Health officials have now sounded the all clear and Dangriga residents are off the beer and bottled water diet. But tonight, officials have still not drawn any solid conclusions as to what contaminated the river there on Friday. Mayor Cassian Nunez was in the middle of the aqua-disaster and today described the scene he saw […]
He was a well-known contractor from Burrell Boom, whose works included the Caye Caulker Airstrip and Belize City sewerage lagoons. Today he is dead. According to reports, the body of 63-year old Rudolph Gillett was found inside his home this morning. He had apparently taken his own life with a single gunshot. Gillett had been […]
After a brief lapse, it seems that open season on the Chinese community is once again in full swing. This time the scene was on Orange Street where the usual masked dark complexioned men came in with a gun and got away with an undisclosed loot bag. Xiao Jun Chen, owner of Olympics Restaurant on […]
Tonight a Belize City man is in custody after a chopping incident on Saturday night. Police have arrested and charged 22-year old Herman Good with wounding and attempted murder. It is alleged that around midnight on Saturday, Good walked into 45-year old Denfield Lemott’s yard on Berry Street and attacked him with a machete. Lemott […]
It wasn’t a hijack on the high seas but for one Belize City man, the theft of his boat was a big deal. 69-year old Lloyd Waite reported to police that sometime between Thursday and Friday, his 15-foot blue and white skiff with its 60-horse power engine had been stolen from its dock on Vernon […]
Cayo police are still investigating a missing persons report even though it’s not entirely certain if that’s the man they’re supposed to be looking for. Around 8:00 on Sunday morning, 3 men, believed to be Guatemalans, were crossing the Mopan River behind Xunantunich on horseback and towing a cow in the direction of the Guatemalan […]
He has been incarcerated since October of 1998, following an extradition request from the United States government for a Florida murder he claim he didn’t commit. But a decision on Friday by the Supreme Court should soon have Rhett Fuller out on bail. Chief Justice Abdullah Conteh approved the application for bail, which was set […]
The end result looked comical, but a traffic accident that occurred on Saturday morning was no laughing matter for those involved. Around 11:15 on Central America Boulevard a Ford Explorer driven by 30-year old Evan Reneau collided into the rear of a station wagon driven by 20-year old Jose Gallego. The wagon then knocked down […]
Prime Minister Said Musa has met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. During the meeting, which took place Saturday at Number 10 Downing Street, Musa sought the UK government’s support for Belize in our dispute with Guatemala. To that end Belize’s P.M. reported on his satisfaction with the presence of the British Army Training Support […]
Since the Inter-American Development Bank established an office in Belize, it has funded a number of government projects. The IDB has also indirectly assisted the private sector through the Belize Institute of Management under the Trade and Investment Promotion Programme. Today, the IDB is looking to expand its lending services to private companies and met […]
Belize is no stranger to the disaster of fire, but the human side of any tragedy is often lost behind the spectacular pictures of roaring flames and determined firefighters. Last Friday a comparatively minor fire occurred in Belize City and while it never made the headlines, it has had a profound effect on one family. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and welcome to another ride on Sports Monday. Game 3 of the Regent Millennium Cup Championship staged at the MCC Grounds yesterday, turned out to be an event instead of just a mere football match. The biggest crowd in many moons massed at the Barracks for the final showdown between […]
