A large amount of cash was stolen from Westrac in Orange Walk. The crime was discovered this morning by an employee who realized that there was a break-in. The employee observed that the building had been ransacked and that a window was broken. He found
According to the U.D.P.'s Deputy Chairman, Alberto August, who is a member of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, there have been several nepotistic appointments. Reports are that the sibling of an elected area representative has been appointed as the New Elections and Boundaries Registrar for
U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte also took shots at the Prime Minister for appointing additional ministers of state. As we reported, three elected area representatives were elevated to ministers of state. Peyrefitte questioned the purpose behind that decision and the role that newly appointed ministers of
A motion voted on by the U.D.P.’s Central Executive to remove John Saldivar and Danny Grijalva as standard bearers for their respective constituencies has been withdrawn. The motion was tabled after Saldivar, Grijalva, and other U.D.P. officials, including Patrick Faber, boycotted the party's national party
The Embassy of Japan in Belize donated an assortment of books to the Leo Bradley Library today. The donation falls under the Read Japan project which aims to provide readers with an accurate picture of Japan. While the project is mainly targeted at young researchers
Police have charged forty-one-year-old Maynor Rene Ancona for the death of American national Jennifer Lynn Griffith. Ancona was charged with manslaughter by negligence. Police Commissioner Chester Williams confirmed to reporters today that Griffith died after being hit conch shell in the head. According to the
O.J. Simpson, the renowned football player and Hollywood figure who was famously acquitted of charges related to the killings of his former wife and her friend, has passed away at the age of 76. His family announced his death was from prostate cancer. Simpson achieved immense
Minister Andre Perez returned this week to the Cabinet for the first time in many months. The Belize Rural South Area Representative was stripped of his Blue Economy portfolio last September amid sexual misconduct allegations made by a female attorney. But Perez, who had vehemently
Some political pundits had opined that Perez’s political career was done following the allegations and his subsequent suspension from Cabinet, but the attorney who claimed Perez has yet come forward to make a police report so that a criminal investigation could proceed. After the Attorney-General’s
