It was launched as an initiative to combat crime and restore confidence in the deadly neighborhoods of Belize City, and according to the security forces, Operation Jaguar has had some measure of success in its first five days. While no high powered weapons have been removed to make the streets safer, no major crimes have […]
Lieutenant David Jones, the B.D.F. Bomb Expert, gave an update on the search to find the batch of missing grenades. The deadly explosives went missing from a British shipment in 2004 and since then eight of the twenty-four grenades have surfaced on the streets, adding to the fear of residents about the state of violence. […]
The Belize Police Department and the National Coast Guard were at the Radisson Fort George’s pier this afternoon. The two security teams were there to assist a man who was being transported the city on a Coast Guard vessel. A short while later, the Belize Emergency Response Team showed up with a stretcher since he […]
American national Bradford Keith Bryant will be spending the next three weeks at the Hattieville prison pending trial for possession of unlicensed ammunition. Bryant was busted with five rounds of ammunition while boarding a flight to the United States. At about ten-thirty on Thursday morning police visited Delta Airlines’ office at the Phillip Goldson International […]
We have reported on Wednesday afternoon’s high speed chase by police in an undercover operation in Belize City. Two suspicious cars were pursued since they were believed to have been used for illegal activities. When one of the cars was intercepted, forty-eight year-old Diego Witz, a businessman originally of Corozal Town but now a resident […]
It has been a while since a guilty verdict has been handed down in a murder trial and today the family of Kevin Arnold who was gunned down in Belize City three years ago is taking comfort in receiving justice. On Sunday, May twenty-seventh, 2007 Arnold was in the area of Los Cocos Bar on […]
The heat from the licenses for offshore oil exploration has spilled across the border into Guatemala. On May tenth, an article printed in the Guatemalan newspaper, Prensa Libre, reported that Belize has granted drilling concessions in the territory which they are still claiming. Fred Martinez, Belize’s ambassador to Guatemala, says that the noise driven by […]
There’s another side to the story on the one hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars which vendors at the Queen Square Market say they have paid towards their arrears. When City Councillor Kevin Singh spoke with us last week he said that the council is forced to raise the rental for the stalls because the owners […]
Daniel Alford passed away in April 2007 and left everything he owned to be shared among his six children. That included money for one hundred and three acres of land that he sold for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But after Daniel passed away, the buyers Belize Goat and Sheep Ranch Limited wrote—via Attorney […]
Stephen Buckley was shot by a police officer on April twenty-eighth when he and a friend were pulled over because their vehicle resembled one that was involved in a previous shooting. It caused public outrage because Buckley was shot more than once and police claimed it was an accident; a story that not many believed. […]
The report of the K.H.M.H. Commission of Inquiry on alleged wrongdoings at the hospital was released in late April, and it has prompted a reaction from the Board of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Interestingly, the Board says it feels vindicated even though the commission found grey areas and made recommendations about numerous pay backs […]
While the number of unreported cases of domestic violence against men and women remains inconsistent, the instances that are actually documented have become fewer over the years. The decline, however, does not mean that the situation is looking any better for victims of spousal abuse. One person who has chosen to advocate for those who […]
There have been many initiatives to get students and other youths to read. Drop Everything and read was one that had much success but the Audubon has decided to transform the written word into an interactive audiovisual experience for over three hundred primary school children from Belize City. According to Amanda Burgos Acosta, Audubon’s Program […]
It’s another long weekend but far from quiet as several businesses will have a variety of events to suit your entertainment taste as well as your budget. Whether it is tonight, Saturday or over the extended weekend, there is sure to be an event for your liking, from a UB bash in Belmopan, to a […]
