There was no shortage of police news over the four day holiday weekend: everything from drownings to stickups, traffic accidents, stabbings and a hit and run. But the crime we’ll lead with tonight occurred several weeks ago, and if you believe medical authorities, still has not been solved. Today we spoke to Director of Health […]
The long holiday weekend was the backdrop for three drownings. Branch Mouth, the area where the Macal and Mopan merge to form the Belize River, was the scene of a death Saturday. Twenty-three year old Nicholas Mencias of August Pine Ridge, was swimming around three in the afternoon when a friend saw him go underwater […]
A hit and run on Western Highway has resulted in the death of a pedestrian. Around midnight on Good Friday night, a motorist passing by mile fifty-two picked up an injured man who had apparently had his foot severed after being hit by a vehicle. The victim was taken to Belmopan Hospital, where he lived […]
A slow moving truck, two aggressive busses and a dangerous curve combined to send twenty-seven passengers to the hospital this morning. Around 6:30, the truck, with two busses behind it, was heading south between miles sixty-one and sixty-two on the Northern Highway. The first bus, belonging to Northern Transport, pulled out to pass and was […]
Tourists were the victims of crime in two separate incidents over the long weekend. On Saturday a British visitor was robbed at gunpoint as he conversed with the daughter of the manager of the guesthouse where he was staying. Paul U-Ming told police that around 5:00 p.m. the single assailant took his waist bag containing […]
In news just in another arrest has been made in the burglary of the Belize Bank in San Ignacio. Twenty-three year old Louis Leslie Castellanos of Santa Elena was arrested and charged today with burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary. Thirty-two year old Javier Ramirez of Orange Walk was charged two weeks ago for the […]
The woman known by most of the world as Princess Anne, formally titled Princess Royal, arrived this evening for a visit that will take her to a wide variety of locales in Belize. Despite being the only daughter of Belize’s head of state, the trip appears to be a low-key affair of interest largely to […]
We often hear horror stories of third world women and children being exploited in everything from forced prostitution to outright slavery. Today Belize began the process of looking at its own situation. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The extent of sexual exploitation of women and children in Central America is not precisely known but […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we certainly want to welcome you to this serving of Sports Monday. The 73rd Annual Cross-Country Classic fell victim to its most controversial start ever, as a protest almost shut down the Holy Saturday race. At the heart of the standoff is this pair of riders wearing the Quintana […]
