On Sunday afternoon, ten year old Karen Cruz went to a party with one of her friends; by eight p.m. she was dead. Who killed this child who lived on Stadium Street in Orange Walk? Was it a stranger who saw her coming home, or did she leave her house to meet someone she knew? […]
Wilfred Lauriano was convicted of the murder of Diego Tzul at the Farmer’s Market in 1993 and sentenced to death, but several years later, in a move right out of the most popular detective novels, attorney Kirk Anderson made a dramatic appeal to the Privy Council saying new evidence had come to light indicating that […]
Well, once again the Tropical Gaming Company, fondly known as the Lotto people are looking for a winner to claim a hefty sum of money. That’s right no one has claimed the $77,500 prize. So if you have your tickets handy, you’d better check them again. The winning numbers are: 2, 6, 14, 20 and […]
After a two-year break, Special Olympics Belize is making a comeback. The event, which is scheduled for November of this year, will feature the sporting talents of children from all over the country. The Coordinator of Special Olympics Belize Dativa Martinez explained that the competition is still in the planning stage. Dativa Martinez, Coordinator, Special […]
Word spread quickly this afternoon that a man had been electrocuted at a construction site. A crowd gathered at the scene on Central American Boulevard where thirty-seven year old construction worker Luis Meggs had been hoisting lumber from the ground floor of the building to the roof when the accident occurred. Eyewitness Greg Moguel said […]
A young man’s attempts to get friendly with a young lady apparently sent him to the hospital today. A sixteen year old boy says he was walking on Coffin Street and began a conversation with a young woman who asked him to change some money at a shop. As he was leaving the store, he […]
The Guatemalan Ambassador Rafael Salazar met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials today to express concern over the shooting death of a Guatemalan evangelist by a B.D.F. patrol on Saturday. Guatemala is asking for a full report on the incident, an indication of whether charges will be filed against the soldier, and results of the […]
A man has been arrested and charged with the attempted rape of a San Pedro resident. According to San Pedro police, a twenty year old woman reported that Marlon Blease visited her room at Captain Morgan’s Retreat, where she also works, at around nine o’clock last night. She claimed that Blease attempted to rape her […]
Here is a correction of a name reported in Monday’s newscast. According to Corozal police, the man found dead in a house on Fourth Avenue is popularly known by the same name as his father: Clarence Turner. However, investigations at the registry revealed that the deceased’s name is actually Alfred Herbert Gillett. The forty-two year […]
