There was a deadly home invasion at about one-thirty this morning in Belize City. Ian Robert Blair of a Lizarraga Street address was visiting with Doctor Marcos Christopher Rugama Miranda at the doctor’s house on Simon Lamb Street when he was fatally stabbed on the chest and succumbed in a bedroom. According to the investigators, […]
Murder victim number twelve is from Corozal Town where the second murder for today took place in broad daylight. Around eight-thirty this morning several shots rang out in the Skeleton Town area of the northern municipality. Twenty-eight year old Paul Massam had been executed; he was shot twice to the head by a lone gunman […]
There was chaos on a Westline Bus this afternoon as a passenger was attacked. Early reports to News Five indicate that San Ignacio resident Conrad Thomas boarded the two-thirty-bus at the Welcome Center in San Ignacio, bound for Belmopan. Somewhere around Esperanza, about fifteen minutes out of San Ignacio, Thomas was approached by another man […]
As we’ve told you, there is some confusion coming out of the crowded bus, and Police are being kept busy finding out exactly what happened. Several persons have allegedly claimed that there was a weapon with what looked like a silencer attached. That would account for the lack of noise. The badly bleeding Thomas was […]
There is a major development today in respect of the allegation against investor Bradley Paumen, the owner of Dark Night, who is accused of ordering hits against four people. And even if it may seem coincidental, indications are that Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has pulled the plug on Dark Night Cave Tubing Tours. As we’ve […]
After his arraignment, Paumen was successful in renewing his tour operator’s license despite being served notice by B.T.B. that they were aware that Dark Night was operating without a valid license since the beginning of the year. The B.T.B. says that Paumen’s indictment has nothing to do with his ability to satisfy the necessary requirements […]
And did B.T.B. have a role in the acquisition by Paumen of the controversial piece of land or the co-management agreement presently in place with the National Institute of Culture and History? Its immediate responsibility, according to Javier Paredes, has nothing to do with the issuance of land or co-management agreements. And he asserts that […]
The unsolved murder of ABC producer Anne Swaney, an American tourist who was killed while vacationing in Belize on January fifteenth, is another black eye for the country. Not only are the circumstances surrounding her death baffling, but Belize has been receiving a lot of negative international publicity in the wake of the homicide. So, […]
While crime has been tainting Belize as a tourist destination, 2015 was a stellar year for tourism in Belize, as the number of visitors in both the cruise and overnight sectors continued to grow considerably. Notwithstanding shaky first and second quarter figures, the better part of last year saw steady increases in overnight arrivals. December […]
The United Democratic Party will be holding a national convention this March. Some executive positions such as Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Deputy Leader and Leader will be up for election. And while there will be challengers to the chairmanship and the deputy chair, no one will be running against the Deputy Party Leader, the powerhouse from […]
The leadership convention for the People’s United Party is this Sunday in Belmopan. And while campaigns are often negative, many onlookers conclude that the tone and tenor of this particular race has been outright nasty. We asked Minister Faber to comment. Patrick Faber, Member, U.D.P. “It is very hilarious in many ways. The fact […]
In March of 2015, the Belize Traffic Department was burglarized and twenty decal license stickers were stolen. A surveillance camera picked up a security guard entering the building on Youth for the Future Drive in Belize City. He was later charged with burglary and handling stolen goods for seven of the twenty stolen stickers. Today, […]
In a similar case, a pair of cousins, who were accused of burglarizing Quality Used Tires which is owned by businessman Rene Gordon, walked free. Thirty-five year old Kenrick Pitts, aka “Snake,” along with his cousin, thirty-five year old Roderick Pitts, both residents of Louise Bevans Street, Belize City, were freed when the prosecution could […]
After two years of consultations the Ministry of Education is ready to roll out Phase two of the Belize Education Sector Reform Project. The construction of thirty-five schools is planned across the country to ensure access to education from pre-school to primary school. The total cost of Phase two is forty-four million US dollars; the […]
Over the years, the Ministry of Education has amalgamated several schools across the country, but now it is moving toward the construction of thirty-five new schools. And with that, also comes the issue of administrative budget for the faculty and staff as well as operations. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “What we’ve always maintained […]
The Marion Jones Sporting Complex…for years now we’re been carrying the story of this monstrous ugly duckling which never seems to change into a swan. Nobody’s been able to say exactly how much money has been dumped into the facility, and nobody’s been able to say what exactly will be available to the public when […]
According to Aragon, to complete the Marion Jones Sporting Complex his ministry will need to source an additional five million dollars. That’s what we were told many times before by his predecessor Herman Longsworth, who kept promising to source money which never materialized. But Aragon is asking for the public’s patience and time to prove […]
The National Sports Council in past years has been an organization which we know is there, but we’d be hard pressed to say what it’s done for sporting in the country. With the shifting of portfolios post general election, the former Minister of Sports, Herman Longsworth has moved on and so has the former National […]
The Lifeline Foundation, along with Honorary Consul to Lebanon, Sarkis Abou Nehra, made several significant donations today to a number of music and feeding programs across the country. This morning, Kim Simplis Barrow, on behalf of the organization, handed over cheques in the sum of six thousand dollars each to Grace Primary School, St. Luke […]
