There is yet another triple murder in less than three weeks, this time at sea. Three of five fishermen have been murdered, shot to death and their bodies dumped in the Caribbean Sea. Within fifteen hours, the decomposing bodies have been retrieved and immediately following the post-mortem exams, have been buried. The victims include the […]
The police have been working closely with the Belize Coast Guard as investigations continue into this triple homicide at sea. Now there are a number of fishing camps at and around Swallow Caye and off Drown Caye that can be spotted from the Belize City coastline. Fisherfolks from those various camps have been interviewed in […]
A Belizean man was shot multiple times and killed on Wednesday in Barberton, Ohio, U.S.A. He has been identified as forty-one-year-old Shannon Callahan. According to online reports, Barberton Police responded to a 911 call which led them to Callahan’s driveway. There they found him bleeding profusely. He was treated on scene by emergency medical personnel […]
The House of Representatives met today in ordinary session, one month after a special meeting was called to amend the Maritime Areas Act, following the May eighth I.C.J. referendum. But that Kumbaya moment during which there was peace and calm, or better yet a sense of political maturity between the government and the opposition, was […]
While things got testy between the PM and Espat, Opposition Leader John Briceño attempted to have order returned to House and despite the Speaker’s intervention, the cutting remarks kept coming. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Again, that act… He… but I think all schizophrenics are actors. But I shouldn’t have said schizophrenic again, I apologize.” […]
A thorough investigation into the real estate swindle that was Sanctuary Bay is being undertaken by the Federal Trade Commission, an independent arm of the U.S. government tasked with providing and promoting consumer protection. The scam in which American investors lost over a hundred million U.S. dollars was perpetrated in Belize through Atlantic International Bank […]
Musa openly questioned the business transaction during which principal ownership of AIBL was assumed by former Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Pelayo, but not before taking a few more swipes at the Barrow family. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “When these fraudsters, these Sanctuary Bay fraudsters were faced with lawsuits, who did these scam […]
While the Caribbean Shores Area Rep enjoys parliamentary privilege for utterances in the house, the prime minister took umbrage to the allegations that the Atlantic Bank may have had a hand in the purportedly dubious transaction. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “He is, in effect, suggesting that the separation between Atlantic International Bank Limited and […]
The topic of education proved equally testy as Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber responded to concerns raised by Freetown Area Rep and former Minister of Education Francis Fonseca. In responding to Fonseca, the Minister of Education mentioned assistance provided to students in the Fort George and Toledo West constituencies. It wasn’t long before area representatives […]
Eamon Courtenay has vacated his seat in the Senate. Having served as a parliamentarian in the upper house for as many as ten years as lead senator for the Opposition, Courtenay is moving on with the P.U.P. in another capacity. He has been appointed as the Opposition’s representative on the Belize-Guatemala Committee that is working […]
The Public Utilities Commission won its legal battle against Speednet Telecommunication Limited, the parent company of SMART. This morning, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment effectively overturning the ruling of Supreme Court Justice Michelle Arana. In its claim, the P.U.C. asked the courts to order Speednet to pay one point four million dollars […]
According to Pitts, the Court of Appeal’s ruling is significant as it reminds public utilities providers to adhere to the legislation. Sheena Pitts, Attorney for P.U.C. “Quite frankly this decision is well received because what it does for the Public Utilities Commission which is a statutory body it tells the public, it tells public […]
Twenty-nine year old Juan Carlos “Canikas” Quintero is tonight behind bars at the Belize Central Prison. Quintero who was on the run for months and believe to have been residing somewhere in the Yucatan State of Mexico was captured yesterday while in Orange Walk Town. A warrant for his arrest was issued in 2018 as […]
A Supreme Court ruling in May has the Ambergris Caye Citizens for Sustainable Development ready to protect Cayo Rosario. The island sits in the middle of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve which is considered the number one of tourist attraction that Ambergris Caye has to offer. The group is strongly opposed to an approved multimillion […]
The decision to allow the development was made in 2018 by the National Environmental Advisory Board and the Department of Environment. The project calls for fifty island bungalows as well as fifty-four over-the-water structures over the protected fishing flats. It is for these reasons that stakeholders are vehemently opposed to the project. Minister Heredia says […]
Lieutenant Alma Pinelo received the honor graduate award after she successfully completed the International Maritime Officer Course at the U.S Coast Guard Training Center in Virginia, U.S.A. Lieutenant Pinelo is the first Belizean and the first female to receive this prestigious award, as a result her name and country will be enshrined into the Honor […]
Earlier this month, the Belize Coast Guard Special Operations Group deployed to Santiago, Chile to participate in the fifteenth Annual Fuerzas Commando Competition. The seven-man team is competing against nineteen other Special Operation Forces from across the Western Hemisphere in the most distinguished competition of its kind. Fuerzas Commando consists of a series of individual […]
The U23 Female Volleyball National Team departed Belize today for the fourth Central American U23 Female Volleyball Championship in Managua, Nicaragua. All seven Central American Countries will be participating. The games start on the twenty-third and end on the twenty-ninth. Belize’s team is made up of twelve players, three coaches and one referee. Today, we […]
On Thursday, we showed you the new head coach of the Belize National Football Team. He’s Vincenzo Alberto Annese from Italy. As you heard in our report, the new coach wants to inject the national team with new blood and introduce a more modern system of coaching for football in Belize. Well, Annese will be […]
