The two big stories for today have to do with the ninth amendment, which is now in effect and Hurricane Rina. We’ll have the latest on the hurricane that is moving slowly but closer to Belize, but the ninth amendment to the constitution, which is really the eighth, is now law. Ninety-four days after it […]
Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, who along with Queen’s Counsel Lord Peter Goldsmith represented Vaughan Gill and Ricardo Castillo, told the media that legal challenge of the passage of the Ninth Amendment has been exhausted. However, if Gill and Castillo wish to proceed with litigation at the Supreme Court level then GOB will have to answer […]
Weeks after the B.D.F. armory was broken into and an arsenal of weapons stolen, no one has been held accountable. So tonight’s question is: Who do you think should be held responsible for the forty-two stolen weapons from the B.D.F. headquarters; the minister, commandant or officers? Send your comments and responses using your SMART phones […]
The northern part of the country, stretching from Belize City to the northern border is under hurricane watch and it looks that Rina, a category two hurricane can further strengthen. With winds of up to one hundred and ten miles, and moving at three miles per hour, it can become a hurricane a category three […]
As we said at the top of the newscast, evacuations are taking place from San Pedro and Caye Caulker, bringing residents to the mainland. Residents from the cayes were transferred to Belize City today from where they are heading to higher ground. Most persons we met were calm and glad to get out of harm’s […]
Thirty-nine year old Albert Talbert who also goes by the name of Cat was busted with a B.D.F. uniform last Wednesday when police raided his apartment on Maskall Street. Talbert claimed that he paid a BDF soldier fifty dollars for the uniform. This morning Talbert was taken to court and arraigned for a single charge […]
Also in court today, a woman took the rap on charges of possession of controlled drugs for marijuana that was found inside her neighbor’s house. But the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions rejected the guilty plea for on the lesser charge. That means that thirty-three year old Janice Lynch and John Michael Fitzgibbon, […]
There is another case of sexual abuse of a minor. A thirteen year old student from Roaring Creek claims she has been abused by a family member. The allegation is that her uncle had sexual intercourse with her back in June at his Belize City home. There have already been three other reports of sexual […]
The Senate met on Monday in Belmopan. The urgency was for the ratification of the ninth amendment. That did pass, though with a small majority. But there were other issues to deal with. In his Independence Day speech on September twenty-first, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that he was forgiving sixty-million dollars in housing loans […]
The post of the Auditor General that became vacant on August thirty-first when Edmund Zuniga reached retirement age has been filled. But while the new appointment of Dorothy Bradley on September twenty-fourth comes highly recommended, some Senators believe that the former auditor general’s reports should have been clarified and vetted before he retired. In the […]
The grand finale of KTV Duets takes place shortly. The Bliss will dress up for the gala event that concludes this season of immensely popular local television show. Three duos survived the rigors of the show and last Tuesday they outdid their previous performances to compete for the first, second and third place. The dad […]
