Early on Saturday morning, it is believed that a well-known Belize City resident took the life of his wife and then turned his licensed firearm on himself. The news of the bloody loss of life has shocked the family of Coastguard Supervisor, Hermelinda Pinks, a purported victim of domestic abuse. Exactly what transpired inside their […]
There was another murder over the weekend that police have to crack. Just before midnight on Sunday, a City Council employee was shot and killed. Thirty-five-year-old Luis Dominguez, better known as Esse, was at a yard in the Kings Park area when a gunman unleashed a barrage of bullets that found their mark on him. […]
There was further loss of life over the weekend. In the west, forty-six-year-old Arcenio Itza was knocked down and killed in a hit and run on Saturday night. But his family didn’t find out until late on Sunday. The Succotz carver was walking along the George Price Highway when a vehicle hit him. The driver […]
Pressure continues to mount on Guyanese President David Granger to indicate the way forward in the appointment of the top two judicial posts. He has offered the post of Chancellor of the Judiciary to Belize’s Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin despite local opposition led by predecessor Bharrat Jagdeo. Today, as the President indicated he would not […]
The Mayas of southern Belize continue their fight with the Government of Belize, represented by the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission to enforce the historic consent order made on April twenty-second, 2015, to develop a mechanism to recognize the already agreed communal land rights of the indigenous Maya people. But they continue to quarrel over […]
Is turmoil brewing yet again within the already fickle Fort George Tourism Zone? Independent tour operators, as well as small business owners and vendors, are up in arms over a decision to have them relocated to the nearby Memorial Park. They contend that they are deliberately being kept out of the reach of cruise passengers […]
The People’s United Party seized on the opportunity to provide support for the disaffected tour guides and support staff in the Zone. The party selected its Belize City mayoral aspirant, Bernard Wagner, to wag the finger of disapproval at a press briefing this afternoon. If he is elected, Wagner plans to try to reverse the […]
The People’s United Party continues to ride a tidal wave of goodwill from last week’s impressive national convention in Belize City. The P.U.P.’s Bernard Wagner is quietly confident going into this nomination week. He says residents are embracing the potential of change in the form of the P.U.P. eleven, and this Wednesday, nomination day will […]
The gap between Darrell Bradley and Yolanda Schakron in the last election was significant, and one reason has been the U.D.P.’s stranglehold in the Southside constituencies. Amid reports that Collet representative and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber has been active in nearby Lake Independence, the P.U.P. has set up its own office to capture targets […]
A major literacy strategy was launched this morning at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in Belize City. The program aims to strengthen the reading and writing skills of primary school children in nine Belize City schools in the first phase. According to the Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, the ministry is stepping up with the […]
The literacy campaign among primary school children is a joint initiative between public and private agencies as well as non-profit organization and the Ministry of Education. At today’s launch, Scotia Bank Belize made a donation of fifteen computers. Education Minister Patrick Faber says that the commitment will see financial and tangible resources pumped into the […]
While with the Deputy Prime Minister today, he was asked about a report that his ministry will be spending two point one-three million dollars on school fees for selected persons identified by U.D.P. campaigners. Faber refuted the claim, stating that the coffers are dry, but confirmed that there is money that hasn’t been spent in […]
Scotiabank is closing two of its branches. In a release issued today, the Bank says that it will be closing the Spanish Lookout Branch effective April twentieth and the Placencia Branch will be shutting down effective June twenty-second of this year. The rather vague release, without giving specific details on the closures, says, “Like any […]
Passengers traveling from Belize to Denver, Colorado on Sunday via Southwest Airlines found themselves in Houston, Texas instead after a problem developed with the aircraft. Reports say the plane lost pressure in the cabin during the flight. At altitudes above ten thousand feet, low air pressure can cause several psychological conditions including decompression and altitude […]
Police had hoped that a young woman detained last Thursday in the murder investigation of twenty-year-old Tyrone Gibson could provide critical information to crack the case. She is believed to have contacted him before he was ruthlessly killed, allegedly by rival gang members. But their hope was in vain, and now police are hunting for […]
A security guard at the campus of the University of Belize in West Landivar was the target of a gunman on Friday morning. Edwin Williams is lucky to have escaped with his life after a gunman came for him at his workplace. ASP Alejandro Cowo shares the details. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize […]
Police in San Pedro have now charged a resident in connection with an alleged case of rape. Thirty-seven year old John Cus, an electrician of San Pedro Town, was detained almost immediately after the report was made. Last week a twenty-five-year-old female American tourist visited the San Pedro Police Station and reported that at around four-thirty […]
In the coming weeks an initiative sponsored by a British organization in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will establish a portal through which instances of sexually explicit imagery of children found, seen or shared online can be reported. There was a sensitization workshop organized on Friday by the Belize Police […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
