There were two deadly incidents over the weekend that appear to be the results of domestic violence. The first occurred on Saturday evening in the Maxboro Community where Farah Bonner resides with her twenty-five-year-old daughter. They were at home with Bonner’s common-law husband, Dean Halliday, when the couple got into an argument. During the struggle, […]
Guilty of murder, that’s the verdict handed down in the High Court earlier today in a matter involving thirty-three-year-old Marlon Everett. In the courtroom of the newly appointed Justice Candace Nanton, it was explained that the case against Everett was based on identification by the Crown’s main witnesses, one of whom was only fourteen years […]
An investigation into the death of thirty-two-year-old Leslie Verde continues. Verde was found dead in her home in Caye Caulker Village on Saturday morning. She was found unresponsive by her daughter who, with the help of her uncle, rushed Verde to the health center where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The police department has […]
Asian businessman Jian Kun Huang pleaded guilty to a mischievous act when he appeared before the lower court today. The thirty-one-year-old resident of Blue Marlin Drive reported to police that his 2015 Nissan Murano had been stolen on September twenty-ninth, 2023. He informed officers that the vehicle, valued at eleven thousand dollars, was parked in […]
Inclement weather over the weekend force the closure of schools across the country today. It followed the passage of a weather system over the region that brought with it approximately ten inches of rainfall since Friday. In Belize City, several streets were inundated. Along the Philip Goldson highway, a number of properties were also under […]
According to the Chief Meteorologist, the inclement weather that is affecting the country will continue to Tuesday before we see some improvement. Ronald Gordon, Chief Meteorological Officer “So the area of low pressure, of course, has already moved across Central America, but the moisture in its wake continues and we also have a moist […]
And because the rains kept on coming down over the weekend, it created flash flooding in certain areas of the country. Luckily this time, everyone seemed to have heeded the advisories that NEMO has been issuing. Many also took the necessary measures to either move out of the flood-prone areas in time, or stayed away […]
All the ferries across the Belize River in Cayo District had to be closed over the weekend, including the Baking Pot Ferry, the Xunantunich Ferry, and the Iguana Creek Bridge. The low-lying wooden bridge also had to be closed on Sunday, as the waters continued to rise. And because the weather forecast calls for even […]
Since the People’s United Party opened up the opportunity for interested supporters to enter the race to select a slate for municipal elections, it has been a mad rush. There were twenty-three applications that were accepted to fill just nine positions. Two of those seats were already endorsed, Bernard Wagner as mayoral candidate and Allan […]
As we reported earlier, the P.U.P. rented the ground spaces at the Belize Elementary School compound on Princess Margaret Drive to hold its councilor candidate convention on Sunday. But part of that agreement also included utilizing the schools’ IT capabilities in the way it conducted the voting. Unlike voting during the actual municipal or general […]
While he has been endorsed as a councilor candidate, Allan Pollard, who is actually the deputy mayor, had applied to the P.U.P. to run against Mayor Bernard Wagner. But the party decided to endorse Wagner, thereby nullifying all the applications that were submitted to run against Wagner. Pollard had said publicly that the party would […]
Belize Water Services Limited has issued a public notice on water conservation. The utility company has also issued a similar advisory for customers to boil water before consumption. Earlier today, B.W.S. informed customers in areas experiencing flooding, particularly those connected to San Ignacio/Santa Elena distribution system that one of its pumps has burnt out and […]
The Israel-Hamas war continues on the other side of the world. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since Hamas attacked Israel on October seventh has surpassed ten thousand. Israeli air attack damaged the solar panel roof of Gaza’s largest hospital, as officials say medical services across […]
Joining Shoman was Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, who has served as Belize’s Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Smith and Shoman shared their views on the Israel-Hamas war. As we mentioned, Belize, like many other countries and organizations, is calling for a humanitarian ceasefire. Thousands of Palestinians, including children, have been killed by Israel’s […]
