At news time tonight, three members of the Belize Defense Force and a Belizean Police Officer are still being held by Guatemalan authorities. Technical talks in Miami between the two countries have been suspended until their release. Sources inside the BDF tell News Five that around 10:00 yesterday morning, a Belizean border patrol, consisting of […]
The day after the body of 14-year-old Noemi Hernandez was found, police called a press conference to talk about how they are going to handle this, the 4th murder of a Belize City girl. It is actually the 5th if you include the unexplained death of Samantha Gordon. While the police pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran […]
Noemi Hernandez’s remains were buried yesterday at the Lord’s Ridge Cemetery, however her father, Francis Hernandez went to Police today asking if the remains could be exhumed so the family could hold a proper funeral. However during a Police press conference this evening, Mario Vernon, Head of C.I.B. said that Mr. Hernandez, who was present […]
The body of a man believed to have drowned yesterday in the sea off the Port Loyola area has still not been found. At the time of his disappearance, Kelvin Dennis Barrow was trying to elude police. The pursuit had both Barrow and an officer in the sea for over an hour in plain view […]
A 29 year old man from Santa Elena Cayo, Mark Hyde has been charged with rape and indecent assault following accusations that he drugged a young woman and raped her on the nineteenth of February. The woman told police she accepted a drink from Hyde at Legend 2000 nightclub in Santa Elena Town, and the […]
In another case, this time in the Orange Walk District, a cane cutter from Douglas Village, has been charged with incest, indecent assault and rape. His seven and eight year old half sisters told police he had raped them several times over the last year. The girls reported the matter on the Tuesday but the […]
In a few months they will have frayed edges, scratches, names and phone numbers scribbled all over them, but right now the new BTL phone books are in perfect condition and being handed out to offices and homes throughout the country. One thing you will notice right away is the increase in the cellular phone […]
The Boom and Chime Band may be on the cover of a book which helps people use current technology like cellular phones, faxes and pagers, but their fame has come through their ability to preserve and promote a Belizean tradition: Brukdown music. But Wilfred Peters and his accordion, his musicians with their turtle shell and […]
