On July fifth, 2014, the tortured body of seventy-one year old Ramon Cervantes Senior was found in a shallow grave on a farm off the Honey Camp Road in the Orange Walk district. Four days later, three men were charged for his abduction and murder, and since then all three have been on remand, awaiting […]
The vicious murder of a prominent businessman and cane-farmer rocked the community of Orange Walk. So did allegations that Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega, along with the top cop in the north, was somehow involved in the plot to kill Cervantes. Today, Ramon Cervantes Junior reiterated what he has stated from the very beginning – […]
This morning as the Cervantes family refuted the allegation against their only son, matriarch Vilma Cervantes took the opportunity to speak – something she has rarely done since the tragedy which took her husband’s life. Obviously struggling to remain composed, she condemned the actions which have led the family to this point. Vilma Cervantes, […]
The only man who logically stands to gain from causing Ramon Cervantes Jr. misery two weeks before general elections is his opponent, Gaspar Vega. Vega is a powerhouse in Orange Walk North, but political tides can turn on a dime so there’s never any sure bet. The Cervantes family has drawn the logical conclusion and […]
One of three would-be robbers was shot and killed this afternoon in the downtown area of Belize City. It happened just after two p.m. at the Kephawn Pawnshop at the Commercial Center in Market Square. Police were notified of a robbery in progress and by the time they got to the scene, the proprietor of […]
In the banana belt in Big Creek down south, banana workers came out in the hundreds to protest last week’s termination of a contract between Irish-based Fyffes International and their former employer, Meridian Enterprise. Fyffes has announced that it was cutting off Meridian because of banana grower John Zabaneh, who was sanctioned under the Kingpin […]
On Wednesday night, we brought you one aspect of the U.D.P. manifesto entitled, “The Best is Yet to Come.” That segment, handled by U.D.P. leader Dean Barrow, focused on public administration. But there was much more. That sexiness, as the U.D.P. leader referred to it, was announced by a host of U.D.P. candidates including newcomers […]
During the manifesto launch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington was also put on the spot where the seemingly heightened Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute is concerned. Elrington, quite amazingly, blamed the media for the Belize/Guatemala issue, claiming that the wider public is not really interested in it. Wilfred Elrington, U.D.P. Candidate, Pickstock “It is my […]
On the campaign trail today, we headed to Daly Street, one of the main streets in the Fort George division, where the former two-term Prime Minister of Belize and current sitting area representative is Said Musa. He’s also held responsibility for the ministries of Finance, Education and Sports, Foreign Affairs and Attorney General and has […]
Musa’s hold over the Fort George Division will now be contested by two other persons—the U.D.P.’s Roger Espejo and the B.P.P.’s Rollin Powery, a newcomer to politics. The former P.M. says he has never really factored either of them into his campaign, but he did single out the current prime minister. And while Espejo is […]
Next stop was Belize Rural North where Major Lloyd Jones is reporting for duty. Jones is a well-known retired major from B.D.F who is taking on U.D.P. area representative Edmund “Clear the Land” Castro. The incumbent, Castro is a two-time area rep who has reeled from scandal to scandal. With his integrity intact, Jones is […]
So how does Jones propose to uplift the constituency? He told News Five that the answer lies in his PAT program to foster economic development and tourism in the villages. Jones says the division has been neglected for eight years and he promises to fight to bring prosperity to the area. Jones predicts that there […]
Fifty-seven-year-old Viola Pook, convicted of the murder of her common law husband Orlando Vasquez, was sentenced to life in prison in July 2011. She was found guilty of killing her forty-seven-year-old spouse after lighting him on fire inside their residence in Rancho Dolores Village in January 2009. The Court of Appeal subsequently overturned her conviction, […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital today received a donation of fifty-seven medical instruments through the Global Medical Instruments Support and Service Program of Taiwan. Valued at a approximately hundred and twenty-three thousand Belize dollars, the equipments will be used in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the K.H.M.H. Handing […]
The Ministry of Health has issued multiple advisories about health hazards associated with the recent floods. Although the waters have receded in most areas, there is reason to take preventative measures. Tonight on Healthy Living, we find out more about the precautions that flood victims should be practicing. Dr. Javier Zuniga, Ag. Regional Mgr., […]
