The Espat family from San Pedro is asking for justice after one of their own was gunned down while fishing at sea on Saturday. Jerry Espat and three of his siblings were diving and fishing near Cangrejo Caye, about five miles south of Ambergris Caye when they were attacked by gunmen in two boats. Several […]
The first murder for the weekend occurred on Friday night in the village of Lord’s Bank in Belize District. A man was stabbed multiple times; his cries for help were heard by residents who came out to find his on the street, gasping for air. Police were called in and arrived on the scene, but […]
Last Thursday we reported to you how the body of Geoffrey Crawford was discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area of Biscayne Village. A short distance away was his red SUV that also went missing from his house, located at the entrance to Crooked Tree Village. On Friday, police arrested and charged a […]
Last Friday, there was a fatal traffic accident between miles forty-three and forty-four on the Southern Highway. Rafael Ortiz was travelling on a motorcycle which was involved in a collision with a pickup truck driven at the time by Ramon Caserez. Reports are that Caserez was overtaking a tractor on the highway and came in […]
All weekend people were wondering about the curfew and today they got their answer. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reverted to the previous curfew hours of nine p.m. to four a.m. The release further states that restaurants, saloons, diners and other similar establishments allowed to operate may offer dine-in services by reservation only. […]
The Prime Minister was ebullient this weekend after what he describes as a very productive five days of meetings in Mexico, as guest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Among the mutually beneficial projects he says they discussed were bringing the Tren Maya close to the Belize border and hooking up San Pedro directly to […]
And following the state visit to Mexico, more COVID-19 vaccines arrived from the Mexican government for Belizeans. This latest shipment of one hundred thousand is added to a previous shipment in June of the same amount. A representative of the Mexican government was in Belize for the handing over this weekend. Minister Michel Chebat says […]
If you have not gotten vaccinated and have been wondering how you will afford to take COVID tests so you can negative results at your work or to access public buildings? Well you will be relieved to know there are now two new testing centers that will be offering free tests. Yes, that is right, […]
The Investigative Consortium of Investigate Journalism’s Pandora Papers was big news this weekend after a two year investigation by more than six hundred journalists across one hundred and fifty news outlets sifted through millions of confidential records from offshore services. According to the ICIJ website, the analysis revealed nine hundred and fifty six companies in […]
According to the Pandora Papers, one undated log identifies tax evader David R Hinkson, convicted in Idaho in 2005 of politicizing the murders of a federal prosecutor, a judge and an IRS agent. The log also reportedly identifies Martin Zarcadoolas, who pleaded guilty in 2000 to helping the Colombo crime family with its South Florida […]
At least three families, including six children, are homeless tonight after the houses they were occupying on Albert Street went up in smoke this morning. It happened in the vicinity of Birds Isle where Marcia Usher and her family reside. Despite all efforts by the National Fire Service to contain the blaze, two structures were […]
There was also a fire at the Tu’Kan Foam Factory over the weekend. On Saturday morning, a fire broke inside the factory at mile thirteen on the George Price Highway, destroying two concrete buildings on the property. Efforts were made to extinguish the fire, but it quickly got out of control. Fire personnel were called […]
There was a shooting in Belize City on Saturday that has left one man injured. But police say that information is sparse because the victim, Lyndon Sinclair has not given the police a statement. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Mister Sinclair was ferried to K.H.M.H. on Saturday with an apparent gunshot […]
On Tuesday, Jasmine Hartin’s case heads back to court in San Pedro. The Canadian woman is facing charges of manslaughter by negligence in the death of Police Superintendent Henry Jemmott in late May. She is also facing a charge of common assault against an employee of Grand Colony where she resided before the death. Tuesday’s […]
The Ministry of Education has granted approval for only a few schools, at various academic levels that meet specific requirements, to be reopened whenever they are ready to do so. Having set October fourth as the date for the resumption of hybrid instructions, a combination of onsite and remote learning, applications were submitted to the […]
According to the CEO, the approach to reopening schools, notwithstanding the surge in COVID numbers, is an inclusive process that takes into account the views of parents, as well as teachers, school administrators and managing authorities. Dian Maheia, CEO, Ministry of Education “Starting today, we aren’t delaying any longer. Our delay was for the […]
Three of the world’s biggest applications, Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook were down for the most part of the day. But the outages reveal that during the COVID19 pandemic era, many businesses have moved online, some now solely reliant on their social media traffic. So has this latest blackout exposed a grim reality of how fragile […]
