At news time tonight, the Belize National ‘A’ Team Selection, is getting ready to play against Montserrat on Wednesday. The group of nineteen athletes, led by goal keepers Shane Orio and Woodrow West, is in Trinidad where they will play Montserrat at the Ato Boldon Stadium in the first of a home-away series to qualify […]
Cabinet met today in Belmopan. One of the issues that it dealt with was a loan of fourteen million dollars, recommended by the investment committee of the Social Security Board to a company Nature Fresh Belize Limited, which was formed after Fresh Catch, owned by the Mena Group, went into receivership. According to a Cabinet […]
A ten-year old school boy of the Hummingbird Community was hit and killed by a Hilux pick-up truck at mile twenty-six on the Hummingbird Highway on Monday afternoon. The female driver of the vehicle, Martha Flamenco, is from the neighboring village. She was detained and released and charges, if any, will be determined by the […]
There was an attempted robbery at a store in Orange Walk earlier today. The details are still sketchy; however, it appears that New Hong Fua Supermarket, located on Corozal Road, was targeted by at least two thieves. While the store was not robbed, one of the assailants jacked a businessman, thirty-three year old Adan Awe, […]
At least three attempted murder cases fell apart last week when witnesses refused to cooperate and today an accused murderer was set free under similar circumstances. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a Nolle Prosequi in the case against twenty-three year old Marvin Bradley because the witnesses refused to come forward with […]
It’s the beginning of the summer months and from the looks of it, the days ahead are likely to get hotter as militant citizens take to the streets. Another demonstration being spearheaded by Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action is planned to take place in Belize City this Wednesday morning. Organizers are billing it as […]
Government’s proposed take-over of Belize Electricity Limited has been in the headlines since last week. But how will the government come up with the money to buy Fortis’ majority shares (seventy percent) in the utility company? Government has been making pre-payments of four million dollars monthly for its utility bill, covering a period up to […]
Belizeans for Justice was established as an NGO in March 2010 and has since transformed itself from what began as a support group for grieving mothers to an organization championing a wide range of other social ills. The group was founded by Yolanda Schakron whose nephew Christopher Galvez was shot and killed a few months […]
A memorandum of understanding was signed this afternoon by the Belize City Council, vendors at the Michael Finnegan Market and residents of Bocotora Street. The MOU follows a week of unrest among wholesalers and retailers at the market. Last Tuesday an association was formed by wholesalers who elected Alvin Hyde Jr. as its president. The […]
Dr. John Gough was accused of brutally beating a sixteen year old boy in February 2010, reportedly over a relationship with his teenage daughter. That case ended with Gough being exonerated and his neighbor, Egbert Nicholson was convicted of Wounding. But the family of Carlos Zelaya Junior is still seeking justice and has now filed […]
Also in court, a fifteen year old male student of Belize City claims that he was sexually abused by a twenty-four year old man. The Social Services Personnel have intervened in the case and, based on the child’s report, led police to detain Kareem Hamilton, a resident of Morter’s Alley. The minor alleges that in […]
Another of Belize’s sporting teams will be playing at the international level. The National Under Sixteen Basketball Team is in Mexico City tonight where the boys, along with coach Fred Garcia, are preparing to play matches against other Central American countries. We caught up today with Paul Thompson, the President of the Belize Basketball Association, […]
Mega Bingo today made the largest cash payout ever given in Belize’s gaming history. Players and viewers watched as the jackpot rose to two hundred nineteen thousand five hundred and seventy three dollars. When the winning ball was called last Wednesday, it was presumed that a Burrell Boom resident had won since the ticket was […]
Season two of our reality TV show, From Yes to I Do… Channel Five Will Follow You premiered last week with five couples hoping to win the wedding of their dreams. This season we’ve raised the bar and the contestants will have to earn that dream wedding in exciting competitions. Tonight the contestants will do […]
