Minister Heredia On P.g.i.a. Shutdown
It shook the tourism industry this past Saturday when air traffic controllers at the Phillip Goldson International Airport, called in sick and did not show up to work to land planes and prepare them...
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Massive Fire Guts San Pedro Resort
An early morning inferno caused over half a million dollars in damages to the Exotic Caye Resort, on the island of San Pedro Ambergris Caye. The twenty year old resort went up in flames just after two...
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Bahamians Acquitted In Magistrate’S Court
The trial of two Bahamian nationals who were charged by the Financial Intelligence Unit back on September twelfth, 2014, came to a close today after months before the courts and testimonies of twelve...
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Princess Casino Wing Evacuated After Fire Scare
The 2015 Fire Season has just started and already two major hotels have caught fire. In Belize City, a major catastrophe was averted when a fire broke out on Wednesday night at the city’s popular...
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Woods Rebuts To Allegations On Street Works
Yesterday a group led by the People’s National Party in Toledo held a demonstration at the site of ongoing street works in that municipality. PNP Mayoral candidate Will Maheia told our correspondent...
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Military Summary Hearing Scheduled For Missing Ammunition
Just over a month ago, we brought you the story of over two thousand ammunition that had gone missing from the explosive and ammunition storage facility for the Belize Defense Force through Lords Bank...
View ArticleMayor Bradley’S Vehicle Involved In Rta
Where is Mayor Darrell Bradley’s taxpayer-funded late model Toyota Hilux? That’s the question everybody’s been asking for a week now, and nobody at the City Hall is saying. Well, tonight we think we...
View ArticleSupreme Court Decision Scheduled For March 13Th
Those protesters who gave Elvin Penner such a warm send-off had been gathered outside the Courtroom since before nine that morning. He was in court because COLA contends that when he was acquitted of...
View ArticlePenner Egged Outside Supreme Court
This morning, former Immigration Minister turned public pariah, Elvin Penner, had eggs, but it wasn’t sunny side up and it wasn’t for breakfast. The former U.D.P. Minister, who was fired for his role...
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Lord Michael Ashcroft Speaks On Belize Political Scene, Elections
And while he had no opinion on marijuana, what we wanted to hear was his view on the upcoming municipal election. Dating back to the 90's, Ashcroft has been perhaps the most influential campaign...
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Ambassador Says Quick Release Of Belizeans Is A Good Indication Of Good...
When word got out that Belizeans were detained and being taken to Livingston, Guatemala, Belize’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Alexis Rosado was quickly notified. Rosado came to Belize along with the group...
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Audrey Matura Shepherd: Vessel Violation Vs Territorial Violation
For people living in southern Belize, especially near the coastal border, seeing Guatemalan armed forces cross over to Belize’s side of the border without hesitation is something common. That is...
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Attorney For Boat Captain Says Document To Release Delegation Was Signed...
Audrey Matura-ShepherdWe’ll get to that government response in a few, but first the Captain of the Dore – Guillermo “Memo” Avila. He is the man who took the expedition to Gracias a Dios, and then made...
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Expedition Leader Details Frightening Experience At Sea
But with the emotional homecoming out of the way, the question remains – how could the unthinkable have happened? How is it that a Belizean vessel carrying Belizeans could have been seized at gunpoint...
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Guatemalan Military Detains Thirty- Seven Belize Territorial Volunteers...
On Saturday news spread like a toxic cloud over the nation…thirty-seven Belizeans, part of an expedition headed to the southern-most border marker, had been detained by Guatemalan military and taken to...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Says Claims By Btv And Guatemalan Military Need To...
Wilfred ElringtonAccording to Minister Elrington, there is an allegation that Belizeans went across the Guatemalan side, and there is an allegation that Guatemalans came over on our side – and there...
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Sedi Elrington Responds To Criticisms Of G.o.b. ’S Lukewarm Response To...
Following the incident, there was some expectation that the government would host an immediate press conference to at least express top-level outrage. That hasn’t happened. In fact, the only thing that...
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Francis Fonseca Reflects On Devastating Loss At The Polls
As we said, it’s a terrible loss for the People’s United Party which lost every single municipality but one…and even there the grand ole party barely held on. In the wake of that demoralizing defeat,...
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Kevin Bernard Maintains P.u.p. Stronghold In Sugar City
Kevin BernardOrange Walk Mayoral candidate Kevin Bernard has earned the singular distinction of being the only P.U.P. Mayor in the country. He won by only a narrow margin, but along with four...
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Orange Walk Mayor Only P.u.p. Mayor In Belize
The only bright spot for the P.U.P. was in Orange Walk Town where Kevin Bernard has been returned as Mayor for another three years. This Saturday, a victory rally is being planned to celebrate the win....
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