The sudden resignation of John Briceño as leader of the P.U.P. sent shockwaves through the party and was all the buzz going into the long weekend. Insiders and political observers are still reeling from the resignation that is changing the entire dynamics of the opposition party. Briceño surprised even his closest advisors when he broke […]
With thirty days to go, the Belize Rural North Standard Bearer and political novice, Arthur Saldivar, has promptly announced that he intends to contest the leadership of the P.U.P. Political insiders point out that Saldivar who has won neither a convention nor an election. They see his bid as a transparent move set up by […]
In June, 2010 the Supreme Court delivered a breakthrough decision affirming the ancestral rights of thirty-eight Mayan villages in the south. That decision allows the Maya communities to log and bars the Forestry Department from intervening until the wood leaves the communal area. Containers of the wood are being shipped primarily to China; each container […]
Was it an inside job that caused thieves to pull off a daring midnight burglary at what should have been a highly guarded military compound? Not much has been confirmed, but despite military grade weapons, a successful heist of a Coast Guard vessel was pulled off at the Belize Coastguard Compound on Sunday night. While […]
Belize was blacklisted by the United States in September as one of the countries that play a major role in the transnational movement of drugs. The bad press continued today with an article in the Washington Post which describes Belize as a poorly defended country with sleepy port towns, mangrove swamps and jungle airstrips that […]
The importation and experimental use of GMO corn seeds has stirred controversy. Last week government caused the destruction of a container of the seeds that had been brought into the country reportedly by members of the Mennonite community. In the south, there is strong opposition to the GMOs since it would alter the traditional way […]
On Friday night we told you about the gruesome murder of an unidentified Hispanic man in the Stann Creek District. On October sixth, Dangriga Police responded to a feeder road at mile ten on a citrus farm on the Stann Creek Valley Road where they saw the lifeless body of fifty five year old Santos […]
There’s a new face on the bench at the Court of Appeal. He is Guyanese Professor Duke Pollard who was today sworn in by Governor General, Sir Colville Young, as a temporary justice of appeal. Professor Pollard’s CV includes a five year tenure as a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice from 2005 to […]
Businessman, Wendelin Reimer, was violently attacked and killed in a broad daylight robbery last Friday afternoon. It is believed that three culprits were involved and today one suspect was arraigned for the Murder of the thirty-five year old owner of Eagle One Hardware Store. Twenty-four year old Nicholas Swazo was additionally charged with one count […]
A seventeen year old minor and nineteen year old Stephen Flowers were also charged with robbery today. The two allegedly held Justin Castillo at gunpoint on October second and stole his two hundred dollar beach cruiser bicycle. Flowers, who was found with the bike, was additionally charged with Handling Stolen Goods while the minor was […]
Several initiatives have been introduced across the country to properly dispose of waste and each municipality has a designated dump site. But in Punta Gorda the proper disposal of garbage, according to activist, Wil Maheia, is being neglected by the Punta Gorda Town Council. Maheia says that the issue warrants an intervention by the Department […]
The Belize Electricity Limited and the Public Utilities Commission have been in and out of court over tariff reviews and rates. But all that has changed since the utility company is now government owned. B.E.L. today issued a release announcing that it is lifting an injunction which was granted by the Supreme Court, to prevent […]
Stephen Okeke, he is an aspiring politician, he’s declared he wants to run for Belize City Mayor. Okeke is also an activist; you’ll hear his views on the airwaves on a range of issues in the city. Well, today he called on the media to share what he says are valid concerns about the construction […]
The long weekend is over, but it doesn’t mean the fun has to stop. That’s because KTV Duets is bringing you another exciting round of competition tonight as the semi finals continue at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. The results of the text votes will be announced and two duos will go head […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Much has been said about Friday’s disaster inside the FFB Stadium where an over-confident Belize National Football Selection was unceremoniously knocked off its high horse by a 4-1 blast from their Grenadian counterpart – a team they had blanked 3-zip in the away game of […]
