The numbers show that cases of carnal knowledge increased dramatically last year and tonight there is one more to add. The first case of this type of sexual abuse for 2009 was reported this past Thursday when a thirty-two year old food vendor of San Lazaro Village in Orange Walk accompanied her fifteen year old […]
A traffic mishap around ten this morning on the Northern Highway did not result in any injuries but did register a significant loss for the owners of Little Belize Exporters, a papaya shipping company from Little Belize in the Corozal District. The truck, which belonged to Wilbert Valencia’s Trucking, was being driven by Carlos Perez. […]
He was a well respected businessman and tonight we report the passing of seventy-six year old, Michael William Oswald Williams. Williams was battling with Lung Cancer and on Tuesday, he died in Miami Florida. On January seventeenth, a memorial service will be held and will be followed by the scattering of his ashes in the […]
If you have recently visited downtown Belize City, you would probably be both amazed and amused at the sight of Battlefield Park. The historic park, you see has been denuded of trees, the birds no longer come to the park as they did for years and now the park is home to some unconventional colored […]
Ever been to Orange Walk and not know what to do? Well, in this episode of What’s Happening Belize, Safiyyah takes us to the hotspots in the Sugar City where you can have a blast. Hey, I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize and we’re doing a very special segment today in Orange Walk. […]
Motorists on the Western Highway need to exercise caution when driving home tonight. Just before news time, we received word that a culvert near mile eleven on the Western Highway has collapsed and traffic has been moving slowly in the area. Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Edmund Castro gave us a phone […]
The garbage issue in Belize City continues unresolved and has been fraught with problems between the City Council and its contracted partners Belize Maintenance Limited and Belize Waste Control. And now CITCO is threatening to not renew its contract with the B.W.C. as it claims it has revenue collection problems, which makes payments to providers […]
He disappeared along with over ninety thousand dollars in December and even a bounty of a thousand dollars for his apprehension, yielded no clues as to his whereabouts. But it turns out that all the while twenty-one year old Hong Jian has been an unwanted guest of the Mexican government in Quintana Roo. Soon after […]
He has been in custody since Saturday and today Marlon Forman appeared in Court, charged with the murder of Barney Cunningham Jr. The incident occurred on January second at Curl Thompson Street. Cunningham was one of eight persons who were helping forty-two year old Edmund Castillo move his family from Barracat Street when police say […]
A high school student is in big trouble tonight, accused of trying to jack a fellow teen. Today eighteen year old Aaron Smith appeared in Magistrates’ Court charged with Attempted Robbery. He pleaded not guilty and was offered bail of fifteen hundred dollars. The charges are a result of a report filed by nineteen year […]
Almost everyday on this newscast we report some man being charged with unlawful carnal knowledge. And the statistics released by the police department on Wednesday, reveal that the number of reported cases of the crime rose from sixty-six in 2007 to ninety-eight in 2008. That’s a staggering increase of forty-eight point five percent. Are there […]
It was expected that like in Belize, Guatemalans would also be vocal and passionate about the territorial claim. Several articles have appeared in the local media in that country and one of those persons expressing his opinion is none other than former Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Gabriel Orellana, a known hardliner on the topic and […]
Ever been in a life threatening situation or know some who has? Then you will know that the response by medical personnel can be a matter of life and death. That is why the nation’s largest public hospital, the K.H.M.H. in collaboration with the Society for Critical Care Management from the U.S. is hosting a […]
Two toddlers did not live to see their third birthday … and it appears that malnutrition was at the root of both their deaths. In the case of Dalissia Chable, the cause of death is bilateral pneumonia, chronic acute dernatis, and malnutrition syndrome. The other child, Charlin Galvez Diaz, died from asphyxia as a result […]
In October the Transport Department introduced new bus schedules for the Western and Southern routes that were supposedly designed to iron out glitches in the system, but tonight a mountain of problems remain. The new system has produced overcrowding, non-compliance to schedules, late arrivals and departures from terminals, while traffic officers who are supposed to […]
The Department of the Environment is encouraging students to think green with two competitions for primary and high schoolers. Primary schools are being invited to submit proposals on an environmentally-friendly project they want to implement in their school. Interested institutions are required to submit a proposal detailing what the project is about, how they came […]
In these haad times, when many people find themselves suffering from post-Christmas cash woes, a mother of four from Orange Walk Town is happy to have found a way out of the financial slump. She did it by hitting all five numbers in Wednesday night’s lotto draw; a hefty sum of ninety-five thousand dollars! Amalia […]
You may have heard the slogan “breast is best’’… and it has been proven that babies fed with breast milk have the best start in life. This initiative which began close to two decades ago is back on the front burner and tonight Healthy Living’s Marleni Cuellar looks at why breast milk is the best […]
There is some good news to report on the latest murder and robbery involving Bowen and Bowen employees which happened shortly after five on Monday evening in front of the Belize Bank in San Ignacio Town. One worker died on the spot and the other, Millard Tun was shot to the head and right arm. […]
In other crime news, police are currently looking for twenty year old Clifford “Bebe” Flores in connection with a shooting incident that occurred around seven-thirty Saturday morning. Twenty-three year old Wayne Rocke said that on January third, he was riding his bicycle on Caesar Ridge Road and was approached by Flores who got off his […]
And burglars in Corozal hit the mother load when they broke into the Brodie’s Warehouse in the Free Zone. Store Manager, twenty-five year old Hensleigh Jones, reported to police that sometime between five-fifteen p.m. on December thirty-first and the morning of January second someone gained access to the premises. Once inside the thief or thieves […]
Also in Corozal, police are investigating the sudden death of a one year old baby. According to twenty-one year old Denise Chable of San Roman Village, around eleven p.m. on Friday she was feeding her daughter and noticed that the baby’s belly was swollen. Chable said she massaged it, but she continued crying and so […]
And in the south, in a sting operation Tuesday, Dangriga police visited a plantation where thirteen marijuana shrubs measuring two feet in height were found. The plants were being grown by thirty-four year old Hector Diaz and thirty-one year old Ricky Polanco. The two farmers of mile twenty-five on the Hummingbird Highway were arrested and […]
Today the battle between two well known contenders went back to court and from the looks of it, it might end without a flurry of blows. Late last month tourism developer, David Gegg filed an application seeking the court to order Jaguar Paw Resort to reopen its zip line operations to his tourists. But Jaguar […]
A man who appeared in court for failing to report to the police, was slapped with a subsequent charge of Aggravated Assault. Fate was not kind to twenty-four year old Michael Young, a deportee when he appeared in the Magistrate Court today. Young pleaded guilty to the charge of failure to report and as a […]
