Hunting Caye F.o.b. Construction Poses No Threat To National Security
Construction of a Coast Guard forward operating base on Hunting Caye was brought to an abrupt close last week after a stop order issued by the US Southern Command. That same day, Thursday, all...
View ArticleTragedy At Sea: Kayak Capsizes Off The Coast Of San Pedro
There was a dramatic rescue on the high seas by the Belize Coastguard of one of three persons who set out to fish on Monday. A second person was rescued by a fisherman near Tres Cocos in San Pedro. A...
View ArticleP.u.p. Goes Into The Chiquibul; Concerns Of Plundering Come To Light
The People’s United Party over the weekend headed into the Chiquibul National Park, with a stop at the Caracol Archaeological Site. They were accompanied by members of the Belize Defence Force, the...
View ArticleOpposition Leader Francis Fonseca Urges Preparation For Ebola
Francis FonsecaEbola has captured the attention of the world, but what has caused real dread is the realization that a first world nation like the U.S. has been caught unprepared. And with cases being...
View ArticleIs Belize Really Prepared For An Ebola Outbreak?
On major international news agencies, the news today was about Ebola and how countries are preparing to deal with any eventuality. The virus has been detected close to the Jewel in Dallas, Texas. The...
View ArticleJulius Says G.o.b. Is Spending Millions On Political Gimmicks While Border Is...
Julius EspatThe Chiquibul has been in the news since Danny Conorquie was executed at the Caracol Archaeological Site. On Wednesday night, we showed you the concerns and recommendations coming out of a...
View ArticleEbola Scare In Belize Sends Politicians Scrambling
The late night breaking news yesterday of a possible Ebola infected nurse on a cruise ship anchored off Belize's coast has sent the Belize government into damage control. The airwaves in Belize are...
View ArticleP.m. Barrow Says No To Medevac From P.g.i.a.
Dean BarrowBarrow says that he thought that was the end of the matter, until he was informed later in the day that the plane was in the air. But despite the unwillingness of the U.S. to accept Belize’s...
View ArticleCarnival Magic Passenger Is Quarantined Onboard Cruise Ship
Prime Minister Dean Barrow was also at this morning’s press conference to quell fears. He reiterated that if there had been any way at all that he could have assisted the U.S. without risk, he would...
View ArticleEbola Scare Off The Coast Of Belize City!
The possibility of a threat from the deadly Ebola virus placed the nation on edge on Thursday night, but tonight there is a sigh of relief. The scare started when it became known that a lab technician...
View ArticlePremier League Of Belize Kick-Off On Sports Monday
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The 2014 PLB Belikin Cup kicked off over the weekend, but was only able to stage 3 of the 4 scheduled matches due to inclement weather. We...
View ArticleF.c.d. Telethon Raises More Than $300,000
A telethon was held by Friends of Conservation and Development on Saturday at the Memorial Park. The target was to raise half a million dollars to expand its Park Ranger Program from seven to...
View ArticleAnother Man Shot In San Pedro Clings To Life At The K.h.m.h.
Ivan AldanaTwenty-four-year-old Ivan Aldana is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after being shot in San Pedro on Sunday during an incident in which someone he is familiar with attacked him and fired as...
View ArticleTruck Driver Murdered In San Pedro
While police continue to search for the Guatemalan minor, who is presumed dead, the body of forty-four-year-old Samuel Dawson, a truck driver of Hattieville, was found in his San Pedro apartment early...
View ArticleGuatemalan Minors Shot In Belize
Benque Police are investigating a very curious shooting which has left one Guatemalan minor injured and another likely dead. It happened at around four Sunday afternoon, when three minors from Melchor...
View ArticleBelize Goes Mum On Us State Dept Criticism Refusing Help Ebola Risk Cruise Ship
While P.M. Barrow doesn’t expect repercussions, the U.S. State Department has expressed disappointment in that decision not to have the cruise ship passengers disembarked and flown out from the...
View ArticleFamily Of Slain Robber Demand Justice
But in the north, thirty-year-old Leslie Logan Junior was shot and killed during a foiled robbery attempt in Orange Walk Town on September nineteenth. He was one of two men, including Alexander...
View ArticleBenque Police Investigate Shooting Of Illegal Guatemalans
On Sunday, three men from the Guatemalan barrio of Castrillo de Suchitan headed into Belize to fish in the flooded Mopan River near Clarissa Falls. What happened there on Sunday night has the Benque...
View ArticleP.u.p. Leader Says Mahmud’S Resignation Has Been Accepted
Joseph MahmudWe reported on Tuesday night that People’s United Party Cayo North Area Representative Joseph Mahmud will not be contesting his seat in the 2017 general elections. The announcement was...
View ArticleVector Control Unit Resources In Action
Dengue has been identified in certain communities across the country, and that is where the Vector Control Unit pumps its resources. Like in Las Flores, for example, the team collects information on...
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