Closing arguments in a trial involving a female cop concluded with high drama today before Magistrate Aretha Ford. It’s a sensational case because of the unusual evidence presented, which put the alleged victim on the hot seat. On June fifth, 2009, the female sergeant claimed she was assaulted at the Princess Hotel and Casino by […]
On Thursday News Five spoke to Marc Patry, a programme specialist in UNESCO’s Special Project’s Unit of the World Heritage Center in Paris. Patry indicated that a de-listing of the Barrier Reef from the World Heritage Site is possible because of the licenses given for oil exploration. He gave an example of the country of […]
The oil concessions on the seas have been rejected by APAMO, the umbrella organization for the environmental community. On May twelfth, Citizens Organized for Liberty Through Action (COLA) also wrote a letter to the Prime Minister illustrating the effects of oil spills from the United States all the way to Australia. It was a lengthy […]
There is a myriad of suggestions popping up in light of the chilling crime statistics. On Tuesday we posed the question: Do you think imposing a curfew will help to curb crime? There were many responses on the blog, seventy-six percent who polled though it was a start. One viewer said however that “most of […]
Today was day two of arguments by attorneys for seven persons who filed an application against the Attorney General over an injunction granted in favor of the government last year. The application was brought by Dean Boyce formerly of Telemedia, former Central Bank Governor Keith Arnold, attorney Philip Zuniga, and others after Supreme Court Justice […]
Last Wednesday we heard City Councillor Kevin Singh alleging that records at the Council’s Finance Department do not reflect what market vendors are claiming to have paid. The vendors who sell at the Queen Square Market claimed that their arrears for market stalls remained at around a hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars even when they […]
The murder of Aubrey Lopez last week Thursday has stirred deep emotions against violence. A group led by activist Nigel Petillo protested on Friday in Belmopan and this Tuesday night it took its plight back to the murder capital. Mission Fix Belize has been joined by families of victims of crime and others whose common […]
After four days on the run, police captured wanted fugitive Raymond Meyers, aka “Big Thug” at his home on Cedar Street. Today, he was escorted to the Belize City Magistrates’ Court where he appeared before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer. He was read a single charge of murder in the stabbing death of Francis Figueroa on […]
They were busted with a homemade shot gun in 2008 and today, two Belize City men were convicted of Keeping a Prohibited Firearm. Nineteen year-old Zane Cantun was sentenced to two years behind bars while twenty year old Oliver Harvey will spend four. On January seventeenth 2008, police on mobile patrol spotted the two men […]
Operation Jaguar has reportedly made a sizeable bust in Belize City but it has left one police officer seriously injured. A high speed chase shortly after four o’clock between a patrol vehicle and another vehicle ended in a collision at the corners of Partridge and Vernon Streets in the Lake Independence area. The recently donated […]
Projects being undertaken by three local organizations to enhance the productivity of the tourism sector; provide employment for at risk youths; and promote conservation through sustainable farming practices have received the green light for funding by the Organization of American States. Isani Cayetano, Reporting Three agreements were signed this afternoon by representatives from BTB, N.C.F.C. […]
