In September, a gang of men intent on inflicting street justice on a patient, stormed through the doors of the K.H.M.H. armed with machetes and created quite a stir before they were detained. Three months later, history repeats itself. Police say two masked men armed with a handgun and a sawed off shotgun slipped past […]
A traffic accident on the Northern Highway has left one man dead and three others hospitalised. According to police, thirty-five year old Elvis Dawson of Gardenia Village was heading north when his white Ford pick-up collided head on with a black Caprice car being driven by Patrick Bryant of Belize City. Dawson died at the […]
A Corozal businessman is in the hospital tonight after he was shot during a robbery attempt over the weekend. According to police reports, forty-two year old Kim Longsworth of Belmont Butane Gas in Santa Rita, Corozal was at the company compound on Sunday around 10:00 a.m. when a minivan carrying three men arrived at the […]
A Belize City businessman was also robbed over the weekend. According to police reports, Wei Chen of Vernon Street was going into his house just before 2:00 a.m. on Saturday morning when four masked men approached him. One of the men, armed with a sawed off shotgun stole his keys and forced Chen into the […]
There has been a lot of controversy lately over the Corozal Free Zone and the role it plays in siphoning off Belize’s hard currency. But a police report today indicates that currency violations are not the only illegal activity taking place in the zone. Based on complaints from the Microsoft Corporation, police on Friday arrested […]
Nearly six months after the Tower Hill riot, an official report has yet to be presented to the public. Shortly after the incident a commission of inquiry was established with Justice Christopher Blackman appointed as chairman. Today Blackman announced that before completing the commission’s report, three more witnesses will be called to give evidence. News […]
Most schools are out for the holidays, but a few teachers are still in the classroom. This morning, teachers from all over the country met in Belize City to discuss a problem facing many of their students…dyslexia. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting School may be closed for the Christmas holiday but some teachers have […]
They promise no rent-a-crowd and more importantly, no political band standing. The Committee for Action on Public Utilities, organisers of a second protest against the Belize Telecommunications Limited, say they intend to come out in numbers and march in the streets until the rates come down. Magaret Ventura, President, P.S.U. “Those who did not come […]
With seven more shopping days left before Christmas, you can bet every lunch hour and after work time will be spent scouring stores for that perfect present for your loved one. Ann-Marie Williams is still playing Santa’s elf and here’s her latest recommendation. Michael Gordon, Artist “I have humans, yard, house, bridge; I like to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcomed to Sports Monday. In a tale of teams streaking in opposite directions, week eight of the Regent’s Cup Tournament found Jacintoville of Toledo at the M.C.C. Grounds looking for its second season win against no less than the defending champion Kulture Yabra. The visitors attack Willie Bo Bernard […]
