A single gunshot ended the life of a young father this afternoon. Stephon McLaren and another unidentified individual were standing near the corners of New Road and Cleghorn Street and had just been frisked by a police officer when gunfire erupted. McLaren, who was waiting for a friend who had walked up the street to […]
The body of Derrick Ramirez was found this morning. Ramirez, a native of Dangriga, had allegedly gone missing while at Cross Caye, north of Dangriga Town on Sunday, August fourth. The events leading up to his disappearance have investigators, including Commissioner Chester Williams, extremely skeptical. Ramirez’s body was reportedly found decapitated in the GraGra Lagoon […]
The body of a U.S. national was found onboard a sailing vessel in southern Belize. On Sunday, the Belize Coast Guard discovered the vessel near Colson Caye, some eighteen miles east of Dangriga. Police say that the elderly man, seventy-one-year-old Michael Junker, was found with his documents onboard and there were no signs of violence […]
A cop in the west has been placed on interdiction after being slapped with eight counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year-old girl. Police say that last week, the minor reported the incidents and identified Constable Herman Milian. ACP Joseph Myvett told the press today that they do not have any information at this […]
The remnants of a twin-engine aircraft were discovered in the Monkey River area. According to police, the burnt airplane was found on an illegal airstrip in a pine ridge area in southern Belize. While the public believes the vestiges are that of a suspected drug plane, ACP Joseph Myvett isn’t so quick to come to […]
Police say that two workers on Long Middle Caye were drinking when one shot the other. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning when one of the workers allegedly took out a rifle that is not licensed to him and fired a shot that hit his co-worker in the chest. The injured […]
On Saturday night, eleven teenage girls absconded from the Princess Royal Youth Hostel and fled to various parts of the country. It is not clear how they were able to escape from the compound and an investigation is underway to review where the breach of security at the facility occurred. The Community Rehabilitation Department and […]
According to Williams, the department, which works under the Ministry of Human Development, does continuous training in an effort to build the capacity of its staff. Among the challenges, she says, is that persons are apprehensive of working with that population of young girls. On the Phone: Maureen Williams, Deputy Director, Community Rehabilitation Department […]
An Orange Walk resident is recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight, following a road traffic accident near the roundabout on Chetumal Street on Saturday morning. The extensively damaged Ford Excursion collided into the traffic circle damaging the decorative fencing before crashing into a fence on the right hand side of the Philip Goldson […]
Police have yet to charge someone for the stabbing death of Santa Cruz resident, twenty-four-year-old Everaldo Samayoa. He was at the Placencia Hotel and Casino on August eighth along with two of his brothers when he was fatally stabbed. A physical confrontation between the brothers and security officer, Darwin Castillo, preceded the incident. According to […]
According to Juan, he and his brothers were then leaving the casino when Castillo allegedly followed them into the parking lot and attacked them from the rear. Voice of: Juan Samayoa, Brother of Deceased “When a lady hollered at us, he is coming with a knife, run! But when she said that the security […]
Conservative Alejandro Giammattei has been elected as Guatemala’s new president in a run-off on Sunday. He defeated former first lady and social democrat, Sandra Torres. Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Council confirmed that Giammattei had about fifty-eight percent of the votes, compared to about forty-two percent for Torres. With an estimated eight million registered voters in Guatemala, […]
The United Democratic Party has set a date for its National Leadership Convention. That date is Sunday, February ninth, 2020, five months from now. The date was announced during the party’s National Party Council meeting which was held this past Saturday. The convention will take place at the Belize Civic Center where Deputy Prime Minister […]
To commemorate International Youth Day, the Department of Youth Services hosted an Open Day at all of its youth centers countrywide. The day was used to showcase services that the DYS offers to young people in Belize. Today, we stopped in at the office on Regent Street in Belize City where they launched an updated, […]
Just now you heard about the Department of Youth Services’ updated website launch. A feature on that site is the Youth Group Directory tab. It is a new online service that the DYS is offering to youth groups from across Belize to help raise their profile and connect them with young people in the area. […]
For the past four years, the Government of Belize through the Ministry of Agriculture has been working on expanding the sheep farming industry in Belize. The aim of the project is for local farmers to satisfy the demand of the multimillion-dollar market in the Caribbean and Central America. But in order to meet the required […]
The three-day sheep management workshop will also feature a day of leather tanning. Many may not know, but there is a leather cooperative out west. Its members, who are primarily farmers, are making use of the skin from cattle to generate additional income. It’s a process that takes up to eight days, but can significantly […]
Over the weekend, journalists from the country gathered for a two-day training facilitated by the Earth Journalism Network, a global community of over eight thousand reporters who cover environmental topics. As part of the training, reporters were taken to Sergeant’s Caye and Goff’s Caye where topics such as climate change, the importance of the barrier reef and […]
A day before the trip, Belizean reporters gathered in Belize City where they participated in a lively discussion with professionals. The discussion focused primarily on environmental issues including climate change, biodiversity, water, environmental health, and oceans and coastal resources. The Earth Journalism Network assists journalists through workshops and development of training materials, fellowship programs, support […]
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