There are new developments to report on tonight in a mysterious case involving the disappearance of forty-three-year-old Kevin Carcamo. The Hattieville chairman, a linesman employed with Discoverseis, went missing on July twentieth in a densely forested area behind Freetown Sibun. Despite a massive search and rescue effort in the days that followed, no signs of […]
A victim of domestic violence was stabbed at her workplace this morning. Suzette Pavon is an employee of Bowen and Bowen; she was cut at least once to the neck inside the company’s Slaughterhouse Road compound. It happened just before nine this morning when Pavon was talking to Santiago Ricardo Palma, her common-law husband of […]
In June, a twenty-three year old mother of three died in the flames which destroyed Kimmie’s Bar, located on Newtown Barracks in Belize City. Today, the man police believe is responsible for the fire which killed Jackie Arteaga was formally arraigned for her murder. Twenty-three year old Francisco Rodriguez, a Wilson Street resident and […]
The harrowing experience of fighting for dear life in a desperate attempt to ward off a knife-wielding intruder is a memory that will forever remain etched in the consciousness of fifty-one year old Betty Westby and her family. On Wednesday night, someone she knew forcibly entered her Crooked Tree home and attempted to kill her […]
Charlys Nunez, who also goes by the name Ninja, is known for his dancing skills having competed in many of Channel Five’s entertainment shows such as Duets, Superstar and Masters of the Floor. Today, Nunez came to our studio on Coney Drive claiming he was wrongfully detained at the Raccoon Street Police Station for forty-eight […]
On Wednesday at his press conference, Prime Minister Dean Barrow boasted at length about the infrastructure projects being carried out across the country. He spoke about works in all districts, and made special mention of two projects in Orange Walk. One is the paving of the Phillip Goldson Highway running through the town itself. We […]
An Orange Walk couple who owns a bakery in Ladyville were today in the Belize Magistrate’s Court where they were read a single charge of handling stolen goods. Fifty-four year old Ernesto Cruz and fifty-two year old Anna Christina Cruz were charged in relation to an I-pad belonging to attorney and politician Arthur Saldivar. […]
The Supreme Court is advancing mediation as an option to reach early settlement in civil case matters. The court believes that mediation is a win-win situation since it would reduce costs among parties and would clear up the backlog in cases. In fact, it is felt that chances of settlement are high in court ordered […]
The Bar Association of Belize has been most critical about the delay in judgments for cases, primarily blamed on an overwhelming backlog. Supreme Court Justice Courtney Abel says mediation will help, but not to any very great level. He says the Chief Justice is putting other measures in place to deal with that, though the […]
Like any other organization that’s serious about its work, the mediators who are trained in civil matters are seeking to structure themselves as one unit. Like attorneys, these mediators want to be part of a body which is credible, united and organized. Consuelo Godfrey is a trustee of the steering committee which is pushing the […]
The Government of Belize has stated that very shortly it will be looking at the training call centre employees to feed a fast-growing business processing outsourcing industry. But G.O.B. is also looking at training at another level – high level skills training and graduate programs to meet the needs of the nation’s largest industries. The […]
The San Ignacio police formation on Wednesday conducted a search at the home of Rojelio Hernandez who is a caretaker of Upper Barton Creek. In the ceiling of the upper flat of his house, police found a sixteen gauge shotgun with and three cartridges. Hernandez could not produce licenses and was escorted to the police […]
Mexican boxing sensation Sergio Thompson, popularly known as Yeyo, is taking on Adones Aguelo in a big ticket bout on Saturday in Chetumal. Thompson, whose father is Belizean, has an outstanding record of twenty-nine wins and three losses and will be doing battle in the Super Featherweight Division against the Filipino pugilist. Aguelo has won […]
Belizean cultural music made it today at an incredible sixteen-day pop-up festival celebrated at the River Clyde in Scotland where the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are coming to an end. The final connections Heritage Track was submitted to the B.B.C. by attorney and jazz aficionado, Dolores Balderamos-Garcia. The two songs were “Budd Bank Wedding” by […]
Delegates from Central America and Mexico are now in San Pedro for the annual Reina de la Costa Maya Festival. The pageant is one of the main events of the annual festival that seeks to promote culture in the Spanish speaking region. The Belizean delegate is from orange Walk, she hopes to keep the title […]
