Murders are no longer a rarity in Belize, but the nation’s rural communities have been largely spared from the growing carnage of the last decade. Over the weekend a man was killed in what should have been plain view… but as of this evening, nobody seems to be talking. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting The laid back […]
What would have been a routine lover’s quarrel, instead ended in violence on Saturday night. David Ortega, a security guard for Publics Supermarket, left work around nine-thirty and reached his home on Logwood Street fifteen minutes later. But that was fifteen minutes too late for his common law wife Maria Virginia Cawich, who believed he […]
If you haven’t filled up at the pumps since Saturday night, when you do go to the gas station expect a shock when it’s time to pay the bill. Premium gasoline has gone up an additional forty-three cents per gallon, from five dollars and eighty-five cents to six, twenty-eight. Regular has risen an extra forty-five […]
There may be a new and privately owned company in charge of our water supply but that’s small consolation to residents of Belize City and Ladyville whose pipes were devoid of that precious liquid today. Belize Water Services Limited says that the cause is a break in its twenty-four inch main line from Double Run […]
Another calamity, this one in the Cayo District, could have far reaching effects, particularly for pet owners. After three years of being free of the disease, it has been confirmed that rabies is back in Belize. The affirmation comes from a laboratory in Panama that a two-year old male dog from San Antonio, Cayo, was […]
An automobile accident Friday morning on the Western Highway has left a police officer hospitalised. Corporal Rosita Vernon received facial injuries when the supercab pickup in which she was a passenger, overturned around 7:30 in the morning. According to police, the vehicle, driven by Sharette Yearwood, suffered a blowout while heading west at the mile […]
A new justice of the Supreme Court was sworn in this morning. Christopher Blackman, a fifty-six year old Barbadian, has over thirty years experience in the legal field and has served as a senator and president of the Barbados Bar Association. Justice Blackman was sworn in this morning at a ceremony at the Supreme Court […]
The area around the Yabra cemetery is no stranger to newsworthy events and today was no exception. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting The Yabra area has undergone an extensive face-lift during the past few years. First the cemetery was refurbished, number of new houses was constructed and now a sporting facility has been built […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard this charter of Sports Monday. Playoff fever has gripped the football community as six teams battle for the championship in the BFL. Week III found Kulture Yabra hosting the defending champions Sagitun at the MCC grounds yesterday. Six minutes in Derys Benavides fires with bad intention at […]
