There is an alarming report coming out of Corozal Town tonight, where news of a foiled abduction has spread like wildfire. The victim of the thwarted kidnapping has been identified as Angela Villanueva, a part-time instructor at the Corozal Junior College. It is reported that shortly before eight o’clock on Wednesday night, Villanueva was accosted […]
An allegation of rape against several male officers attached to the Independence Police Station is being investigated by the Professional Standards Branch, after two women claimed that they were sexually assaulted while in lockup last weekend. Investigators have been slow to file charges against the accused officers, prompting concerns that the department is being lackadaisical […]
A pair of police constables has been placed on interdiction even before appearing before a tribunal earlier today. The unnamed officers are accused of taking nude pictures of male cadets attached to the Placencia branch of the Youth Cadet Corps. The act is abusive, to say the least, and the fate of both men has […]
Late this evening in Belmopan, police formally charged an Armenia couple for the murder of twenty-nine-year-old Carlos Humberto Navarijo Albeño. Jose Valladarez and his common-law-wife, Amelia Garrido, were processed for the murder. Valladarez is charged for murder while Gariddo is charged for abetment to commit murder. The duo, along with a third person, was being […]
The People’s United Party held a National Executive meeting at Independence Hall this morning. Among other things, the party rounded off its slate of candidates to be presented at the party’s upcoming National Convention. We are told that the convention may be moved up to January 2018 rather than November twenty-sixth, but it is still […]
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied, without explanation, a review of the Government of Belize’s case against the Belize Bank Limited in a long-standing arbitration settlement dating back to 2004. The Bank had settled with the then-P.U.P. Government to pay close to forty million Belize dollars to satisfy the debt of Universal Health Services, […]
Two weeks ago, Leader of the Opposition John Briceño revealed that the People’s United Party intended to write Prime Minister Dean Barrow asking for all the contracts awarded by Belize Infrastructure Limited, and details on the people that applied for each contract, to see who has been chosen and the reasons why that person has […]
In the same vein, it has been nearly a month since Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action and attorney Kareem Musa requested details of Imer Hernandez’s eight-million dollar contract for the redo of Fabers’ Road Extension. They requested the Ministry of Works to provide the specific contract to Hernandez, the selective tendering process employed by […]
The Government of Guatemala has once again changed the date of the referendum on attending the International Court of Justice to resolve its unfounded claim on Belize. According to Siglo Viente y Uno, the new date was announced by the Electoral Commission earlier this week and is scheduled for April fifteenth as opposed to March […]
It has been almost two weeks since the murders of German national Raimund Adalbert Kobler and Amit Moryani in San Pedro and Orange Walk Town, respectively. Despite launching separate investigations into the homicides, police in both jurisdictions are still coming up empty-handed. As far as the fatal road traffic accidents down south last Friday, investigators […]
Keyur Barot and Jitendra Kumar are former employees of businessman Jack Charles. The duo has been accused of stealing over sixty thousand dollars in proceeds from the wholesaler when they were sent to collect payments in Dangriga back in September. Kumar and Barot reportedly made off with the money, as well as the sports utility […]
Trienia Marie Young is the new Registrar of the Supreme Court and Registrar General of Belize. The thirty-seven-year-old former head of the Police Prosecution Branch was sworn in on Wednesday and took the oath today on her first day on the job. She will be overseeing the Supreme Court, Vital Statistics Department, BELIPO and the […]
Elvin Penner’s political career is in tatters after he was booted from Cabinet in September of 2013 over the Won Hong Kim scandal. He narrowly survived a recall drive shortly after, but was de-selected from the U.D.P. slate. Then he was the subject of hounding on criminal prosecutions by Citizens Organized for Liberty through Action. […]
Roger Tien – he was directly invited to Belize by Minister of Economic Development Erwin Contreras on the basis of making investments here. And Immigration Minister Godwin Hulse agreed to help after meeting Tien along with senior staff. He directed then-Acting Director of Immigration Maria Marin, in November of 2012, to peruse any applications by […]
At least one member of the Senate Special Select Committee, Ashley Rocke, has gone on record to say he believes that public officers are more to blame than Government ministers or anyone else for the mess that was the Immigration Department between 2011 and 2013. And while he was not about to throw his juniors […]
An initiative to strengthen food security programs has been ongoing since April 2016. Phase three of that project which involves its implementation stage was launched today in Belmopan between the Government, Mexico and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The project extends to other Central American countries. In Belize, four Roman Catholic Schools will benefit, namely, […]
Pen Cayetano wants to share the Garifuna culture with Belizeans this nineteenth. The renowned artist is opening an exhibition called ‘Legacy’ at his gallery in Dangriga. The collection of paintings will show different aspect of the Garifuna people. Cayetano told us about what you can expect from these new pieces in his latest art show. […]
Taiwan is giving Belize one million dollars for crime-fighting and law-enforcement equipment. The Belize Police Department will acquire body cameras, motorcycles, handcuffs, drones, breathalyzer equipment and a cellebrite machine, which uses technology to recover, transfer and document evidence from different devices. A cheque for a five hundred thousand U.S.-dollar grant was presented to Minister of […]
It’s a major health concern that we don’t talk about enough. But this year, the World Health Organization is commemorating Antibiotics Awareness Week. It’s a global campaign to make people aware of the great dangers that exist when we misuse and overuse antibiotics. In tonight’s Healthy Living, you’ll find out more. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting When […]
