There was significant progress made in the citrus industry today with an agreement to reconfigure the Board of Citrus Products of Belize Limited. We’ll have all those details coming up but first we go to the story of a Belize City family who is coming to grips with the death of their loved one whose […]
Up north, human remains were found today at a farm in the outskirts of the village of Guinea Grass in the Orange Walk District. A caretaker at a farm discovered the bones today on a trail in the farm. At news time, the identity of the person is not known, but a family has reported […]
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On Monday, the Government of Belize announced its intervention in the ongoing citrus industry crisis. That intervention came by way of enabling immediate financing to assure payment to growers, and restructuring CPBL to create an effective and cohesive management structure. It’s a complicated undertaking, made more so because of incessant tension between the CGA and […]
The announcement was made Monday that the Social Security Board will be taking on a financial role in Citrus Products of Belize Limited. Currently CPBL has a loan facility with First Caribbean International Bank. That facility will be bought by G.O.B. and then on-sold to the S.S.B. Now pensioners and contributors are touchy when it […]
The collision of a barge into the pier at Port of Belize Ltd., shortly before five o’clock this morning, has forced the company to temporarily cease operations at the dock. The freight boat was entering the low berth area of the facility when it crashed into the edge of the wharf, damaging a number of […]
There is an update to report tonight about Mexican national, Zurisaday Villasenor Mendez, who was granted a seventy-five thousand dollar bail by the Supreme Court less than two weeks ago. The Mexican national was to report to court today, but this may come as no surprise….Villasenor Mendez did not show up in Belize City Magistrate […]
In this newscast, we have reported on a number of cases involving land hustles and questionable land deals facilitated by various players in the Lands Department. We’ll have another such story in the next few days. But tonight, we can say that three persons, all political appointees who are related and linked to the Deputy […]
A US woman who was living in San Pedro for some time was picked up by US agents with the cooperation of local police and whisked away to the United States. There is little information available locally on how she was arrested and flown to the US, but the US Department of Justice in a […]
Punta Gorda police are tonight investigating the shooting death of a Big Falls resident at the hands of one of their own. Police claim that Moses Williams, a mentally ill patient, was reportedly throwing a fit at home when police were called to the residence. When they responded the officers came under attack by Williams […]
It has been one week since Stephen Kuylen Junior was killed in the front yard of his Orange Walk home. Today when we caught up with police in Orange Walk, they told us that while they are following up several leads, there has been no arrest. What abounds police said is rampant speculation about the […]
The Gang Suppression Unit is reporting another bust in the alleged ring controlled by Raynard Grinage. On Monday evening, the GSU mounted an operation on Central American Boulevard, where they spotted a Toyota car. Standing beside it was Orvin Leonard Hugh-Donald Beeks, a thirty-five year old taxi driver. The Unit proceeded to search the vehicle […]
