In cold blood; there is no other way to describe the inexplicable killing of a family. The security once felt by Corozal residents is becoming fragmented as the seeds of doubt and suspicion surround the district as a mother and daughter were murdered. The pair lived on the property of their business, a hotel, located […]
A shooting incident on Mahogany Street Extension shortly after five o’clock this evening has resulted in allegations being brought against a well-known police officer. While no one was reported injured during the shooting residents of Mayflower Street were up in arms moments later claiming that a weapon was planted on a young man who is […]
Crimes such as murders and robberies should soon be easier to investigate as in the 2012/2013 budget; the Ministry of National Security received an additional nine hundred thousand dollars to improve its capabilities. You have heard by now that the IT-VET is suffering from low enrollment hence a smaller share in the education portion of […]
We’ll seek out the B.N.T.U. to get its take on how they are affected by the budget. Another Ministry is seeing cuts but not the type you might expect. The Forestry Ministry is looking into a canal, forty to fifty feet wide and close to four miles long, that was dug through a protected biological […]
It doesn’t appear that anyone will pay fines or get fired now that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital audit has been completed. The K.H.M.H. administration attempted to ram the document into the media’s hands at a press conference on Wednesday and expected the media to ask questions about all ninety-five pages without reading it. After […]
Stakeholders from various private sector industries that use chemicals converged at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza for the launch of Belize’s Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management. It is an initiative by the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development to develop a coherent, legal and institutional framework in Belize, for the sound management […]
Over the last ten to fifteen years, the increased presence of primarily illegal Guatemalans squatters, cutting timber and xate, coupled with poaching of the Scarlet Macaw, have called for increased law enforcement presence in the Chiquibul; particularly in the less accessible southern areas. Well, today the Ceibo Chico Conservation Post and the South Chiquibul Joint […]
Government attorneys were busy today as a business and an environmental group saw their cases held against the administration in separate courtrooms. Port of Belize Limited and its majority shareholder Belize Ports Limited, which were owned by businessman Luke Espat, both went into receivership and are now under the control of receiver, Arturo “Tux” Vasquez. […]
While the Port of Belize/Belize Ports Limited case was ongoing, in the courtroom of Justice Oswell Legall, Oceana Belize took their waves on other government attorneys. Oceana is challenging oil concessions granted to Island Oil Belize Limited, Tropical Energy Limited, PetroBelize Company Limited, Princess Petroleum Limited, Providence Energy Belize Limited and Sol Oil Belize Limited […]
Not all the cases were highbrow, but they were two notable victories for prosecutors. Two men who filed appeals after being convicted of separate crimes received additional bad news. A taxi driver, twenty-five year old Ludin Najera, was convicted on February sixteenth, 2011 in the Belmopan Supreme Court for raping an American national who was […]
The second appellant was thirty-two year old Wyatt Anderson, who was convicted of Manslaughter on February third, 2011. Anderson was accused of fatally stabbing his brother-in-law, Robert Brown on November twenty-second, 2008. Anderson was sentenced to fourteen years in by Justice Adolph Lucas. But he appealed on the grounds that the trial judge erred in […]
Former City Council employee Phillip ‘Faada’ Henry, who was recently granted a taxi operator’s license only to have it rescinded a few weeks later, led a charge against City Hall this morning by picketing in front of the Traffic Department. Backed by a small gathering of operators whose license plates were also repossessed, Henry protested […]
Some of the most delicious recipes from your favorite restaurants have been compiled into a local cookbook like no other; Flavors of Belize. This hardcover cookbook holds over one hundred and twenty recipes, featuring cultural specials from the Maya, Mestizo, Creole, East Indian, Garifuna, Chinese, Caribbean, Lebanese and the British. Flavors of Belize, which is […]
The Cabinet is made up of seventeen elected representatives as well as four ministers appointed from the Senate; Lisel Alamilla, Godwin Hulse, Joy Grant and Charles Gibson. But the entire dynamic of the senator ministers changed on January nineteenth, when Minister of National Security, John Saldivar, was relieved of his responsibilities for Immigration. That portfolio […]
Schools out, the weather is warm, the days are longer, and all these factors combined make it perfect for spending time outdoors. When it comes to skincare, our top concern is usually about sunburn during the hot summer days but there are other irritating skin issues that are more common around this time of year. […]
