Brace yourself for another increase in butane prices. That’s the official word from the government following eight days of negotiations with Liquid Petroleum Gas Importers: BWEL, Gas Tomza and Zeta Gas. As we have been reporting for days, both sides were at an impasse earlier this week after the importers were not too happy with […]
There have been developments in respect of relations with Guatemala. Special Representative of the O.A.S. Secretary General for Belize-Guatemala Affairs, Magdalena Talamas, has been reassigned from her post at the Adjacency Zone, following a protest by the Guatemalan government demanding her removal. President Jimmy Morales, as well as former Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales, complained […]
Still on Guatemala…a journalist Rigoberto Escobar Lopez who claims he was assaulted on Tuesday at the adjacency zone at the western border is taking his case to the Guatemalan Human Rights Office. Escobar told the Guatemalan media that he is pressing ahead with his complaint. The reporter says in an interview that he has been […]
As many as thirty-eight persons, adults and children, have been left homeless due to raging fires in Belize City. This weekend, twenty-five artists and fifteen DJ’s are coming together in a benefit concert that will hopefully uplift the spirit of those affected as well as raise money to help them rebuild their homes. The idea […]
Over the years, we’ve reported on the work of the Friends for Conservation and Development and the illegal activities of Guatemalans inside the Chiquibul. We’ve documented the incursions and the measures implemented to curb those illegal activities. The FCD says that the past ten years of work have resulted in significant achievement for the protection […]
Thirty-three-year-old San Pedrano William Godoy has been formally arrested and charged for the murder of Alfredo Cowo. Cowo was killed on Tuesday morning as he sat in a golf cart with his girlfriend in front of Jaguars Nightclub. A lone gunman came up to the couple and opened fire on the twenty-eight-year-old fisherman. That murder […]
A string of unrelated, fatal shootings across the country, involving police officers and allegations of their participation in these incidents, has given the department another black-eye. The most recent cases including the death of Mario Vernon in Punta Gorda and the murders of Fareed Ahmad and Alfredo Cowo in Hattieville and San Pedro, respectively. Public […]
Guadalupe Reymundo Flores, a labourer of Guinea Grass village, Orange Walk was charged for drug trafficking and also faces a Customs case after a major bust was made this morning around nine. Police searched his residence and found just over three pounds of cannabis in a black knapsack. They also recovered sixty cases of different […]
For the past several weeks, there has been controversy brewing over the use of the football pitch at the MCC Grounds. The sporting facility is utilized for a number of activities, including recreational football, by several unassigned teams. The wear and tear on the turf was so bad that the field was shut down for […]
Earlier this year, we reported on the concerns of some students from the University of Belize, who had completed their programs at the institution in July and December 2017, but would have to wait until June 2018 to receive their degrees. This was as a result of the U.B. making strategic changes to carry out […]
Belmopan police have charged the driver involved in the collision death of Leonte Ampie of Unitedville, Cayo District last December. There was a collision at Mile fifty on the George Price Highway in Camalote village between Ampie’s Skygo motorcycle and a Wingle pickup truck driven by San Ignacio Town resident Winston Gordon. On Thursday, Gordon […]
Despite the hopes of Belizean officials that Belize’s vote against the U.S. over Jerusalem at the United Nations would not have repercussions; there are two instances in which the giant to the north has taken action since. Earlier this week, Belize was among three countries removed from the temporary work visa program. Belizeans seeking agricultural […]
A six-year-old girl and her mother were separated by police on Thursday afternoon after the Belize Family Court granted an interim order of custody to the child’s father. The case was heard ex parte just hours after an adjournment had been granted due to short notice of the summons to court which the mother only […]
Vasquez contends that neither the attorney nor her daughter were called prior to the impromptu afternoon court session, and thus lost their chance to tell their side of the story. Today, she told us that the child is with her father, but because of the interim order granting him sole custody, they have no idea […]
Simultaneous fundraising activities are underway at the Ecumenical High School in Dangriga. Today, a team traveled from the south to Belize City to spread the word on its mission to raise money to develop on another phase of the institution’s auditorium as well as to embark on community based initiatives across the southern municipality. Some […]
Meanwhile, the teachers over at the college are also giving you an opportunity of a lifetime – ten dollars to win a 2017 Great Wall Wingle pickup, valued at thirty-five thousand dollars. The raffle will be drawn on Mother’s Day in May 2018 and Jonell Villafranco tells us more. Jonell Villafranco, Co-Convener, Fundraising Committee […]
A decade ago, one of Belize’s finest artists died: Andy Palacio, who placed Belize on the international music charts transitioned at the peak of his musical career. His cultural music, however, continues to excite as well as inspire people all over the world. The Garifuna Collective, founded by Andy, has been appearing on world stages […]
