What is a Guatemalan naval gunboat, unauthorized at that, doing in Belizean waters? That was the million dollar question after reports surfaced early this morning. Coming on the heels of an incident in the Sarstoon two weeks ago which spawned much anti-Guatemalan sentiment, conspiracy theories ran rampant. The Guatemalan naval vessel, reportedly navigating international waters en […]
According to C.E.O. Lovell, Mexican officials have confirmed that the Guatemalan coast guard vessel was indeed on its way to the small island town. To allay concerns that may arise out of the incident, Lovell says that despite appearing to be a legitimate voyage, the matter will be dealt with at the highest level between […]
So here are the facts – a Guatemalan vessel is in Belizean waters, but preliminary investigations are that it is not a voluntary presence. Mike Rudon was on the site today and has the story. Mike Rudon, Reporting Here’s something we’ve never seen before and may never see again – a sixty-five foot Guatemalan […]
The Belize Jaguars did us proud today as they edged out the Dominican Republic’s national football team in a match aired exclusively on this station. Super striker Deon McCauley continues to solidify his legend by adding two more international goals to his growing number of athletic achievements. But, football is a team sport and our […]
As we told you on Wednesday night, Dangriga Police recovered the shotgun used and detained suspects in the latest homicide of that municipality. Well, we can confirm that two men have been charged with the murder of fifty-one-year-old Ralston Patnett. The men, thirty year old Brandon Mason Kerr and thirty-two-year old Lindsburgh Oxford Williams were […]
Two policemen, Constables Hallet King and Leonard Nunez, were charged with the murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz on Wednesday. And as we told you on Wednesday night, three others have been put on interdiction; they are Corporal Kirby Palma, Edilberto Patt and Bernadette Ramos, who are all facing thirteen disciplinary charges, including acting uncivil while […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow had been trying to fight it off, meeting with multiple parties in Miami and Belize over the past few weeks. But the case of developer of the Stake Bank cruise port project Michael Feinstein, former business partners Fort Street Tourism Village, and the Government of Belize was back before Justice Courtney […]
For developer Michael Feinstein, it has been nothing but a series of headaches since the project began. The enabling legislation to start the project is delayed due to the lawsuit and now it appears that the Government is catering to its opponents. It is reported that on June twenty-sixth, a bill in the House of […]
A Honduran man enjoyed a short stint of free passage in Belize before he was nabbed by immigration officials at the Novelo’s Terminal in Belize City this morning. Thirty-six-year-old Yony Noe Nunez came into Belize through the Mopan River in Benque Viejo del Carmen on Wednesday. He allegedly came into the city seeking employment Thursday […]
Two teenage friends have been given the choice of attending and completing the apprenticeship program or spending time behind bars after one of them pleaded guilty to theft today. Eighteen-year-old Ezmir Garrido and a fifteen-year-old minor appeared before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith this morning, charged for theft. According to reports, Garrido and his friend […]
The date for the Dangriga bye-election has been set for Wednesday, July eighth. Nomination day will held on Monday, June twenty-second for persons interested in contesting the election. Those wishing to offer themselves for candidacy can register their names at the Dangriga Town Hall. Nomination forms can be picked up at the Elections and Boundaries […]
A national dialogue on the importance of quality infrastructure to the agricultural sector was hosted in Belize today. Agriculture, as it stands, accounts for fourteen percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the country and contributes to a large number of the employed labor force as well as the country’s foreign exchange earnings. Over […]
With the assistance from the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality, agricultural stakeholders from both the public and private sector gathered to devise a priority list to put in place a more comprehensive and detailed plan for the local industry. According to Chief Executive Officer of CROS-Q, Deryck Omar, there are certain plans in […]
The tenth anniversary of the Petrocaribe initiative was commemorated today in Belize City with a brief ceremony held at the Memorial Park. The oil alliance which is made up of seventeen Caribbean states, plus Venezuela was launched in June 2005, it was decided through the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas that the initiative would go […]
The rains have started in earnest, and while the 2015 Hurricane Season is forecast as less than average, that does not mean that disaster will not strike. Are we prepared in the event of a hurricane…at least as far as hurricane shelters are concerned? NEMO Minister Godwin Hulse says his Ministry has done as much […]
World Hypertension Day is celebrated annually on May seventeenth. This year, the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization are urging that you pay more attention to blood pressure control. In Latin America and the Caribbean, only one in five people with hypertension manage to keep their blood pressure within normal range and […]
