The body of fifty-seven year old Maurice Dennison Young was found on Tuesday evening; the last time he was seen alive was on Monday night when he told a friend he was going to the house of a neighbour. A family friend made the gruesome discovery in the bushes behind his home in Santana on […]
While there hasn’t been a murder in Santana for decades, the death of Maurice Young has highlighted what residents call rising crime in other rural communities on the old northern road. There is a police station in Maskall, about five miles from Santana, but there is no police officer stationed there. The building appears adequate, […]
Additional charges are expected to be levied against Marleny Castellanos, the alleged master-mind behind an immigration scam involving residents of Caye Caulker and San Pedro. Castellanos is already facing sixteen counts of assisting persons to use documents they weren’t entitled to use. She and her common-law husband, Wilfredo Gonzalez Marcos, remain on remand behind bars […]
Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie will not hand over any evidence in the private action brought by COLA against Elvin Penner. He said so by letter to COLa President Giovannie Brackett dated May twentieth, 2014. News Five has managed to get a copy of that letter in which the Commissioner Whylie states, “the Law by […]
The issue of oil exploration in the south is boiling over, but there is another hot-button matter which is the communities in the south are facing. As we reported on Tuesday, the District Association of Village Councils convened a meeting in Big Falls over the weekend which saw the participation of chairpersons from across Toledo. […]
In February 2014 the People’s United Party wrote to the Government of Belize, submitting draft amendments to the Firearms Act and the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. There has been no response from G.O.B., and the P.U.P. says that this is just plain lazy considering the Opposition has done all the work for them. […]
A minor is at the K.H.M.H. recovering from injuries he received during a robbery on Tuesday. But all indications are that the minor, a Ladyville resident, was one of the robbers, and he was shot by his accomplice, identified as Mason Patnett. According to the Police report, the minor and Patnett were at the Ladyville […]
The University of the West Indies on Tuesday terminated Professor Brendan Bain as Director of Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Programme. Bain offered witness testimony in the case of Caleb Orozco and UNIBAM versus the Attorney of Belize and a group of churches on the constitutionality of section fifty-three of the criminal code. That case was […]
But religious activist, Pastor Scott Stirm is strongly opposed to Bain’s termination. Stirm claims that Orozco started the campaign to get rid of the professor from CHART. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Via Phone: Scott Stirm, Religious Activist “He has every right to take this into a lawsuit for discrimination. I don’t know if he will […]
During a press conference held on Tuesday in the Toledo District, the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, as well as the claimant communities who have been party to the ongoing litigation against the Government and U.S. Capital Energy, a call was made once again for the G.O.B. to comply with the order of the […]
Crooked Tree Fisherman, Kenneth Bruce, was charged on Tuesday for being armed with an offensive weapon. He was offered police bail and today when he appeared before the courts to be arraigned, Magistrate Hettie Mae Stewart dismissed the charge because it was not brought properly before the court. The former musician was accused of assaulting […]
A private company is proposing the establishment of a logistical terminal near the Port of Belize. The idea was pitched to both public and private sector agencies during a two-day closed-door session at the Radisson that ended this afternoon. The concept is that various businesses within the agro-sector primarily, should invest in a multimillion dollar […]
Once the project comes into fruition, it will be divided into two basic components. According to Vasquez, there will be an ownership aspect, as well as an operational one in which investors can participate in the running of the operation. Arturo Vasquez, Receiver/C.E.O., Port of Belize Ltd. “This is just a proposal. We are […]
Since the beginning of the week, tension has been building up at the Toledo Institute of Technical and Vocational Education Training. On Monday, a group of seven instructors of the institution issued a press release informing that the faculty had lost confidence in the management and leadership of Allen Genus. The group has commenced a […]
