisfactory account about the monies the […]
There are enough complaints about the behavior of rogue cops. Well, there is one more the Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies, has to deal with. His driver is accused of attacking a fifteen year old student on May tenth. The minor is enrolled at the Tubal Training School in Ladyville, but has been on job […]
There are two reported cases of human trafficking of minors. In the first case, a fifteen year old girl was being kept against her will in Bullet Tree Falls. According to the police in San Ignacio, the young girl was allegedly being abused and exploited at the Riverside Bar and forced to work at the […]
Is he a shop-keeper or a chef? That was the question that the courts were trying to figure out today. Thirty one-year-old Chinese national, Zijia Li, of Corozal Town was caught in violation of his work permit and today they took him to court to answer to a single immigration charge of having failed to […]
It’s been a little over two weeks since Jamaican fishermen Anthony Hibberd and Jason Noble safely returned to their homeland after being lost at sea for over a month before being rescued near Mexico by a freighter en route to Belize. While their ordeal at sea ended miraculously one Belizean family is tonight praying for […]
Operacion Milagros or in English, Mission Miracle, is getting ready to send a second group of eye patients to receive free corrective eye surgery in Venezuela. The program is sponsored by that country’s government and it offers free testing and surgery plus covers the costs of transportation and accommodations. Mission Miracle had a successful first […]
The Miss Latina Pageant Organization in Corozal has announced it is sending a delegate to compete in the twenty-ninth Miss Latina America del Mundo 2010 Pageant. This is the third time a Belizean is participating and the organization has high hopes for eighteen year old Nayely Torres of Orange Walk. Torres was chosen out of […]
One of the most frequent asked questions by new mothers is about jaundice. It is a condition that affects a high percentage of newborns. New moms fret about a number of other issues since the responsibility of caring for a young child is overwhelming. Healthy Living looks at the common concerns mothers have over the […]
