Commissioner Chester Williams confirmed today that there was a suspect low flying aircraft within Belize’s airspace late Monday. But he says that there is no information to suggest that the illegal airplane landed in Belize. The last known drug plane that landed in Belize was on September thirtieth, in the area of Blue Creek, Orange […]
At the start of the week, former City Council Administrator, Candice Miller started to crowfoot the assets of the Belize City Council located at its facility on the George Price Highway. According to reports, the crow-footing affected most departments and the labelled items include the sledge truck, backhoes, water truck, grader and roller…all which affect […]
Police say that the driver involved in the fatal accident that claimed the life of retired B.D.F soldier Myron Martinez is expected to be served with a notice of intended prosecution. As we reported on Wednesday night, Martinez passed away at the K.H.M.H. in the afternoon. Martinez was on the Philip Goldson Highway when he […]
This morning in Corozal District, six area representatives, including Gaspar Vega and Minister of National Security John Saldivar, were on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony to commence work on the Corozal/Sarteneja Road. We will have more on that event elsewhere in the newscast. While at the event, we took the liberty to follow up with […]
Hugo Patt’s entry into the race to fill the available posts is wholly endorsed by cabinet colleague Pablo Marin, who is also an area representative in Corozal Bay. Marin was one of over twenty area representatives and standard bearers present at John Saldivar’s campaign launch on November third. According to the Minister of Health, his […]
There is another report on Guatemalans entering illegally in Belize. Following the protest against the ban of gillnets in Dangriga on Wednesday, the Belize Network of Non-Governmental Organizations says that it is appalled at reports that non-resident fisherfolk entered the country to participate in the demonstration. Reports are that these persons entered Belize via our […]
Residents can breathe a sigh of relief tonight following an initial decision made by the Public Utilities Commission not to increase water rates for the next two years. On October first, the Belize Water Services Limited tabled an application for approval of a five-year business plan for increase to the tariffs, fees and charges for […]
According to Commission Chair, John Avery, there were several factors that were taken into consideration. An analysis of the data showed that BWSL benefited handsomely from revenues collected by between the period 2014 and 2018 and those figures were presented in the draft decision released today. John Avery, Chairman, P.U.C. “This is the first […]
In the west, a sizeable group of Guatemalan families have set up homes on land belonging to local businessman Jorge Espat. The problem has been building up for some time and today we had firsthand experience of the encroachment at Barrio el Juda where the squatters have settled so comfortably that they even have water […]
Over seventy thousand dollars was stolen from an apartment in Belize City. Quick police work led to the recovery of most of the items and four persons have been detained. Superintendent Alejandro Cowo tells us more. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Eastern Division “Mr. Edwin Beeks, a retired US Marine, residing in Belize City, […]
Police have charged three persons in connection with the robbery at J and A Store in San Ignacio. In Wednesday night’s newscast we told you about the two men who entered the business on Flaming Avenue on Tuesday afternoon and held up the proprietor. The men made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Jason Garcia and a minor were charged and arraigned for the murder of Lee Lopez. Lopez was stabbed to death in front of his home on Heron Street in Ladyville on Saturday night. Today Superintendent Alejandro Cowo shares how police were able to find the two persons responsible. Supt. Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., […]
The Garifuna Collective has carved a name for itself; recently it was recognized as number one in the Trans Global World Music Charts and is the only Belizean band that has been embarking on tours around the world. Their most recent tour took them to the stages of north and South America as well as […]
DPM Patrick Faber was also asked about Music Ambassador Shyne Barrow who was notably absent from the Garifuna Collective Award ceremony today. It is known that DPM Patrick Faber and the Mesopotamia standard bearer have not been seeing eye-to-eye; in fact, the prime minister’s son has gone on record to throw his support behind Belmopan […]
Ahead of the CSEC and CAPE award ceremonies to be held on November twenty-ninth in Independence, the media asked Minister of Education Patrick Faber about the outstanding performances by students at the Corozal Junior College and Edward P. Yorke High School. While there is room for improvement, Faber says that the government is pleased with […]
There is a report that a Xiabe resident and student from Corozal Junior College died after contracted dengue. This is the second student in the past two weeks who has reportedly died as a result of dengue. On November fifth, fourteen-year-old Sacred Heart College student Jennifer Moreno died at the K.H.M.H., twenty-four hours after she […]
In February of this year, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams met with the gun dealers in the country to discuss stronger gun control measures. In that meeting, there were several recommendations made and today twenty-five of the gun dealers met again with the ComPol to review the progress made with a view to have some […]
During that meeting, another issue that was discussed was the issuing of gun license. Commissioner Williams says that the licenses will change, but another big change will be that all those licensed gun holders will have to become certified in order to be able to have a gun. They will be required to know and […]
So, all those changes and what are gun dealers saying? Well, at today’s meeting, the President of the National Gun Dealers Association says that for the most part they are willing to meet the Police Department halfway. President of the association Mark King says that they understand the bigger picture of gun control but it […]
With a fifty million dollar loan from the government of Taiwan, the ground breaking took place today of a stretch of twenty-seven miles of road from Corozal to Sarteneja. The event brought out a number of Ministers as well as the Taiwanese Ambassador to Belize. The work is expected to be competed in more than […]
There is more on the leadership race of the U.D.P., when we caught up with Mark King today in Belmopan, we asked him about his thoughts on the leadership race. According to King, he is neither here nor there when it comes to the two candidates and he would support whoever wins but he believes […]
And while Mark King thinks it is too early to tell who will win that race, he says he has a problem with the quality of the candidates that the U.D.P has fielded. According to King, the party needs a lot of shaking up because several persons running don’t make for the honourable title. Here’s […]
Mental health disorders can affect just about any person; the issue took centre stage recently when two persons lost their lives at the hands of persons diagnosed with mental health illness. Today, an organization was officially launched that seeks to connect persons who may be going through anxiety, depression, stress and the like with professional […]
Martine King says that statistics show that suicides rates are higher than ever, rates of depression and anxiety because attention is not being placed on mental health. The non-profit organization wants to advocate for persons by providing as many resources that have to do about mental wellness. Since establishing Mind Health Connect, there are persons […]
Stress, anxiety, pain management, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder – that would be a shortlist of all the things that are said to be remedied by the mindfulness practice. The booming interest in this form of meditation is hard to miss, and even here in Belize, it is also taken root. In tonight’s Healthy […]
