C.J.C. Celebrates Students’ Outstanding Performance on CAPE Exams
On Tuesday, the names of this year’s brilliant students were released. We start with Liyan Moralez and Randel Pate; both are at the University of the West Indies Saint Augustine [...]
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The Top Scorers for the 2019 CSEC Exams
On November twenty-ninth in Independence Village in the south, Moralez and pate will be honoured along with some four hundred plus students including those who sat the CSEC. Edward P. [...]
Guatemalans Squat in Barrio de Juda, Cayo
Encroachments by Guatemalans are well-known within the Chiquibul. But now, embolden Guatemalan nationals are setting up permanent structures closer to the western border and well within Belizean territory. For years, [...]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,Miscellaneous,People & Places | Comments Off
Ministry of National Security Says Guatemalan Squatters Have Ceased Illegal Construction
Espat wrote to the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pat Andrews on the issue of Guatemalan squatting on his land. Espat tells Andrews that he has waited four [...]
Written on November 12, 2019 | Posted in Featured,Foreign Affairs,Miscellaneous,People & Places | Comments Off
CitCo Files Application to Appeal the Candice Miller Decision
On Monday, the Belize City Council filed an application to appeal a decision handed down by Justice Courtney Abel on October fourth, in favour of former city administrator Candice Miller. [...]
Is Candice Miller Playing Chess with CitCo?
Upon exiting the Supreme Court victorious on the evening of October fourth, attorney Magali Perdomo, who represents Miller in the wrongful termination suit, reiterated the fact that a contract, in [...]
CitCo’s Assets at Works Department are Crow-footed in Lieu of Payment
With an application for appeal setting the backdrop for CitCo’s next move, has a preemptive strike by Miller to crowfoot its assets, backed City Hall into a corner? Here’s how [...]
Repairs on Swing Bridge Gone into Overtime
The historic Swing Bridge in the heart of the city is undergoing repairs to ensure the safety of thousands of pedestrians who traverse the bridge every day. But the state [...]
The Top Scorers of the 2019 CSEC & CAPE Exams
The National Awards Ceremony takes place later this month in the south. The ceremony will recognize students that excelled in the CSEC regional exams and the CAPE. Students from the [...]
Candice Crowfoots CitCo
Late this evening, bailiffs rolled into City Hall’s compound on the George Price Highway where the council’s heavy equipment are kept to crowfoot its assets. Candice Miller reportedly filed an [...]
Ladyville Man Chopped, Stabbed to Death
The life of Lee “Bambino” Lopez was cut short on Sunday night in Ladyville, Belize District. Lee was hanging out with three persons he knew, on the street in front [...]
An Orange Walk Resident is Brutally Stabbed in Carillo Puerto, Quintano Roo
Tonight a Belizean, forty-year-old Carlos Cirilo Chayash is recovering in a hospital in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico after being stabbed on Sunday morning. Mexican [...]
Four Persons Injured in Weekend Shooting in the City
In the city, four persons, including a nineteen-year-old female, were shot and injured over the weekend. Gunshots rang out on Friday night on Neal Pen Road where Lemar Lamb and [...]
Myron Martinez Comatosed After Crashing Into House on a Trailer
A Ladyville resident is clinging to life at the K.H.M.H. Myron Martinez was involved in an accident as he headed home on Saturday morning. He collided into a trailer transporting [...]
Non-Fatal Traffic Accident in St. Matthews Village
There was a road traffic accident in Saint Matthews Village on Sunday night. Police were called out to miles thirty-eight and thirty-nine on the George Price Highway where they observed [...]
#It’sAllAboutTheBase – Patrick Faber Targets Delegates
In political news, two weeks ago, the U.D.P.’s Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar brought out thousands of supporters, including many of his political colleagues, for the launch of his leadership [...]
Written on November 11, 2019 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | Comments Off
Missing Man Found Dead
Missing teen, Jaswant Brooks has been found. He was murdered and dumped in some shallow waters in a patch of mangroves off the George Price Highway. As we’ve reported, eighteen-year-old [...]
Alrick Carcamo is Gunned Down by Masked Man
Twenty-nine-year old Alrick Carcamo was shot after eight o’clock on Thursday night but his lifeless body was not found until two years later in the south side of the City. [...]
E.U. Removes Belize from Tax Haven Blacklist
Belize has been removed from the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions following a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union which was held in Brussels today. [...]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | Comments Off
Get Your Popcorn and Enjoy the Show, says Opposition Leader
The ruling United Democratic Party is gearing up to select its new leader and the process is causing a major rift within the party. Belmopan Area Representative John Saldivar is [...]
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Gapi Still Reaping Ministerial Benefits Two Years After Resigning
Orange Walk North Area Representative Gaspar Vega continues to enjoy all allowances made available to him by the Government of Belize, despite no longer being assigned a portfolio. Since he [...]
Written on November 8, 2019 | Posted in Featured,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | Comments Off
John Briceño Wants Gaspar Vega to Return to Electoral Politics
Opposition Leader John Briceño has also commented on the re-emergence of Gaspar Vega, his political opponent in the north. Vega appeared on Sunday in support of John Saldivar at Saldivar’s [...]
Attorney Greg Ch’oc is Called to the Bar
At the Supreme Court this morning, the well-known former executive director of SATIIM, Gregory Ch’oc was called to the bar. Ch’oc gained national prominence for his work to promote the [...]
Have You Seen Jaswant Brooks?
The Belize Coastguard and police searched the area of Burton Creek on the George Price Highway looking for eighteen-year-old Jaswant Brooks. Brooks, who is now missing for more than forty-eight [...]
Coast Guard Officers Search for Missing Man
A search for the missing Belize City youth proved fruitless this morning. C.I.B. requested the assistance of the Belize Coast Guard to conduct a search at Burdon Canal along the [...]
