A weekend blaze has left three Belize City families homeless and the Fire Department still searching for answers. Tonight, eight children and three mothers are staying with family and friends after their homes and personal belongings were destroyed. Jacqueline Woods reports on the tragedy. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Around midnight on Sunday, residents of Pelican Street […]
Tonight police are still searching for a man believed to be part of a gang of thieves that stole one hundred thousand dollars from a San Ignacio resident. Police say around 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, they were tipped off that there was a robbery taking place at the home of Zane Robinson on Orange Walk […]
Placencia police are still trying to determine the identity of a man found dead in the drain near a banana plantation. Employees from Sagitun Banana Farm reported to police that on Saturday they found a man laying face up in one of the drains on the property with several injuries to his head and showing […]
Over the weekend a Belize City business, just up the street from the Queen Street police station, was held up at gunpoint and robbed. Manoj Sharma, owner of Save-A-Lot supermarket, says the incident unfolded around 7:00 that night when four men entered the establishment. Sharma says three of the men were armed with handguns and […]
A Sunday afternoon bar brawl has left a man from the Orange Walk District suffering from gunshot wounds to his face. Details from police are sketchy, but apparently Ramiro August and a man identified only as “Julio” started fighting. August says his opponent pulled out a gun, hit him over the head several times with […]
Civilians weren’t the only ones dodging bullets over the weekend, as Belize City cops were fired upon while on duty. In the early morning hours of Sunday, officers were on mobile patrol near Central American Boulevard when they heard gunshots ring out. Police turned into Sarstoon Street where they spotted a lone cyclist, who according […]
This week, Belize’s two most famous manatees are back in the news. That’s right, Woody and Hercules, two manatee calves saved from certain death by the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute are to be the beneficiaries of a small grant from the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, PACT. According to a press release from PACT, […]
It’s one of Belize’s most popular pageants, complete with lovely ladies and Brukdown music…but best of all, it’s for a good cause. This year the YWCA celebrated ten years of entertaining audiences with their annual fundraiser and as usual, the contestants did their best to wow the crowd. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you are in attendance for this latest issue of Sports Monday, and yes we do have pictures. So we take you out immediately to the People’s Stadium Orange Walk where the defending Regent’s Cup champion Kulture Yabra goes into game two of the three game title series with a […]
