Headline News Barrow rolls the dice March 7! 235 candidates face the people - 71 general, 164 municipal... General, city and municipal elections will be held on the same day... “We have achieved much …despite the super bond!” – PM Barrow... PUP, Unity Alliance call for change advertisment   Top Stories James “Dandy” Jackson, 39, acquitted of murder James “Dandy” Jackson, 39, an electrician residing at the corner of 3rd St. North and 6th Avenue in Corozal Town, accused of the murder of his common-law wife, Elena Estella Amador, 21, in 2010, was freed of the charge when a no-case submission was upheld in the Corozal Supreme Court yesterday. view full story Oil drilling referendum blocked: Elections officers reject 8,000 signatures on petition The Election and Boundaries Department has submitted a report to Governor General Sir Colville Young outlining its findings on the verification of some 20,160 signatories to a petition originated by Oceana Belize and the Belize Coalition to Save Our Natural Heritage (BCSNH) last year that calls for Belizeans to vote in a referendum stating their position on drilling for petroleum offshore Belize’s coast and in protected areas. view full story Oil, or no oil, in Stann Creek? Cho refutes Treaty claim of 6-million-barrel oil find: “Trace tar,” not “live oil”, found at well! GOB claims announcement of oil find was false – Treaty sticks to its line... Belize’s Director of Geology and Petroleum, Andre Cho, has indicated to Amandala that the statements by Treaty Energy Corporation, joint venture partner of Princess Petroleum, which has a concession to explore for oil both onshore and offshore Belize, proclaiming an oil find associated with a 6-million-barrel reserve in Stann Creek are “misleading.” view full story Flashpoint at Chiquibul New Guatemalan president presses for investigation and punishment of culprit who killed Juan Choc Chub, 29... Perez Molina cites territorial claim: “12,700 kilometers of the 22,965 kilometers” occupied by Belize—just over half of Belizean territory... “Our people here have been screaming about incursions,” said Prime Minister Dean Barrow, reiterating his government’s commitment to continue to step up security presence on the border. view full story 7 bullets for Mark Lewis, 37 He was gunned down just feet from the hospital steps... Shortly after 3:00 p.m. today, about 50 feet from the entrance of the Belize Health Care Partners Limited Hospital, located at the corner of Blue Marlin Boulevard and Chancellor Avenue in the Caribbean Shores area, Mark Lewis, 37, was shot about seven times in the upper chest area. view full story