Today, all parties in a libel and slander suit brought by Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega were back in Court. Vega is suing Ramon Cervantes Jr. and Fiesta FM because he says that in November 2014 they both caused to be aired a recording of a phone conversation. In that conversation, suspected murderer and fugitive […]
The construction of a forward operating base on the mainland, at the mouth of the Sarstoon River, has been the latest issue on the discussion table between Belize and Guatemala. It follows a memo from Guatemala that it was not comfortable with the Belize government proposal to build the military base on an area, which […]
In the days leading up to the Dangriga bye-election earlier this month, the People’s United Party held a National Party Council meeting in that municipality. Coming out of the sit down were two motions, including a position on the unfounded Guatemalan claim. The opposition has expressed a vote of no confidence in the Barrow administration’s […]
For the past five or six years, the Institute of Archeology has been having discussions with the village of Santa Cruz because the archeological site of Uxbenka encompasses five square kilometers and the village sits within the proposed archeological reserve. One of the many mounds within that vicinity is being unlawfully occupied by Rupert Myles, […]
According to Dr. Morris, fifty percent of the ruin has been damaged as a result of Myles’ action. Again, Myles will be served a notice of eviction, this time by the National Institute of Culture and History. Dr. John Morris, Director, Institute of Archeology “Just like the case with the Noh Mul…the destruction of […]
Almost a year after the shooting death of Tourism Police Officer Danny Conorquie at the Caracal Archaeological Site in Western Belize, a conservation post has been erected to thwart illicit activity in the area. For quite some time it is believed that Guatemalan bandidos have pillaged the ancient site, taking along with them precious artifacts […]
Minister of National Security John Saldivar and six senior officers of the Police Department conducted a mid-year review succeeded by a release issued earlier this week. There has been a change in the Eastern Division where there are currently three commanders for the wider Belize District and two new police jurisdictions will be opened in […]
The shift in violent crimes, particularly murder, has changed to domestic instances and personal conflict. So what is the police department’s strategy to address this issue? John Saldivar, Minister of National Security “Well first of all, one of the things we’ve already done is to initiate contact with the Chief Magistrate and the Chief […]
The Sugar Cane Season started on January twentieth and ended on July twelfth after it was extended to accommodate farmers who still had cane in the fields. But despite the extension, some farmers still experienced losses in what is being called a record sugar production crop season. Now, to get to where it is, the […]
And in other news from the sugar industry, McLachlan told the media today that the IDB will be funding a project that will assist cane farmers with technical support. Mac McLachlan, Vice-President, International Relations, ASR “I am delighted this week the IDB Board approved a technical support project to the industry which is fantastic […]
The badly decomposed remains of sixty-one-year-old Osmar Ramos was discovered inside a shallow grave on July fifteenth in a remote area in the Cayo District known as Paraiso. The elderly farmer, a naturalized Belizean from El Salvador, was butchered and buried in dense vegetation several miles outside the Mennonite community of Springfield. Ramos, it is […]
A minor who was charged for taking his grandmother’s jewellery walked out of Court free today when she declined to press charges. The burglary occurred on Monday, when the woman discovered that over ten thousand dollars in jewellery was missing from her home. A Police investigation led to JL’s where the jewellery had been pawned, […]
An Orange Walk man isn’t going to be clowning around with the Police again after a mischievous act almost landed him in jail. On Tuesday, Timothy Aaron Morey was on Oleander Street in Belize City when he was approached and searched. Nothing was found on him, but when he was asked for his name he […]
For the past two weeks, dozens of children, including a handful of teenagers, have been participating in a sports summer camp in Lord’s Bank. The initiative, organized by the village council, is designed for participants to learn the fundamentals of a range of sports, but most importantly to forge lasting friendships. That objective has been […]
