We are used to drivebys, ridebys and walkbys, so Belize City’s latest firearm fatality should not surprise us. In fact, with so many guns in so many irresponsible hands, the real surprise is that there aren’t more tragedies like the one that occurred on Sunday morning. Jacqueline Woods reports. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The point twenty-two […]
Around 7:00 on Saturday night a hail of bullets rang out along West Canal in Belize City. By the time the shooting was over, twenty-five year old Darrel Anthony “Bagga” Jones lay on the ground in a pool of blood. Witnesses in the area told News 5 that Jones was by the Quack Spot Club […]
The sighting of a man on the street who is either drunk, stoned or mentally ill is not a particularly unusual occurrence. But when the person in question is in possession of a loaded AK 47 assault rifle, things tend to get interesting. That’s the situation faced by police on Sunday in Belize City. They […]
While the man with the AK 47 may have been acting under the influence, a gang of prison inmates knew exactly what they were doing when they tried to dig their way to freedom. Ann-Marie has the story from Hattieville. Ann-Marie Williams, Reporting Four prisoners tried to escape from the medium security section of the […]
After another night of fine performances on Friday, the Belize District Children’s Festival of Arts tonight begins its week of Golden Nights. Tonight a number of participants will receive awards including Outstanding Dance Student, Nicole Betson of All Saints Primary, Outstanding Primary School Choreographer Diane Garcia of Belize Elementary and Joseph Stamp, voted Best Secondary […]
He returned to the United States on Monday, but during his four-day visit to Belize, Milton Palacio demonstrated that his Belizean instincts are as sharp as his jump shot. After speaking at the Youth for the Future rally on Friday in Belize City, the NBA player headed south. On Saturday he received a hero’s welcome […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re boxed into this special delivery of Sports Monday. Ma Cour Productions has been doing a lot of work in sports of late and this weekend they made their debut into boxing promotion and it certainly went well. So we go to the Belize Pickwick Club and the man […]
