At the top of our newscast tonight is a most unusual homicide; it happened on Monday night. The suspect is the son-in-law of the victim and a well known chef in the Ladyville area. Peter King is expected to be charged for the murder of Argentina Arevalo Garcia, a resident from Indian Church Village. Arevalo […]
While a son-in-law is accused for the murder of his mother-in-law, Lavern “Anti-Christ” Longsworth is behind bars tonight for the murder of her common-law-husband. Longsworth is the court personality who set her common-law-husband, David White on fire during a domestic dispute back on July fifteenth. Longsworth was initially charged with attempted murder and was released […]
On this morning’s Open Your Eyes, our guest was Canon Leroy Flowers from the Anglican Mission, who spoke about the true meaning of Christmas. One of the things he discussed is that the season is celebrated by most religions, regardless of differing views. He compared the ban by the Barrow administration—which is based on claims […]
Ever since the government suspended “normal relations” with Channel Five, numerous organizations have been quick to strengthen its bond with this independent station. They have generally expressed concern about the Cabinet decision to punish this media house for expressing views that the government would rather remain hidden. The Caribbean Broadcasting on Monday said the unilateral […]
Bertie Chimilio is the FIFA strongman in Belize. He has survived many attempts to displace him as head of the Football Federation of Belize. This coming weekend, no less than the Minister of Sports will try to run Chimilio out of town and have him and his executive replaced. The Minister has been holding meetings […]
There’s also more trouble in the citrus industry. The fate of an extraordinary general meeting to be called by the Citrus Growers Association this Friday to oust Dr. Henry Canton as chief executive officer of Citrus Products Belize Ltd. will be determined by the court in the next two days. Application for an injunction has […]
National Transport, the second bus company owned by the Novelo brothers, David and Tony, is not the only business to go belly up. Croc Land has also gone into receivership. According to an ad in the newspapers, Arturo Vasquez and Kevin Castillo have been appointed as joint receivers and managers of Belize Crocodiles and Reptiles […]
The Belize Natural Energy Limited, BNE, is facing a lawsuit by one of its founding directors. The company is one of four parties being sued by Paul Marriott, now the Director of PR Marriott Drilling of the United Kingdom. Marriott made the claim in July of this year, asking the Nevis Supreme Court to order […]
Ten months after security guard, Kaluru Oloungududu was brutally murdered on the job, a third person has been charged. Police today arrested twenty-two year old Talbert Mena of Placencia Village and charged him with Murder. Mena has been remanded to the Central Prison, where he joins Jamaal Jackson and Darrel Myvette who are charged for […]
The education system in Belize has come under serious scrutiny by people who think that it has not been nearly as effective as it ought to be. The dropout rate is high, particularly for boys, teachers lack training, and a high number of students do not complete high school. And while there is always a […]
Over the past few years the project has seen the construction of several computer labs all across the country where children can learn at their own speed and access their learning modules. But Lopez says that for the next two years, the project will extend even further. Voice of: Andre Lopez “We’re going to build […]
Christmas is the season for giving. Well, over a hundred students from numerous schools were today made a whole lot happier. The Toys for Tots Committee of the Continental Airlines hosted a party for needy children at the House of Culture. The children practiced their moves, Santa was on hand and there enough to eat. […]
We brought you a week of fabulous prizes on Gimme 5 and on Friday night it was a marathon Christmas Spectacular. The list of performances was a who’s who in local entertainment. There were presentations by well known faces of Duets, the young and budding talent from Saint Luke Methodist, the Panerifics group from Belmopan, […]
