The body of twenty-seven year old Englebert Reynolds remains at the morgue at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight following a vicious slaying at the start of the weekend. On Friday night, shortly before eleven o’clock, Reynolds was riding his bicycle near Waight Street when he was penetrated with an economy of rounds which found […]
The other murder victim was twenty-nine year old Mauricio Cawich, a father of six children in Xaibe Village, Corozal. Initially his passing was recorded as a possible accident, however, Cawich is a known trouble maker and was said to have many enemies. He was last seen alive at around twelve-thirty a.m. last Friday morning. His […]
And though there are two murders since Friday, there is a third person that lost his life during the weekend. Shortly before nine-thirty on Friday night, twenty-three year old Giovanni Baiza was driving his motorcycle from Belmopan to Los Tambos Village behind Spanish Lookout in Cayo. He never made it as he lost control and […]
A daring, mid-afternoon heist at the Belize Medical Associates on Saturday has netted a pair of robbers over eleven thousand dollars in cash and checks. The robbery also landed an employee in detention pending the outcome of a police investigation. Two armed men entered the building’s main office on Saint Thomas Street shortly after two […]
Fortis, the parent company of Belize Electricity Limited has issued a release today on the current state of B.E.L. Fortis, which is headquartered in Canada, pointed out that it has not received any purchase proposal from the government of Belize. Fortis holds seventy percent of B.E.L., which accounts for less than two percent of its […]
The press release from Canada also said, “Fortis owns Belize Electric Company Limited (BECOL), a non-regulated hydroelectric generation business that operates three hydroelectric generating facilities in Belize.” That description of BECOL is one that the Prime Minister squarely disagreed with today. He says that BECOL is a public utility provider over which there is a […]
The next news item is not about the power for your home, but more purchasing power for the seafood prepared in your kitchen. The price of fillet averages about ten dollars and up depending on the type of fish you buy. But students of business learn early on that the term Caveat Emptor means let […]
There is other seaworthy news regarding Belize, but instead of the Caribbean Sea, it’s in Asia. Belize has been in international news over the weekend; unfortunately, not for positive reasons. A North Korean ship, registered in the Jewel, was intercepted on its way Myanmar in Southeast Asia and is believed to have been carrying missile […]
Last Friday we told you about a walk and run campaign that intended to take foot in the old capital over the weekend. Well, apparently it did. Over five hundred Belize City residents got up at the crack of dawn on Saturday to run. The Get Up and Run health initiative aims to inspire a […]
The issue of bus runs which operators are facing within the transportation industry, according to officials from the Belizean Bus Association, is far from being resolved. On Friday, a press briefing was held inside the conference room of the National Sports Council to further discuss the matter. While a definitive solution to the ongoing crisis […]
The Gang Suppression Unit has taken numerous weapons off the streets, but the movement of illegal firearms extends far beyond our borders. A Firearms Marking Cooperation Agreement signed between the Government of Belize and the Organization of American States (O.A.S.) seeks to bring the trade under control, by tracking weapon smuggling throughout the region. It […]
Six persons, including a pregnant woman and an accused rapist, were remanded to prison today for a series of burglaries in the Lake Independence and Belama areas. On Friday, police searches at a numbers of houses and a pawn shop led to the recovery of a huge stash of stolen items. Twenty-two year old Leroy […]
A seventy-four four year old retiree was also in court today, but for sentencing. Orlando Espejo, also known as “Landy”, was convicted on Friday of Manslaughter by Negligence and Negligent Grievous Harm. At his age, the prospect to going to prison is a frightening one, but Espejo was spared by Justice Adolph Lucas, who imposed […]
She’s a former area representative and come 2013 Ana Patricia Arceo, better known as Patty Arceo, will have another shot at Belize Rural South. On Sunday, Arceo was elected P.U.P. standard bearer for that division with nine hundred and fifty votes. That’s a margin of over six hundred compared to Ramon Reyes Junior, who garnered […]
In other news on the political front, Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya Flowers as you are aware, is not running for a third term at the municipal level. Since her reinstatement into the United Democratic Party, she has had some time to consider her political future. Insiders have often considered her to be the heir […]
There’s a new face on the panel of judges at the Court of Appeal and he hails from Trinidad and Tobago. Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes was today sworn in as a Justice of the Belize Court of Appeal by Governor General Sir Colville Young at Belize House in Belmopan. According to a government release, Mendes […]
With over fifty percent of Belize’s population under twenty and child mortality continuing to plague Belize, the ground breaking for the Children’s Intensive Care Unit couldn’t have been held at a better time. The unit, which will begin by the end of this year, is set for completion at the end of 2012. The I.C.U. […]
On Thursday, June ninth, we told you that someone hit the Mega-Bingo progressive jackpot of two hundred and nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars. Well today, the lucky winner went in to claim their winnings of one hundred and eighty six thousand, six hundred and thirty seven dollars and three cents after taxes. But […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week two of the Belize Bank Super League playoffs saw the red hot Orange Walk United roll into Placencia yesterday for its date with Placencia Assassin under this four team double elimination format. The visitors look to open the scoreboard in the early moments when […]
