They call it La Isla Carinosa… but the Caye Caulker police were anything but loving this weekend to one island resident who alleges that cops beat him so mercilessly that he came close to death. Luis Alcoser, Alleges Police Brutality ?I bawl and bawl, and the more I bawl they work (beat) me because they […]
Police have yet to come up with a motive for the death of a Guatemalan national discovered on Saturday, but they strongly believe that someone murdered Andres Lopez. Lopez’s body was found lying on the side of the Hummingbird Highway in St. Margaret’s Village in the Cayo District around six in the evening. He had […]
Police have identified a man who was found dead, slumped over the side of his boat, on the Haulover Creek early this morning. Forty-six year old Redford Everett, a fisherman from Ladyville, was discovered by authorities shortly after midnight. He was found inside his skiff near the Bowen and Bowen compound with the engine still […]
Corozal police had their hands full on Saturday following two separate fatal traffic accidents on the Northern Highway. The first occurred around eight-fifteen following a collision between a mini bus and a Ford Bronco. Preliminary investigations reveal that thirty-four year old Daniel Acosta was driving the Bronco from the Mexican border to Corozal Town, but […]
It’s been a while, but police have added another notch to their anti-narcotics belt. The latest bust occurred at the checkpoint at the Burrell Boom cut-off on the Northern Highway. Around eleven forty-five on Saturday morning a routine search of a red four door Chevy Lumina yielded close to nine pounds of cocaine. The drugs […]
Two more foreign criminals on the run in Belize have had their stay in paradise cut short. According to local police, fifty-two year old Arthur Schuh and his brother thirty-six year old Thomas Schuh were arrested on Monday after a police raid in Ladyville. With the help of an informant, U.S. officials have been working […]
On Friday, we reported on the arrest of two men for burglary after they were caught by police inside a Belize City house. One of the pair, Archibald Leslie, has pleaded not guilty and has been remanded until June twenty-seventh. The other, however, Eugene Ramirez, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison […]
A series of blackouts left the country in the dark last night, but according to Belize Electricity Limited, the outages were not the result of sabotage. According to a company rep, they are taking the rap for this one, citing that guy wires for a pole supporting the main transmission line from Mexico rusted out […]
It is the oldest and largest environmental conservation organisation in Belize. And tonight, the Belize Audubon Society will take time out to report to its membership on the organisation’s activities over the last twelve months and present its plan of action for the way forward. Advocacy Manager Tanya Williams-Thompson says Audubon’s thirty-sixth Annual General Meeting […]
The drive called Books for Belize is the brainchild of Penny and Jack McDonald of Florida. Since their first visit to the country as tourists almost two years ago, the McDonalds have donated a variety of educational materials to Frank’s Eddy Government School. This year a total of one hundred and forty-one boxes will be […]
Her work appears regularly in the Amandala and her words have entertained readers for a number of years. Today, American retiree Anne K. Lowe released an anthology of poems called “Liberated.” Her musings touch on subjects ranging from the beauty of nature to crime and violence. News Five caught up with the poet at the […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley with this fresh dish of Sports Monday. Week three of the Regent?s Cup playoffs took us again to Calcutta at Corozal where the home team Bulls hosted the sizzling San Pedro Seahawks on Sunday. Still looking for its first playoff win, the Bulls attack off this set piece and while […]
