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Two men charged in murder of British volunteer

They’re being described as “bad-eggs,” a duo of young men who had the entire village of Red Bank in the Stann Creek District living in fear. Today, twenty one year old Estevan Sho and twenty year old Allan Cal had one more commendation added to their resume… murder. Police are accusing the two men of […]

Five injured in machete assault

In other crime news, Belmopan police have arrested and charged four men in connection with a multiple chopping incident on Monday night which sent five people to the hospital. The injured are identified as Carlos, David and Steve Baizar, Seferino Sutz and Adolf Cruz. According to police the five had a misunderstanding with Russell, Clifford […]

Barrow sworn in as Opposition Leader

Yesterday it was the sixteen members of the Cabinet who crammed into the Governor General’s Belmopan headquarters to take their oaths of office. Today there was a lot more room to move at Belize House as just one man: Leader of the Opposition Dean Barrow, took his oath of allegiance. No date has yet been […]

Gas tank explosion in Orange Walk burns seven

It sent flames roaring into the afternoon sky and turned human bodies into living torches. And if you’ve always been afraid around tanks of butane gas you’ll now know why. This morning I visited Orange Walk and heard a story that still has me frightened. Twenty-four hours after the devastating explosion in San Jose Palmar […]

Thousands of children return to school

The recently sworn in ministers of government may have been busy this week moving into their Belmopan offices… but they were not the only ones getting used to new desks. This morning Patrick Jones counted himself among the thousands of Belizean students starting a new term at school. It’s a prayer that both teachers and […]