An unidentified bicycle rider is dead tonight after he was hit by a truck on the Western Highway. The accident happened around 11:30 this morning when the man, around sixty years old and of Creole descent, apparently swerved into the center of the road, near mile three and was hit by the F-350 truck belonging […]
The driver of the Northern Transport bus which overturned on the Northern Highway yesterday morning has been arrested. Thirty year old Charles Meggs has been charged with driving without due care and attention, two counts of negligent wounding, three counts of negligent grievous harm and failure to provide a blood specimen for analysis. Four of […]
It seems as though holiday weekends have become synonymous with big money bank jobs. Last month two hundred and seventy thousand dollars was heisted from the Belize Bank in San Ignacio. This time eight thousand U.S. dollars were stolen from St. John’s Credit Union on Basra Street in Belize City. Reports are that sometime between […]
On the first full day of her visit to Belize Princess Anne got out to see some sights, primarily in the north of the country. After visiting primary schools in the Corozal District she travelled to Blue Creek in Orange Walk where Belize’s various Mennonite communities gathered to show off some of their work. The […]
Viewers who tuned in or caught the action in person at the Bellevue last night were treated to another session of intense competition on Karaoke television. The judging was extremely close, but in the end showmanship won out. Williams Neal, Host, Karaoke TV “Our winner for tonight, and it was again a very close decision […]
He does his work methodically and quietly, without profiling or press coverage… but don’t let the Ombudsman’s courteous manner fool you. He investigates each case thoroughly and where necessary displays the tenacity of a pit bull. This week Paul Rodriguez issued his second annual report. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The one hundred and forty-eight-page report documents […]
If you headed down the Southern Highway this Easter en route to the attractions of Placencia, Hopkins or Cockscomb, you may have noticed a sign not far from the Stann Creek junction pointing toward a place called Mayflower. If you were too busy to explore it this trip, let us suggest that next time, you […]
