Today, the full trial of twenty-one year old Aracely Caheque continued in the court of Justice Denis Hanomansingh, following a ruling on legal arguments presented. The media is not allowed to speak on those matters, which were dealt with in a voir dire without the presence of the nine member jury. Caheque is charged with […]
A former cashier with Traveller’s Liquors Limited was arraigned today for a staggering one hundred and seventeen counts of theft. Twenty-four year old Los Lagos Resident, Rashida Kira Sedacy, who is now employed as a Secretary at Rangers Security, spent three nights in lock down at the Queen Street Police Station since her detention on […]
Travellers Liquors is not the only organization that has experienced theft. An overnight break-in at Biscayne Government School, which resulted in the theft of a number of laptops and audiovisual equipment, has set the institution back significantly. Sometime between Monday evening and the early hours of this morning, the standard six classroom was burglarized by […]
The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM, is heading back to court, despite a pending decision on an ongoing suit against the Government of Belize. Last Wednesday, SATIIM filed for an injunction to halt pre-drilling activities conducted by U.S. Capital Energy within the Sarstoon-Temash National Park. This, notwithstanding a judgment on a related matter […]
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As we reported last night, the U.D.P. is rocking from the resignation from the two time former prime minister and party leader of the United Democratic Party, Manuel Esquivel. His abrupt resignation last week on Thursday, as advisor, was followed by that of his wife Kathy as chair of the National Aids Commission. The Esquivels […]
A trio of Guatemalan nationals has been charged for immigration offenses after being nabbed by authorities in Toledo attempting to contraband fifty sacks of sugar. Over the weekend, the men were busted by fisheries personnel reportedly traveling inside an unregistered vessel in Belizean waters. They were escorted to Punta Gorda Town where immigration officials later […]
In Bermudian Landing, a community in the Belize River Valley, the only government managed primary school, was about to close today because of a three-week old water crisis. The Belize Rural Primary School was birthed from the amalgamation of other schools in the valley, including Rancho Dolores, Bermudian Landing, Scotland Half Moon and Flowers Bank. […]
Accused drug trafficker, Gary Gordon Seawell, finally had his day in court today after his case saw a number of adjournments. He is accused of masterminding a large-scale cocaine moving operation between Belize and the U.S. state of Ohio from 1994 to 1997. But American authorities waited more than nine years to begin the process […]
Darrington Lauriano Junior was busted at the parking lot of the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital on Monday morning by alert police who found marijuana and a firearm in a suitcase and knapsack he was carrying. Tonight, he is on remand at the Belize Central Prison for Possession of a Firearm, Ammunition and Marijuana. He had […]
On February twenty-third, twenty-one year old Andrew Augustine was leaving his aunt’s house en route to his home on Balan Street, also in the Lake Independence area. But when he was stopped and searched by three of four officers on patrol in the area on Electric Avenue, a stick of weed was found on him. […]
On February twenty-fifth, twenty-three year old Stephan Anderson was charged for the Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm, and Dangerous Harm against Augustine. But are the Police responsible, since they knowingly took Augustine to an area concentrated with PIV gang members, and that surely contributed to him being to the neck in a […]
Since 2002, Ambassador at Large for Belize, Ambassador Shabazz, has been promoting Belize. It’s been two years since her last visit to the jewel, but her work continues in the United States and wherever she has been able to reach out. Shabazz is currently on tour in the jewel. This afternoon, she was to meet […]
The Belize Communications Workers’ Union, the Association of Public Service Senior Managers and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize have joined to issue a fiery release aimed at local industrial giant, the Bowen and Bowen Group of Companies. On March fifth, the company terminated thirteen employees who did not report to work, as a […]
Former President of Guatemala Alfonso Portillo has agreed to plead guilty to money laundering charges in a New York court. Portillo, president from 2000 to 2004, transferred two point five million dollars which he received from the Taiwanese government to bank accounts in Miami and Washington. Portillo read a statement in court in which he […]
Japan is located several continents away from Belize, but this Saturday, that Asian country brought its culture to the Jewel. An all-day event was held at the Princess Hotel, where the Japanese Embassy in Jamaica showcased the mysteries of the Land of the Rising Sun. From the traditional kimonos to the sushi and contemporary arts […]
