He had been arrested forty-three times and was the subject of eight convictions, all at the tender age of twenty-two. But early Sunday morning the criminal career of Roque Rosado came to an abrupt end, when he was shot dead by residents of a house he was trying to rob. When police arrived at 88 […]
Another Chinese-owned business was robbed by armed bandits, this time in the Orange Walk District. The result, however, was different than that in Belize City. According to police reports, Chin Chen-ku and Kwok Kau-chen were inside the Hong Fua Shop just before nine on Saturday night. According to the businessmen, three masked men, one of […]
The victims of a break-in in the nation’s capital say that nothing was taken, but the mere breach of security is still frightening. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Department of Immigration was forcibly entered sometime on Saturday, the intruders gaining entrance by tampering with the door locks. A preliminary investigation by Director […]
Traffic on the Southern Highway came to a standstill on Saturday morning when a delivery truck caught fire and blocked the road. According to driver Alfonso Witz of Southern Grocery Supply in Punta Gorda, around eleven a.m., he was just a few miles from the dump when flames licked up from the engine. Witz told […]
The legal battles surrounding the Chalillo dam continued today as the second judicial review sought by the environmental group BACONGO got underway in the Supreme Court. This afternoon, BACONGO attorney Lois Young Barrow appeared before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh to present an overview of the laws governing the approval of environmental impact assessment plans by […]
He was a fixture of Belize’s tourism and maritime community for the better part of two decades. Tonight it is with regret that we report the death of Hugh Parkey. Parkey, proprietor of Hugh Parkey’s Dive Connection, died on Sunday in Cancun where he was vacationing with his wife Theresa and a number of friends. […]
Earlier this month we reported on a group of Belizean musicians travelling to Malaysia for a music festival. Today, two more departed the country for an international tour. Bredda David Obi and Peter “Poots” Flores are tonight in Costa Rica where they will link up with thirteen Central American colleagues as part of a multi-national […]
The media is a growth industry in Belize and when it comes to learning, you can never start too young. But while the lessons being acquired this week by children may prepare them for an eventual job as a journalist or broadcaster, the point is to gain skills for dealing with life. Ann-Marie reports from […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and you’re locked into this fat issue of Sports Monday. Their previous transgressions left the Wicked 11 perched on the edge of desperation Saturday as they played host to Sunrise of Lord’s Bank in game 2 of the Harrison Parks Cricket Championship. Only a win today at home in Flowers […]
