Two murders were recorded in less than seventy-two hours in Toledo District. On Saturday morning, as Punta Gorda Police responded to a call of a burglary near the dump site just outside of town, they discovered the mutilated body of a Jalacte resident under a bus shed. Macario Ical was chopped to the hands and […]
This afternoon, reports surfaced of yet another murder in the southernmost district of Toledo; this time, in Eldridgeville. Information to our newsroom is that police visited a house in that community and discovered the body of a man, who has since been identified as Anthony Brown Junior, a retired teacher of Cerro Road. News Five […]
There was also loss of life in the west over the weekend. In a freak accident, around nine-thirty p.m. on Friday, police were called to a work site just outside of Georgeville on the George Price Highway, between miles sixty and sixty-one. William Orellana, a forty-five-year-old resident of a Benque Viejo, was standing between a […]
Four men and a minor will be spending Christmas behind bars after they were arraigned late this afternoon for attempted murder. Delroy Flowers, Bernard Lynch, Oliver Solis, Clive Stanford and a minor appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser where they were charged with unlawful imprisonment, attempted murder and dangerous harm upon Dorian August. Solis and […]
A most disturbing report of the rape of a minor was made over the weekend in Belize City. The sixteen-year-old girl says she was beaten and raped by a taxi driver on Friday night, after she missed the last bus to Dangriga. According to the report, the minor got in a cab and asked to […]
The upper house met this morning in a final session for 2019, to vote on the passage of legislation having to do with a slew of motions, including international banking. Today’s senate meeting succeeds a sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday where a number of these proposed laws were initially tabled. The International […]
The establishment of a Deposit Insurance Corporation, as well as a Deposit Insurance Fund, was also brought before parliament for second reading. The purpose of that piece of legislation is to provide protection for insured deposits against the risk of loss within an insured limit. Senator Aldo Salazar explains that the new scheme is not […]
The issue of its effect, if any, on existing domestic interest rates was also raised by the opposition. Senator, Doctor Louis Zabaneh referred to interest rates from a decade ago to draw an illustration. While interest rates are pretty much the same since 2009, they are still considerably higher than in other economies. Dr. […]
Since retiring from the Belize Coast Guard a few weeks ago, Rear Admiral John Borland has not returned to private life. In fact, he is preparing for a new post as an advisor to the National Security Council chaired by Prime Minister Barrow. His appointment, nonetheless, has to get the stamp of approval from both […]
In his capacity as Chief of Defense Staff, Rear Admiral Borland will serve at the satisfaction of Prime Minister Barrow, but he will not have a working mandate to oversee the affairs of the Belize Defense Force or Coast Guard. He will, however, act as a security advisor to the Government of Belize via the […]
Senator Godwin Hulse, whose son was arrested and charged last week for an alleged domestic violence offense, addressed the upper chamber on adjournment today. He spoke of the incident involving Kenzle Hulse and Nicole Usher, as well as the impact it has had on their daughter. He also condemned the social media post in which […]
A police constable and a B.D.F. corporal were shot by suspected contrabandistas on the Rio Hondo River in Santa Cruz Village, Orange Walk District. Around eight-thirty p.m. on December twenty-second, a joint security patrol was traversing the bank of the river when they spotted three men in a canoe with flashlights on the other side […]
Two groups of U.S. nationals were robbed on the north end of San Pedro on Friday morning. Visitor Paul Maurl reported that around ten a.m., he and his family left a resort in San Pedro to go fishing on the northern tip of the island. On their return to the resort, four masked men armed […]
In Belize City, security guard Denzel Halliday was also robbed of over a hundred and fifty dollars while on duty at the Belize District Education Centre on Mahogany Street Extension. Halliday reported to police that around three a.m. on December twenty-first, three men, one armed with a knife, entered the compound and held him up. […]
The ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption by Belize in 2016 was commemorated earlier this month, amid criticism that government hasn’t done much by moving the process forward. It is a position held by several organizations, including the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This morning, Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte whose office is […]
Sean Arnold, who recently became a father, will have to find money for more than just pampers after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled drug. Today, before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser, he pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug. The Chief Magistrate ordered him to pay two hundred and fifty dollars, plus five […]
Also in court was Steven Mejia. He recently pleaded guilty to being a member of a gang, but today he was hauled before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser for a charge of burglary, for which he pleaded not guilty. Mejia was offered bail in the sum of three thousand dollars, plus one surety. The incident occurred […]
Throughout the year, Belize Electricity Limited contributes to several initiatives in which employees volunteer to assist schools, churches, and other organizations across the country. During the month of December, a number of activities are done with focus on the vulnerable, elderly population across the country, as well as Christmas programmes. Most recently, the utility company […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
