A Placencia man was killed in an accident on the Northern Highway around eleven Saturday night. Twenty-three year old Daniel Perez was driving a car towards Belize City when he collided head on with a pick-up truck on a curve between miles six and seven. He suffered severe head and body injuries and died on […]
The Xtra House Shopping Center on Church Street as well as its branch on Cemetery Road seem to have more than their share of hold-ups and robberies. This time owner Vinod Chawla is reporting that a briefcase he left overnight in the Cemetery Road store was stolen and over thirty-seven thousand dollars in cash and […]
Police have made an arrest in the shooting of a shopkeeper on Neal Pen Road on November seventh. Eighteen year old Delbert Hines of fifty-eight Iguana Street Extension has been charged with the attempted murder and robbery of Zhou Liang Huai. Hines is accused of approaching Huai as he was closing Eighty-eight Shopping Center and […]
Two men accused of a shooting spree at the corner of Mayflower and Vernon Streets on November seventh, appeared in Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Brian Brown and Carlos Abram were charged with four counts of attempted murder and use of deadly means of harm after a civilian and two undercover police officers were injured by […]
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit ended today in Durban, South Africa with fifty-two countries, including Belize, promising to take steps to eliminate poverty and use the forces of globalization for the advancement of their people. The summit, which marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Commonwealth, included a retreat in which the leaders drafted the […]
Even as communication technology continues to advance, some Belizean communities have had to live with the fact that contacting the outside world is still not as easy as picking up the phone. This not only applies to homes, but even rural police stations. In a joint effort with the Ministry of National Security, today, Belize […]
The Youth Development Department has received a supply of sporting equipment from the British Army. The donation of cricket gear from the United Kingdom was made possible through the efforts of Colonel Mike Bradley, of the British Loan Service who worked and lived in Belmopan a few years ago. Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Russell, the Commanding […]
Garifuna music is flooding the airwaves in the days leading up to Garifuna Settlement Day this Friday, but images of Garifuna life in the old days are being featured in an exhibit at the House of Culture. The works of Benjamin Nicholas fondly recall his boyhood in Toledo while Pen Cayetano’s paintings depict Garifuna life […]
Garifuna Settlement Day activities kicked off in Dangriga last Friday with a tribute to Thomas Vincent Ramos. The event at the Alejo Beni Park honored Ramos forty-four years after his death for his efforts to improve the social and economic conditions of his people. Chairwoman of the Garifuna Council Dangriga branch Sylvia Flores says the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into another dish of Sports Monday. Let’s jump immediately into the Regent’s Millennium Cup Play so we go to the National Stadium where Sir George’s Acros Bombers call home as they host league leading and undefeated Culture Yabra Sunday in a turf war for bragging rights in […]
