We have been following the story of Chris Bowman, the young man, who is now twenty four years old, but was diagnosed with a rare tumor since he was ten. His life has had it many twists and turns but throughout Chris has maintained a brave front. In April he headed to Oklahoma and returned […]
On May fifth we carried the story of the disappearance of a thirty-six year old resident of Roaring Creek. Rufino Sho went missing on Labor Day after attending the National Agriculture & Trade Show with his family. A week has since elapsed and there is still no sign of the handyman. Earlier last week two […]
Belize received some positive publicity in the international media when CNN, one the largest broadcasting stations in the US, posted a feature about the picturesque Hummingbird Highway. The piece was done by Holly Firfer, an Editor for the travel guide website, Frommers.com. Firfer took a road trip on the Hummingbird and speaks of how relaxing […]
A shooting spree has left two persons dead and seven injured in the past three days. It seemed that the madness was over with the end of the weekend, but there was a flare up again in Belize City. At about three-thirty this afternoon twenty-one year old Jerome Jason Wade was gunned down on Vernon […]
The violence started on Friday night around seven-thirty. The first fatality of the weekend was Donavan Bailey. He was killed instantly from among a group of friends hanging out on Black Orchid Street off Mahogany Street. The fatal shot caught Bailey on the right side of his chest and another bullet hit the nearby house […]
About six hours later, following the murder on Black Orchid Street, there was another shooting close to the Vernon Street home of a twenty- two year old security guard. Estevan Fernandez Junior was walking home on Casuarina Street at twenty minutes to two on Saturday morning when he became victim number five for Friday night. […]
And an hour after the senseless shooting of the security guard, another shooting with apparently no known motive occurred. This time an innocent man was shot while he was sleeping inside a fire station. That’s right, the victim was actually lying on the floor in the bunk room of Fire Station number two at the […]
Thousands of acres of forests have been consumed by wild fires, and much more are at risk before the rains come pouring down. Hot weather conditions are the fuel to the fires that are erupting and spreading across the country. Close to thirty thousand acres of forest have been ravaged in Mountain Pine Ridge; a […]
While the forest fires are rampant, in the old capital, a thick cloud of smoke spread from a property near the Haulover Bridge and drifted into parts of the City at the start of the weekend. The fire broke just before eight o’clock on Friday and quickly destroyed the building, which was owned by Liston […]
The second half of the annual Primary School Examinations was sat on various campuses across the country today. A total of six thousand, four hundred and ninety-two students registered to sit both Math and Social Studies exams. Traditionally, problem solving has proven to be an area of great difficulty as a majority of those who […]
From the classroom to the courts, where a cop got off for Abetment to Murder. PC Manuel Hill, was stationed in Belmopan and has been off the job since March of 2009, when he was charged following the murder of thirty-eight year old Hui Li Chen. The Taiwanese National is believed to have been killed […]
After a weeklong battle for his life, forty-one year old Elvis Rhamdas, succumbed to stab wounds on May first. Today, twenty-eight year old Kareem Barona, a well known criminal figure, was charged for his murder. Barona appeared in court unrepresented and after the arraignment he was remanded to the Central Prison, until June twenty-second. On […]
Also in court, a Belize City woman, her common-law-husband and son were all charged for Theft and Handling Stolen Goods. They were accused of stealing seven sacks of beans from a truck belonging to wholesale vendor, Manuel Angel. Nineteen year old Christian Alexander Landaverde took the rap and pleaded guilty, which meant that the charges […]
But there’s some positive news; consumers can look forward to some relief at the gas pump, because fuel prices took a dip at midnight on Sunday. Premium went down by sixteen cents, bringing the price back below the twelve dollar mark at eleven-ninety-seven. Diesel had an even bigger decrease of sixty-eight cents and is now […]
The dry season is causing a water shortage in the Belize River Valley where communities have been without drinking water for weeks. The problem is particularly acute in the village of Lemonal, where last week a number of students absented themselves from classrooms because there was no water to drink or even for personal hygiene. […]
At last, there is some good news coming out of Harmonyville. When we last heard from the Belize Grass Roots Empowerment Association (BGYEA), there were disputes with the adjacent community at Valle Nuevo and government had withdrawn its commitment to cover survey costs. Well, today BGYEA told the media that there’s plenty harmony at Harmonyville […]
Both political parties held divisional conventions over the weekend. On Sunday May eighth, supporters of the United Democratic Party returned Arturo Roches as the standard bearer of the Dangriga Constituency by a slim margin. The total voter turnout at the UDP convention was one thousand and thirty. Roches received three hundred and fifty seven votes, […]
Good Evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 11 of the Belize Bank Super league Tournament took us to Sugar City Saturday night where Orange Walk United, fresh off handing RG City Boys its 1st Season loss, played host to the Hattieville Monarchs who have been plagued by inconsistent play all season […]
Shamir Gonzalez was killed at the compound of the Louisana Government School in Orange Walk on Wednesday afternoon. Tonight, a seventeen year old is charged with his murder while a thirteen year old and twenty-year old Adoni Jah were also arraigned earlier today for abetment to commit murder. According to family members, Shamir went to […]
Errol Ferguson, the taxi driver known as “Lighta”, was violently stabbed to death at around seven a.m. on Thursday and it was suspected that the culprits were brothers. Today three siblings, twenty-two year old Michael and twenty year old Ryan Pook along with their seventeen year old brother were arraigned before Chief Margaret Gabb McKenzie. […]
A search party, led by the police, is combing the Roaring Creek area for a father of three who has been missing since Sunday. The family of Rufino Sho, a handyman, is fearing the worst since he was inebriated when he was last seen and his clothes have been found near the National Agriculture Show […]
One of the most startling findings of the 2010 Population Census was that the unemployment rate has peaked to twenty-three percent. That prompted our last poll question, which asked viewers if they feel that the high unemployment will hamper the country’s economic recovery. While seventeen percent don’t share that concern, the majority of the voters—eighty-three […]
Another intake of young men has gone from recruits to soldiers. This morning they became the newest members of the Belize Defence Force. Governor General Sir Colville Young was the inspecting officer at the graduation, which was also attended by the Acting Chief Justice Samuel Awich and Minister of Defence, Carlos Perdomo. The annual event […]
After the ceremony the recruits gathered with their family in celebration at Price Barracks. While there are opportunities for growth and experience in the B.D.F. for these recruits, it is very likely that they will eventually be placed not only along the borders of the country, but also in the streets of the old capital […]
In the wee hours of this morning tour guide, Dean Smith went head to head with Fort Point Security Guard Harvey Sambula at the Princess Hotel and Casino. That clash ended with Smith losing five teeth and Sambula losing his freedom. It all started at around one-fifteen a.m. when Smith pulled up to the entrance […]
