By midday on Saturday, cycling fans across the country knew that the Santino’s Jamis team had claimed victory in the most prestigious race of the year. But as the team basked in the glory of their win, little did they know what today would bring. According to team owner Santino Castillo, around nine this morning […]
Four men lost their lives while swimming in a lagoon in the Corozal District as family members watched helplessly. According to police reports, thirty-five year old Anastacio Uck was with friends and family members cooling off in the waters of the Four Mile Lagoon just outside Corozal Town on Saturday afternoon. Uck began having trouble […]
In another drowning incident, a Belize City woman died while in the water just off the beach on Caye Caulker. Police reports indicate that on Friday afternoon, sixty-five year old Viola Brakeman was in the water near the “split” when she appeared to be in trouble. Eyewitnesses told police she was then seen floating in […]
In midst of all the recounts of tragedies involving water, there is at least one happy ending from a swimming session that almost went wrong over the weekend. According to P.C. Michael Roches, on Sunday he was bathing in the Moho River near Boom Creek Village in the Toledo District when he had to rescue […]
An argument over a football game was the apparent motive for a murder in the Orange Walk District on Saturday. According to police, around eight that night Pedro Gonzalez Jr. and Sylvino Blanco, both residents of Douglas Village, got into a fight over a game. Blanco says he thought the incident was over when Gonzalez […]
A police officer from Valley of Peace is tonight being investigated after he shot and killed a man on Thursday. According to reports, around 6:30 Thursday evening, P.C. Valentine Uk responded to a call for help from a villager who claimed he was being threatened by a man identified as nineteen year old Erasimo Rodriguez. […]
Two people are dead tonight as a result of a traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway late Thursday evening. According to police reports, around 7:30 p.m., police went to an area near mile twenty-one where they found an overturned Gray Nissan with one passenger trapped inside and two others lying on the ground outside the […]
If you took a road trip over the weekend, you might have noticed you had to put out a little bit more for gas. That’s right, there’s been another price hike in fuel prices. News 5’s Ann-Marie has been visiting the gas stations around Belize City today and here’s what she found at the pumps. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday on a Tuesday. Elston Kerr, who won the first ever Cross Country Classic began a wonderful tradition that extended into its 74th edition this Holy Saturday. Riders from as far away as North American and Colombia lined up at the starting gate, joining some eighty […]
