One man is dead and two others are missing, but what happened on Mapp Caye days ago is still being pieced together. Up until Monday night, all we knew was that one man was murdered and two had disappeared without a trace. Family members of one of the missing men, identified as forty-eight-year-old diver Evan […]
And what of Evan Neal? Well, forty-eight-year old Neal is the owner of Mapp Caye and veteran seaman. His family describes him as a diver and hard-working man, whom they say didn’t dabble in the drug business. They say he was to return home on Friday evening after he dropped off groceries for the two […]
And so the search is ongoing for Evan Neal and Anthony Reneau. This evening we spoke with Operations Officer of the Belize Coast Guard Lieutenant Roque Canul who says that today’s search didn’t turn up a shred of evidence that would point to the men’s whereabouts. Canul says they have been talking to fishermen and […]
A trio of men was escorted to court this morning for the brazen heist that evolved into a hostage situation in Belize City on Sunday night. The three: Wayne Welch, Steven Bernard and Richard O’Neil are facing a slew of charges. They are accused of robbing Rong Bin Liang and his wife, the proprietors of […]
The I.C.J. Declaration was signed on January ninth by five former Ministers of Foreign Affairs, including sitting Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Barrow was joined by former P.U.P. Prime Minister Said Musa, Lisa Shoman, who served also served as P.U.P. Senator, Godfrey Smith, and Assad Shoman. A day ahead of the signing, the People’s United Party […]
While Briceño says there is no rift in the party, in the wake of the signing of a seven-point declaration, several P.U.P. politicians have spoken out giving various reasons for and against taking the Guatemalan claim to the International Court of Justice. Today, former opposition leader and attorney general Francis Fonseca gave his perspective. Fonseca […]
Last Wednesday, former Prime Minister Said Musa agreed that a protocol should be in place between Belize and Guatemala where it concerns access to the Sarstoon River. He also said that the agreement should have been put in place ahead of the I.C.J. referendum in April. Today, former P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca was asked the […]
Thirty-five-year-old Anthony Crawford, no stranger to the law, remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. tonight, following an attempt on his life while on his way home on Monday night. Sometime around eight o’clock, Crawford was riding a bicycle along Antelope Street Extension when he was ambushed and fired upon by an unknown individual. Crawford was shot […]
A press conference was held late this evening by the family of missing woman, Anisha Young and search team lead, Jose Espat. After providing a detailed run down of what has transpired since Young was reported missing on December ninth, Espat spoke about the efforts to locate the twenty-three-year-old woman, who they presume was murdered […]
It’s been over five weeks since Anisha disappeared and the family has not been able to find closure; they have, however, come to accept that Anisha was murdered. Today, Sheree Salgado and Sandra Hyde pleaded for anyone with information to come forward. Hyde believes that Charles Fortune, who was Anisha’s boyfriend and the main suspect […]
Tonight there is good news to report. Three-year-old Vera Timofeev and her mother Raquel Margarita Cocom have been reunited after a hellish ordeal. The mother and daughter returned to Belize today and were accompanied by Elisa Castellanos of Tukkun Olam Belize. Cocom and Castellanos arrived in Fairfield Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday. On the following […]
Earlier today when we caught up with the P.U.P. leader, we asked him a number of questions with respect to the I.C.J. In October 2018, John Briceño embarked on a countrywide listening tour to get feedback from party supporters on the upcoming referendum on April tenth. Last Tuesday, he sent out a release saying that […]
The media also asked Briceño for a reaction to the comments made by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, on Monday. When asked about his thoughts on Diasporans voting in the upcoming referendum, Minister Elrington said that the referendum is for Belizeans who “live in Belize and who work in Belize and who will suffer […]
In 2010, the People’s United Party began discussing what is referred to as the Courtenay Doctrine, after former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay. Courtenay was the only former foreign minister who did not sign the I.C.J. Declaration. Courtenay believes in an alternative to going to a referendum on April tenth. He believes there is […]
Today marks the one hundredth birthday of the Right Honorable George Cadle Price. Price who is known as the Father of the Nation passed on September nineteenth, 2011, a few days after he suffered a fall. He left a remarkable legacy and today the party he founded in 1950, the People’s United Party, paid tribute […]
The Bar Association is organizing a public forum in the coming days and an expert in international law has been invited to discuss the issue of the I.C.J. In an effort to advance the ongoing public discourse, Professor Stephen Vasciannie will be providing an updated legal opinion on the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute and whether it […]
There are as many as twelve judges on the Supreme Court bench, however, with the recent retirements of Justices Denis Hanomansingh and Adolph Lucas, two seats are presently available. Both distinguished judicial officers have served in the high court, but it was Justice Lucas’ diligence and career path which began with him joining the police […]
Will the high-profile case involving accused murderer William ‘Danny’ Mason be heard in the Supreme Court this year? Mason is one of seventy-four inmates on pretrial detention at the Belize Central Prison who has been incarcerated since 2016. During the ceremonial opening of the 2019 legal calendar, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin, in addressing the court, […]
P.U.P. Orange Walk South Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai is on record speaking on the bad conditions of sugar roads and his concerns over the disbursement of monies earmarked for the rehabilitation of sugar roads in his division. The government allocated three hundred thousand dollars for the upgrading of the roads in the Orange Walk […]
The Caracol Road is coming – well, not quite yet, but G.O.B. has announced that the funds for the project have been secured. On Monday, the Government of Belize signed a loan agreement with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development for twenty million U.S. dollars to finance the Caracol Road Project. The works include […]
Basketball aficionados are looking forward for the opening of the National Elite Basketball League Season which gets underway later this week. But over the weekend, Belize Hurricanes got a jump start and formally introduced its fifteen players to fans. Looking smart in their new jerseys, the team says it is poised to retain its winning […]
