The month of December, celebrating peace on earth and goodwill to all men, has started off violently across the country. One of the latest victim of the violence, is thirty-six year old Armando Pelayo died an agonizing death early this morning at his G Street South home on the outskirts of Corozal Town. The only […]
There are still lingering questions on the death of Janeeka Campbell, a two year old toddler, who succumbed to injuries on Tuesday night under dubious circumstances. The child was visiting her father in the village of Saint Matthews, Cayo District. Her father has not been located, but according to the mother who is in police […]
The death of Janeeka Campbell has prompted reaction from the National Committee for Families and Children. The NCFC says it joins the nation in mourning the tragic loss of another innocent Belizean child due to questionable circumstances. The release says, “It is our collective responsibility to ensure that parents have all the support they need […]
Just after ten this morning screams echoed in the distance off Louise Bevans Street in south side Belize City. A most horrific chopping incident occurred which was witnessed by neighbors including her daughter, who lives next door. A fifty-two year old mother tonight clings to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial after her stepson inflicted […]
Tonight there is more hanky-panky to reveal about the putrid state of affairs that was pervasive at the Immigration Department in years past. The Senate Select Committee on the Special Audit on Immigration met in Belmopan on Wednesday looking at some of what took place in the period between 2011 and 2013. Senator Eamon Courtenay […]
Cayo South Area Representative Julius Espat will not be attending Friday’s Sitting of the House of Representatives. In fact, he will be keeping a fairly safe distance away from the Assembly Building, as word is that there’s a warrant for his arrest should he set foot on Independence Hill during the meeting. It’s not to […]
So what became of the discussion among senior parliamentarians on both sides of the floor to have Espat reinstated? According to the embattled politician, U.D.P. Party Whip, Michael Finnegan, is the only one to have expressed an interest in patching things up. In spite of a letter written by Fort George Area Representative Said Musa, […]
On Wednesday, when asked to comment on Espat’s situation, Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington proceeded to upbraid his colleague. He went on to say that it is a shame that the People’s United Party, instead of reprimanding Espat for his behavior in the House, is actually united in defense of such action. Today, Espat […]
The appointment of Nestor Vasquez to the Integrity Commission remains a hot button issue for the People’s United Party. Opposition Senator Eamon Courtenay has raised serious concerns about Vasquez’s selection and is critical of his role as the government appointed accountant on the newly formed working group. It was disclosed, following a meeting of the […]
An operation conducted by officers attached to the Forest Department has yielded a significant haul of illegally harvested rosewood. On Wednesday, a site inspection at a woodwork factory in Benque Viejo Town led to the discovery of thirty thousand board feet of flitches. The pieces of lumber did not bear any official markings or documentations […]
While we were up north, we got an update on the November fifteenth murder of twenty-two year old Sherman McFarlane, who was ambushed and shot dead in Libertad village after stopping in with friends late that night. Police believe it stemmed from a prior argument. Now, according to the lead officer of Corozal Police Formation, […]
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association today stepped forward to tell its side of the Fairtrade suspension debacle. The B.S.C.F.A. was suspended for the third time in eight years after auditors found that former San Estevan cane farmer Eloy Escalante sold his quota or production estimate to the son of a Government Minister, Edmond Castro, […]
While the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers’ Association has made it clear that it wants no further part of Escalante, a combative Edmond Castro is a different story. He has threatened to sue if the B.S.C.F.A. continues to blame him for their suspension and accused them of mismanagement of the “ghost farmer” situation. But the Association […]
Christmas parties for needy children are popping up at this time of the year. The annual party of the Salvation Army took place at the Holy Redeemer Parish Hall in Belize City where there was barely standing room. It is one of the biggest parties so far this season by one of the most giving […]
The unending spate of crime and violence which continues to grip the streets of the Old Capital has given rise to a social movement where friends and families of countless victims are demanding a ceasefire. They are doing so by taking to those very streets en masse. We’ve seen a galvanization of Belizeans in the […]
The countdown to Christmas has begun. We know how much splurging takes place around this your time of year – and we’re not talking about splurging on presents – but on all the rich foods and drinks of the season. So before you pour your glass of rumpopo or cut a slice of that black […]
