Trio charged for drug trafficking
Posted: Friday, June 3, 2016. 7:42 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: This morning between the hours of 4:30 and 7:30, members of Belize City Police’s South Side Strike Team and Special Branch personnel, arrested...
View ArticleCity police seize weed, gun and ammo
Posted: Friday, June 3, 2016. 7:52 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Searches conducted in several areas of Belize City yesterday, resulted in the seizure of 424 grams of cannabis, two guns and a total of 92...
View ArticleCorozal Fire Chief dies in traffic accident
Posted: June 3, 2016. 7:52 p.m. CST. By Dalila Ical:A late morning traffic accident today claimed the life of 33-year-old Meshac Henry, Fire Chief at the Corozal Fire Department. Henry was driving his...
View ArticleHouse shot up in Belmopan
Posted: Friday, June 3, 2016. 8:15 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Last night around 10:05, police were called to a house on Colombia Street in Belmopan City after Russell Arnold, 39, called and reported that...
View ArticleBoxing legend Muhammad Ali dead at 74
Posted: Saturday, June 4, 2016. 7:17 a.m. CST By BBN Staff: Muhammad Ali, world heavyweight boxing champion who captured many hearts with his flamboyant style and enduring heart, died this evening of...
View ArticlePopular Dangriga artist killed in robbery attempt
Posted: Saturday, June 4, 2016. 12:46 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Sometime after 11:00 p.m. last night in Dangriga Town, while popular singer and songwriter John Jay Rodriguez was socializing inside a...
View ArticleUDP wins big in Village Council election in the north
Posted: June 6, 2016. 7:30 p.m. CST. By Dalila Ical.: Village Council elections started on Sunday June 5th and in the north, the United Democratic Party (UDP) won in nine of 12 villages in the first...
View ArticleThe Garment Industry in Belize
Posted: June 6, 2016. 8:09 p.m. CST. By Richard Harrison: In year 2000, Belize exported BZ$40 million worth of garments. Today our export of garment is ZERO. The one garment exporter closed...
View ArticleBelizeans travel to Taiwan for kidney failure prevention training
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 1:38 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Two members of Karl Heusner Memorial Hospitals’ (KHMH) staff, Dr. Glenford Jones and Michelle Cassimiro, as well as two from La Loma Luz...
View ArticleWorld Environment Day observed in Belize
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 1:47 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: World Environment Day (WED), observed in over a 100 nations on June 5th this year, was honored in Belize with an excursion of 40 teachers and...
View ArticleBREAKING: Court fines CEO of Ready Call Center for unpaid SSB contributions
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 2:10 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser has ordered the CEO of Ready Call Center on the Burrell Boom-Hattieville Road, 46 year old Nubia Ramirez...
View ArticlePatrick Faber sworn in as new Deputy Prime Minister
Posted: June 7, 2016. 3:25 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: Newly elected United Democratic Party (UDP) First Deputy was sworn in as the country’s new Deputy Prime Minister this afternoon by the Governor...
View ArticleReady Call “hard-pay” with Social Security
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 4:54 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser has ordered the CEO of Ready Call Center on the Burrell Boom-Hattieville Road, 46 year old Nubia Ramirez...
View ArticleCorozal man dead, DJ Tambran hurt in accident in Houston
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 5:03 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Lennox “DJ Tambran” Young, owner of the popular Music Depot on North Front Street and also a vehicle dealer, was injured in a traffic...
View ArticleTwo charged over contraband
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 5:47 p.m. CST Ronnel Gonzalez By Aaron Humes: Belize City residents 28 year old Ronnel Gonzalez and 32 year old Jermaine McDougal were busted early yesterday morning at a...
View ArticleJudge to rule on Samuel Price murder case
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 6:40 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Next Wednesday, June 15, Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas will give his ruling on the murder trial of 30 year old Burrell Boom resident,...
View ArticleMoist and unstable conditions continue over our area
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016. 12:50 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: The National Meteorological Service of Belize is predicting partly cloudy skies this afternoon along with a few showers or thunderstorms...
View ArticleNational Garifuna Council condemns killing of John Jay
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016. 1:10 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: A press release issued by the National Garifuna Council (NGC) yesterday, condemns the “senseless killing” of its son who was a musician,...
View ArticleWorld Bank says global outlook bleak, meager growth expected in Belize
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016. 4:32 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: The World Bank, in its latest economic prospects report, downgraded its 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4 percent from the 2.9 percent pace...
View ArticleNew DPM: Rough times ahead, don’t panic
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2016. 5:21 p.m. CST Patrick Faber By Aaron Humes: A bracing Patrick Faber admits “tight times” are ahead, following the conclusion of an International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
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