News has been received of the death of thirty nine year old Denroy McCord. McCord, who was the chief engineer for the Water and Sewerage Authority, is reported to have gone snorkeling Sunday morning with a number of friends off southern Long Caye about thirty miles southeast of Belize City. It is reported that McCord, […]
A few hours later the sea claimed another life, this time near Vista del Mar in Ladyville. According to police eighteen year old Ramon Alamilla, of Mitchell Estate, was swimming with two friends between one and two in the afternoon when Alamilla began to struggle in the water. He then went under and was not […]
Police are moving closer to solving the case of last Thursday’s shooting spree in Belize City. Over the weekend they arrested three men believed to have been riding in the black pickup truck which shot up a taxi and also wounded an innocent bystander on Kraal Road. They are 21 year old Alex O’Brien, 24 […]
He hasn’t been arrested, but the price on his head keeps growing. Authorities today announced that not only have they not forgotten about fugitive Winsworth Mangar, but are doubling the reward for his capture, to ten thousand dollars. Mangar, an accused murderer who was mistakenly released from prison in May of last year, has been […]
The alertness of Belize City firemen was put to the test today but their quick response just wasn’t quick enough. A mid-afternoon fire on an unnamed street off Faber’s Road has left two people homeless. Patrick Jones was right behind the fire engines as they raced to the scene. Within a matter of minutes, the […]
It could have caused someone quite a headache but instead the casuarina pine that toppled this weekend in Battlefield Park only tied up traffic. The trunk had apparently rotted and around three Saturday afternoon the aging tree dropped neatly across the street next to Brodie?s. The only damage was to the park’s fence.
Fifty new justices of the peace have been appointed for Belize City. They were sworn in on Sunday at the Supreme Court in a ceremony presided over by Senator Wilfred Elrington, Justice George Meerabux and Solicitor General Gian Ghandi. While we do not have space to name each one of the new J.P.’s we will […]
It’s called the people’s manifesto and it was created by a number of civil society organizations after nationwide consultations. The manifesto consists of eighteen specific commitments spread over the five key areas of political reform, social and economic justice, education, land and youth empowerment. While the recommendations, which focus on greater political participation and increased […]
The eighty bags of medical waste tossed onto a residential lot off Coney Drive have now been properly disposed of… but there are still more questions than answers. Patrick Jones today continued his investigation. Investigations into last week’s frightening discovery of medical waste in Coral Grove have revealed little answers as to how and why […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and welcome to Sports Monday. This year?s annual CONCACAF campaign features Real Verdes and Juventus of Belize in action against the best football clubs of Central America. Yesterday Real Verdes began its tournament at the Norman Broaster Stadium. The Hondurans attached early off with this spot kick that almost gets […]
