A bicycle seems to be at the root of another Belize City murder and police say they have the shooter. At around three thirty Tuesday a young man rode a bike to the A and R Service Station on North Front Street but one of the attendants, Alex Perez, recognized it as his own which […]
A relaxed and clean shaven Rhett Fuller appeared in Magistrate’s Court today to face an extradition hearing. He is wanted by the United States government for allegedly being involved in a murder that took place in Miami almost nine years ago. Fuller, who is being defended by attorneys Eamon Courtenay and Kirk Anderson, has been […]
It looked a lot worse than it really was, but twenty-four occupants of a bus on the Northern Highway still received a nasty scare as they neared the Haulover Bridge. The bus was traveling from Sarteneja to Belize City shortly before eight this morning. While taking the curve at mile six the front left tire […]
In government news several decisions of Cabinet were announced in today’s weekly press briefing. Among them is a breakdown of the fifty scholarships offered by the government of Cuba. Medicine and vocational skills head the list with five places each while four scholarships each are offered in hospitality management and sports. The first students will […]
Although they number only around seven percent of Belize’s population people of the Garifuna ethnic group exert a strong influence on the nation’s culture and social life. As we take time out tomorrow to honor the arrival of the Garinagu to these shores some students in Belize City this morning did their part to educate […]
He died in 1988, having lived long enough to see at least the beginnings of the cultural revolution which would see traditional Garifuna music take the country and globe by storm in the form of punta rock. But the world that master drummer Isabel Flores was born into was not full of CDs by Andy, […]
Health officials predicted that the flooding associated with Hurricane Mitch could lead to an outbreak of cholera… and today that prediction has come to pass. Authorities report that last Thursday a seventy-eight year old resident of Salvapan died from the disease at Belmopan Hospital. Doctors say that his age and the late stage at which […]
Another familiar disease has been associated with a fatality, this time in Belize City. Police pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran reports that, according to his postmortem examination, the man found dead yesterday at the city dump died of tuberculosis. The body of thirty-eight year old Clifford Carr, originally of Dangriga, was discovered at the Belize Waste […]
The report on yesterday’s news of a city wide raid on illegal boledo vendors came as a surprise to most residents of the old capital, who have come to accept the widespread practice as just one more facet of daily urban life. No more, reports Assistant Commissioner of Police Hughington Williams, who told us that […]
In crime news of a more violent nature a woman well known to those of us in the media was this morning the victim of what appears to be a brutal and random assault. Former B.C.B. marketing executive Anita Cheong was walking over the Pound Yard Bridge this morning around seven thirty when a man, […]
For most of us our picture of Hurricane Mitch is that provided by the international news media, particularly television. But if you venture into the Belisle Art Gallery at the Bliss Institute you’ll find images of Mitch which spring from the eye of an observer much closer to home. Local businessman Lascelle Arnold, who along […]
In yesterday’s newscast we reported on the knockdown and death of a bicyclist in the village of Hattieville. This morning I traveled to the roadside community and discovered that what many journalists all too often see only as a printed police report, has a far more personal and urgent meaning to the people touched by […]
The familiar sight of a tall mentally unstable man will no longer be seen around downtown Belize City as this morning his dead body was found at the city dump. The man, who apparently lived in an abandoned van at the site off the Western Highway, is allegedly from Dangriga and, while he is known […]
Like prostitution, it is an illegal activity, but the selling of unofficial boledo lottery has traditionally been ignored by law enforcement authorities. No longer. On Sunday police swooped down on seven Belize City business establishments and arrested six men and one woman for the offence of selling illegal lottery. The primary victim in the otherwise […]
A fifteen year old bicyclist was killed on the spot Saturday when he was knocked down by a pickup truck on the Western Highway. Tommy Lee Banner of Hattieville was riding along with Antonio Banner and Frederick Gordon, heading west between mile fifteen and sixteen, when he was struck from behind by an Isuzu pickup […]
Connoisseurs say the smaller the tail, the more delicate the taste. The law, however, says that when lobster tails fall below four ounces the fisherman may be eating dinner at Hattieville. This afternoon, fisheries officers arrested two embarrassed anglers after their vessel was searched and a total of one hundred and forty five illegal lobster […]
The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a new set of officers. Elected last Thursday to serve for the next twelve months are President Yolanda Crombie, Vice Presidents Gilly Canton and Mark Lizarraga, treasurer Carlos Ysaquirre and secretary Margaret Burrowes. Godwin Hulse sits on the executive as immediate past president while the five councilors […]
Broadcasters or prospective broadcasters looking for a bargain are now able to see exactly what the B.C.B. has for sale. A release from the Broadcasting Corporation of Belize transition committee says a document listing the corporation’s assets is now available for perusal and sealed bids will be accepted for single pieces or groups of equipment. […]
Stories about animals are usually a big hit on this newscast and one we reported last week was no exception. Tonight there’s a happy ending to this canine tale, which began when a storm threatened both man and beast. The obedient dog who sat abandoned at the Burrell Boom cut off, a refugee from Hurricane […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and here’s another version of Sports Monday. With the capping of the remainder of the cycle racing calendar, the riders have been clamouring for action so Santino Castillo stepped in yesterday with the Honda Hill Classic – a 52 mile journey that ran from capital city Belmopan to Santa Elena, […]
The two benches on the government side were lengthened… and some hastily upholstered chairs were added, but there was no hiding the fact that the architects who designed the National Assembly building did not contemplate a parliamentary split as radical as twenty six to three. Still, life in Belmopan goes on, and while their numbers […]
In crime news an eighteen year old Belize City man has been arrested for two robberies which occurred on Wednesday. At around four P.M. police report that fifteen year old Aaron Lopez was jacked by two men who relieved him of his converse tennis shoes. One of the men was identified by Lopez as Roland […]
In Dangriga police investigating one crime have apparently solved another. On Thursday night officers searched the house of seventeen year old Jason Rubio and while there they spotted thirty year old Gerald Cacho. Cacho, it turned out, had fled from a session of Magistrate’s Court back on August fourteenth. Cacho has been charged with escape […]
It’s not yet Garifuna Settlement Day but by at least one measure, the Christmas season has already begun. Hyacinth Latchman made the discovery this morning on Albert Street. You see and hear them every year around this time and in the wake of our deliverance from the ravages of Hurricane Mitch, the Salvation Army Kettle […]
