A U.S. national was murdered in the bedroom of his house on the Benque Viejo del Carmen Road on Tuesday night. The man detained in the bizarre murder is the ex of Robert Hurley’s common-law-wife. He is David Valencia, who police say was employed by Hurley and is now in police custody. Hurley and twenty-seven-year-old […]
Two cops are in trouble with the law and are facing charges of extortion. Police was quick to act and the officers were arraigned today in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court. Corporal Raymundo Carillo and Police Constable Marlon Triminius are accused of extracting one hundred dollars from a motorist who was not carrying on him a […]
On June fourth, Prime Minister Dean Barrow released a pre-recorded video statement announcing the launch of a thirty-million U.S.-dollar treasury note. The PM said it is the first-of-its-kind Central Bank initiative that aims to fix Belize’s foreign exchange woes. Barrow said that the monetary instrument is a special offering with a tenor of five years and […]
Opposition Leader John Briceño says he was left in the dark on the treasury note and that Prime Minister Dean Barrow failed to discuss it with the National Oversight Committee or with members of the Economic Oversight Team. With debt at record levels, Briceño says that the note raises many questions and concerns, including what […]
The government’s U.S. thirty-million-dollar treasury note is a means to attract much needed foreign exchange. The aim, according to the PM, is to attract Belizeans who hold U.S. dollar accounts overseas to “relocate this capital to a safe, fixed-income asset of the highest credit quality available in Belize.” According to the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, […]
On Tuesday night, you heard about the financial troubles of the owners of night clubs that remain closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. On the entertainment strip on Princess Margaret Drive, the once booming businesses are facing loss of income and possibly permanent closure. Food vending and other small businesses owned by enterprising individuals remain […]
Earlier this week, the Belize Tourism Industry Association commenced a polling exercise among its members to determine their position regarding the reopening of the Philip Goldson International Airport. The survey also required participants to share their views on the medical safeguards that should be put in place once the P.G.I.A. is reopened to reduce the […]
A group of Belizeans was repatriated into the country today. About fifteen Belizeans entered through the northern border with Mexico. We understand that they flew from Houston in the U.S. to Cancun before touching down in Chetumal. They arrived this morning and were met by Ministry of Health and Foreign Affairs officials. The repatriates were […]
Two armed men walked into a store in Corozal Town on Tuesday night, held up the cashier and made away with the money in the register. The robbers also robbed and assaulted two customers inside the grocery store. The brazen robbery lasted about a minute and it was all caught on camera. Police are looking […]
General elections were generally expected to be held in November of this year, but the global COVID-19 pandemic has put the plans of the political parties on pause. The ruling United Democratic Party has yet to elect a new leader after the John Saldivar rein of three days. The Prime Minister has stated the date […]
Former Leader of the People’s United Party and current Fort George area representative, Said Musa is recovering. The veteran politician and two-time Prime Minister suffered a mild stroke in early May. The seventy-six-year-old was hospitalized for some days and his son, Henry Charles Usher, today assured the nation that Musa is on the road to a […]
Tonight, the operators of the B.B.O.C. are calling on the Ministry of Transport to intervene in what they say is an unlawful run being operated out of the Belize City Bus Terminal en route to the northern districts. Ewart Metzgen says that a bus line called “B.T.S.” is chartered to transport police officers back and […]
The Rio Hondo continues to rise tonight, as flooding within the Albion island areas, Douglas Village and downstream. According to the Hydrology Unit’s report, flood warning remains in effect for other communities along the river. It points out that the Blue Creek sub catchment of the Rio Hondo remains above the historically recorded hurricane Mitch […]
Three weeks ago we took you to the border village of Arenal in the west. Because half of the village is in Belize and the other half lies in Guatemala, the people move back and forth freely. But during a time of pandemic it is of big concern and there is still movement of Guatemalans […]
The Government’s Unemployment Relief Programme was closed off to the public on April twenty-fourth, less than a month after it was launched. More than eighty thousand applications were received and a little more than fifty percent of that number was approved. However, those who were approved have been complaining that they have not received any […]
The International Monetary Fund has been advising the government for years that there is a need for pension reform, cutting down on the wage bill and retrenchment in the public sector. PM Dean Barrow has managed to dodge those economic prescriptions. The Prime Minister has said that the IMF and IFIs will extract their pound […]
COVID case number twenty was recorded on Tuesday here in Belize, but in Guatemala the latest numbers show almost eight thousand confirmed cases and three hundred dead. And one of those deaths is suspected to include the head of the Guatemalan Immigration in Melchor. He is said to have died suddenly and the community there […]
The National Sports Council has gotten creative and is using the media to reach out to children who are stuck at home during the state of emergency. It’s called P.E. in the living room and various well-known athletes from across the country are hosting videos that teach children physical education by engaging in fun activities […]
Salary cuts have been an ongoing exercise across most companies and quasi-government agencies. Earlier this week, the National Sports Council informed its employees that their monthly grant from the Ministry of Sports had been reduced by forty percent. Of an estimated one hundred and ninety thousand dollars that is earmarked for salaries and other expenses […]
