Huong Chong Park, a Korean woman charged along with American Bradley Paumen, Lisburn Anderson and Jahangir Abadi last Wednesday, is the last of the bunch to be freed on bail. She was arraigned one week ago for the little known charge of Abetment of Crime to Pervert the Course of Justice, and was remanded until […]
As Bradley stated, Justice Gonzalez at one point in court clearly contemplated holding all Park’s assets in-country as bail. Just before granting bail, he was handed documents which represented a value of one point five million dollars. Perhaps Park’s willingness to take those extraordinary steps to secure freedom convinced Justice Gonzalez that she had no […]
On Thursday night, we brought you coverage of a brewing storm between elite female cyclist Kaya Cattouse and Cycling Federation of Belize President Dion Leslie. On Tuesday, Leslie wrote Cattouse threatening to fine and even suspend her if she did not cease her outspoken Facebook commentary. Cattouse has come out strongly against Digicell, the title […]
The association comprised of small tour guides and operators, Federation of Cruise Tourism Associations of Belize, has stated that it will continue to ramp up the pressure on Government, NICH and the B.T.B. Today it did just that in an emergency press conference. For these operators, every day in which big foreign companies operate without […]
Almendarez and members of FECTAB have maintained that small operators are being unfairly treated while big companies get all the perks. They cite the many safety rules and structures which deter some tourists from choosing their packages, and say that those rules are not applied across the board. David Almendarez, Executive Member, FECTAB “When […]
As he does at every conference and every opportunity, small tour operator Yhony Rosado of Cave-tubing.com called on government to act on their behalf. He claims that the livelihood of the small-timers is being snuffed out and if not addressed they will end up going out of business. Yhony Rosado, Executive Member, FECTAB “We’ve […]
Yhony Rosado’s tire shop on the Phillip Goldson Highway is back open. On January twenty-sixth Econo Tires was closed down by City Council employees over some confusion about a trade license. Rosado had paid for his, but he had not been given the printed copy, which by law must be displayed in any registered business. […]
A Belize City man is lucky to be out on bail tonight and luckier to be alive after he got drunk and slammed his red Ford Escape into a tree at Mile sixteen on the Phillip Goldson Highway. The accident happened very early this morning. When Ladyville Police responded to the scene they saw thirty-four-year-old […]
Hours after that, officers from the Rural Eastern Division’s Rapid Response Team found another cache of weed. At about nine-thirty, they conducted searches on several male persons hanging out at the Chinese shop in the community of Bermudian Landing. While nothing was found on those persons, a search in the immediate vicinity yielded a black […]
On Thursday, we interviewed attorney Oscar Selgado, representing accused murderer and sex offender Bert Vasquez. Selgado claimed on national television that his client will walk because Police have absolutely no evidence. The outspoken attorney went further to throw a direct jab at senior cop Chester Williams, in charge of the investigation which resulted in the […]
Today in court, Mark Lopez, a resident of Faber’s Road, Belize City was arraigned on a single charge of drug trafficking for ninety-four grams of cannabis. He appeared before Magistrate Deborah Rogers along with Aaron Reynolds of Biscayne Village. But Lopez may be in far more trouble because he is a suspect in the double […]
In the months of the sugar crop, thousands of laborers are employed in fields to plant and cut cane. The practice is as old as the history of the local sugar cane industry. But things are moving ahead and with new technology, cane cutters will someday, in the not too distant future, no longer be […]
To assist with the development of the strategic plan for the industry, ASR has brought in sugar consultant Modesto Ulloa. Ulloa’s role is to bring new ideas and technology to modernize the sugar industry in Belize to twenty-first century standards. In early January, B.S.I. complained that the quality of the sugar cane being delivered at […]
Humanitarian Dara Robinson is hosting another fundraising event to help the many children that benefit from his feeding program. On Sunday at the Bird’s Isle in Belize City, the fourteenth annual Bob Marley Tribute and Food Drive will take place. Residents will be able to drop off food items or make their contributions by attending […]
Brazen thieves made away with a thirty-five-foot boat on the island of San Pedro. The boat was stolen on Thursday morning from the Grand Colony Dock; it belongs to Island Divers Belize. Valued at one hundred thousand dollars, the vessel is equipped with a canopy, twin Yamaha two hundred horsepower engines, oxygen units, life jackets […]
World Cancer Day was celebrated on Thursday; the news in Belize is that a staggering number of persons are affected with cancer and that figure is on an upward trend. The World Health Organization has released a video in which it shows the plight of a woman from Belize, who has been afflicted with the […]
