Man charged for village shooting
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 9:03 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Today, police arrested and charged Elvis Arevalo, a farmer of San Estevan village for the crimes of ‘dangerous harm’ and ‘use of deadly means of harm’ for injuries caused to Moises Ismael Duque. Duque was shot on Saturday. Arevalo was arraigned and remanded to […]
Man charged for causing death by careless conduct
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 7:08 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: This morning, a post mortem examination was conducted on Raymond Hendricks, who was killed in a traffic accident on Sunday. The medical officer certified his cause of death was due to multiple blunt force traumatic injuries as a result of the accident. Today, Ramon […]
Ministry of Health responds to False Reports on Pharmaceutical Trade in Belize
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 6:44 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The Ministry of Health issued a statement today informing the public that “a recent “NBZLive” Facebook post of August 24th, 2017 makes utterly false, destructive and defamatory accusations regarding the ownership of a pharmaceutical company, and the trade of pharmaceuticals, by the Minister of Health, Pablo […]
Conservation Enforcement meets Technology
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 3:20 p.m. CST. By Jon Ramnarace, WCS: The Implementation of Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool in Belize A small weathered, pale-blue skiff sits on the Caribbean Sea. Years exposed to sun, salt and wind have taken their toll on it. As emerald blue-green waves rock it up and down, […]
US backs CICIG Commissioner; Protests erupt against Morales’ decision
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 3:07 p.m. CST. Picture: Luis Soto/ Associated Press By BBN Staff: The Comision International Contra la Impunidad Guatemala (CICIG) is the comission charged by the UN for investigating high ranking government officials for corruption and is headed by Ivan Velasquez. Velasquez told the Guatemalan media that current President Jimmy […]
Singer, Dajah Glamor, robbed at gunpoint
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 1:50 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Belizean artist, Christine Young, better known as Dajah Glamor, was robbed at gun point in Belize City today. Dajah had just entered Belize City and exited a vehicle near the Lord Ridge Cemetery near the start of the George Price highway when the armed […]
CARISECURE forum held in Belize
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 10:10 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Government Ministers and Permanent Secretaries from Eastern and Southern Caribbean countries, including Barbados, Guyana and St. Lucia are in Belize this week for a Citizen Security forum as part of the CARISECURE Project.The CARISECURE Project is an initiative organized by the US government, aimed […]
Belize City teen reported missing
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 9:45 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A Belize City minor has been reported missing. Erwin Paulino Rodriguez, 17, was last seen on Thursday, August 24, leaving his home at 1:00 p.m. Rodriguez is of Hispanic decent, stands at about 5′ 7″, and is medium built with short brown hair. He […]