A police officer was returned to court late this evening for charges relating to stolen guns and ammunition from the San Pedro Police Station. Police Officer Yannick Wade was rushed to the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith where he was arraigned for a total of thirteen criminal charges; he was unrepresented because when […]
An apartment on Antelope Street Extension was the scene of a shooting at the start of the weekend. One man was killed and four others injured, including a fourteen year old minor and a young woman. Twenty-four year old Julian Willoughby was socializing with the group when two men wearing black caps approached them and […]
Just before midday this morning, the Supreme Court ruled that the financial assets of the Coye family, frozen by the FIU for years, were to be released. It is a final victory for the beleaguered family, following up on criminal vindication. But the financial windfall today was just a very fleeting thing. News Five has […]
The Norwegian Cruise Line tourism development project in southern Belize is running into yet another obstacle. That’s because, the Belize Tourism Industry Association, through Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, has proceeded with legal action against government, particularly the Department of the Environment, as well as the National Environmental Appraisal Committee. B.T.I.A. is seeking a judicial review […]
At this morning’s press conference, B.T.I.A. President Herbert Haylock also made reference to the outcome of a public consultation held in Independence in January as the origin of the impending litigation. Similarly, Placencia Chapter President, Stewart Krohn, says that the proposed project goes against what has been outlined in the National Tourism Master Plan, a […]
Minister of State Edmond Castro was in the Supreme Court this morning, defendant in a private claim brought against him. On February twenty-sixth, 2014, a resident of Belize Rural North, Trevor Vernon, filed an application for what is called declaratory relief, petitioning the Court to rule that Castro violated his oath of office. The application […]
According to a police report, the lifeless body of a Guatemalan national was discovered on Saturday afternoon in Belizean territory, in an area several miles north of Kaldin, Guatemala. Forty seven year old Heber de Jesus Tzin Alvarado met his demise in a hail of gunfire, as an unknown assailant let loose a volley of […]
A Belizean minor is believed to be a victim of kidnapping and human trafficking across the northern border. According to newspaper accounts, police on patrol in Carillo Puerto, which is a favourite stop for persons travelling by road to Playa del Carmen or Cancun, detected a fifty-three year old Mexican man in a parked vehicle […]
Fifty-two year old Brenda Mejia, who is the grandmother of three children, was today convicted of drug trafficking in the court of Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith. While she escaped an immediate jail term, Mejia was fined ten thousand dollars. The Chief Magistrate ordered her to pay three thousand dollars by the end of the […]
Primary school students throughout the country today completed day-two of the Primary School Examinations. The two subject areas were in Social Studies and Math one and two papers. Math two, which involves problem solving and tested their knowledge of logics, is considered one of the most difficult exams and the results are often dismal. News […]
Wrangler Shane Leesman survived five tours of duty in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan, but is believed to have died while on vacation in Belize. On Thursday, April twenty-ninth, Leesman and a friend, Bradley Josker, ignored warnings of foul sea conditions and headed out to the reef off San Pedro in a kayak. They capsized near […]
The Public Utilities Commission has approved a nominal reduction in electricity rates, following an Annual Review Proceeding submission by Belize Electricity Limited earlier this year. While the mean electricity rate presently stands at zero point four-four-six-five cents per kilowatt hour, it will be lowered by zero point four-three-zero-zero cents per kilowatt hour. The proposed reduction […]
On Thursday afternoon, eighteen year old Ontario resident Justin Lamb went swimming with friends. Shortly after his family received the news that the young man, who could not swim, had disappeared beneath the deep waters of the river. Since then family members have been searching for his body. They feared the worst, but desperately wanted […]
The Police Department is tonight grieving the death of one of its own. Superintendent Alton Alvarez, the officer commanding Intermediate Southern Formation, died unexpectedly on Friday night in Independence. Forty-five year old Alvarez had complained of chest pains and was taken to the Independence Polyclinic and released. But on the way home, accompanied by his […]
Two notable Belizeans were laid to rest over the weekend. Former Minister of Government, Maxwell Samuels was eulogized by P.U.P. Party Leader, Francis Fonseca at a service in Willows Bank; his interment was in Burrell Boom on Sunday and attended by a large number of party supporters as well as family members. The other Belizean […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 12 in the NEBL Season saw Belize City No Limit look for revenge against the Cayo Western Ballaz who had burned them in a 1 point Win at San Ignacio. At Bird’s Isle Friday night, No Limit came out looking to use the […]
