An urgent meeting took place all afternoon in Orange Walk Town involving La Inmaculada School and the Ministries of Health, Environment and Education. The school is located near the New River; over a thousand students are enrolled. There are health concerns that the children will fall ill since they are being subjected to the stench […]
Coast Guard Officer, Brian Orellana, is behind bars tonight. He has been criminally charged for allegedly attacking Christina Teul, hitting her with a handgun and firing the weapon. Orellana was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of wounding and one count of discharging a firearm in public. He stands accused of appearing […]
In November 2018 the remains of twenty-two-year-old Roaring Creek resident Oswald Arnold were found. He had been missing for six months and presumed murdered. Arnold’s remains were found along the Belize River in Teakettle. The cause for his death was never determined due to the advanced state of decomposition and investigators confirmed then that his […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Rafael Usher, known to friends and family as Ragga, succumbed to gunshot injuries he received on July thirty-first. The Arlington Drive resident was shot on Central American Boulevard that Wednesday night and remained hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. until Tuesday when he passed away. Usher was accosted by two persons on a motorcycle, who opened […]
There was a hit and run incident on Central American Boulevard this morning where a man riding a bicycle in the vicinity of Joe’s Meat Shop was struck by a vehicle travelling in the same direction towards the Cemetery Road Roundabout. The identity of the driver of the vehicle is not confirmed but he failed […]
Well-known criminal figure, Brandon Taylor, was arrested for attempting to cross into the U.S. But this morning he was convicted in abscentia on two criminal offenses of unlicensed kept firearm and ammunition. The charges stem from an incident in 2017 when Taylor was reportedly seen walking into a yard, stooping down and placing a Taurus […]
Forty-five-year-old Bartolo Shish, a businessman of San Antonio, Cayo, has been charged with forcible abduction and sexual assault. Shish reportedly abducted a minor on Friday, August twenty-third as she was making her way by the Welcome Center in San Ignacio. The terrified minor recounted to authorities that Shish took her to Belize City in his black […]
A statutory instrument signed by Minister of Transport Edmond Castro came into effect earlier today allowing for only one regular bus run per day from each bus line entering Belize and returning to Mexico and Guatemala. It comes on the heels of an agreement between the Belize Bus Association and government, in light of concerns […]
While the statutory instrument has been signed into effect, Castro also expressed concerns over bus operators not living up to an agreement in which they promised to upgrade their buses, as well as their transportation operations. Edmund Castro, Minister of Transport “I was also the same minister that met with them and standardized the […]
Huge mats of sargassum continue to gently make its way into this region and ultimately to pristine beaches. The sight and the smell of sargassum have negatively impacted tourist hotspots in the country. The invasive brown algae is causing harm on local ecosystem. In Belize the sargassum has slowly crept on to several beaches in […]
The Department of the Environment and the United Kingdom Center for Environment, and Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, and the Commonwealth Litter Programme have put together a Marine Action Litter Plan for Belize to address the issue of scattered trash at sea. This morning the plan was unveiled to the public at a brief ceremony at […]
Since it was tabled in the House of Representatives and read through in its entirety on August sixteenth, the passage of the National Liquefied Petroleum Gas Project Bill has raised serious concerns. Skeptics, including the opposition and the Belize Business Bureau, believe that the new legislation paves the way for a monopoly company to control […]
According to Canton, while the price of wholesale L.P.G. will be regulated, the Bureau of Standards will be responsible for ensuring that the cost of butane at the retail level remains affordable. Isani Cayetano “So at the depot, all the players are going to be purchasing LPG at the same wholesale cost, however, if […]
On Monday our news team travelled along with a group to Graham Creek. The journey took them on the Sarstoon and then onto Graham Creek by boat. But, as has been established, locals are encouraged to report to the B.D.F base where they record names and other particulars for persons who wish travel beyond the […]
On Monday, it was Dennis Garbutt’s first time in Graham Creek. While he has worked all his life in the waters in southern Belize, he says he had never ventured into the village before. He says that while the hardship he witnessed must change, he also saw hope and potential in the village. Garbutt says […]
Turning to the leadership fight in the U.D.P….Patrick Faber has launched his bid for leadership of the party. That convention is set for February of next year. Faber already has a number of colleagues who have openly supported him. But then there are those new comers, like Dennis Garbutt, who are not elected but who […]
The Rotary Club Sunrise Belize and Puma partnered for a scholarship programme that this year will benefit twenty-five students. Today, five of the students: Juan Norales, Carlos Norales, Alexia Murillo, Kurt CutKelvin, who have been admitted to Anglican Cathedral College, were officially awarded their educational grant. A small ceremony was held at the Saint John’s […]
A Cuban artist has painted a huge, colourful mural in Majestic Alley, Belize City. The public painting, inspired by faces and the tropical climate of Cuba and Belize, was done by visiting Cuban painter Carlos Rafael Gonzalez Barban. It was organized by artist Gilvano Swasey. Today, Swasey spoke with the media to share the artist’s […]
There was an incident during last Friday’s carnival motorcade in which a young child and others were injured. The National Committee for Families and Children says it is appalled at the incident mindful that September is the month when children look forward to a wide array of national events that teach them about their heritage; […]
It’s carnival season; it all leads to the anticipated Road March this Saturday starting from the Central American Boulevard and ending at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex in the City. It means that mas camps are all geared up. Titans showed off its splendor last week but it is not competing so on Tuesday night […]
