At news time tonight senior P.U.P. officials are in closed door session following the announcement of the resignation of Cayo North Area Representative Joseph Mahmud from the House of Representative. Yes, we know he resigned from the Party in late October – but this time he’s taken the big step of resigning from the National […]
Tonight, police has one man detained for the vicious murder of a senior career diplomat from Panama, and we are told he is a close friend. The bloody body of Charge’ d’Affaires Jose Rodrigo de la Rosa Stanford, was found at a remote location just outside of Belmopan on Sunday evening by a church-goer. His […]
There are arrests in the attempted murder of a George Street boss who was shot in rival territory last Thursday. Twenty-two year old Ellis Meighan, another street figure and a seventeen year old minor were arraigned for the broad daylight attempt on the life of George Street associate, Carlos Abraham, aka Zimbab. The shooting occurred […]
The body of a Canadian newly-wed was retrieved from the Mopan River on Sunday morning. James Searles arrived in Belize on Saturday to reunite with his wife of two months and within hours he was a dead man. When the body was pulled out of the river, it was only clothed with a jacket and […]
Also in the west, immigration officers on routine patrol in the Cayo District arrested five Cuban nationals who illegally entered the country. Reports are that on Sunday, the Cuban nationals were detained on the Santa Cruz Road on this side of the border in the company of Belizean, Clefido Balam. It is believed that the […]
A mortar is a military weapon that fires explosive projectiles or bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. For about three weeks now, construction works have been ongoing on the Victor Galvez Stadium in San Ignacio Town and the workmen on site unearthed one such missile within the construction site. The San […]
A fifty-six year old man was before the court today to answer to two criminal offenses after he was accused of committing an aggravated assault with a machete upon his own sister during a family dispute. He is Joel Gordon, who appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith in Court and was arraigned for two […]
Corozal police busted one of their own on Friday evening when the officer attached to Eastern Division was caught along with two other men inside a vehicle stuffed with suspected marijuana. The arrest was made when the trio had just cleared a customs checkpoint near the northern border, but had begun experiencing mechanical difficulties. When […]
High school students across the country will benefit from some financial relief in their senior year, as the Ministry of Education has announced that it will be paying for six CSEC subjects per student beginning in 2015. The announcement, made by Minister Patrick Faber during a press conference earlier today, is positive news for students […]
The method of payment, according to Faber, will be handled internally since government would essentially be paying itself. The hiccup, he says, may come when students who have paid in advance for the exams are seeking reimbursement. Faber acknowledges that each school has its own refund policies. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “The payments […]
Aside from the political battle in the Cayo North, there is another fight in the Collet division in Belize City. P.U.P. standard bearer Yasmin Shoman, who replaces Micah Gooding as the political hopeful in Collet, has hit the ground running, in her attempt to unseat three-time area representative Patrick Faber. Shoman had a constituency convention […]
Taxi drivers from various associations and unions across Belize City converged on B.T.L. Park this afternoon, where they met with representatives of the Belize City Council and the Transport Department. The focus of the public consultation was to discuss an existing moratorium on the issuance of taxi license plates. According to Alifa Elrington-Hyde, Councilor Responsible […]
The Petrocaribe Loan Motion was passed in the House of Representatives last Tuesday, amid massive support for the initiative by stalwarts of the United Democratic Party. Prior to the meeting, many weighed in on the usage and accountability of the money, a majority of which has been earmarked for infrastructure development. This afternoon, Minister of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Stop the press. In week 6 of the PLB Football season, San Ignacio United finally got its 1st win of the semi-pro competition using the home field advantage inside the Norman Broaster Stadium yesterday to pounce on a struggling FC Belize for the 1-zip […]
