What should have been a peaceful and early start to the work week almost ended in tragedy for many commuters onboard a Cabrera’s Bus. About four-forty a.m., Pedro Cumush, the driver, lost control of the bus on the outskirts of Orange Walk. Several persons were injured and had to be rushed to the Northern Regional […]
Trapp was not the only person to lose his life over the weekend. A store owner was gunned down on Friday night. And while many would assume it happened in a known Belize City hotspot, it actually occurred in a relatively quiet village in the Orange Walk District. By all eyewitness accounts, after the robbers […]
Violent crime is not only being committed by men. The following report has landed two female neighbors before the court. The aggressor is accused of barging into her neighbor’s home, armed with a knife and that is why thirty-three year old Lisa Elizabeth Matute isn’t at her own home tonight. Matute was arraigned before Magistrate […]
Twenty year old Brandon Paz is also behind bars tonight for aggravated assault, but with a firearm. Paz appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare this morning and was charged in connection with an attack on twenty-four year old Claude Lopez, which occurred on June twenty-eighth. He pleaded not guilty, but a firearm offense automatically lands him […]
Vanessa Peyrefitte The Belize Chamber of Commerce, the backbone of Belize’s business community is by far the group that most represents the lifeline of most sectors of the economy. Its membership has been recently vocal about the government’s acquisition of Belize Electricity Limited and the renationalization of Telemedia. On Friday, the majority of chamber members […]
Our western border is regularly breached by Guatemalans who extract Belize’s natural resources for profit. The incident on July thirteenth where shots were fired between Guatemalan loggers occurred more than four miles inside the dense forest of the Chiquibul National Park. The border infractions are bold since the loggers travel miles into the protected area […]
You can call them the Football Federation of Belize’s selection, or you can call them team Belize, but despite all reprisals from the Ministry of Sports, the football team has scored two international victories against Montserrat and one against Honduras in a friendly match. The first game in the home and away series against Montserrat […]
In other sports news, a team of karatekas visiting Nicaragua for the fourth Ibero-American Karate Championships were honored in the capital city of Managua where they met President Daniel Ortega. The tournament sees international participation by Spain and Latin American countries and was attended by a delegation from the Belize Karate Federation, which included Asha […]
Motocross is a motorcycle sport held in enclosed off road circuits. The sport’s appeal comes when the riders take their bikes in rugged dusty and sometimes muddy trails. The sport has been gaining traction and kicking up dust in the true western region of the country. On Sunday riders from across the country along with […]
The announcement that BATSUB would be significantly downsized came late last year and since then, troops have returned to Britain, Belizean employees have been laid off and the British army terminated the use of its helicopters for medical emergencies. Last Friday, the final British helicopter left the country and the British Forces news filed this […]
The Belize International Film Festival has grown significantly in its six years of existence with the addition of workshops, the big red carpet gala on opening night and this year, the Belize comedy tour. But the movies, documentaries and film making on a whole remain at the heart of it all. And while the actors […]
The international filmmakers will also provide advice to BAVIA, which is in the process of selecting a winner for its Show Me video competition. It organized a program with the film festival and Smart that challenged high school students to create a three to five minute movie that shows off their skill level and creativity […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley. Welcome to this serving of Sports Monday. In the domestic front, Belizean football appears to be in disarray wit the National Sports Council’s suspension of both the Football Federation of Belize headed by Dr. Bertie Chimilio and the newly formed National Football Association under president, Michael Blease. However, on the […]
