A group of U.S. nationals, who arrived on a scheduled cruise ship call this morning, had a huge scare. The visitors were heading to the Belize Zoo when the bus they were travelling in, burst into flames near Hattieville before they reached their destination on the George Price Highway. The fire sent a plume of […]
Five additional persons have been charged and arraigned for their alleged involvement in a case of human smuggling that was intercepted by police on Tuesday afternoon. It is being categorized as human smuggling and not human trafficking because it is believed that four Honduran nationals—two minors and two adults, who illegally entered the country—were being […]
Even before the five were arraigned today, Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett shared details on the investigation surrounding the alleged human smuggling. He says that the operation, which led to the detention of the seven Belizeans and four Honduran nationals, was carried out by Orange Walk Police with assistance from Ladyville Police. According to […]
Escape prisoner Joseph Budna has been captured in Belize and remains in custody. Back in May of this year, the thirty-eight-year-old Belizean, who is serving a thirty-year sentence in a Guatemalan prison for kidnapping and escape, absconded from lawful custody while at a hospital in San Benito, Guatemala. It is the second time that he […]
The official result of a post-mortem has been released by the Police Department in the murder of Yanira Novelo in Orange Walk. It shows that the young mother had a horrible death as she was manually strangled by her killer. But according to police, Novelo also had multiple cut wounds to the chest area. The […]
Police are looking for answers on whether four-year-old Alexander witnessed the heinous murder of his mother. While has not been confirmed at this time, it is known that the child was physically injured. That aside, the minor has undoubtedly been left traumatised by the incident. At a press conference today, police did not have much […]
Murder victim, Yanira Novelo, was laid to rest today in her home village of San Jose in Orange Walk. Over one hundred and fifty residents from San Jose and San Pablo villages held a peaceful demonstration to show support and demand justice for the young mother who was brutally killed on Monday and her body […]
His name is Andris Pukke and he is the felon who orchestrated the Sanctuary Bay real estate scam which has Prime Minister Dean Barrow, ministers and other high ranking officials in a most embarrassing situation. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Pukke is a convicted felon who also used the aliases Marc Romeo and Andy […]
In the document filed by the F.T.C., the Prime Minister’s law firm and his partner, Rodwell Williams, are named. Aside from suggesting that the Prime Minister owns a piece of land in Sanctuary Bay, which Barrow has flatly denied, the document speaks to two lots owned by Williams. It also highlighted that Barrow and Williams […]
Present at Wednesday’s press conference was Joy Grant, the Governor of the Central Bank of Belize and Grant was there to answer to a very specific allegation. The F.T.C. alleged that the Central Bank knew about the fraud and did nothing. It says that in 2016, the then Central Bank Governor Glen Ysaguirre wrote to […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow, having learned that the F.T.C. filed such damning documents against him and his government, summoned the Chargé d’ Affaires, Keith Gilges, to make sure his complaint against the F.T.C. reaches the U.S. State Department. While the PM has taken on many challenges, big or small, on Wednesday, Barrow told the media […]
After negotiations, A.I.B.L. and the F.T.C. were able to come to an agreement which resulted in the F.T.C. filing an application to stay proceedings against the bank. An appointed liquidator, Julian Murillo, was at the headtable of the press conference along with the PM. He told the media that subsequent to the commencement of the […]
After the Prime Minister’s press conference, the People’s United Party fired a press release describing the PM’s conference as an attempt to clear the air. The P.U.P. says that Barrow “hastily convened a press conference to deal with the exposure in the U.S. court where he and some of his ministers were accused of possible […]
Last month we told you about a donation of small hive beetle traps that was handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture. Those traps are to be used to control the pest that has taken over bee colonies in the Orange Walk and Corozal Districts. It is a pest that is native to the African […]
Following a lengthy adjournment, the murder trial of William ‘Danny’ Mason and his accomplices resumed before Justice Antoinette Moore in the Belmopan Supreme Court on Wednesday. Onboard are attorneys Bryan Neal and Norman Rodriguez, representing co-accused suspects Keiron Fernandez and Ashton Vanegas, respectively. Mason retains the counsel of Guyanese attorney Dexter Todd. Having apprised the […]
Tonight a former Buca Shell employee is in trouble with the law. He is twenty-five-year-old Victor Ayuso, a resident of Orange Walk, who appeared this morning before Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts-Anderson to answer to a charge of theft to which he pleaded not guilty. Allegations are that between January fourteenth, 2019 and June twenty-eighth, […]
There is a new pressing issue between the Ministry of Education and the Belize National Teachers Union that is bubbling beneath the surface while school is presently out. It has to do with the renewal of teaching licenses and the accumulation of hours for continuing professional development. CPD, as it is called, is a necessary […]
So what will teachers do now that the ministry has sent out the memorandum while they are on summer vacation? According to Executive Secretary Keisha Young-Flowers, B.N.T.U. is prepared to support its membership in whatever is decided upon regarding the matter since there is nothing in place to administer a renewal process. Senator Elena […]
Despite the murder of a U.S. national recently in San Pedro that gave Belize a black eye in the international news, the Belize Tourism Board is touting a growth in visitor arrivals in the country in the first six months of the year. The B.T.B. states that both overnight and cruise ship arrivals increased. At […]
Two inmates were beaming with pride as they stood among a group of graduates on Sunday in Belmopan. The two successfully completed a programme with Kaina Online High School. Five other inmates also hope to graduate some day from the programme. The accomplishment is a turning point in their lives, showing that despite struggles behind […]
A one-day business plan development workshop was held today at the BTEC building on the ITVET Compound in Belize City. It’s sister agency, the Small Business Development Centre, which also falls under BELTRAIDE, has organized a series of workshops to assist entrepreneurs as well as persons with great ideas, who need of technical support for […]
