Traditionally, the high season in the tourism industry, is well underway at this time of the year. But it has had a disappointing start so far. At the Fort Street Tourism Village, a large number of traders are looking for business among the low number of visitors, even though a cruise ship called on port […]
In mid-December, we reported that the government was in the process of extending by thirteen years the tenure of Justice Manuel Sosa. There is now a change in that initial proposal. The Government now plans to appoint Justice Sosa as President of the Court of Appeal. He will take over from Justice Elliot Mottley who […]
Nigerian taxi driver, Francis Chukwu, was one of five persons murdered over the Christmas weekend. The cab driver was killed by a single gunshot and his body was found in his taxi in the area of the Lord Ridge Cemetery. But who would want him dead? That’s a question that remains a mystery to his […]
It’s the worst time of the year for two families in Dangriga who are tonight homeless. A fire this morning gutted a two-storey structure in the downtown area behind the police station. Despite efforts to contain the blaze, the property was completely destroyed, in the process scorching two other buildings that stood next to it. […]
Seven Cuban refugees drifted onto the shores of Ambergris Caye at around two o’clock this morning. They arrived in a small boat, which carried mechanical equipment, as shown in these pictures provided by the San Pedro Sun. The Cubans came on shore in the Boca Del Rio area of the island where they were picked […]
Benque Viejo police are reviewing video tapes taken from a surveillance camera installed near the Mount Carmel Credit Union that may be able to determine the thieves who broke into the institution over the holiday weekend. The tapes, we have learned, show more than one person entering the premises. The thieves broke the padlock on […]
In the courts, a twenty-one year old Belize City tour guide who allegedly preyed on a sixteen year old student was arraigned today. The charges relate to an incident on the night of December twenty-seventh when Edward Lizama allegedly attacked the young girl near the Cumberbatch Field in the Yarborough area. The minor claims Lizama […]
A Corozal man learned his fate in the Chief Magistrates’ Court this morning after he was busted along with two family members and a friend with eighty-nine pounds of marijuana on December seventeenth. Lionel Tillett took responsibility for the drugs and today he was sentenced to three years in prison. Tillett was also fined ten […]
We’ll have more on this story on the Caribbean Newsline, but the international press today reported that a passenger on board an American Airlines flight that landed at the Miami International Airport on Tuesday morning is in custody pending charges that could land him in jail for up to five years. The thirty-seven year old […]
There are huge celebrations being planned countrywide for this Friday night to welcome the New Year. But one party in Belize City is facing a major obstacle. Promoter, Keith Yearwood, came to our studios to complain that he submitted a request to the Traffic Department to get permission for his new year’s block party on […]
Inspiration, that’s the theme for a 2011 calendar. It is not the usual commercial calendar that you get from the stores. Inspiration, instead profiles the artwork of twelve special needs children, six of whom also double up as athletes. It was launched today and the visiting chairman and CEO of Special Olympics says the almanac […]
