Two women and a man were sent to the hospital on Monday evening after an explosion at an apartment building in Belize City. A faulty butane cylinder in one of three apartments on the lower flat of the building at the corner of Mopan and Mahogany Streets caused a leak and when a stove was […]
There are questions on whether the explosion could have been avoided? Well, according to the fire officials, having a butane cylinder inside a house is a hazard and even more so when the tank is corroding or faulty. Monday’s explosion in a residential area could have been disastrous. Today, Station Officer Orin Smith warns about […]
The location of the fire at the corner of Mopan and Mahogany Streets sits directly across from Brown’s Gas Depot. Had the fire not been contained, it could have proven dangerous. Station Officer Orin Smith explains the dangers of gas depots within residential communities. He says that Brown’s has been there for a very long […]
Five days after he was shot to the head in a home invasion, American expat Clifford Kirk, died this morning in a Baltimore hospital in the United States. Kirk and his wife had been coming to Belize since the 1980’s and years ago they settled in Ambergris Caye. Last week Thursday, a group of armed […]
The Belize Solid Waste Management Authority, a statutory body, has recovered all of its assets that were crow-footed during a writ of execution carried out on behalf of Vision Architects on June twenty-ninth. At the time, all of the office’s equipment, including furniture, appliances and vehicles, were seized for auction. The crow-footing succeeded a twenty-one-day […]
According to the Solicitor General, an appeal has since been filed, challenging the outcome of a lawsuit in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Vision Architects. Despite the expiration of the twenty-one-day period, Hawke says there is the likelihood of permission to be granted for an appeal out of time. Nigel Hawke, […]
Former four-time U.D.P. city councilor Phillip Willoughby is one of four candidates running in Port Loyola to represent the ruling party as standard bearer in the 2020 general elections. Along with Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, former Deputy Mayor Dean Samuels and Shane Castillo, Willoughby was preparing for an upcoming convention in that south side constituency. […]
The price for regular fuel decreased at midnight, but some motorists are not too happy with the reduction of thirteen cents. Regular gas still sells above the ten dollars mark, with the new price being ten dollars and eighty-nine cents. The government maintains it won’t reduce fuel tax, arguing that to do so would result […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice has handed down a decision ordering that a conviction and subsequent five-year sentence imposed on Gilbert Henry for causing dangerous harm, be restored. The judgment comes after Henry completed the sentence and as a result, he will not face additional jail time or any other sanction. In 2008, Henry was […]
Henry challenged his conviction, as well the sentence, before the Court of Appeal of Belize, making a case that the substantial delays in the trial and appellate processes violated his constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable time. Attorney Kevin Arthurs, who represented Henry, also sought clarity before the CCJ in respect of […]
Following a massive drug and firearm bust in northern Belize, police operations led to a smaller, but significant seizure of drugs in the west. This morning, police conducted a search in a busy area of the Casa Maya Road in San Ignacio. They retrieved a bag loaded with seven point four kilos of cannabis which […]
Today, fire officials say they are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire that wiped out the house of Leo Martinez in San Pedro. On Monday, Martinez told us that he suspected that someone set his house on fire on Sunday night just after eight thirty in the San Pedrito area. The investigators say […]
The Ministry of Health is currently spending two million dollars to assist persons with renal failure. The assistance comes in the form of dialysis treatment which is costly and unaffordable for most patients. The money is currently covering thirty patients, but the ministry is in discussion with a third party who is willing to provide […]
After months of delay, the Cycling Federation of Belize is holding elections at the University of the West Indies Open Campus in Belize City this Saturday. Two teams are in the running for the leadership seats in the federation. The current executive includes Orson Butler, who has his bid for the presidency and former politician […]
A team from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as representatives from Haiti and Tuvalu, began a round of consultations this morning with local officials from various government agencies, including the D.P.P.’s office. The working visit is to assess Belize’s standing in areas relating to legislation, corruption and law enforcement. The […]
While there are areas in which Belize’s laws are consistent with the expectations of the UNCAC treaty, Solicitor General Nigel Hawke says that there is also work that needs to be done to bring local legislation up to par with international requirements. He cites the international transfer of prisoners as one such area. Nigel […]
Day-two of the fifty-fourth annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society got underway today in Belize. Representatives of fifteen Caribbean States are engaging in discussions on how to successfully link agriculture to tourism, two main pillars of the economy. It is the goal of the Society to advance Caribbean food production, processing and distribution […]
In March, Cabinet approved a proposal to phase out single-use plastic shopping bags, styrofoam and plastic food utensils by April 2019. The goal is to reduce plastic and styrofoam pollution. For this to happen, a cultural change needs to be achieved since almost everyone in Belize uses plastic and styrofoam materials. A camp which began […]
KTV, the Remix gets underway at eight-thirty live from the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. Tonight, inspirational music will fill the auditorium as the competition enters round two with thirteen hopefuls. From the original batch of the youthful fifteen singers, two will be eliminated. All have been fine-tuning to bring their A-game to the […]
