Twenty-five-year-old Devaun Mascal, was gunned down in front of his house around midnight on Saturday. Mascal was with his girlfriend who escaped uninjured in the shooting. He had just exited his vehicle and was checking the battery poles of his car when a gunman opened fire hitting him multiple times and then fleeing in a […]
Coast Guard Officer Brian Orellano is tonight in trouble with the law. Orellano stands accused of hitting a woman with a handgun and firing the unlicensed firearm in public during the scary assault. The incident happened this morning at around eight o’clock inside Christina Teul’s residence in the San Martin Area of Belmopan. Teul reported […]
According to investigators, the firearm that Coast Guard Officer Brian Orellano used to hit Christian Tuel and fire was not a coast guard issued firearm and is unlicensed. In most cases, such accused persons would be facing firearm offenses which would be automatic jail time while the court prepares the case for trial. In this […]
Sixty-year-old Reginald Ruiz is tonight in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after he was hit from the rear by a police mobile. The accident happened between mile forty-four and forty-five on the George Price Highway at around five o’clock on Sunday evening. Ruiz was on a red Meilun tricycle traveling from Belmopan in the […]
According to A.C.P. Joseph Myvett, urine samples from both men will be collected and tested. Myvett says that Inspector Jones has been served with a notice of intended prosecution. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “What we know so far is that both vehicles were travelling in the same direction when the […]
There is heightened tension within the transportation industry where a final decision has not been reached on buses from Mexico and Guatemala that travel through Belize. The Belize Bus Association has devised a plan of action and is ready to put it in effect if the Ministry of Transport does not grant their requests come […]
Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber hosted a convention on Sunday at the Civic Center. While the convention was to endorse him as representative for the Collet Division, which he has won for four consecutive terms, it was more about the man who wants to succeed Prime Minister Dean Barrow as leader of the UDP. The […]
Of the thirty-one constituencies across the country, only seven were represented at Faber’s endorsement convention leading some to believe that the Deputy Prime Minister may not have been able to shore up enough political support from his colleagues in the U.D.P. While those numbers were put to him based on the four area representatives and […]
Prime Minister Barrow’s departure from office ahead of his retirement from electoral politics in November 2020 has been announced on previous occasions; however, a definitive timeline is yet to be made public. While it was previously stated that he would step down several months before the upcoming general elections to allow for his successor to […]
The official launch of the 2019 September Celebrations was held over the weekend in Punta Gorda where chair of the National September Celebrations Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber opened the month-long series of activities. Celebrated under the theme, “From Maya grandeur to modern glory, together let us shape the Belizean story”, this year’s winning […]
The murder trial against William Danny Mason and his co-accused murderers was today adjourned to Wednesday, September fourth. Two attorneys, namely Illiana Swift who is representing Terence Fernandez, and Guyanese attorney Dexter Todd, who is representing Mason, both indicated to the court that they would be absent for today’s session. Norman Rodriguez who is representing […]
A fisherman is accused of an old stabbing incident on La Isla Carinosa and tonight he is spending his first night on remand at the Belize Central Prison. This morning, Norman Gill, was arraigned before Senior Magistrate, Aretha Ford on three criminal and indictable offenses in connection with the stabbing. Gill is facing charges […]
There was a frightening home invasion at the home of a couple up north. A businessman and his wife were attacked inside their home in San Lazaro Village in the Orange Walk District by armed men. Police say it happened on Saturday night shortly before midnight. Investigations are showing that three men entered the home […]
It was back to school for thousands of pre and primary school students today. It was to have been a day to meet old friends, make new ones and get to know new teachers. For many students enrolled at the Ladyville Seventh Day Adventist Primary School in Ladyville, this was not the case. Shortly after […]
The personnel at the National Fire Service were very busy last week tackling bush fires that erupted almost all over the city. Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service Kenneth Mortis told us that all fires required excessive man power and coordinated efforts to control. As the department contained one fire to the next, their […]
Five people were confirmed dead on Abaco Island in the Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian continued on its ravaging path. The Category Four storm came to a standstill as it pummelled Grand Bahama Island all day. As many as thirteen thousand homes in the Bahamas may have been destroyed or severely damaged. Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive […]
Last Friday, the Senate passed a bill paving the way for the new National Gas Company which is made up of a partnership between the government and a group of Belizean businesses. There is ongoing debate and a lot of questions about the new company which is to succeed the Mexican group in supplying butane […]
The government’s Land Tax, Partial Remission of Areas, Bill 2019 has raised many eyebrows across the country. The bill was ratified by the Senate on Friday, and essentially it is a land amnesty programme for land taxes. The Barrow administration has written millions of millions of back taxes owed to the government. The concerning factor […]
The seventy-fourth Queen of the Bay pageant took place at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday. It was a night of beauty, elegance, eloquence and grace as seven delegates, from across the country, vied for the prestigious title of Queen of the Bay 2019/2020. After the delegates got a chance to showcase […]
September is known for its pageantry and its formalities and for the Belize Carnival Association, it is no different. What Queen of the Bay is to the tenth of September Celebrations, the King & Queen Competition is to Belize’s Carnival. This past Saturday night, the competing bands for this year’s Carnival graced the stage at […]
As we said, among the revelry, one Senior band claimed that the wrong music was played during their Queen’s performance. As Sunshine Masqueraders was performing their version of Queen Nefertiti, the music that was allegedly submitted to the Carnival Association was not cued in order for Tyesha Estrada to adequately play mas in her costume. […]
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