Farmers and fruit vendors operating in and around the Punta Gorda town limits are under quarantine tonight after inspections by officials from the Ministry of Agriculture done over the weekend turned up female Mediterranean fruit flies. According to the Belize Agriculture Health Authority’s Director of Quarantine, Delilah Cabb, on Thursday, two specimens of the Medfly […]
Two people, one of them a young boy, are dead tonight as a result of an accident in the Mountain Pine Ridge on Sunday. According to police, around 4:40 p.m., a Toyota pickup being driven by Riaan Webb of San Ignacio overturned near the D’Silva Forest Station. There were other people in the truck, and […]
A Belmopan man is recovering from multiple stab wounds, a consequence of helping a woman being attacked. According to officers from the capital city, around 2:30 Sunday morning, Clifford Matute of Roaring Creek was at a dance at Chun’s Bar in the village when he saw a couple get into a fight. Matute told the […]
Tonight, Belize City teenagers have been charged with murder in connection with the death of an elderly man. Last week Wednesday, sixty-four year old Cleophas Burgess succumbed to injuries he received after he was hit in the head with a blunt instrument. This afternoon, two of the accused, fifteen year old Lionel Sampson and eighteen […]
As the Burgess family mourns the loss of a loved one, another Belize City family is keeping a bedside vigil at the K.H.M.H. after their teenaged son was also hit in the head with a bat. According to police, thirteen-year-old Jose Ayala was standing at the corner of Freedom Street and Unity Boulevard when three […]
A Sunday night fight over borrowed money has left one man suffering from chop wounds to the head. According to fisherman Anibal Chuc, just before 9:00 on Sunday night, he met a man he knew as “Spanish” in the Conch Shell Bay Area in Belize City. Chuc says he asked Spanish for the fifty dollars […]
The trial of the baker versus his neighbour began in the Supreme Court today, the climax to a situation that has divided residents of Corozal town. Sixty-two year old Eugene Eck is suing seventy-three year old Rafael Velasquez for more than twenty thousand dollars in damages to his health and property, caused by the smoke […]
According to Belize City police, on average, everyday three burglaries are reported. But authorities believed many other break-ins go undocumented as homeowners simply double up on security and hope it doesn’t happen again. Over the weekend, one of the latest victims was a priest living in Ladyville. Around six-thirty Saturday evening, Father Oliver Smalls was […]
While the list of weekend crime might seem disheartening, tonight there is good news to report in the fight to bring the situation under control. On Friday, forty-two Belizeans were officially inducted as members of the Police Department as the seventy-sixth squad to join the force. During the official graduation ceremony, the recruits showed off […]
Prime Minister Said Musa left Belize today for Guyana to meet with Caribbean leaders as part of the twenty-third regular meeting of the conference of Heads of Government. While in Guyana, Musa will discuss the regional strategic tourism plan, the task force on crime security and the Caribbean approach to achieve and maintain access to […]
This month the Department of Women’s Affairs has organized a number of activities to promote a healthy lifestyle. During Health and Nutrition Month, sessions will be held focusing on diseases such as cancer, diabetes and various heart conditions. The talks are scheduled to take place at health centers in the city, and according to D.W.A. […]
With the kids on holiday and the heat in the nineties almost every day, Belizeans are cooling off in any body of clean water they can find. For city residents, one of those options are swimming pools. But as the children enjoy the cool water, there are dangers to look out for. According to YWCA […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and allow me to welcome you to this brand new version of Sports Monday. After a year in the semi-pro ranks, Sir George and the Brown Bombers find themselves locked in a quadrangular tournament fighting for survival at the highest level of Belizean football play. That campaign began yesterday at […]
