By Marion Ali Assistant Editor The early warnings that Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner sounded to his staff upon taking over office last month came with swift action when he suspended the City Administrator two Thursdays ago; but now he faces a law suit for allegedly not adhering to proper […]
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By Michelle Sutherland Staff Reporter Three men, including one Belizean, are in Guatemalan custody after the trio was allegedly caught transporting a large shipment of out-of-season lobster in Guatemalan waters. According to Guatemalan newspaper, Prensa Libre, the men were detained by Guatemalan authorities early Tuesday morning. Iginio Canto, Julio Rodriguez […]
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By Michelle Sutherland Staff Reporter An American tourist was transported to the San Ignacio community hospital on Wednesday afternoon after she fell 15 feet to the ground while descending the stairs of the Xunantunich archaeological site. The extent of the injuries that the tourist, Cindy Vanhoff, 59, sustained are unknown; […]
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By Michelle Sutherland The Police Department and the Ministry of National Security, this week, announced that as part of continued efforts to encourage peace and positivity in Belize city a decision was made to rename the the Eastern Division’s three jurisdictions. “In an effort to eliminate the ongoing stigma that […]
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By Adele Ramos Freelance Reporter Corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) has released a report titled, G20 Leaders or Laggards? Reviewing G20 promises on ending anonymous companies, in which it mentions Belize as one of the countries linked to a recent scandal in which billions of dollars were moved by a […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Police have arrested and charged Antwan Rivero, 19, a construction worker of Belize City for last Wednesday night’s murder of Marcia Downs, who was shot dead in her yard on Handyside Street in Belize City. Police would not say if Downs’ killing was influenced by […]
Several media houses covered the Guatemalan referendum while it was in progress, giving Belizeans a better understanding about what Guatemalans want to achieve. Some 26 percent of the voting population or some 1,985,982 men and women participated in the referendum and voted overwhelmingly in favor of taking the Belize-Guatemala land […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor A man reportedly died after he was shot three times and crashed his vehicle while trying to drive to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) to receive treatment. Unconfirmed but reliable information is that the incident happened around 11:30 Wednesday night. The victim, still unidentified, […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor A man reportedly died after he was shot three times and crashed his vehicle while trying to drive to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) to receive treatment. Unconfirmed but reliable information is that the incident happened around 11:30 Wednesday night. The victim, still unidentified, […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor A man is hospitalized with chop wounds after he and another, whose injuries were not serious, got involved in an altercation which involved three other men. Police say that sometime around 10:55 a.m., today, they responded to a report of the chopping in Bella Vista […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor The Belize Bureau of Standards (BBS), which yesterday announced that fuel prices would be increased effective midnight last night, recalled that announcement later in the evening and offered an apology “for any inconveniences caused”; but has announced again that fuel prices have gone up. In […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor The Bureau of Standards, a few minutes ago, announced that the Ministry of Finance has recalled the price increases for fuel which the Bureau had announced earlier today. In a Facebook post less than an hour ago, the Bureau apologized for inconveniences caused by the […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Unofficial but reliable reports are that a man was shot dead sometime before 11:00 this morning in Dangriga. The incident reportedly happened near the primary school in the Gulisi area. Sketchy information to the Reporter is that there was an altercation between the deceased and […]
By Michelle Sutherland The San Estevan Road in the Orange Walk District is currently being monitored by police officers and BDF personnel who are on the scene of another suspected drug plane landing. The discovery was made just after 5:00 a.m. on April 24th on a feeder road leading from […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Police have arrested and charged Marlon Everett, 28, of Belize City for the murder of Albert Johnson. The killing happened on Saturday night on Rectory Lane in Belize City. Johnson, a resident of Punta Gorda, was walking on Rectory Lane when three persons approached him […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Well-known Belize city businessman, Oscar Rosado Sr., was shot and killed this afternoon at his establishment. The incident happened shortly after 1:00 p.m. at Rosado’s Hardware near the Lord Ridge Cemetery at the entrance to Belize city. The three robbers reportedly went into the store […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor News has been received of the death of Dario Hernandez, a pioneer in the meat pie business in Belize. Popularly known by his first name Dario, Hernandez passed away on Saturday night. He had been operating his business at 33 Hyde’s Lane in Belize City […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Police have confirmed that a body was found earlier today at sea; and they have identified the corpse as that of Leonel Velasquez, who was missing. Coast Guard personnel found Velasquez’ body between Middle Caye and Alligator Caye this afternoon.
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Partly to mostly cloudy. High 89F. Winds E at 10 to 15 mph.
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Thunderstorms likely in the morning. Then the chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 86F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
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