The Maya Leaders who brought a suit against the government over property rights, headed back to the south on Monday to celebrate victory. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh took over two hours to deliver a sixty-two page ruling before a packed courtroom. The CJ ruled that the Maya communities of the south, thirty-three villages in Toledo […]
It was big news on April first when the police top brass, flanked by Prime Minister Dean Barrow, called a news conference and dropped a bombshell saying that rogue cops were the mastermind behind a series of armed robberies that had taken place across the country. The story took several twists, and Police Constable Jermaine […]
The policeman that was detained and subsequently charged was Police Constable Jermaine Mangar. But his attorney Dickie Bradley says the police really have no evidence against Mangar because the more serious charge against his client is about to be withdrawn. Richard “Dickie” Bradley, Attorney for P.C. Jermaine Mangar “His name is tarnished because it happened […]
Tropical Storm Alex is expected to gain strength and upgrade to a hurricane by the end of the day. Alex is now located in the Gulf of Mexico and moving north-west. Hurricane warnings are in place in north western Mexico and Texas. Alex breezed through Belize this past Saturday and fortunately there was no loss […]
Pallotti graduate, Neisa Pipersburgh was found dead on June nineteenth at Burdon Canal at Mile Six on the Western Highway; three days after she had gone missing. Police detained a few persons, but then released them after questioning. One of those detainees was a neighbour whose car was impounded. And while police have not come […]
It was a sensational case when Tasha Herrera and Alwyn Gonzalez were charged for drug trafficking that is over two kilos of suspected cocaine. Well, the tone was different this morning in court when the charges were withdrawn by Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer after the court prosecutor, Sergeant Carol Tucker, said that the police department […]
Six years behind bars, that’s the sentence forty-six year old Rueben Galdamez got today for the attempted burglary of Edita’s Fast Food located near the Farmer’s Market. The Benque Viejo resident was caught in act on the morning of February twenty-fourth by a police officer who testified that he saw Galdamez stooping near a window of […]
Colin Lord had a close brush with death after he was shot to the head on June eighteenth. He underwent emergency surgery at the K.H.M.H. and was transferred to the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited where he was placed in an induced coma and doctors worked on a severe swelling on his brain. Today News Five […]
In other news, all players for the Belize National Basketball Team are in the country tonight. The full roster of the team participated in workouts this morning and late this evening. It’s only two days until the team tests its cohesiveness during its first game against a world class team. On Thursday the Belizean team […]
The K.H.M.H, it’s been under fire corruption, lack of equipment and more; but today, medical staff at the nation’s largest public hospital is the beneficiary of a state-of-the-art lounge courtesy of a man who served in the profession locally for thirteen years. Dr. Lennox Pike is now residing and practicing medicine abroad but he has […]
It is widely known, though not acceptable, that more than fifty percent of Belize’s teachers are untrained and uncertified. In 2009, the Ministry of Education started a teachers’ training program and offered scholarships to address that problem. The University of Belize is one of the institutions facilitating the process and while that is underway, UB […]
Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is in New York facing charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Marijuana and Conspiracy to Illegally Traffic in Firearms. He was first arraigned last Friday and made a second court appearance on Monday. But the Jamaican strongman is having problems getting legal representation in the US. At the close of his […]
We reported on Monday that Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s first official visit to Miami was interrupted by a murder at the Miami Beach Resort Hotel where he was attending a dinner dance. It has now been confirmed that the man who was killed was a Russian tourist who, along with a friend, hired two prostitutes […]
