Two persons have been arrested and charged for their roles in a half-a-million dollar Treasury Department scheme. The internal fleecing was brought to light, at least officially, by Prime Minister Dean Barrow last week. And today a very confusing and brief police release announced the arrests of David Enriquez in Belize City, for theft, and […]
This morning, if you passed by the Los Lagos junction, you probably saw a B.D.F. Jeep lying on its side just off the road. That vehicle was in a collision at around six-thirty, and it flipped twice, seriously injuring the female B.D.F. private who was in the passenger seat. Preliminary investigations indicate that a factor […]
Tonight, police are still unable to say whose badly decomposed body floated up into the mangroves near Mile five on the Phillip Goldson Highway. But there is more information emerging as they ask the public to assist in the identification. The discovery was made when a caretaker of a property just past the Haulover Bridge […]
The month of April has been a record month for 2015 when it comes to fires. Across the country, there have been several fires since the start of April, gutting a spiritual temple in Baranco and many other homes of numerous families. While most are still reeling from the disaster, on Thursday in Belize City, […]
Twenty-nine-year-old Kendoll Ottley, a construction worker of Belize City, has been found guilty of burglarizing the home of his ex-girlfriend after their relationship turned sour. He was accused of forcefully entering the residence of Nadine Gordon and in a fit of rage allegedly took a standing fan and threw it at her newborn grandson. That […]
A fisherman of Sarteneja Village is tonight serving a four-year sentence at the Belize Central Prison after old fisheries fines dating back to 2003 caught up with him. Earlier today, forty-eight-year-old Sanasermo Torres pleaded guilty to possession of ninety-five undersized conch but that charge was dismissed by Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. Torres appeared before […]
Almost exactly three months ago, two containers of military-grade ammunition were stolen off the secure, guarded B.D.F. Echelon Base in Lord’s Bank. The ammunition, about two thousand, seven hundred rounds used in M-sixteen and M-four rifles, was stored there by the American military for use in their training exercises. At the time, the then B.D.F. […]
The United Nations Country Team resident members UNICEF, U.N.D.P., U.N.F.P.A., and PAHO held a press conference this morning to talk with the media about some of the social issues in Belize and where they fit in the bigger picture. The mandates of the resident agencies include equality, human rights, vulnerable groups and H.I.V./AIDS issues that […]
Earlier this week, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight commented briefly on the ongoing derisking exercise that a number of large American and European banks have undertaken. The process has seen the financial institutions severing ties with select banks in small developing countries. On Thursday, the Central Bank of Belize issued a release explaining the foreign correspondent […]
HelpAge Belize has a new Patroness. Appointed by the Board, Maria Elena Sylvestre is now the lead advocate for the N.G.O. that champions the rights of the elderly. Sylvestre has been involved with HelpAge since 1988 and served as a board member, president and past president over those years. As the front line advocate for […]
