Financial sharks roaming the waters around Stake Bank
Lawsuit and request for regulator’s investigation are latest Stake Bank developments. Stake Bank claims Atlantic Bank put “…at risk ABL’s depositors and employee pension funds …”
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Things are coming to a head as it relates to the unfinished Port Coral...
Senate hearing on Portico deal postponed again
Photo: Janelle Chanona, Chairperson- Senate Special Select Committee on Portico Definitive Agreement
by Marco Lopez
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
The scheduled Senate Special Select Committee sitting on the questionable circumstances surrounding the signing of...
Two fatal RTAs in rural Belize
Photo: Richard Crawford, deceased
by Charles Gladden
CROOKED TREE VILLAGE, Belize District, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Two lives over the weekend in rural Belize as a result of separate road traffic accidents. The victims were identified...
PUP Minister Mike Espat succumbs to heart failure
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Reports late tonight have confirmed that Hon. Michael “Mike” Espat, Minister of State for Finance, Economic Development and Investment, has passed away. He succumbed today due to heart...
Renowned physician Dr. Fernando Cuellar succumbs to blood cancer
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Dr. Fernando Cuellar, a much-respected internal medicine physician, has died in the United States, where he was undergoing treatment for blood cancer.
Dr. Cuellar, who has provided...
SFXCU responds to High Court’s ruling on Central Bank’s administrator
Photo: (l-r) Everaldo Puc, President, SFXCU and Rafael Dominguez Sr., General Manager, SFXCU
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
St. Francis Xavier Credit Union (SFXCU) has responded to a press release issued by...
Judge allows into evidence dying declaration of murder victim Egbert Baldwin
Egbert Baldwin, deceased (L); Camryn Lozano (Top right) and Albert Gill, on trial
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
A dying declaration, purportedly from murder victim Egbert Baldwin, a.k.a. “Eggie “, was allowed into evidence today by Justice Candace Nanton at the trial of two men, Camryn Lozano and Albert Gill, who are on trial for Baldwin’s murder.
Two police officers, constable Patrick Genitty and constable Linda Cassanova, testified that before he died, Baldwin told them that he was shot by Lozano and Gill, a.k.a. “Beans”.
Genitty said that at about 7:11 p.m. on July 18, 2020, when he and Cassanova arrived at a green bungalow house on Egbert...
Editorial
Images of a failed formula
Sunday, April 21, 2024
It has long been established in Belize that this “tranquil haven of democracy” ceased being that some decades ago when the drug trafficking business became a...
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SSB speaks on developments
Photo: Deborah Ruiz, CEO of Social Security Board
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 19,...
Police welcome record-breaking number of new recruits
Photo: Squad 97 male graduates marching
by Kristen Ku
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Last Friday, the Belize Police Department (BPD) held a graduation ceremony in Belmopan for 231 new officers from Squad 97—the largest recruit class in the history of Belizean law enforcement.
The ceremony also marked a milestone,...
Anke Doehm sentenced to 5 years for cruelty to a child
by Roy Davis (freelance writer)
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 17, 2024
American national Anke Doehm, 63, who was found guilty of cruelty to a child on March 4, 2024, was sentenced to 5 years in...
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Guatemalan prez outs Environmental Minister
Photo: Guatemalan president, Bernardo Arévalo
by Kristen Ku
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Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador
Photo: Former Ecuadorian Vice President, Jorge Glas, arrested by...
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by Hart Tillett
Mon. Apr. 15, 2024
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by Colin Hyde
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“Something wicked this way comes!”
Sunday, April 21, 2024
That is the title from a...
Cheering OJ shouldn’t have happened in Belize
by Colin Hyde
I don’t know if the great American...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Whenever one thinks about slavery, one...
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BEBL Rude Boy All-Star Classic
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
On Sunday,...
Belize/San Joaquin football legend, Fred Martinez passes
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
We received word on...
Ahmadiyya Basketball League Week 7 results
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
The Ahmadiyya...
PLB Top-4 semifinals set: Verdes vs Benque; Altitude vs Port Layola
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 22, 2024
Week 14 games to...