Sexual abuse allegations and scandal have rocked the Catholic Church and tonight a Belizean priest is one of forty-two clergymen who have “a credible and substantiated allegation of sexual abuse” against a child. The list was published three days ago by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A and it includes Father Oliver Joseph Smalls […]
Cyber bullying has become a trending topic since a series of pornographic videos were shared across various social media platforms over the weekend. The incidents have raised the ire of many, including social activists, who have since gone on record to express their displeasure with what can only be described as a most despicable act […]
Police say two minors were raped in separate incidents and the men accused are in police custody. On Sunday sometime after seven in the night, a fifteen-year-old girl was raped by a man she knows in Orange Walk. In the other incident, a thirteen-year-old reported to police that on Valentine’s Day a man she is […]
A fifty-four-year-old man died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday night. Police say John Triminio of Orange Walk was driving his cycle between miles seventy-one and seventy-two on the Philip Goldson Highway when he lost control, crashed and died near San Roman village. Police say Triminio was driving on his cycle alone and was socializing […]
Police shot a robber and have another man in custody after they robbed a grocery store on Daly Street in Belize City. According to Police, two men went to Kum Hua store sometime after eight-thirty on Saturday night pretending to be customers and shortly after held up the store’s owner at gun point. The owners […]
Police say they have recovered close to one thousand ammunition believed to be from the Victor L. Bryant burglary that happened last week. And they say that another five hundred rounds are still out in the streets. As we’ve reported, the arms dealer’s business on Chetumal Street was burglarized and a stock of firearms and […]
For years, complaints against the Vital Statistics Unit have been mounting. In December 2018, former Prime Minister Said Musa told parliament that there are many wrongs at the unit where even rodents were eating documents. Musa said that what is happening in the Vital Statistics Department poses a serious threat to the democratic system of […]
Disaster struck a family in the wee hours of this morning. A fire gutted the home of Kirk Davis Senior and his family, including Virginia Garnett who we met back in 2017 when she gave birth to triplets. Everything was lost in the inferno, and the family was able to escape with their lives and […]
Police say an arsonist set a vehicle on fire in Punta Gorda sometime around one on Sunday morning. The pick-up truck was in a parking lot at a shopping center when fire was seen coming from the front passenger seat. Police recovered a bottle with liquid substance suspected to be kerosene. There have been at […]
Five Belizeans are in Acayucan, a city in Veracruz, Mexico after they were attacked overnight and robbed of their travel documents, cash and other personal items. The men were towing several vehicles from the U.S. en route to Belize and were in the hills coming into the Mexican city when they were accosted by what […]
Today, the government signed a nineteen million dollar contract with Imer Hernandez Development Company Ltd to rehabilitate roughly ten miles of the George Price Highway, starting at Blackman Eddy Village and ending at the roundabout in Santa Elena, Cayo. These upgrades, according to the Ministry of Works, are being paid for through a loan from […]
The Opposition, People’s United Party, is outraged at today’s contract signing between Imer Hernandez, and Minister of Works, Rene Montero. The contract is for ten miles of road on the George Price Highway and has a value of more than nineteen million dollars. The P.U.P. says that its outrage is based on the many contracts […]
Today, C.E.O. Errol Gentle told the media that at the end of last year they had to request additional funds for some of the rehabilitation works being done on the highway. He says they need additional monies because they have undertaken massive works to ensure that the highway meets international standards – but they have […]
And if you are wondering when the works will begin on the coastal road, C.E.O. Errol Gentle says preliminary studies have started and once that is complete they will be able to do a design and from there a tendering process will begin. He told the media today that there are also works coming for […]
And if you are wondering when the works will begin on the coastal road, C.E.O. Errol Gentle says preliminary studies have started and once that is complete they will be able to do a design and from there a tendering process will begin. He told the media today that there are also works coming for […]
Gillnets provide many benefits for fishermen, making them an appealing fishing gear. On the other hand, there are also drawbacks to their use. Gillnets pose a threat to the environment and economy. The sport fishing industry of Belize is estimated to contribute over one hundred and ten million Belize dollars to the economy. The placement […]
It’s the Year of the Earth Pig on the traditional Chinese calendar and over the weekend, the local Chinese community held a grand event at the SCA Compound to celebrate with Belizean friends. In attendance were representatives from various private and public stakeholders, including members of the Belize City Council, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber […]
This afternoon, a population of a little over four hundred primary school students gathered on the compound at Wesley Lower School where there has been an endless rash of break-ins since December. They got together in the schoolyard for a brief ceremony during which Albert Area Representative Tracey Panton and the General Manager of Tropicana […]
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