At the close of our newscast on Tuesday night, we reported the breaking news of a fatal shooting at the Belize Diesel Service Center. The news spread quickly across town that a security officer on duty was cold bloodedly murdered. He was not the only victim; a well known master chef of barbeques was at […]
Orange Walk police have still not charged anyone in connection with Tuesday’s early morning murder of seventy year old Paulo “Julian” Diaz. The watchman of San Isidro Construction Supplies was discovered murdered under a shed at his worksite sometime between one and two Tuesday morning when the alarm at the business tripped and alerted the […]
This afternoon, James Donald Baker, sixty- seven year old US national, was escorted to the PGIA and was boarded on an American airline flight bound for Miami. Baker was accompanied on his flight by Detectives Marlon Galvez and Arcadio Chun. It is believed Baker entered Belize through the northern border about a month from Boca […]
You will know by now that Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro was fired last week as minister of state because a Belizean living abroad complained that she had given more than forty-eight thousand dollars to Castro for land she never got. On Tuesday night we asked if the new recall legislation should be tested on […]
This morning, the last of a number of rape cases before the Supreme Court against the man police dubbed as the serial rapist, fell apart when the main suspect said she did not want to testify in fear of her life. The trial judge, Justice Adolph Lucas directed the jury of nine to return a […]
Former immigration officer Maria Guerra who was suspended indefinitely from her post at the Philip Goldson International Airport in the wake of a customs duties evasion scandal in mid-July, 2008, has now been rewarded full restitution by the Supreme Court. Guerra, along with Jose Aldana, a businessman of San Ignacio Town, were jointly charged for […]
Thirty year old Chadrick Tingling, also known as Pinta, was today arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court for the Attempted Murder of thirty-six year old Anthony Major. Major was shot on Friday night while at the corner of Card’s Alley and Fredrick Street not too far from his home. One of the bullets penetrated […]
In the House of Representatives last week both sides gave their support for a bailout loan to the Belize Sugar Industries. The government and the opposition both recognized that the Sugar Industry is vital for the survival of farmers in the north. Because of the “turkey weekend” in the United States, the prime minister indicated […]
HIV/AIDS is in the spotlight around the globe today as World AIDS Day is observed under the theme “Universal Access and Human Rights”. On a global scale, UNAIDS estimates that thirty-three point three million people are currently living with HIV. That staggering figure includes two point five million children. In Belize, the infection rate is […]
Nearby at the Bliss, Reflect and Protect, was the theme at one of seven rallies held around the country to mark World AIDS Day. Although the statistics are showing that the number of affected youths is on the decrease, the battle against the disease is far from over. The most vulnerable group, the youths, were […]
The Anti-Offshore drilling sentiment, which has brought environmentalists together in Belize, is also spreading in other regions. The United States of America on the heels of the major BP Deep Horizon Disaster, has pulled back on offshore drilling on its coast. The US Department of the Interior has announced today that it would not include […]
On October twenty-fourth the Belize Zoo suffered major infrastructural damage to much of the structures and trees when Hurricane Richard ripped directly over its path. It took more than a month of constant work to rebuild and reshape the facility and today, amidst much fanfare, it re-opened with a whole new look. Well, Junior Buddy […]
