Murder in Belmopan; man held
Posted: July 16th, 2016. 12:21 P.M. CST. By BBN Staff: It has been confirmed that a murder was reported in Belmopan this morning. We are told that a Canadian national is being held at the Belmopan...
View ArticleIncome Tax Department in Belmopan robbed Friday
Posted: July 16th, 2016. 12:31 P.M. CST. By BBN Staff: The Income Tax Department’s office in Belmopan was robbed Friday afternoon at the close of the business day while cashiers were reconciling the...
View ArticleBelize: La Feria De Benque Viejo Del Carmen
Posted: July 16th, 2016. 5:12 P.M. CST. By Richard Harrison: I was invited to go to the Feria de Benque Viejo del Carmen Thursday night….I have not been to the fiesta in a while…although I used to go...
View ArticlePastor found decapitated; accused suspect linked to online scams
Posted July 16th 2016, 8:48 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Pastor Llewelyn “Lue” Lucas of Dangriga is the alleged victim of a reported decapitation murder in Belmopan, media sources report. The head of a man...
View ArticleBCCI, NTUCB and the Belizean People should demand BTL inquiry
Posted: Sunday, July 17th 2016, 1:22 p.m. CST BTL Corporate headquarters By BBN Staff: The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize (NTUCB), and...
View ArticlePolice reveal details of gruesome beheading
Posted: Sunday, July 17th 2016, 6:15 p.m. CST By BBN Staff: Social media has been abuzz this weekend with news of the senational death and apparent beheading of well-known pastor Llewlyn Lucas from...
View ArticleNational Security Minister to address crime situation in Belize
Posted: Monday, July 18th 2016, 9:38 a.m. CST By BBN Staff: A press conference has been scheduled for this morning, July 18th 2016 by Hon. John Saldivar, Minister of National Security to address the...
View ArticleBelize begins 3rd Trade Policy Review
Posted: Monday July 18, 2016. 10:40 a.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and under the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), Belize is subject to a...
View ArticleLittle girl dragged down into river by crocodile
Posted: Monday July 18, 2016. 11:13 a.m. CST. By Victor Castillo Sr.: An intense search by family members, volunteers and authorities is currently underway in the village of Maypen in the Belize...
View ArticleSuspects charged for pastor’s murder; ringleader linked to many scams
Posted: Monday July 18, 2016. 12:30 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: According to police, at 8:45 p.m. on July 15th, they visited an establishment located in the Industrial Site area Belmopan where Police...
View ArticleWestern Union Agency in Orange Walk robbed
Posted: Monday July 18, 2016. 12:50 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: BBN has received reports that the Western Union Agency located on Corozal Road in the Orange Walk District has just been robbed by masked...
View ArticleBelize: Playground for international criminals
Posted: Monday July 18, 2016. 12:58 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The news this weekend of Pastor Llewlyn Lucas’ unbelievable death and beheading has rocked the country. It is an absolutely stunning crime,...
View ArticleGirl’s body recovered from river
Posted: Monday July 18, 2016. 1:16 p.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The body of eight-year-old Adriana Moody, the little girl dragged underwater by a crocodile on Sunday while swimming, was recovered this...
View ArticleBelizean safe after being stuck in Turkey during coup attempt
Posted July 18th 2016, 5:16 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: A Belizean was stuck at the international airport in Istanbul, Turkey during the attempted coup in that country on Friday. The family of Martha...
View ArticleOn Section 53, Church Senator says, ‘let us pray’
Posted July 18th 2016, 5:20 p.m CST By Aaron Humes: Senator for the Churches, Pastor Ashley Rocke, has met with Pastors and representatives of the two Church associations; the Council of Churches and...
View ArticleBelizeans sentenced in fraud case
Posted July 19th 2016 at 5:18 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: Las Vegas media reports say four family members from Belize have been given their sentences in a scheme to steal almost $300,000 in unemployment...
View ArticleMaya and GOB back to CCJ over consent order
Posted: Tuesday July 19, 2016. 6:59 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this morning held a hearing via video-conference with legal representatives of the Government of...
View ArticleBulgarians back in court for confiscation challenge
Posted: Tuesday July 19, 2016. 7:04 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: 28 year old Jeorji Petrov, and 25 year old Halid Yuksel Aptula have already pleaded guilty to multiple counts of theft and are serving a...
View ArticleMentally challenged P.G. man admits manslaughter in stepfather’s death
Posted: Tuesday July 19, 2016. 7:08 p.m. CST. By Aaron Humes: 25 year old David Ortiz of Punta Gorda Town has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in the death of his stepfather, 69 year...
View ArticleRupert Myles trespass challenge gets underway
Posted Tuesday July 19th 2016, 7:21 p.m. CST By Aaron Humes: The first hearing of the connected cases of the Maya community of Santa Cruz versus Rupert Myles for trespass at the Uxbenka Maya site and...
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