Two days after the bodies of Kirk “Psycho” Thompson and Edmund Velasquez were retrieved from the Old Northern River in Maskall, just how these two young men died is still a matter of contention. But despite the number of conspiracy theories in circulation and the serious aspersions being cast on the Belize Police Department, it […]
Since this story broke on Wednesday night, the Police Department has asked the public to believe it is entirely plausible that two young men drowned simultaneously in a practically stagnant river that isn’t very deep and is dotted with trees. Whether cramps were the culprits or not, a double drowning is certainly a rare event, […]
Kirk Thompson and Edmund Velasquez will never see the inside of a courtroom, but the street verdict is already in. Ann-Marie took a walk downtown today to find out how some of you feel about this dramatic story. Citizen #1 “I would have wanted him to come in alive. With me fair is fair, and […]
Even though the Police Department maintains that no officer came in contact with either Kirk Thompson or Edmund Velasquez, prior to discovering their bodies in the Maskall River on Wednesday, they were definitely in the area earlier in the week. On that same day, two residents of Lucky Strike Village, located just a few miles […]
A traffic accident on the Northern Highway has left a woman dead. According to police, thirty-nine year old Jason Guerrero, a music conductor of Belize City, was driving his Isuzu truck from Belize City towards Ladyville around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Reports are that Guerrero was between miles seven and eight, near Raul’s Rose Garden, […]
On Thursday members of the local press dropped a bombshell on news listeners that as many as fifteen prisoners had escaped from the confines of the Hattieville prison and weapons, money and a cell phone had been found on another prisoner. Tonight the superintendent says it’s simply not true. According to Major Errol Gentle, neither […]
The Government of Belize has confirmed today that the management of the post office, in addition to the Prison Department, will be privatised. The government is trying to conclude negotiations with the present Board of Governors and its chairman John Woods, who has expressed an interest to manage the institution. According to Minster of Housing […]
With the number of aspiring artists hoping to make it big on the local scene, exposure is crucial. One musician, already part of a popular group, is hoping to cash in on his solo performances. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jcaqueline Woods, Reporting He’s no stranger to the music scene, however, when he entertains, Kenneth Gladden is […]
