Tropical storm Chantal, the wannabe hurricane that just couldn’t seem to get organised, passed over northern Ambergris Caye and the Corozal District last night. But before finally drifting off towards the Gulf of Mexico, Chantal, with winds reaching seventy miles per hour, packed just enough of a punch to remind Corozalenos that they are no […]
In related news, eleven people attempting to flee Chantal found themselves in the thick of it last night after the boats they were travelling in got lost between San Pedro and Corozal. Reports are still sketchy, but apparently two Mexican skiffs carrying eleven people left San Pedro around 10:30 Monday morning. The vessels lost their […]
Orange Walk police tonight have three men in custody who are believed to have robbed two gas stations on the Northern Highway. They are brothers Anthony McKoy Montes and Augustine Diego Montes, as well as Moises Williams, all of Belize City. Police say they received a report that sometime before daybreak this morning the Shell […]
Police have arrested and charged twenty-seven year old Wilhelm Coye, a resident of Camalote Village with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving without due care and attention, driving an unlicensed, uninsured motor vehicle and drunk driving. The charges come as the result of a traffic accident on Friday in Belmopan in which […]
In a successful radiothon over the weekend, Habitat for Humanity has raised enough money to construct another house. Pledges exceeded the initial goal of twenty-two thousand dollars for the construction of a two bedroom home and organisers are hoping to raise an additional three thousand dollars by the end of this month so that a […]
Speaking of that financial institution, Monday’s edition of the British newspaper “The Guardian” has breathlessly reported that Michael Ashcroft, the controversial Anglo-Belizean billionaire recently appointed to the House of Lords, is about to sell the Belize Bank. The newspaper’s sole evidence of the impending sale is a line from the most recent financial report of […]
