The sixth suspected drug place since the start of the year landed in a remote area off the San Estevan/Progresso Road in the Orange Walk District and like in the past cases, there is little information as to how the drug planes keep landing in Belize undetected. This morning, according to residents in the area, […]
A horrific execution occurred while some students were enjoying recess at a Dangriga school leaving both teachers and pupils traumatized. A gunman emerged from the bushes near the Gulisi Primary School and unleashed a volley of bullets on Jamaican national Patrick Crossdale who was riding past on motorcycle heading to his house. Fifty-five-year-old Crossdale was […]
Police have quickly cracked the mysterious murder of twenty-seven-year-old Albert Johnson, originally from Punta Gorda Town. Today, West Canal resident Marlon Everett, a twenty-eight-year-old construction worker, was read a murder charge before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford. According to police, a trio ambushed Johnson on Rectory Lane as he was walking from Southern Foreshore to Regent […]
The alleged shooter of Jason James Belencio was this evening charged with murder. The sixteen-year-old was arraigned at the Belize Family Court late in the evening under tight security. He is reported to be an associate of the George Street Gang and several members of that group appeared at the Magistrate’s Court and then at […]
Gas is going up again! For the third time this year, there are increases to report at the pumps – and an erroneous release from the Bureau of Standards actually misstated the level of increases reported. Still, the corrected press release shows an uptick of thirty-nine cents for regular gasoline, which pushes it past the […]
It may be one of the most-recognized and well-known villages in Belize and particularly the Garifuna community. But the southern community of Barranco is fighting a tough battle to get in touch with the times, in the area of economic development. Barranco residents have been forced to look on as outsiders acquire licenses to log […]
The November agreement was approved by a supermajority of attendees at a meeting in Toledo. Among other things, it called for the Barranco village council to be fully involved in the decision-making process for logging concessions and activity in the village. But according to Fabian Cayetano, it has been so heavily flouted as to prove […]
A total of ten applications have been received – five from Barranco residents and five from persons outside the village. Apart from the disallowed concession application of Colon and Rash, there is no indication that any of the other applications are for overlapped areas. The size of the logged area is especially huge – eight […]
Bulgarian national forty-one-year-old Vasil Stoyanov Kadalov was charged with two counts of theft in connection with the reported stealing of two thousand dollars from a Caye Caulker resident’s bank account. Kadalov appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford and pleaded not guilty through a translator. He was denied bail because he is considered a flight risk, […]
The popular Plaza de las Americas, in the northwest corner of Chetumal, is a favorite of Belizeans for some of the best deals in the trendy shopping destination. On Monday, it was the scene of a successful robbery. Chetumal media reports say the popular Bizarro Jewelry Shop was hit around two in the afternoon, where […]
Haven House is a non-profit domestic violence shelter. Since 1993, it has been providing support and intervention services for women in crisis and their children. Haven House offers shelter, counseling, court advocacy, referrals and transitional living opportunities to battered women. While the non-profit gets a small subvention from government, it has to generate more funds […]
Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte is off to Taiwan for a three-day international conference on anti-corruption in the Republic of China (Taiwan), representing Belize as focal point for the United Nations Convention against Corruption. He joins colleagues from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Other meetings are planned with counterparts from the Taiwanese Justice Department, […]
The Ariel Rosado Foundation held its annual ride along the George Price Highway this past Saturday. The riders traveled from Galen University Campus in Central Farm and ended at the Hour Bar Field in Belize City. The ride is used to generate funds for scholarships for at least forty students for the upcoming school year. […]
Belize’s Under-eighteen Boys Basketball team left the country today to compete in a tournament in Akron, Ohio. The Dru Joyce Classic runs from the twenty-seventh to the twenty-ninth of April and the all-star team is hoping to be scouted by college coaches so that they can get athletic scholarships. The last time Belize participated in […]
