The body of a Belize City man was today retrieved from the lagoon in Seine Bight on the Peninsula. Eighteen year old George Richard Maskall was last seen by relatives in Placencia on Thursday and this morning a missing report was made to the police. Hours later, around eleven-thirty a.m., a report would come to […]
There was a string of three arsons across the country over the Easter weekend, the most tragic being the deliberate destruction of a Garifuna spiritual temple in Barranco Village. Since July 1996, the thatched structure served as an informal gathering place for residents of the remote community and more officially as a ceremonial shrine for […]
A toddler is dead and police are investigating the cause of the death of the eleven month old baby. Karen De Jesus Perez reported to police that sometime around seven-thirty on Wednesday, April first she was attending to her eleven month old daughter, Mia Eusebia Lopez, when the child started to cry. Perez told police […]
Earlier in the newscast, we reported on two cases of arson in the village of Barranco in the south. Well, there is another incident in which a small house was also deliberately set on fire. In Belize City, a sole bread winner, her father and her four children are homeless tonight. Two minors are suspected […]
There were two other fires in the Toledo District…one in at a school in Big Falls and the other in Blue Creek. In the wee hours of Monday, a fire would erupt in the principal’s office of the Roman Catholic School in Big Falls. Over ten thousand dollars in books and office equipment went up […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Victor Underwood perished in a fatal road traffic accident which occurred along the Phillip Goldson Highway at the start of the Easter weekend. He would be the first of two victims to succumb to injuries received in separate incidents in less than twenty-four hours. The mentally challenged wanderer was walking along the stretch of […]
According to Underwood’s brother, while he concedes that his sibling was at times difficult to deal with; his death may have been the result of negligence on the part of hospital authorities. Isani Cayetano “I understand that your brother suffered from an acute mental illness where he has been dealing with this thing for […]
On Wednesday, April Fools’ Day, forty-two year old security guard, Patrick Castillo Senior, viciously chopped his stepson, Guatemalan Jose Maderos, to death. It was a bloody scene which left a family traumatized. Castillo claimed self-defence, allegedly stating that Maderos came home intoxicated and tried to force open the front door, after which they got into […]
A teenager lost his life over the weekend in a drowning accident in the Belize River Valley. The seventeen-year-old was reportedly spending his Saturday afternoon with a group of friends swimming near Bermudian Landing when he went under and did not resurface. Despite desperately clinging on to a friend’s arm, Christian Valentin, a resident of […]
Today is being celebrated as World Health Day under the theme of Food Safety. It’s not a topic that we often think about, but it’s a very serious matter for your health. While Belize hasn’t faced any major food borne epidemic, the risk still exists, considering the importance of food for local consumption, tourism product […]
The Summit of the Americas takes place this week on Friday and Saturday in Panama City, under the “Prosperity with Equity: The Challenge of Cooperation in the Americas.” The event takes place every three years but this summit is likely to turn out interesting because Cuba’s Raul Castro is being invited for the first time […]
British soldiers are a regular sight on our roads, especially in the west as they train in the rough of the Mountain Pine Ridge. Belize actually provides an ideal training ground for elite troops from other parts of the world, but particularly the British who are a constant presence here. One media organization in the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday on a Tuesday. Hope you had an enjoyable Easter Weekend. For certain you were thrilled with the results of the 87th Annual Cross Country Cycling Classic, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. In front of B.T.L. for the rolling start and honored to […]
Forty-two-year-old Belize City resident Patrick Castillo is currently detained by police after a grisly chopping murder on Wednesday night. According to reports, an altercation between Castillo and his stepson, twenty-year-old Jose Maderos, resulted in Maderos sustaining multiple chop wounds and bleeding to death in the upstairs flat of his home at number nine Kut Avenue. […]
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize held a meeting late Wednesday evening to formally discuss issues concerning the recently passed Petrocaribe Act, as well as Senator Ray Davis’ decision to abstain from voting for or against the contentious piece of law. While the N.T.U.C.B. has made it clear that it does not support the […]
At least two people are critically injured after a boat exploded and caught on fire. Unconfirmed reports are that at least four men launched a boat about ten minutes after one this afternoon in the vicinity of the hangar in Belize City. People on the scene say that just seconds after the boat was started […]
Three persons were arraigned today for a fire at the Belize Youth Hostel compound at Mile twenty-one on the George Price Highway. The fire on Tuesday gutted a section of the hostel and following the determination that it was arson, sparked an intensive investigation. Two minors, one twelve and one thirteen, along with eighteen-year-old Erlene […]
Thirty-nine-year-old Sheffield Brown is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after being unable to meet bail for allegedly groping a Chinese businesswoman. Brown, a resident of Welch Street, was arraigned earlier today in the courtroom of Magistrate Ladonna John where he appeared unrepresented. He was read a single charge of sexual assault following […]
The response time and how effective you respond to the scene of an accident is critical when it comes to minimizing any casualties or loss of life. It is the responsibility of several agencies, including the police, fire officials and BERT to ensure that victims are readily extricated and taken to medical facilities. Today, the […]
Fire Chief, Ted Smith, also gave safety tips to homeowners who will be leaving their homes unattended for the Easter holidays. Ted Smith, Fire Chief, National Fire Service “If you need to leave home, ensure that your house is safe from fires. You look at what may be able to cause a fire and […]
While it has its religious significance, many Christians will find themselves inside a church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For many others, a trip to the cayes or Placencia, going across the border to Chetumal or even visiting with relatives is their way of celebrating the occasion. So today, we took to downtown […]
You know it’s not Easter in Belize until you’ve had a hot cross bun. The tradition of making cross buns and enjoying them around this time of the year is a part of many households; so much so, that growing up as kids, we would sing the “one a penny, two a penny hot cross […]
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize has come under fire since the beginning of the week, and at this hour it is meeting in an emergency session to discuss a number of sensitive issues pertaining to the Petrocaribe Loans Act. While the chickens have long since flown the coop, the N.T.U.C.B. is only just […]
The murder of fifty-seven year old businessman Ricardo Triminio in Orange Walk Town has left the community stunned. Triminio was shot and killed in his shop, Munchies Snack Shop on Progress Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning, but his body was found several hours later. Police haven’t arrested anyone in connection with this […]
On Tuesday night, we told you about the fire at the Youth Hostel at mile twenty one on the George Price Highway. The fire, which is suspected to be arson, destroyed the girls’ dorm and all its contents. The Fire Department was called in and the fire was put out after five in the evening. […]
