Two weeks away from the Albert Division convention for the People’s United Party on June seventeenth, the campaign between Senators and People’s United Party’s aspirants Valerie Woods and Paul Thompson is getting contentious. Tonight, Senator Thompson finds himself on the defense and confirms that he is in fact currently registered to vote at the “home” […]
Paul Thompson is going head to head with fellow Senator Valerie Woods, who has prided herself as being born and raised in the division. But Thompson says he has been putting in the work on the ground with residents for two decades and wants another shot at Tracey Taegar Panton at the next general election. […]
In other political news, David “Dido” Vega, former mayoral candidate for the P.U.P. in Corozal Town, was elected standard bearer for Corozal Bay on Sunday in the party’s first contested convention of this campaign season. He defeated four other rivals to secure the seat with one thousand and twenty-seven of two thousand and forty-two votes. […]
When Rudolph Kelly perished following a violent collision on Central American Boulevard last Tuesday, speculations ran wide that he did not succumb to injuries received during the accident. It was a theory that his family firmly believed and that opinion has since been supported with the results of an autopsy. A post mortem examination conducted […]
A tour guide and a father of three from the Cayo area perished in a road fatality over the weekend. Carlos Panti, who was well established in the tourism industry, was travelling alone when he lost control of his vehicle at the start of a hectic tour day. In so doing, Panti was violently flung […]
A Sand Hill resident has also lost his life following a mishap along the Old Northern Highway over the weekend. In the predawn hours of Sunday morning, Jermaine Rhaburn was found in a semiconscious state between miles one and two on the Maskall Road. He was seen lying face up in the middle of the […]
There is a developing story tonight in the sugar industry. Santander, the Spanish sugar miller located in the Valley of Peace area is reportedly selling sugar in the domestic market. That company was granted an Export Processing Zone to produce sugar for export only. But the Santander sugar is being found on the shelves of […]
The two municipal election slates from San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, continued their fight in the Supreme Court this morning. The People’s United Party’s Andre Perez and the United Democratic Party’s Daniel Guerrero engaged in a spirited battle on March seventh in which Guerrero’s team emerged narrowly victorious. According to Perez and his colleagues, they […]
Mark King, former Lake Independence area rep, is suing activist Moses Sulph for defamation of his character and that of his business, following a post on social media. The case came up in the Supreme Court today, but was adjourned as Sulph’s attorney, Arthur Saldivar, has an active matter in the Belmopan Supreme Court. Sulph […]
A third case before the Supreme Court today dealt with an unprecedented move. Belize Water Services Limited is suing the Public Utilities Commission over its decision in an interim review proceeding earlier this year to grant a reduction in water rates of more than six percent. According to the attorney for B.W.S., Senior Counsel Rodwell […]
Twenty-six-year-old Osner Campos, a bartender of San Pedro, is lucky to have escaped with his life on Friday night when an armed robbery at Wayo’s Bar resulted in a discharge of gunfire. According to Campos, sometime after eleven p.m., himself and another bartender were working at the establishment in Boca del Rio when two men […]
A trio of thieves was busted over the weekend after holding up a restaurant on Euphrates Avenue. An Indian manager inside Jolly Bees and several of his patrons, all medical students, were robbed of an undisclosed sum of money, as well as personal items while having a meal inside the establishment. The robbers weren’t as […]
Eighteen-year-old Brandon Hughes is on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being arraigned of Friday for the murder of businessman Oscar Rosado Sr. Hughes was one of three men accused of robbing Rosado’s construction supply store on Cemetery Road on the afternoon of April twenty-third. During the hold-up, the elderly man was shot in […]
There’s an all-points bulletin for the capture of Jordan Burns who escaped from police custody on Friday, after being charged for the murder of Carlton Moreira in the Mayflower Street area last Tuesday. Moreira was shot once to the head and died instantly. Police say that Jordan is considered to be armed and dangerous. […]
Belize’s world-famous Barrier Reef Reserve System could be headed off the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. This is after the World Heritage Committee found that the series of remedial actions implemented by the Ministries of Fisheries, Forestry, Environment, Sustainable Development and Natural Resources along with the Belize UNESCO office and the World Wildlife […]
How long does it take to clear goods from the point arrival to release? That’s what the Customs and Excise Department is studying at a week-long workshop in the Belize City. Here in country for the event are representatives from the World Customs Organization who are assisting the department to become more efficient through what […]
A private school in the west is closing its doors due to a number of factors after twenty years of providing education to students of Santa Familia and surrounding communities. The abrupt notice was sent to the school’s administration in early May. At least sixty students are being affected and will have to find another […]
The Belize Leaders for Social Justice were only able to attract a minimum number of protesters to their widely advertised march from Constitution Park to Battlefield Park on Saturday morning. The protest concerned the general high cost of living including recent increases in electricity, cable, and gas. It was thought that Belizeans would have felt […]
The Belize City Council on Saturday collaborated with eleven students from Wesley Junior College to give the historic Belize City Swing Bridge a facelift. The bridge got a fresh coat of yellow and green paint. The oldest mechanical-operated bridge in the region is rarely swung except in times of emergency to accommodate boats taking shelter. […]
In related news, the City Council has confirmed information to our newsroom which suggests that the motor for the BelCan Bridge is missing. There were previous reports that parts for the motor had been stolen, but later returned. A little-known fact about the BelCan Bridge is that it too can be swung, but like its […]
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