The ongoing logjam between the Belize Agricultural Health Authority, BAHA, and businessman Jack Charles, proprietor of R.C. Imports, over the importation of Guyanese rice will be settled in court. With time running out to the Christmas holidays, this morning, an application for a judicial review of BAHA’s decision to detain the shipment of grain was […]
If granted, a judicial remedy in the form of an order from the superior court will succeed. While Attorney Banner is optimistic that the matter will be heard in the days ahead, the Caribbean Court of Justice has not been considered as the last resort to settle the dispute. Reporter “So it’s an application […]
Three days after an outrageous allegation by a twenty-five year old woman that she was raped by a Police Constable while detained at the San Ignacio Police Station, an investigation is still ongoing. And no charges have yet been laid against the accused. According to the alleged victim, from Bullet Tree, a policeman took her […]
Keyren Tzib will be home for the holidays. After walking up and down the steps of the Supreme Court many times, the court today granted the coastguard officer bail. She is accused of the manslaughter of her common law husband who she stabbed to death at their Lord’s Bank home during a domestic dispute. At […]
Forty-five-year-old Lindbert Brown lost his life this morning, following a predawn assault during which he was stabbed multiple times inside a residence on Amara Avenue in Belize City. It is reported that Brown attacked a woman with a piece of broken bottle when the object was wrestled from him and used to injure him fatally. […]
Belize has appointed a new Ambassador to Cuba. Annie Burns Martinez, presented credentials to the government ofCubaat the Palacio de la Revolucion inHavanaaccrediting her as ambassador toCuba. Vice President and Comptroller General of the Republic, Gladys Bejerano Portela and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina González received Burns at the formal ceremony. There […]
And in an update to the crisis of the Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica, they will be spending the holidays in that country. That is because negotiators have failed to find a solution to the month old crisis. The only agreement reached at the Mexico meeting was for another round of discussions planned for […]
On Tuesday night we reported on two separate traffic accidents involving buses and fortunately there were no fatalities. Tonight we have more details on the accident that happened between miles seventy-one and seventy-two on theGeorge Price Highwayat about four-thirty on Tuesday afternoon when an Isuzu cargo truck collided with a Blue Bird school bus. Twenty-five […]
There is an arrest in a hit and run accident that occurred up north over the weekend. Cashier Madelyn Gongora, a resident of Orange Walk has been charged for ‘driving without due care and attention’, ‘failure to stop and render aid’ and ‘negligent grievous harm’. Police believe she was the driver of aToyotavehicle which hit […]
A team of uniformed police officers, led by Senior Superintendent Chester Williams descended, on Mahogany Street in Belize City this afternoon where the men and women of law enforcement met with residents and business owners in the Lake Independence area. The continuing meet and greet effort, a measure of community policing in which members of […]
The Rural Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department today received a very generous and much needed donation from a corporate entity within their jurisdiction, National Aggregates Limited. Like with all divisions, that one is seriously strapped for vehicular resources, and that’s a real problem when there are many miles to cover. So the brand […]
The Rural Eastern Division covers about twenty-two thousand square miles and thirty-two communities. So it’s a given this truck is going to be a workhorse for the department which has always been strapped for resources. It’s an attractive vehicle with all the gadgets, but will it be able to stand the test of time and […]
On Tuesday night we aired a story about the Rural Eastern Division giving back to the community, in cash. It was an unprecedented operation that has certainly received very positive feedback. So our viewers from the Belize District will be happy to know that there’s more in store in 2016. Rural Eastern Division Commander Edward […]
The Salvation Army is the recipient of a generous donation from Transparent BPO today. The customer service company handed over a check for five thousand dollars to Regional Commander Major Joliker Leandre to be used in assisting the needy this Christmas. The gift is part of the company’s active corporate citizenship. This morning, we spoke […]
If you’re from the Ladyville community and are watching this story, then it’s likely you’re missing out on the first every Christmas Parade organized by the victory Assembly of God Church. According to reports we’re gotten it’ll be something to see, with churches and other groups joining in to bring some Christmas spirit to the […]
In the United States, Donald Trump is the front runner for the Republican Party in the U.S. elections. But inBelize, it is his daughter making the news. Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner are currently vacationing at the exclusive world class Cayo Espanto Resort on San Pedro. Ivanka is six months pregnant with her third […]
