Businesses along Albert Street have become the target of thieves in recent days, despite a noticeable police presence in the downtown area of Belize City. Last Thursday, we reported on a pair of armed robberies during which the culprits made off with cash from the proceeds of the day’s sales. The thieves struck at Hofius […]
While the robbery at M and L Collections failed, on Monday night, well-known businessman Jeremy Spooner, better known as ‘Spoonaz,’ was the victim of an armed robbery. He was inside his business Spoonaz Photo Café on North Front Street in Belize City just before eleven when a gunman, dressed in a brown security guard uniform, […]
Leader of the Opposition People’s United Party, John Briceño, today hosted a press briefing at Independence Hall covering a multitude of national issues. But the party is presently experiencing some internal turmoil over its ongoing vetting process for candidates to contest the upcoming general elections. In Belmopan, three candidates are vying, but two more well-known […]
Another flashpoint for the P.U.P. is the June seventeenth contested convention in the Albert division. Current standard bearer Senator Paul Thompson is being challenged by his Upper House colleague Valerie Woods. Both lay claim to support from inside the division and long ties to it and the competition has been fierce. On Friday night, police […]
The party has faced questions about its level of participation in the convention season by women, after defeated candidate in Corozal Bay, Thea Garcia Ramirez, suggested the party would not make its thirty percent threshold for female candidates. There has also been a suggestion that former U.D.P. mayor of Belize City Zenaida Moya might switch […]
Ahead of the July first start of the long overdue re-registration exercise, the People’s United Party has shared many of its concerns about the preparation of the Elections and Boundaries Commission and Election and Boundaries Department for re-registering as many as two hundred thousand persons countrywide to vote. A few thousand of those are previous […]
Ahead of the start of the process, the P.U.P. has called on Prime Minister Dean Barrow to invite, as the Manuel Esquivel government did in 1997, the Organization of American States to an electoral observer mission. The P.U.P. leader shared the party’s concerns including a lack of recognition for the five members on the Elections […]
On Monday afternoon, the sixty-one-year-old driver of Dangriga’s Mayor Francis Humphrey ended his own life in front of his house as he was being pursued by the police. Maurice Serrano died instantly from the blast of a single shot as police, along with a social worker as well as two underage girls, approached him. The […]
A decision is pending on whether the export processing zone status of Santander Sugar Limited will be amended to allow it to put part of its plantation sugar on the local market, where seven percent of the sales of A.S.R./B.S.I. is reserved. The northern cane farmers’ associations oppose the decision because of Santander’s status, which […]
The Corozal Sugar Cane Producers Association issued a three-page response to the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Commerce, as well as Santander Limited on the sale of sugar on the local market. According to the association, the decision taken by Santander to put sugar for sale on the local market without permit will, “undoubtedly lead […]
Minister for Foreign Affairs Wilfred Elrington has told us that the work to establish the Sarstoon protocol continues with our western neighbour and the Organization of American States, but that it will take some time. The protocol would articulate how to minimize conflicts on the river and the wider Caribbean Sea. Today, Opposition Leader John […]
As we told you on Monday, police constable Braiden Robateau and three siblings were arrested and charged by Orange Walk Police after they were nabbed in a marijuana smuggling operation in the north. On Saturday, the group of four men, including brothers: Harvey, Windell and David Trapp were busted red-handed in Santa Cruz Village, Corozal […]
Thirteen-year-old Elwin Pitter remains in recovery at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital under police guard. It is expected that upon his release, charges stemming from several firearms offences will be preferred on him. The teenage boy was shot in the lower legs by a team of GSU officers who responded to information that Pitter was […]
It has become almost a fixture recently in the newscast: persons charged with murder years ago, languishing at the Belize Central Prison, attaching legal representation to seek bail. The law makes no distinction in offenses regarding the right to bail. Nevertheless, it has been the practice by the Crown to oppose bail on very serious […]
Earlier in the newscast, you hear the P.U.P. leader speak on a number of pressing national issues as well as party matters. But John Briceño opened his press conference today with an overview of the economic situation. He made note of the continuous price increases in fuel prices, which as has been pointed out, is […]
A total of seventy-nine murders have been reported, unofficially, across Belize to date, putting the country on course for another triple-digit year of killings. Other types of major crime reports, including burglary, robbery and theft have also been getting attention. Despite the change in command in Belize City and elsewhere and the plethora of plans […]
“World Environment Day” was observed today under the theme ‘Beat Plastic Pollution.’ Since 1974, the United Nations marked June fifth as World Environment Day to promote worldwide awareness and action for the protection of the environment. In light of this year’s theme, the UN called for people to reject single-use plastic items and warned about […]
Disturbing images of death and destruction continue to emerge in the wake of the eruption of Volcan de Fuego in Antigua in neighboring Guatemala. The death toll is rising as Guatemala continues to grapple with one of its worst natural disasters. The Belize Red Cross has launched an appeal for cash donations since the organization […]
