Another Belize City man was gunned down on Thursday. This time the targeted assassination took place in Ladyville, in an area known as Japan. Kevin Peters, alias Breast, was an infamous figure in the Taylor’s Alley neighborhood. He met his bloody end in a hail of gunfire while celebrating Thanksgiving with his family. Police have […]
But will there be retaliation for the coldblooded murder of Peters? Regional Rural Commander Senior Superintendent Edward Broaster told the media today that there have been several threats made against members of the Taylor’s Alley Gang, with whom Peters was known to have associated himself. So, will there be reprisals for his murder? Commander for […]
There was also another murder on Thursday in Belize City in which a well-known businessman was killed at his establishment on Vernon Street. As we reported, two gunmen on bicycle shot and killed Ruben Perez during a robbery at his construction supplies business just after three p.m. on Thursday. Perez was shot once to the […]
This morning stakeholders in the sugar industry met at SICB headquarters in Orange Walk. For the first time in three years, the crop season is set to start when it should, but there are critical issues which need to be resolved including the first payment for sugar. That and other matters were on the table […]
There has also had to be some tweaking where deliveries to the factory are concerned. A most recent survey estimates that farmers have one point seven million tons of cane in the fields to deliver. BSI, best case scenario, can mill about one point three million. That means if all goes exceptionally well, about four […]
It went mostly under the radar until very recently, but the shrimp industry has taken a major hit and it hasn’t recovered. We’re talking all shrimp farms in the country but one completely closed down…six hundred employees laid off and production down to almost zero, a loss of about thirty million dollars so far. Today […]
And from agriculture to straight politics…Minister of Agriculture Gaspar Vega and Minister of Natural Resources Godwin Hulse have been at loggerheads since elections, over office space. Vega is a senior Minister, a major player in the UDP and he wasn’t letting go of his office at the Natural Resources building, which also houses agriculture. Hulse […]
On Tuesday, we reported that Guatemalan President Elect, Jimmy Morales has embarked on a traditional tour of Central America and Mexico, which is part of the protocol by incoming presidents of the region. While he takes office in less than two months, on January fourteenth 2016, Morales began his tour in Honduras and met privately […]
Courage, Commitment and Respect—they are the core values of the Belize National Coast Guard, the maritime forces of the country. Today at the B.D.F. Air Wing, forty-five recruits joined the rank and file of the officers of the coastguard with great pump and circumstance. But the event was two-fold as the coastguard also celebrated his […]
Minister of National Security John Saldivar also made a huge announcement today during his address at the coastguard anniversary celebration. On December ninth, the Government of Belize will be breaking ground on the Sarstoon for the Forward Operating Base that has been a bone of contention between Belize and Guatemala and that has increased sustained […]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, it spans over two hundred and six countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. It is also the only Islamic organization to believe that the long-awaited Messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. The Ahmadiyya […]
A deadly road traffic accident this morning along the Southern Highway has claimed the life of forty-four-year-old Emmerson Burke. Shortly after six a.m., police were summoned to an area between Bladden and Medina Bank known as Machaca Creek where they saw Burke lying face up on the ground about eight feet away from the driver’s […]
Twenty-six-year-old Troy Treston Cole, a resident ofCurassow Streetis tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being accused of assaulting Gilroy Arnold with a firearm. The incident reportedly took place on Wednesday onBocotora Streetwhen Cole allegedly opened fire on Arnold who fortunately escaped serious injury. Cole, who was unrepresented, appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon […]
A Belize City mother of three is tonight the winner of ten thousand dollars courtesy of Courts Belize Limited. On Friday, Rosalie Marin’s name was chosen as the winner of a suppliers’ raffle after she bought a Whirlpool dryer in October of this year. It’s one of many ways in which the company is giving […]
