Back in May, journalist and owner of Plus TV Louis Wade was taken before the Magistrate Court in San Ignacio and arraigned for common assault and use of insulting words. Those charges were levied on Wade months after a purported incident at the Santa Elena Sporting Complex with the son of Minister Rene Montero. There […]
A ballistics examiner employed with the National Forensic Science Service is still awaiting the result of a second application for bail following his conviction for abetment to perverting the course of justice. Orlando Vera was jailed for two years by Chief Magistrate Ann-Marie Smith following trial in the Magistrate’s Court. He was recorded telling Belmopan […]
But why can’t Vera apply directly to the court as a result of appealing his conviction? The answer lies in a change to the law that in fact limits his options, according to Sylvestre. Direct appeal to the court is only permissible for convictions on charges listed under the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act, […]
Police are actively looking for a person of interest in the murder of Bangladeshi national Abdush Salam. The nude body of Salam was found in his Orange Street apartment by one of his housemate on Saturday night. It is believed that Salam invited a man to his room sometime after one-thirty that day, when he […]
He was wanted by Corozal Police for last Thursday’s chopping murder of Amilcar Omar Morales Gonzalez and the attempted murder of Doniver Ruano, but on Monday, police formally arrested and charged Arthur Joel Tzul, a resident of San Joaquin Village for the murder of Gonzalez in the Corozal District. In the immediate aftermath of the […]
Wednesday’s Senate Special Select Committee public hearing in Belmopan is expected to turn up the heat on the Government of Belize. For the first time, sitting Ministers in Cabinet will be appearing before the Committee. In fact, one of the two scheduled witnesses, Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez, was called to appear last week, but his […]
At least nine percent of the population is jobless. The latest figures released by the Statistical Institute of Belize also show that as of April 2017, almost two thousand persons were unemployed. The labour force, however, has increased to one hundred and sixty-four thousand persons. But the most disturbing factor is that only one hundred […]
A team of environmental watchdogs led by OCEANA inBelizeis headed to the site of a waterborne oil spill along theSarstoonRiveron Wednesday. As we’ve reported, a tanker traveling toward Chahal, Alta Verapaz,Guatemalacrashed and overturned while en route to that location. The crude that the bulk liquid carrier was transporting began leaking from the truck and made […]
Effective today, drivers saw another increase at the fuel pumps, this time for premium gasoline. It had gone untouched when the last increase came in for regular gasoline which is now ten dollars and eighteen cents. But this time it was hit for an increase of forty-four cents from ten dollars and fifty-three cents to […]
Friday’s appearance in the House of Representatives broke a personal streak for Orange Walk North area representative Gaspar Vega which dates back to August of 2016. He lost his powerful Ministry of Natural Resources and later Agriculture after a number of scandals involving sale and transfer of lands to his family members were revealed. Vega […]
Two persons were injured following the collision of two motorcycles on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Just after five p.m. on Monday, police were called out between miles eight and nine on the highway at the intersection with the Airport Road where two motorcycles driven at the time by twenty-one-year-old Orlando Cowo and thirty-five year old […]
Ladyville police have one person in custody following a shooting on Monday night. Around nine-thirty p.m., shots rang out on Pigeon Street as a gunman took aim at twenty-seven-year old Elward McKay, who was shot multiple times, to the back and chest. An unsuspecting McKay was riding his bicycle when his assailant rode up from […]
Belize City resident, Everal Gray, was convicted this morning in the Belize City Magistrate for drug trafficking. Gray, who is no stranger to the court, appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser and changed his not guilty plea to one of guilty. He was sentenced to two more years in prison at the Belize Central Prison […]
From 2012 to 2016, one hundred and thirteen persons died by their own hand, and three hundred and eighty-two others attempted to do so. There have been three more suicides through the first half of this year. Additionally, more than two thousand Belizeans were newly diagnosed with depressive disorders ranging from simple depression to bipolar […]
The Fire Department says that the fire that happened on Holy Emmanuel Street in Belize City seems to be a case of arson. The twelve by fourteen wooden structure was burnt out by fire on Sunday night and the family claimed it was intentionally set on flames by a relative. Benisford Matura of the Fire […]
The Central Bank of Belize launched today a new Automated Cheque Processing, which paves the way for the electronic processing of cheques. It means that clearing time will be reduced significantly, thereby accelerating the flow of money. The automated system will also result in robust business activity, according to the bank’s officials. It kicks in […]
This April’s National Cyber Security Forum, hosted by Packet Clearing House and the Public Utilities Commission, featured a host of participants working to create a National Cyber Security Strategy and Action Plan. But the work is not done, as in the same venue as the Symposium today, the P.U.C. hosted Belize’s major internet service providers, […]
Shortly, we head over to the Bliss Institute for another exciting round of competition in this summer’s hottest entertainment show, KTV the Remix. Fifteen performers took to the stage last Tuesday, and tonight that line-up is down by two as thirteen hopefuls continue to battle. If you viewed the show, you will agree on one […]
