A fight on Curasow Street in Belize City resulted in a twenty year old man being stabbed to death. Edward Figueroa and Miguel Heredia were in the company of three young women when they were attacked by three men around 3:30 Saturday morning. Figueroa, who was stabbed in the abdomen, was rushed to the K.H.M.H. […]
It took a while but a semi-alert bartender in the Cayo District finally realized the hundred dollar bills his customers kept spending were too good to be true. Six young men have been arrested for possessing counterfeit money after Beong Giou Chow of Dynasty Club on the Western Highway reported that between 11 p.m. Friday […]
San Ignacio police have charged a Salvadoran with rape and indecent assault following a report by a 23 year old woman. She told police that on Friday night she was on her way to the outside latrine at her home in Santa Elena when a man she knew only as “Edwin” grabbed her. She says […]
It wasn’t a big theft as jewelry store heists go, but the Independence police didn’t let this thief slip through their fingers. On Saturday morning Glenda Pantin was in her store on Prince Street when Rene Ortiz entered and asked to see some jewelry. Pantin says she placed a gold chain, esclavas and a ring […]
The 210 children of the Caye Caulker Roman Catholic School have had the information super highway stolen out from under them, before they even got a chance to log on. On Thursday night thieves broke into the school and stole the brand new computer, printer and scanner donated three weeks ago by the British High […]
Twenty Cuban doctors arrived in Belize this morning, as part of the Government’s manifesto promise to upgrade health services in rural areas. Eight doctors will be posted in the Belize District, five in Corozal, three in Cayo and four will be sent to Orange Walk. The doctors will be in the country for a little […]
We used to think of AIDS as a homosexual disease. We used to think it was something brought to Belize by foreigners, or something you only got if you went to the States or a country in Central America. Well, you’d better throw out those myths once and for all and do it fast. For […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re into another serving of Sports Monday. After 3 misses in a row beginning with the Mother’s Day Bel-Chi Classic, the Belize Amateur Cycling Association finally got back on track with yesterday’s successful running of the Orange Walk Cycle Classic. 20 riders suited up for this one but heading […]
With the murder of Karen Cruz in Orange Walk still fresh on everyone’s mind and the brutal deaths of Sherilee Nicholas and Jackie Malic, and possibly Jay Blades still haunting us, any time a child disappears or runs away from home we fear the worst. Earlier this week when it was reported that a little […]
But Erica Wills’ family isn’t the only one worried about a missing relative. Tina Penner and her four small children are still waiting for the return of Menno Penner who was kidnapped in Belmopan three and a half months ago. Penner was taken from his orchard on March 17 and the Citrus Growers Association has […]
A fatal traffic accident in Orange Walk on Thursday afternoon has left one dead and another in serious condition. According to police, Twenty-seven year old Teodoro Cowo and his passenger twenty-three year old Salvador Cocom were transporting gravel in a red and white truck on the Blue Creek Road, when the brakes failed. Cowo lost […]
Police are investigating what may be an accidental shooting early this morning at the F and O Gas Station near the BelChina Bridge. Gas Station attendant Jose Gomez reported to police that around 2 a.m. he was seated on a stool with his licensed 12 gauge pump action shotgun talking with three men. He says […]
Members of the Swim Across Belize for Outstanding Relief, SABOR, will be taking to the waters on Sunday July fourth. The swim to raise awareness about Cancer and funds for the Belize Cancer Society, was postponed due to inclement weather late last month. It will cover the distance between St. George’s Caye and Belize City. […]
In keeping with its manifesto promise to appoint an Ombudsman to investigate cases of alleged abuses of power by the government or government departments and ministries, at the last sitting of the House of Representatives the choice for the job was announced. Paul Rodriguez, one of the founding members of the U.D.P. and a former […]
Webcrawlers beware, B.T.L. is closing in on computer hackers everywhere. Internet subscribers will now be able to monitor their Internet usage by simply clicking on to the belizeweb.com webpage and better yet, it’s absolutely free. By way of a computer generated personal identification number, customers can access information to verify which phone number is dialing […]
When she joined the Belize Rotary Club in 1992, she was one of three women members. Yesterday, Yolanda Crombie became the first female president in the club’s forty-three year history. As the General Manager of Atlantic Insurance and the President of the Belize Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary presidency will certainly add to her already […]
The interaction between people and those gentle sea mammals, the manatee is usually limited to brief sightings when they raise their noses and blow air above the water as we pass by in a boat. But sometime these creatures need our assistance. To help humans help the manatee there was a workshop today on manatee […]
For the past week, volunteers from St. Louis, Missouri have been training Belizean volunteers in the areas of aquatics, camp and education, gearing up for next Tuesday when girls and boys of all ages begin attending the YMCA summer programs. Director of the program, David Halcomb, says he expects great things from the volunteers and […]
Those who live in small developing countries often complain about the lack of resources, but tonight G. Michael Reid points out that Belize has more than its share of attractions. The problem is so many people don’t appreciate what we have, or know how to share it with visitors. “While a few will be forever […]
Three men are still at large after a shooting and machete attack on San Pedro, Ambergris Caye yesterday evening which may have been drug related. David Jeron and Raymond “Peanuts” Smith told police they were clearing land around five thirty Wednesday evening, in the Boca del Rio area when Smith was attacked by two men […]
A resident of Las Flores, Cayo District has been charged with murdering his brother in a fight on the night of June 18th. Witnesses told police Pablo Choc pushed his brother Consesto and he fell and hit his head on a rock. Consesto was rushed to the Belmopan Hospital but he died the following morning […]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Raymond Flowers who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for the death of prison inmate Marcus Melendez in March of 1997. Flowers was accused of assisting Julian Bush suffocate and then hang Melendez with a sheet in their joint prison cell. Bush […]
In court news, the Court of Appeal has also upheld the death sentence of Norman Shaw who was convicted of the murder of Fitzgerald Mantock and Rudolph Bermudez in Dangriga in July, 1996 during a drug deal. Shaw had maintained that he had acted in self-defense when he shot Mantock but evidence presented in court […]
Its been twenty years since the laws passed by the National Assembly were compiled and published in volume form. In order to add all the new acts, remove those which are no longer in force and incorporate the supplemental pages published in 1990, Dr. Nicholas Liverpool has been appointed Law Revision Commissioner. He will produce […]
Houses are being built all over Belize in a variety of ways, by the owners, by the government, by contractors, by the Mennonites, by Center for Employment Training students, and now by Habitat for Humanity Belize. But their program is unique in that it’s a “one good turn deserves another” approach with owners helping each […]
