The hunt has ended for the man who stabbed a woman in Sandhill and then abducted a boy at knifepoint to effect his escape. Details are sketchy, but seventeen year old Leon Anthony Walford was captured by police around 4:30 this afternoon at the bus station in Belmopan. He was on the loose since early […]
It didn’t have the drama of the incident in Sandhill, but police report that on Thursday night three brothers: Santos, Manuel and Eldermiro Oliver became embroiled in an argument that turned violent. When it was all over Santos was suffering from a machete wound to the head. Police are now looking for Manuel.
Meanwhile, in Belmopan, a security guard claims that he was overpowered by robbers who barged into his house and stole his gun. Twenty-eight year old Jose Rash of the San Martin area of the nation’s capital, told police that around ten-thirty Thursday night three masked men kicked down his door, put a gun to his […]
The northwest corner of Queen and North Front Streets is as historic a location as you can find in Belize City. A few Belizeans may remember the original brick building at the site as belonging to the Cuthbert brothers from 1875, but most know it as the Vogue which opened in 1937. In the last […]
Judging from the number of calls to media houses, last night more than a few Belizeans were convinced that a hurricane was bearing down on Belize. In fact the scary weather reports and emergency bulletins were part of an elaborate bit of play-acting… but the purpose was deadly serious. Jose Sanchez reports from Belmopan. Jose […]
On this newscast you are most likely to see members of the Police Department collaring suspects, walking criminals to court or lifting dead bodies into the back of a pickup. But tonight we’ve caught some officers in a different light. No, not taking bribes or brutalising prisoners, but working with what will hopefully be a […]
