An outbreak of dengue fever has been reported, seven months into 2019, and the number of cases so far is already more than twice the figures for the entire 2018. The highest number of persons affected is up north. In the Orange and Corozal Districts, there are over three hundred and fifty laboratory confirmed cases […]
Four persons have been hauled in by police concerning the murder investigation of Porfilio Nino. A post mortem examination revealed that the sixty-five-year-old Valley of Peace resident died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. His body was found in a shallow grave at around midday on Tuesday at his farm behind […]
Progresso Heights Limited, a master development plan situated along Cocos Lagoon in Progresso, Corozal District, remains in the headlines for several lawsuits that have surrounded the real estate company. Notwithstanding matters that have gone before the Court of Appeal and the Caribbean Court of Justice, respectively, a longstanding claim continues to languish at the Supreme […]
While an attempt will be made ahead of July thirty-first to get the cautions lifted, Courtenay says that there has been a complete abuse of process where it concerns the lands registry. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Progresso Heights Ltd. “It seems to me that we will make every effort now, between now and Wednesday […]
The murder trial for slain Pastor Llewellyn Lucas continued today in the Belmopan Supreme Court. The day’s proceedings focused on the forensics with four witnesses appearing in court. This morning, the F.B.I. analyst took the stand once again via a Skype call. The analyst was questioned about whether the D.N.A. samples collected from three of […]
The boyfriend of a Belize City woman is out on bail tonight. Both Jayelle Young and her sister, Yasmeen, claim that Trevor Brown physically abused them. Jayelle alleges that he beat and dragged her into a vehicle, sped off, and when her sister intervened to help, she too was injured on her left hand. Brown […]
Legal action is being taken against the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority for malpractice and negligence. Belize City resident Floyd Reneau says that the doctors at the K.H.M.H. failed to warn him and his common-law, fifty-four-year-old Irma Jean Marie Samuels that she had a precancerous condition. According to Reneau, Samuels was hospitalized in November 2017 […]
That wrong, Reneau says, was done by health officials at the K.H.M.H. After his attorney sent a letter to the authority, Reneau met with Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero, who just recently became familiarized with the matter. Floyd Reneau, Alleges Malpractice “I explained to them that my wife wanted to settle this […]
The deeper we dig, the more details emerge on the Sanctuary Bay saga. News Five has obtained the copy of an affidavit by Anthony Bailey; he is a resident of Dangriga. Now, Bailey is a humble man who may not have understood the international implications of the scam described as the biggest fraud to be […]
The once powerful Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources has been keeping a low profile. Gaspar Vega has missed countless meetings of the House of Representatives on behalf of the people of Orange Walk North, who elected him to represent them. Vega, it is known, did not take too well a demotion from […]
A detailed news article published by “El Pais” looks at the dark side of the Caribbean. Belize is featured in two aspects: Blue Creek, the powerful economic engine of the Mennonites and Don Luis, an immigrant who fled Belize to Mexico due to the drug trade, specifically cocaine. Belize is a transit point for international […]
A young lady was left shaken up, but fortunately escaped unhurt after a frightening accident this afternoon. Her small car was damaged when it was hit by a towhead and ended up under a trailer on Faber’s Road. Rhea Reyes unexpectedly collided with the truck which was heading to Central American Boulevard, coming from the […]
A manual combining research, field experience and good practices for providing health services to victims of human trafficking has been introduced by the Ministry of Health and the International Organization for Migration. The Caring for Trafficked Persons handbook combines collective experience from an array of experts from various international organizations, universities and civil society in […]
Phase One of a three-day train-the-trainers workshop being held by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization has concluded. The Sustainable Food Systems and Value Chain Development Project began on Monday and was facilitated by Bree Romuld of the F.A.O. The purpose of the seminar was to introduce participants to principles and […]
A group of police officers from Belize and El Salvador are participating in an eight-day training in the community policing initiative, known as the GREAT Programme. The Gang Resistance Education and Training programme targets at risk youths with a goal to prevent them from being recruited by gangs and then end tangled up in the […]
