Today an Orange Walk man was charged with the murder of a child, Karen Cruz on Sunday night. But it wasn’t the man who had been buying her sweets, giving her money or even writing her love letters. It wasn’t the family friend who had been interrogated by police for days, but a member of […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association will be the first to use San Pedro’s newest building. B.T.I.A. is holding its annual general meeting this Saturday at the Belize Yacht Club’s recently completed conference center. The A.G.M. includes the election of new officers, meetings and a fundraising dinner and opening of the conference center tonight. According to […]
Contrary to the official statement by the government that the shooting death of a Guatemalan citizen in Arenal, at the border between Belize and Guatemala was self defense, today the Amandala newspaper reports that eyewitnesses claim Mateo Ramirez was shot while fleeing from a B.D.F. solider. Reporter Melvin Flores says witnesses told him that on […]
It’s something you may have heard about in the U.S. media: drugs that incapacitate women and make them vulnerable to rape. But the Ministry of National Security is now advising young women in Belize that they need to be careful. There have been incidents in neighboring countries where sexual offenders use drugs such as Rohypnol […]
It was one of those terrible, unexplained incidents which travelers fear and host countries dread. Yesterday morning on Orange Street, a Swedish woman was hit in the head by a man wielding a board just moments after she and two other students got off a bus from Cancun. Tourism police apprehended Leroy Dunn of East […]
The employees of Venus Photos and Records got a surprise this morning when they discovered that their store had been burglarized some time last night. According to the Manager, Leopoldo Silva around three thirty this morning the padlock on the Albert Street show window was cut and the window broken. He said that the burglars […]
All too often, we bring you stories about abusive or absentee fathers but with Father’s Day this weekend we thought it would be appropriate to give some credit to all the good fathers out there. Since we can’t talk to all of you, we chose four men to represent you. These dads not only enjoy […]
Those who are lucky enough to have their dads with them will celebrate this Father’s Day with enthusiasm. But those whose fathers have passed on will have bittersweet memories this Sunday. Tonight on the Last Word G. Michael Reid gets personal as he fondly remembers his own father, he also reminds those of you out […]
