The murder count went up by three in the past twenty four hours. In San Pedro a taxi man was killed in his van, while in the city another cabbie succumbed at the K.H.M.H.; he is a casualty of a shooting on Sunday. And on Monday night before eight o’clock twenty nine year old Wayne […]
At eight-twelve on Monday night when the medical officers would pronounce Wayne Rocke dead, they were called to the bedside of fifty-five year old Egbert Hemmans to record his death. Hemmans was admitted in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Sunday morning when he drove himself to the Emergency Ward after […]
The forty-third murder of the year happened in broad daylight this morning in the San Juan Layout of San Pedro. At around ten this morning, popular taxi-man, forty-two year old Jose Rigoberto Beltran, was found lying in his van off the road, shot once to the back of the head. The grisly execution-style murder has […]
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Prime Minister Barrow has been away on official business in Miami where he met with representatives from the Bank of America and Carnival Cruise Lines to discuss separate issues pertaining to Belize’s investment and tourism sectors. He returned from his working visit this afternoon and gave the media an impromptu briefing on the outcome of […]
Will the controversial Petrocaribe Loans Act be repealed by May nineteenth? That’s what Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca and P.U.P. Deputy Party Leader Julius Espat are anticipating, following an ongoing effort to stimulate social partners into petitioning an abrogation. The Barrow administration, through Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and legal advisor Michael Young, has undertaken […]
During an appearance in the media earlier today, Leader of the Opposition Francis Fonseca said that the stipulations within the Petrocaribe Loans Act were made by PM Barrow in order to avoid charges and court action for criminal wrongdoings. While openly stating that he would not respond to the allegation, PM Barrow says that if […]
While the prime minister has made it abundantly clear that there will be no repeal of the Petrocaribe Loans Act, he is open to the idea of fine-tuning the legislation to provide reassurance for those with a valid sense of concern. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “I am absolutely positive that the Belizean people are […]
An eighty-six year old lady had to be rescued from her house today after it caught fire. A neighbor and friends heard her crying out and they ran in to get her out before the fire extended to the rest of the house. Fire officials were called out to put out the blaze at the […]
In Monday’s newscast we showed you the food storage area at the Western Regional Hospital. The condition of that room, complete with rat infestation and just generally nastiness, came to a head on Friday after staff members who had been disturbed by the smell from the room for weeks went looking for answers and allegedly […]
The new tourism figures for the first three months of this year are in. According to the stats from the Belize Tourism Board, overnight arrivals remained steady while cruise arrivals grew significantly over the same period in 2014. The B.T.B. reports that there was a one point one increase in overnight arrivals in March which […]
Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega speedily brought a lawsuit against his political rival of Orange Walk North standard bearer Ramon “Monchie” Cervantes Junior, last November charging libel because of a radio broadcast. In the coverage, allegations were made that Vega along with a senior police officer, conspired to end the life on the younger Cervantes […]
The DPM has steadfastly denied the charges, but his attorney, Senior Counsel Rodwell Williams, today applied to amend the statement of claim form, with a decision by the Chief Justice due by next Thursday, May seventh. According to Ramon Cervantes Junior, the effect of the amendment is to allow Vega not to have to come personally […]
Security Guard Darion Hamilton was slapped with a single charge of murder when he appeared in court today. Hamilton, a guard at the Blue House Bar in Ladyville, was charged for the killing of forty-one year old Wilmer Cisneros. No plea was taken from Hamilton and he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until […]
Earlier we told you about three murders over the course of Monday night and this morning. But the bloody Monday killings were preceded by an early morning shooting in Mahogany Heights. Forty-year old Kevin Flowers was gunned down in a remote area of the community, as he took a shortcut through the bush to reach […]
Last Thursday, the badly decomposed body of a John Doe was discovered floated near mile five on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The discovery was made when a caretaker of a property just past the Haulover Bridge, who immediately alerted the police. A postmortem conducted on the body that same day would be inconclusive as to […]
Tonight, Ellis Meighan Junior is free of charges of Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm with a Deadly Weapon. He was charged along with a seventeen year old minor back in November 2014 for the attempted murder of George Street associate, Carlos Abraham, known as “Zimbab.” Meighan Junior received the […]
On Monday’s newscast, we showed you the images of the massive erosion in the southern village of Hopkins. It started about a week ago and since then, some residents and resorts have lost up to fourteen feet of beach and the value of their properties has drastically depreciated. The Department of Environment was called in, […]
As to residents and resorts who have lost their beachfronts to the erosion and whose property values have gone down, is there any way that they can reclaim their lands or get any sort of compensation? Vallejos says that the department will be looking into the matter. Via Phone: Wilbert Vallejos, Lands Commissioner “Well […]
On Monday, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center and the Western Kentucky University. The agreement seeks to help the region with its climate change efforts through science and education, by acquiring resources and expertise. One of the organizations that is set to benefit from this partnership is the […]
