By Michelle Sutherland Staff Reporter A Belize City man, Jermaine Franklin, 36, was killed by a brazen gunman in the early evening hours of Wednesday in downtown Belize City, as many people went about their business in the busy commercial zone. The killer was captured by various surveillance cameras in […]
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By Benjamin Flowers Staff Reporter Minister of Transport Edmond Castro, who is already under a firestorm of bad publicity after his sons were publicly exposed for a series shenanigans involving police, is facing another allegation of corruption by a Cayo resident. Bullet Tree businessman, Rolando Diaz, is alleging that Castro […]
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By Marion Ali Assistant Editor The teacher at Eden Seventh Day Adventist High School in Santa Elena, who is under investigation by the Ministry of Education and the San Ignacio police for having sexual relations with one or more of his students, has reportedly resigned by letter to the school’s […]
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By Michelle Sutherland Staff Reporter Immigration officials have detained more than 30 illegal and undocumented women following a weekend raid on small bars located in southern Belize. The raid, conducted last Sunday, targetted bars located in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts. It was a joint operation between the Immigration […]
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By Benjamin Flowers High public debt, decreasing economic performance, and a lack of strict fiscal consolidation policies, are some of the reasons that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently called Belize’s medium term financial outlook “weak.” The IMF, following it’s 2017 Article IV mission to Belize, issued a statement on […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Eddie Lino, 22, a man of Belizean parentage, was gunned down in Los Angeles, California on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at the corner of Denver and 58th Street. It is reported that Lino was walking when a car approached him and someone from inside […]
A report published this week says that the water temperature of the Belize New River at the point where it interacts with the waste distribution system of Belize Sugar Industries Limited has risen by 5 degrees fahrenheit since last year. Of course, water temperatures vary from day to day, depending […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter Elvin Penner, former minister of Government, was served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP), by San Ignacio Police after he knocked down a Unitedville resident, who later died from the injuries he sustained. The accident occurred at around 6:56 p.m., on Friday on the […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter Elvin Penner, former minister of Government, was served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP), by San Ignacio Police after he knocked down a Unitedville resident, who later died from the injuries he sustained. The accident occurred at around 6:56 p.m., on Friday on the […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter Media personnel gathered at the Government House in Belize City on Friday for a one-day workshop and open dialogue with the National Institute of Culture and History(NICH), to construct a better working relationship between the two entities. The event was a joint collaborative effort between […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter A woman from Dangriga town is detained pending charges of ‘attempted murder’ for stabbing her common-law husband multiple times on Friday. Police sources have confirmed that 28-year-old Thomas Orlando Gutierrez was stabbed to his left lower back and left upper chest by his common-law wife, […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter A San Ignacio resident was executed by a masked gunman on Flamingo Avenue in that municipality early Sunday morning. The victim, identified as Akeem Guzman, was shot to his back at around 12:50 a.m Police sources have indicated that Guzman had just arrived at a […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter With the break of dawn on Saturday, black plumes of smoke and fire rose into the sky as tires burnt across the highway in Teakettle village as a sign of protest against police, cutting off traffic. Sources from the village have confirmed that the bonfire […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter The Belize Trade and Investment Development Services (BELTRAIDE), is currently representing Belize in Taipei, Taiwan at the 2017 International Food Show. Belize is attending the event under the theme, “Raising the Bar in Belize, the Success of a Gourmet Chocolatier”. It features the Belize Chocolate […]
By Michelle Sutherland, Staff Reporter Officials from the United States Embassy handed over three newly-refurbished vessels to the Anti Narcotics Unit of the Belize Police Department during a ceremony today. The donation was handed over at the Coast Guard base and is valued at approximately US $449,000, through the Central […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Seventeen youths who were enlisted in the National Youth Cadet Service Corps program have completed the course, which began last September. Of the 17, 10 received certificates for having successfully completed the entire 10 months of training. The youths received training in behavior modification, life […]
By Marion Ali, Assistant Editor Eddie Lino, 22, a man of Belizean parentage, was gunned down in Los Angeles, California on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at the corner of Denver and 58th Street. It is reported that Lino was walking when a car approached him and someone from inside […]
By Benjamin Flowers Police are investigating the circumstances that lead to the shooting death of 20-year-old Santa Elena resident, Maynor Portillo. Police found Portillo dead after 9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 16 on the eastern side of the Novell’s Convention Center, with a gunshot wound to the head. Portillo’s family […]
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Monday
06/26
80%
Thunderstorm
Showers and thunderstorms late. Lows overnight in the upper 70s.
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Tuesday
06/27
80%
Chance of a Thunderstorm
Thunderstorms in the morning will give way to cloudy skies late. High 87F. Winds E at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
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Wednesday
06/28
80%
Thunderstorm
Thunderstorms. High 86F. Winds E at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
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