Countless women have been caught trying to sneak drugs into prison but one Belize City woman was bolder and allegedly attempted to smuggle cannabis into the country. At around eleven a.m. on Tuesday, Barrack Road resident, twenty-six year old Lucy Giselle Cano, entered Corozal via the Santa Elena Northern Border. But when Customs Officials, inspected […]
For the second time in five days the government has come under intense fire. On Friday, the bus owners paralyzed the northern and western highways over runs taken away from established bus owners and given to a new company owned by a highly placed party supporter. This morning at the crack of dawn, police descended […]
At the top of the news, we showed you the confrontation between the security forces and squatters who were supported by Belizeans for Justice, COLA and others. The plight of the squatters started back in March; due to their quest for land they settled in the Fabers Road Extension area that will eventually link with […]
Aside from the squatters who took the Belcan Bridge by storm this morning, the government still has the festering transport issue on its hands. The administration gave a portion of bus runs to longtime U.D.P. supporter Sergio Chuc to the dismay of the bus operators who have been conducting runs on the Western Highway for […]
Once the protestors had been forcibly removed from the bridge, they gathered in front of the Farmers Market. Not too long after, they were met by a PUP delegation led by Opposition Leader, John Briceño, area representative Cordel Hyde and attorney Anthony Saldivar, who interrupted a national executive meeting to lend support to the squatters. […]
For his part, area representative Cordel Hyde acknowledged that the issue of squatting in Lake Independence has been a perennial problem. He believes that the sudden measures taken by the government were heartless and draconian. Cordel Hyde, Area Representative, Lake Independence “It’s not a new problem but it’s how you deal with things. There’s a […]
A murder trial ended before it could start this morning when Prosecutor for the DPP’s office, Keisha Williams, discontinued a case against a well known criminal figure. You’re probably guessing that it was another case of a missing witness… and you’re right. Williams said that their office as well as the Police Department made numerous […]
Special Constable, Nakisha Usher, was violently beaten in December 2010 and her ex-common-law husband, Police Constable Briceño Shal was charged with Wounding soon after the incident. That case was called at nine o’clock this morning, but when Usher arrived a few minutes later, Magistrate Roberto Ordonez had already dismissed the charge and Shal was freed. […]
While Cano is accused of attempting to bring in an illegal substance at the northern border, a Belize City attorney is accused of all things, facilitating an illegal telephone call. Since the owner of La Cabana Bar in Belmopan and his wife were locked up after a police raid at their home on May twentieth, […]
The eighth annual Ride Across Belize organized by the Social Security Board entered the city this morning. A record breaking number of riders traversed the country, from Corozal to Punta Gorda, and concluded this part of the tour just after noon. This year the ride was dedicated to promoting awareness of cancer; it was a […]
While the city was exploding with civil unrest in the morning, elsewhere in the old capital, the Belize City Mayor was giving names to a number of streets in phase two of the City Council’s street naming project. The project, which is being staged in the Lake Independence and Port Loyola constituencies, seeks to honor […]
Though there was plenty for the authorities to deal with today involving the bus industry and the squatters, the Citrus industry as you are well aware, has its own internal turmoil. It has been reeling from one dispute to the other and at the center has been the investment by Banks Holdings Limited of Barbados, […]
On Tuesday night the National Festival of Arts kicked off at the Bliss Center for Performing Arts with riveting presentations by students from across the country. The audience was treated to performances in dance and music; both contemporary and traditional pieces were staged. If you missed it, well here’s snippet of the night’s presentations. {Highlights […]
