A firefighter was executed early on Thursday night. He was heading to his house on Welch Street, Belize City when Jiovanni Ian Lennan, was ambushed from behind by a gunman who delivered the fatal blast to his head. Lennan had just left the National Fire Service located on Cleghorn Street where he was training recruits. […]
Well-known Belize City barber and cabdriver Ursulo Mendoza, known by many as Dread or Barba, was manhandled by a pair of policemen attached to the Special Patrol Unit on Wednesday. The incident happened inside his barbershop on Mahogany Street where the officers parked in front of the establishment to conduct a search. According to Mendoza, […]
The encroachment into Belizean territory was as clear as daylight when we visited Barrio El Juda on the western border on Thursday. Guatemalan families have settled there and their community continues to grow on land that is owned by businessman Jorge Espat. Espat is of the view that the longer it takes to move the […]
Joining the trip to the western border on Thursday was firebrand activist and former COLA President Geovanni Brackett. Brackett saw the developing Guatemalan community that has been inching its way into Belizean territory. He says that Espat’s land problem is a national issue that needs the urgent attention of the Government of Belize. Geovanni […]
Nefretery Nancy Marin is the leader of the recently formed Belize People’s Front. Marin was also present during Thursday’s trip to the Barrio el Juda along Belize’s side of the border with Guatemala. Marin says that the illegal Guatemalan encroachment on Espat’s land is not a problem he can address on his own. She says […]
The government has moved to establish fix prices for the sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas known as L.P.G. beginning this Saturday. The fixed prices are to prevent predatory pricing by major importers who are said to have engaged in an act of driving prices down below the maximum ceiling for retail and wholesale of L.P.G. […]
The procurement of anti-retroviral medication for persons living with HIV/AIDS continues to be an issue for the Ministry of Health. For months the Ministry has been battling with a shortage of the medication and persons affected have been at risk. Despite receiving a shipment of drugs from Costa Rica, the ministry is still trying to […]
John and Sheldon Grinage were freed on Thursday for the murder of thirty-two-year-old Mariano Castillo. Crown Counsel Portia Staine-Ferguson entered a nolle prosequi since a witness could not be located. The trial started on weak legs since Kamisha Roches, an eyewitness and Castillo’s girlfriend at the time, recanted the statement that she gave to the […]
There is fresh information tonight in respect of a proposal by former City administrator Candice Miller to the Belize City Council. Pending an appeal, Miller has proposed to stop the crow-footing of the City Council assets upon payment by the City Council of two hundred thousand dollars in installments between November twentieth and January thirtieth […]
On Thursday, the Belize Police Department held a meeting with about twenty-five registered gun dealers in the country. That meeting, led by Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, covered a number of proposed gun control measures, which could come into effect as early next year. The amendments to the Firearms Act, which include a revision of […]
One of the issues covered during the meeting was the storage of the firearms. Commissioner of Police Williams says that remains a high priority and they continue to carry out monthly inspections to ensure that dealers meet the safety requirements. As you can recall, back in February thieves broke into firearms dealer Victor L Bryant […]
While with the Fire Chief earlier today, the media got an update on the Independence Day fire on Caye Caulker during which one person lost his life in the blaze. Elmer Chub, a mechanic from San Jose Village, Orange Walk, perished in the fire that erupted inside a two-storey commercial building, which housed Nando’s Golf […]
Fire Chief Colin Gillett was recently appointed to the position after career fire-fighter and former chief Ted Smith retired. Gillett, like Smith’s predecessors, did not move up the ranks of the department and had been seen as an outsider. Gillett has his master’s degree in Natural Resource Management and so he was asked today of […]
It is well documented that there is need for additional equipment and fire trucks for the National Fire Service to adequately fire fight in times of disasters. On Thursday, the Corozal branch of the department, which falls under the Ministry of Transport and National Emergency Management, was officially handed over a dated second hand fire […]
In the prime tourism island of San Pedro this morning, B.E.L. opened its first permanent branch office. With record tourism numbers, the utility company recognizes the need to keep up with the growing consumption of energy. Today, B.E.L. officials were on the island where there is also a demand for green energy solutions. Isani […]
Nineteen-year-old Liyan Moralez is majoring in chemistry and math at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad & Tobago. He is the Most Outstanding Candidate in this year’s CAPE examinations, having scored eight grade ones and twos. A past student of Corozal Junior College, Moralez is the winner of the Belize […]
Former Lake I U.D.P area representative Mark King on Thursday let loose questioning the quality of candidates running for high posts in the in the U.D.P. King was highly critical and says that the party has to make some changes to its recruitment process. King himself had offered to run for party chairman but his […]
Mangroves serve many important functions for coastal communities. They act as a watershed and provide storm surge protection, as well as land stabilization. They also provide habitat for fish, birds and reptiles, and also act as water filters. There is one company that wants to highlight the importance of this valuable ecosystem through educational tours. Today, […]
On November thirteenth we told you about the Belize Institute of Environmental Law and Policy concerns about the state of the Macal River. In that story, BELPO’s Candy Gonzalez made several allegations about the state of the river and claimed that hold and release of water at the dam was responsible for erosion and accumulation […]
The Belize Jaguars faced off with French Guiana on Thursday night in Belmopan in the CONCACAF Nation’s League. At the end of the ninety-minute game, Belize won two-nil. An early goal by Ian Lewis and a second goal by Deon McCaulay secured the win for Belize. You may recall, Belize was not able to travel […]
And less than twenty-four hours after that win, today the Belize Jaguars hopped on a flight to travel to Grenada. The team will spend the overnight in Miami and arrive in Grenada on Saturday. There they will face off with Grenada’s national team on Sunday in the CONCACAF Nations League tournament. Here’s what the Belize […]
So, Belize won a match on Thursday night and they have another game on Sunday in the CONCACAF Nation’s League. These games are to help qualify for the 2021 Gold Cup. Vice-President of the F.F.B. Marlon Kuylen says that Belize needs that win in Grenada. He breaks it down for us to understand where Belize […]
Turning to the local competition in volleyball, Championship Games concluded just a few minutes ago at the Civic Centre in Belize City. Belize Elementary School of Belize City and San Marcos R.C. from Cayo faced off in the final round of the national primary school championships. In the end, Belize Elementary won. In the male […]
