Leaked Phone Conversation Reveals Shady Actions for Voters’ Transfers
It was the last day for voter transfers before the next general elections so today; there was a frenzy of activities across the country to get voters registered in new [...]
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Last Day of Transfers Has Political Parties in Overdrive
Still on the issue of transfers, cases of suspect transfer of voters are challenged in court by opposing political representatives. The problem lies with verification of addresses; this is to [...]
Shyne Barrow – He Will Run for Office on November 4th
The Prime Minister’s son and U.D.P.’s Standard Bearer for Mesopotamia, Shyne Barrow appears to have let the cat out of the bag. In a video recording, Shyne is heard saying [...]
Minister Aragon Says He is Not One to Follow Gossip
Shyne Barrow has been in a privileged position and may know more than the U.D.P. ministers because today we asked Minister Elodio Aragon Junior about the specific date for general [...]
OJ Elrington Says November 4th is a Convenient Date
And while Elodio Aragon Junior is not listening to the noises to the noises in the market, Orson OJ Elrington says that November fourth is a convenient date. Elrington will [...]
Last Call for Voter Transfers, Thousands Line Up Across the Country
Here in Belize City, the machineries of the two major political parties made a last big push to get voters on the list for the general elections due in November. [...]
COVID-19 Cases Soars over 1,000!
Belize’s COVID-19 cases have jumped dramatically the one thousand mark. To close the month of August, =the number of confirmed cases stands at one thousand and seven, which means cases [...]
13th COVID-19 Death is Belize City Woman in her Fifties
Over the weekend, a thirteenth patient died from COVID-19 related complications. DHS Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that the Belize City resident was intubated for more than two weeks at the [...]
Can Rapid Tests Be Used for Mass Testing in Belize?
Last week Friday, Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced that Belize will be using the Abbot Rapid Test which will be rolled out for the P.G.I.A. reopening on October first. Today, [...]
Another Multimillion Dollars Judgment Handed Down Against Sanctuary Bay Defendants
The Sanctuary Bay saga was back before the U.S. courts late last week. A default judgment was entered on August twenty-eight in the U.S. District Court of Maryland by Justice [...]
No Charges for Minister Pablo Marin
Health Minister Pablo Marin shot and killed a man last week. Suspected burglar Arkel Matura was caught burglarizing the Minister’s house in Corozal on Thursday night. Matura was shot twice by [...]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in Crime | Comments Off
Cop Charged for Kidnapping Girlfriend
A cop has been placed on interdiction pending the outcome of a kidnapping case in the south. Police Constable Dwayne Sutherland Junior, not to be confused with the Commander of [...]
19-Year-Old Charged with Unlawful Sexual Intercourse Gets Bail
Also in the local courts, a man charged with Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a minor received bail on Friday. He is Edras Ville Bran. His bail was also for ten [...]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in Trials | Comments Off
Woman Charged for Attempted Murder of Husband’s Cousin
In Belize City, a woman has been charged for the attempted murder of her husband’s cousin. On August twenty-seventh, a fight between a pair of cousins on Nurse White Street [...]
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Chopping in San Jose Village
A man is hospitalized at the Northern Regional Hospital after he was the victim of a brutal attack on Sunday morning in San Jose Village in Orange Walk. Jonathan Juchim [...]
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55 Voters Are Disallowed from Transferring to Belmopan
Earlier we told you about voters transfer in Orange Walk and Belize City. The situation in Belmopan is no different. As you know, three candidates are making their bid for [...]
Campaigning in Belmopan During COVID-19
Up to July tenth, eight thousand and forty voters are registered for the Belmopan division; about four hundred registrations that have been challenged and are before the courts. And at [...]
Belize Monitors a West-Ward Moving Tropical Wave
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) and the National Meteorological Services of Belize are monitoring a westward-moving tropical wave that is located over the eastern Caribbean Sea just west of [...]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in Disasters | Comments Off
San Pedranos are Calling for a “Change for San Pedro”
Frustration and desperation have given rise to a new movement in San Pedro Town. It’s called “Change for San Pedro” and it champions the concerns of the residents who remain [...]
BHS Participates in Annual First Global Challenge Virtually
The FIRST Global Challenge is an annual Olympics-style robotics competition that promotes education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, as well as careers for youths. The challenge was hosted in [...]
Written on August 31, 2020 | Posted in Education | Comments Off
Mystery Flight to Belize Unraveled
The mystery flight that landed in Belize several weeks ago, whose passenger was being investigated by PM Barrow, has been unraveled. After causing such a stir, it turns out, that [...]
No Postponement of Elections Despite Increase in COVID-19 Cases
As you heard earlier in the newscast, November fourth is touted as the date for the general elections. So there is no postponement or deferral of the upcoming general elections, [...]
Miss Belmopan Wins National Queen of the Bay
The delegate representing Belmopan will be crowed as the new Queen of the Bay. The pageant took place on Saturday night; five young ladies competed in the seventy-fifth edition of [...]
Health Minister Pablo Marin Shoots and Kill Suspected Burglar
There is a lot to cover tonight from the re-opening of the P.G.I.A. to the use of rapid tests coming out of a lengthy press conference with Prime Minister Dean [...]
PM Barrow Stands in Solidarity with Cabinet Colleague
The file of the fatal shooting of Matura will be sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution for determination. Minister Marin did not offer any comments today, [...]
