There are three more deaths to add to the growing list of traffic fatalities; so far, there have been at least fifteen accidents since the beginning of the year in which eleven persons lost their lives. Over the weekend, a three year old girl was killed when an incoming vehicle, a Honda CRV, collided into […]
Traffic accidents are among the leading causes of death, and unfortunately an Ontario family is grieving the loss of a loved one. A third fatality occurred on Sunday, involving a collision between an SUV and a motorcycle in Camalote Village. At around five o’clock that morning twenty-two year old Jose Martinez, a resident of Ontario […]
Just a few moments prior to the deadly traffic accident which claimed the lives of three year old Ashley Silva and twenty year old Linbert Tucker, there was a four car pileup along the Boom Road. Though not fatal, the responding officers, already stretched thin having to work the La Ruta Maya event, were forced […]
There is a breaking story in the B.T.B. and that is Laura Esquivel-Frampton, the high profile daughter of former Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel is resigning from the post of Director of Tourism. Esquivel-Frampton assumed the post in May 2012, and soon ran into trouble with the B.T.B. management and board. Last Wednesday, a group of […]
Speculation about the pending arrest of former Minister of State with responsibility for Immigration Elvin Penner ran wild and free over the long weekend. On Friday, News Five was informed that a warrant had been issued for the politician turned pariah, but he had left the country. Today those reports intensified, with multiple sources claiming […]
The long weekend was filled with tragedy but no murders. Unfortunately, the inadvertent moratorium on murders did not last, and just after eight this morning Police Detectives from Precinct Two were opening a case file on a body found off the Western Highway in the foam factory compound. While the investigation is in its early […]
San Ignacio Police remain on the lookout for Gabino Garnett Jr., the man they believe is responsible for the fatal stabbing of twenty-year-old Earl Baizar on Friday morning. The Dangriga resident, who frequented the municipality, was injured multiple times after being accosted outside of Blue Angels Nightclub where the two were reportedly engaged in an […]
Last week Thursday, U.D.P. Minister of State Herman Longsworth accused Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega of undermining him to benefit Belize City Councilor Phillip Willoughby – basically stealing his idea and giving it to Willoughby. See, Willoughby intends to run in the Albert Division, a seat recently claimed by Herman Longsworth. Willoughby allegedly enjoys the […]
The Supreme Court has been operating under staffing constraints in the complement of judges since the double blow of losing Justices Oswell Legall last May and Justice Rita Joseph-Olivetti in January. Both worked in the Civil Division which has seen a backlog of cases in recent times. But all that should change following this morning’s […]
Twenty-two year old Kirk Smith Jr., who has been on remand for almost four years walked free late this afternoon from a charge of murder. Smith was accused of the August 2010 murder of thirty-five year old Eyan Arnold, a janitor employed at the time at Wesley College. After Justice Adolph Lucas directed the […]
While Smith has been freed of a murder charge, thirty-seven year old Oliver Peters has been arraigned for murder. Peters is accused of stabbing his uncle to the left side of the chest in a bitter land dispute; the injury eventually led to Thomas Ferguson Senior’s death. Today, Peters was arraigned and read a single […]
Former P.U.P. minister, Louis “Coz” Sylvestre, passed last Thursday after ailing for years. A memorial service will be held this coming Friday; and today, while acknowledging his contributions, the People’s United expressed profound sadness at his passing. Says the P.U.P. release, “Sylvestre served as a P.U.P. Representative in Rural Belize from 1957 to 1984 under […]
The National Institute of Culture and History through the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts has issued last calls for entries for the 2014 Belize International Film Festival. While the event is slated for July, it’s coming down to the wire for those final submissions to be entered. Open calls started from January and so […]
Actor, activist, poet, and educator, Doctor Billie Jean Young is here in the jewel in celebration of Women’s Month. The Women’s Issues Network Belize (WIN-Belize) has planned several activities for the month designated for women, but this week’s activities, the agency collaborated with the United States Embassy to have Doctor Young make several presentations to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 17th running of the Annual Belikin La Ruta Maya attracted 68 canoes as the Mopan River tossed to and fro under the power of the many paddles turning its waters at the start. For sure, some are in it to win it while […]
