A shocking discovery was made this morning just after eight o’clock in the village of Succotz located near Benque Viejo de Carmen. The lifeless body of a fifty-six-year-old man was found and identified as that of Juan De La Cruz Carrias. The construction worker met a gruesome and brutal death. He was chopped and stabbed […]
A salesman from Cayo is in big trouble with the law tonight. That is because his boss, also from Cayo, is reporting that he stole more than seventy thousand dollars worth of Ruffo dog food. It all came to light when another employee informed the owner of Recinos that while selling the dog food to […]
A hasty land transaction that appears questionable to many in Belmopan is raising eyebrows and causing outrage. A few weeks ago the Belmopan City Council gave the order to de-reserve a large portion of land along the Phillip Goldson Boulevard. The land was reserved for expansion of the boulevard but the council decided to survey […]
There is no need to panic at this point says the National Emergency Management Organization. Out of precaution, NEMO issued an advisory earlier today informing that it is monitoring the potential for development of a broad low pressure area near Belize. The system, should it form over the weekend, is expected to move westward toward […]
According to the NEMO advisory, should the prediction change for the worse, all factors considered, Belize can be facing a significant threat by Tuesday. Nonetheless, Chief Met Officer Cumberbatch reiterated that nothing has formed thus far. Catherine Cumberbatch, Chief Meteorologist “No system has formed so far. There is no tropical depression, there is no […]
Leslie Pipersburgh and Patrick Robateau are two convicts who have now been given a fixed sentence for a double murder. Both received a sentence of thirty-five years, less ten years already served, leaving the duo to serve twenty-five more years to take effect from April, 2011, the date when they were convicted of the double […]
In 2014, Vitalino Reyes Junior was badly beaten when his father and another well-known operator were having differences in the cave tubing business. The violent incident made the news for days. The heavy competition sparked a huge war between the son and others working for the competing company. Today, the case came crashing down at […]
Immigration Clerk Sheree Flores escaped a charge today. Another clerk, Ann Smith pressed charges of harm against Flores who then entered a counter charge of common assault against Smith. The charges on both women were dropped when the matter went before Chief Magistrate Sharon Frazer. Frazer adviced the women to settle the cases out of […]
Inspector of Police David McKoy was today called to the bar. It is a significant accomplishment for the young officer who says that he is better equipped to serve the Police Department. McKoy’s journey spanned over eight years from his days at Wesley Junior College to Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica. McKoy says he’ll […]
Techy students from the Belize High School are stepping up their game; they are taking part in a global competition in robotics. The students have built a robot, aptly called Sea Empress, which has the potential to multi-task to clean up litter in the ocean. Teams from close to two hundred countries will also be […]
A top heavy delegation is on a visit to Taiwan signalling the strength of relations with that country that has been shaken by the loss of two allies in recent times. The delegation includes. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Patrick Faber, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Manuel Heredia and Minister of Transport […]
Belize will soon see the establishment of industrial hemp production. The Attorney General’s Ministry has been working on the legal framework that will help to regulate the industry. But, hemp, like its relative marijuana, is not without controversy. Some quarters believe that hemp, like marijuana, may have negative effects on humans. But supporters of the […]
Phase two of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative known as BIOFIN was launched today. In 2016, the Government launched the first phase which consisted of four assessments such as a policy and institutional review, and the financial needs assessment. The second phase aims to provide direction and implementation of identified finance solutions contained within the Biodiversity […]
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales addressed the General Debate at the seventy-fourth, General Assembly of the United Nation earlier this month for the last time before demitting office. The outgoing Guatemala President spoke on the relations between Guatemala and Belize. That issue also formed part of the presentation by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington. Elrington told the […]
Morales devoted much of his speech and time bashing the United Nations-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Last year, President Jimmy Morales did not approve the renewal of the mandate and expelled the commissioners of the CICIG which has brought down a Guatemalan president and vice president, as well as other high-ranking officials. […]
