New Electricity Rates For 2014
While consumers’ light bills went down on New Year’s Day, there are a few amendments that the Public Utilities Commission made to keep things balanced between consumer and supplier. Last week Love...
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Land Dispute Continues Despite Court Order
Controversy surrounding the issuance of a piece of prime land in the Belama area persists, despite an injunction from the Supreme Court on Monday to halt construction on the property. Earlier today,...
View ArticleFather Remains Hospitalized; Son Remanded To Prison
Thirty year old year old Hensley Ryan Jones of Ranchito Village in Corozal was charged with one count of attempt murder and use of deadly means of harm when he appeared in the Orange Walk Magistrate...
View ArticleFire Guts House In Ladyville
Last night, a fire in Ladyville gutted a house leaving a family of five homeless. It happened at around 8pm on Swallow Street when 22 year old Jenna Mckay left home on an errand. No one was at the...
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More Bad News? There’S Equipment Malfunction At Tower Hill Factory
Alfredo OrtegaAnd even as the gods seem to be frowning on the crop season, with more rain, less sucrose, impassable roads and the bagasse impasse prevailing, there is more bad news. Unofficial...
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Bscfa Asks P.m. Barrow To Intercede In The Deadlock Over Bagasse Proceeds
According to Ortega, the Prime Minister has told the BSCFA that if negotiations break down he would be willing to intercede. Well, for all intents and purposes negotiations have crumbled, but how...
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3 Months After Sugar Industry Meltdown, Still No Word On When Production Will...
Today representatives of the eighteen branches of the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association met in Orange Walk. The only item on the agenda for today’s session was a look at the letter sent by B.S.I....
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Florida Biologist Takes Yellow Head Parrot Houses To Belize
Yellow head parrot Amazona oratrix - Image Credit: Cliff Michael Keys and his son, Larkin, will hike deep into the open savanna of pine trees and brush, carrying ladders and chain saws. Keys will...
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Burrell Boom Resident Is Ambushed As He Headed Home
Adrian MyvetteThere was more violence over the weekend. In Burrell Boom, eight expended shells were found at the scene of a shooting just before midnight on Saturday. The victim, Adrian Myvette,...
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…and A Guatemalan Is Chopped To Death Outside Of Trio Community
Alton AlvarezThe first murder of the year also occurred within the jurisdiction of the Intermediate Southern Formation. Like Maria Perez, the victim was savagely chopped to death and left bleeding on...
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2 Murders In The South: A Woman Is Hacked To Death
There have been two murders reported in Belize for 2014. Both of them occurred in the south and both victims were viciously chopped to death. The first murder occurred on Thursday night near the...
View ArticleCollision In Chetumal Caused By Belizean Woman
A Belizean woman is in trouble on the Mexican side after failing to heed at a red light in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Reports indicate that Yara Oliva was driving an SUV in that municipality when the...
View ArticlePm Has Gone Silent On Sugar/bagasse Issue
Belize Sugar Industry, BSI, has positively responded to a letter from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers’ Association requesting for a meeting. The date of the meeting is set for Wednesday January 8, at the...
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Belize Police Department Chasing Chinese Cigarretes
Unless you frequent the Corozal Free Zone, you probably haven't heard of Modern Cigarettes. But, apparently the Chinese Brand is very popular with Mexicans, and now one company called Benque Duty and...
View ArticleHaitian Mechanic Says He Paid 150Usd For Belize Visa
Thirty-seven year old Haitian auto mechanic Sanon Vertus, who arrived in Belize yesterday with a fake visa, became an inmate of Belize Central Prison today when he appeared before Magistrate Clive Lino...
View ArticleChinese Employer Slaps Worker
Twenty-eight year old Ming Pei Chen, the owner of Honey Bees Supermarket in Ladyville, who allegedly slapped one of his employees, was charged with common assault when he appeared today before...
View ArticleChief Elections Officer Explains Results Of Attempted Recall Mechanism
HIPOLITO NOVELO REPORTINGOn September 27, 2010, the Senate signed off on the Bill to recall elected representatives before their term expires; this is now referred to as the Recall Mechanism. This...
View ArticleDpp Will Determine Next Step In Recall Offences
As you heard, seventy nine persons signed the petition twice and four persons did so three times. According to the Recall Representative Act, that is an offence and Tamai says that a file is being...
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Chief Elections Officer, Josephine Tamai, Explains Rejected Signatures In...
The move to recall U.D.P. Cayo Northeast Area Representative Elvin Penner is dead in the water. In a letter to the Governor-General dated December thirtieth, 2013, Chief Elections Officer Josephine...
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Millions Of Dollars Reported In Losses In Delayed Crop
Alfredo OrtegaThis is the first time in Belize’s history that the sugar cane crop season has been so delayed. Generally it kicks off in the middle of November. Mother Nature has played a role in the...
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