It probably is one of the longest villages in the entire country, spanning roughly eight miles along the hummingbird highway. These days it is also one of the loneliest, as the region of dense forests and sparse police presence has apparently become a favorite stomping ground for fugitives Winsworth Managar and Douglas Williams. Today News […]
Police are combing the Belize River near Burrel Boom in search of a Belize City man who entered the waters and has not been seen since. 45-year-old Bernard Rosado was being driven from Burrel Boom into the City by Susan Fuller. When the car slowed down between miles 7 and 8 Rosado jumped out and […]
It is believed by many that crime in Belize City may actually be decreasing, but the same cannot be said of the tourist haven of San Pedro. In the latest incident on Ambergris Caye the office of the local high school was burglarized last Thursday. According to principal Angel Nunez, between three thousand, five hundred […]
“I thought it was an eye of a deer.” That’s what thirty one year old Modesto Matamoros is telling police as he was formally arrested and charged in the death of fourteen year old Juan Carlos Orellano. According to police both Matamoros and Orellano went hunting in the jungle near Silver Creek Village in the […]
Viewers may be wondering what ever happened to William Shaw. He’s the visitor who crashed through the northern border, was stopped several weeks later on traffic charges and then beat up a police officer and tried to escape from custody at the Raccoon Street Police Station. On Monday Shaw had his day in magistrates court, […]
Late this evening, residents along Calle al Mar, just opposite the MCC Grounds, were forced to remain indoors as they first watched one of their lane’s lamp posts burn, then break in two, leaving its live wires dangling dangerously close to the ground. While none of the residents would venture out to speak to us […]
The new ambassador from the Republic of China on Taiwan, Kuo-Hsiung Shen, today presented his credentials to Governor General Sir Colville Young in Belmopan. The Governor General is no stranger to Taiwan, having visited that island nation several years ago as a guest of the Taiwanese government. Shen also paid courtesy calls on Prime Minister […]
At another brief ceremony in the Nation’s Capital British High Commissioner Gordon Baker this morning inaugurated a new thrift center for the Belmopan branch of the Belize Red Cross. The center, financed jointly by the Red Cross and British High Commission, will be used to store supplies, and its sales will generate funds to further […]
After many years of dormancy, a copyright bill appears ready to be reintroduced into law, as part of government’s efforts to uphold its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization. But does the mere passage of legislation guarantee an end to piracy? Trinidad and Tobago Television hit the streets of Port of Spain […]
Even though the Government of Belize canceled its predecessor’s plans to build a national museum in Belmopan, a number of smaller museum projects have popped up in Belize City and elsewhere. Over the weekend the latest effort was unveiled on the island of Ambergris Caye. Patrick Jones was on hand for a preview. While most […]
