Six months ago in January, we reported on the death of an eighteen-month-old child, Edwin Lorenzo Duarte. He drowned after falling into an uncovered well while playing behind his house in the Maya Mopan section of Belmopan. It happened again on Thursday afternoon on the other side of the community and this time the victim […]
A photograph of Anke Doehm has been making the rounds on social media. The photo is taken from afar, but it shows Anke lining up inside the Belize Bank. When we contacted Attorney Dickie Bradley about this photo, he offered that if the Doehms were in the bank, there would be nothing improper and illegal […]
Forensic examiner Orlando Vera was back in court today as he continues to seek bail ahead of an appeal of his June first conviction for abetment to pervert the course of justice. Supreme Court Justice Herbert Lord has been hearing the case and made several orders to expedite the hearing of the appeal, but it […]
The Gang Suppression Unit is under fire once again, this time for allegedly beating up the younger brother of well-known Police Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood. On Thursday night, G.S.U. personnel on mobile patrol in the vicinity of Tow Tow Grocery Store closed in on Keith Yearwood who was on his way to the shop along with […]
The entire ordeal was witnessed by Yearwood’s son who happened to also be in the area purchasing food at a nearby restaurant. Not only has the incident left him badly shaken, it has also left his father in a neck brace. This morning, Keith Yearwood visited a doctor who certified his injuries as harm. Of […]
B.T.L. Park vendors are up in arms with the City Council. They say that the City Council went over their heads and made an agreement about the use of the B.T.L. Park for next weekend without consulting them. Now, they say that the decision to have the park used for the Festival of Hope Concert […]
You heard Reneau say that they were never consulted and now they are being asked not to conduct business. The vendors are not happy about the situation and they have since been asking questions at the City Council but that Mayor Darrell Bradley is out of the country and no one wants to deal with […]
Fifty-three-year old Edward Usher, a resident of Louisiana, Orange Walk was nabbed by police after he exited a bus at the entrance of Belize City earlier today. Acting on information, police lay-waited Usher as he got off a Tillett bus to get into a taxi and moved in on him. He was found to be […]
Eric Mazin, a twenty-four-year-old teacher, has been charged by police with unlawful sexual intercourse with one of his female students, aged sixteen. According to police the incident happened when the girl was fifteen. Mazin teaches at Mopan Technical High School in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Cayo District.
The tragic death of thirteen-year-old Faye Lin Cannon under the supervision of her adoptive parents last Monday in San Pedro, has raised a myriad of questions about the role of the Department of Human Services. That arm of government deals specifically with families and children, and is tasked with responding to cases of child abuse […]
In a case where the victim is a foreigner living in Belize, the department must communicate with the respective embassy, informing them that the child, or children, is in the care of the Child Protection Services. Since Faye Lin’s sisters are the adopted children of an American couple, the United States Embassy is involved in […]
Of interest is that Anke Doehm’s former husband, David Cannon, is presently in Belize seeking full custody of the three children. Cannon arrived in country shortly after receiving news of Faye Lin’s demise and has sought the legal services of attorney Robertha Magnus Usher. While in Belize however, Cannon will have to receive permission from […]
Citrus fruit production is Belize’s oldest agro-industry, but in profitability has long been overtaken by sugar and is barely keeping ahead of others. A combination of internal turmoil and shocks from natural disasters have contributed to steadily declining fortunes and an urgent need to arrest that decline with a massive infusion of capital, new plant […]
The Citrus Growers Association says it is finding greater than expected success in spinning off the Plant World Nursery, located off the Southern Highway in Red Bank village, into its own company. The plan to raise six million dollars in equity of preferred shares through a bond managed by the Legacy Fund has now ballooned […]
The B.T.B. hosted its one day Digital Summit for a third consecutive year. The “digital marketing” event engages local tourism stakeholders for a day of learning through interactive and immersive experiences with international presenters from big name companies and brands. This year the focus was on Content Marketing, Social Media “Best Practices”, Travel Trade in […]
For this past week UNICEF has been engaging eighteen adolescents from across nine municipalities to learn more about the issues affecting their peers around the country. The adolescents, who sit on the Child Advisory Board, are helping to share information that will guide the work that UNICEF and partner agencies to do target youth. Country […]
The forty-sixth Day of Healing, a massive community event celebrating the life of fallen disc jockey and social activist Andrew ‘Hard Rock’ Bennett takes place this weekend. A peace walk through the streets of Belize City, commencing at the location where the well-known entertainer was shot and killed several weeks ago, has been organized by […]
