Belize and Guatemala meet in Istanbul
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 1:29 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Belize and Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Ministers, Wilfred Elrington and Carlos Raul Morales, met in Istanbul, Turkey yesterday and today to...
View Article$15,000 van stolen in city
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 2:05 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Philip Kewley, a 55-year-old resident of Ladyville Village in the Belize District, reported to Belize City Police on Sunday morning that his...
View ArticleLadyville burglary cost home owner over $17,000 in losses
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 2:12 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: On Friday of last week, 34-year-old Melissa Ellis of a Ladyville Village address, reported to police that her house had been burglarized and...
View ArticleWatchman chopped in Trio Village
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 2:52 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Dangriga Police visited the Independence Polly Clinic on Saturday night at around 11:24, after receiving reports of a chopping incident in...
View ArticleEx-Fultec employee pleads guilty to theft
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 4:38 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Twenty-nine year old Kristoff Riverol, a former employee of Fultec Systems, located on Coney Drive, who posted a hard drive he stole in the...
View ArticleTeenager pleads guilty to burglary and theft
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 4:45 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Nineteen year old Zane Pott, a construction worker of 2 and a half miles George Price Highway, pled guilty to burglary and theft when he...
View ArticleTwo busted for illegal logging in National Park
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016. 4:51 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Last Wednesday, two men were detained for ‘illegal logging within a national park’ after they were busted by a team comprising of police...
View ArticleWeed and shotgun found in Santa Elena
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016. 12:19 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: San Ignacio Police with the assistance of its K-9 Unit, conducted searches in two areas of Santa Elena Town yesterday morning, resulting...
View ArticleElijio Briceno buried today
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016. 3:23 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Past government minister under the People’s United Party (PUP) from 1979-1984, Elijio ‘Joe’ Briceno, passed away on Saturday night in a...
View ArticleMelchor vendors did not demonstrate; say it’s safe to shop there
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016. 4:03 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: This past Friday there were reports that merchants in Melchor de Mencos, Peten would hold a protest targeting their leadership in...
View ArticleCouncil of Churches supports ICJ resolution
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016. 4:14 p.m. CST Bishop Wright By Aaron Humes: During Friday’s press briefing in Belize City, the Belize Council of Churches, which represents the three largest Christian...
View ArticlePolice United represent Belize in CONCACAF Champions League
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016. 4:21 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Newly crowned national football champions Police United Football Club is Belize’s representative to the CONCACAF Champions League, as...
View ArticleBelizean taxi driver hijacked by Guatemalan
Posted: May 25, 2016. 6:28 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Credible information reaching our newsroom indicates that a Guatemalan has been detained for allegedly hijacking a Belizean taxi driver in the Cayo...
View ArticleJudge to decide fate of woman accused of murder
Posted: May 25, 2016. 6:48 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Justice Troadio Gonzalez is to hand down a ruling next Monday, May 30, 2016 in the case of Calaney Flowers, accused of the August 28, 2012 murder of...
View ArticleBelmopanese charged for beating senior citizen
Posted: May 25, 2016. 6:51 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Two young men from Belmopan are accused of beating up a La Democracia villager ten days ago, such that he may lose an eye. 22 year old Justin Ashley...
View ArticleTeenagers, 20 and 19, pleaded guilty to wounding 64 year old man
Posted: May 25, 2016. 6:57 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: Senior citizen and fisherman 64 year old Lester Hernandez was allegedly caught taking public relief at the BTL Park on Newtown Barracks this past...
View ArticleDeadly accident in OW kills one, several others hospitalized
Posted: May 25, 2016. 10:38 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Tonight the Gongora family are mourning the death of one of their loved one, 55 year old Elba Gongora, who perished in a fatal traffic accident on...
View ArticlePopular restaurant in San Ignacio goes up in flames
Posted: May 26, 2016. 6:42 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: A fire ripped through Cenaida’s Restaurant in San Ignacio Town on Wednesday night, completely destroying the building. The restaurant which is located...
View ArticleZika confirmed in pregnant woman from Cayo
Posted: May 26, 2016. 6:55 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: There is a second case of Zika confirmed by testing at the regional agency. A pregnant woman from Cayo was picked up through heightened Ministry of...
View ArticleIMF says Belize economy slowing
Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2016. 10:13 a.m. CST By BBN Staff: A new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), released this morning, has given a bleak prognosis for Belize’s economy saying it is...
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