A two-year-old boy drowned in Punta Gorda over the weekend after falling into a pit latrine. Nelia Pop told police around five p.m. on Saturday, August twenty-eighth she was inside the house when she heard splashing outside. She went into the latrine ten feet from the house and saw her small son, Felipe Shol struggling […]
A suspect in a drive-by shooting was himself shot by police officers attempting to take him to the station. Twenty-one year old Marlon Budd, who has already appeared in Magistrate’s Court and was released on bail today, was wanted in connection with the shooting of a sixteen year old on Central American Boulevard around four […]
Another fire in the North Front Street area, this time on Sunday August twenty-ninth, has destroyed the upper floor of one family’s home. According to Nurse Gaynel Collins she was at home around ten a.m. that morning when she heard a sound like breaking glass coming from upstairs. When she investigated, she found the house […]
Amid the wave of disconcerting child abuse reports, there has been one positive report. The Scout Association of Belize announced on Saturday that it will not tolerate any incidence of child abuse, specifically within the organization itself. Ava Pennill, the Director of Youth in the Ministry of Human Development, Women and Youth, says the move […]
How would you like to win a trip to see manatees in their natural habitat? Well, if you design the winning logo for the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network you and a friend could be on your way, and have your design on bumper stickers all over Belize. The Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, […]
Four Belizeans will pursue post-graduate degrees and courses of study in the United Kingdom this academic year under the British Chevening Scholarships Program. Lorna McDougal, the Executive Director of the National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse, NOPCA will work towards a Master’s degree in International Child Welfare at the University of East Anglia. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re right on time for this serving of Sports Monday. The mountain bike community under the leadership of “Popular Fat Boy” Spain out did themselves with a presentation of a monster race yesterday that is bound to go down in history. The president himself is assisting with the registration […]
