The police say they are carrying out a thorough investigation of an early morning shooting in San Pedro. Since Saturday morning, two videos have been circulating on social media. In one the police are seen manhandling a handcuffed woman, pinning her down and then hitting her. That incident happened at about four o’clock on Saturday […]
The blasts of up to fourteen shots could be heard in the video, but authorities say only ten expended shells were recovered from the scene in the prime tourism destination. On the island today, business owners are still reeling from the shooting, which is likely to have an impact on the industry as the Easter […]
Suffering from a black eye in the wake of the shooting, the police called a press conference this morning. While two of five officers have been charged for their roles in the shooting incident, the Professional Standards Branch of the Belize Police Department says it continues to conduct an investigation into the shooting incident. According […]
The officers in question clearly acted outside of the rules of engagement when they began firing their weapons during the disturbance. Both have been charged for wounding as many as five persons and will also be facing disciplinary charges as a result of their actions. The investigation, says ACP Lino, saw interviews being conducted and […]
At the heart of the chaos was the failed detention of an unidentified woman, whom officers assigned to work duties at the establishment, were attempting to subdue. That woman was being severely manhandled and roughed up by the officers, even though she was in handcuffs. Despite the ordeal being recorded by patrons of the night […]
A Guatemalan national identified as twenty-one-year-old Bryan Geovanny Corado was murdered on Sunday night in an area on the Belize side of the O.A.S. Adjacency Zone known as El Champon. Corado has been described by local police as a member of a transborder criminal outfit operating from Melchor de Mencos. He was recently released from […]
Three persons perished in traffic accidents over the weekend. An accident in the south has left two teenagers dead and several others injured. More than a dozen persons were traveling in a truck when the driver lost control and overturned multiple times on the Placencia Road. The accident happened on Sunday afternoon and before the […]
A new Chief Executive Officer will take up the reins at Belize Telemedia Limited on Wednesday, succeeding former C.E.O. Anwar Barrow who demitted office in February. Rochus Schreiber will assume oversight of the day-to-day executive management of B.T.L. on April fifth, taking over from Chief Financial Officer Ivan Tesucum who held over since Barrow’s departure. […]
New prices are in effect for beer and stout; soft drinks; rum; cigarettes; fuel and cement following the coming into force of the 2017-2018 Budget. The Government of Belize legislated an increase in excise levies for these products, known as the ‘sin taxes.’ Bowen and Bowen Limited, bottlers of the Coca-Cola line of products as […]
Nearly two years ago there was a massive shake-up in the Eastern Division of the Belize Police Department, with three senior officers – Assistant Commissioners of Police Chester Williams, Dezerie Philips and Edward Broaster assigned to manage crime in the most violent section of the country. With that anniversary coming up, and Williams in particular […]
A fire early this morning completely wiped out a wooden home in the Benguche Area of Dangriga. Sometime after four thirty, Errol Gomez was inside his one bedroom house when he was woken up by flames inside his house. A neighbor, who happened to be up around that time, responded quickly and called the authorities. […]
The Ministry of Education effectively conceded in its arbitration wrangle with the Belize National Teachers’ Union that it could not arbitrarily set the dates for making up of class time lost to the strike carried out by the B.N.T.U. in October, as it tried to do at the end of the Christmas break. It was […]
Dangriga area representative Frank “Papa” Mena appears to have internal turmoil in his camp. A meeting last week descended into reported chaos following charges by the Minister of State of one of his assistants, the constituency chairman Clifford Peters, trying to make him “look bad” and insinuating that there was a plot to blow up […]
Though some attempt to downplay it, there is no denying the importance of the Primary School Examination in the lives of Belize’s primary school students, seventeen years after it took the place of the Belize National Selection Examination. Over two days between March and May, the results of tests in English, Mathematics, Social Studies and […]
While this year’s results are due around the beginning of June, a month after the second half of the exam has been completed; Primary School Examination results have not been encouraging over the years. English and Math scores have hovered around the low to mid-fifties, with Science and Social Studies scores only slightly higher. Much […]
The Fabers’ Road Extension basketball court had been in a state of disrepair for some time. Area representative for the Collet Division where it is located, Patrick Faber, and Officer Commanding Eastern Division (South), ACP Chester Williams, teamed up to change that and the results were unveiled to the community this afternoon. The revamped court, […]
Adjacent to the basketball court is a football field which is also planned for renovations. The project is dear to Minister and area representative Patrick Faber as it is planned to be done in the honor and memory of his brother, former City Councilor Andrew Faber. The Minister says he is rallying private donors and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
