Only last week I sat in this same spot speculating on the causes of what seemed to be an unusually long period of calm, in which the murder rate had plummeted and the level of national violence had subsided to near manageable levels. Obviously I spoke too soon, as this weekend saw two particularly outrageous […]
On Tuesday police are expected to charge a suspect in connection with the murder of twenty-four year old Alfonso Vernon. Around 10:30 on Saturday morning, Vernon was on North Creek in Belize City when an assailant riddled his body with a total of eleven gunshots. Initial reports say it was a drive-by shooting, however, Maureen […]
A farmer from Belmopan is dead tonight, the victim of a hit and run accident. According to police, late Sunday night motorists spotted the body of a man lying across the Hummingbird Highway, near Las Flores Village, suffering from multiple head and body injuries. He was transported to the Belmopan Hospital where authorities pronounced him […]
A fisherman from Corozal drowned over the weekend while out with friends. Reports are that fifty-two year old Thomas Narvaez of Santa Rita layout left Corozal Town on Saturday evening heading north to the Yakuna Bay area for an overnight fishing trip. According to his companions, Narvaez left the group around 2:00 a.m. to check […]
In police news of a more promising nature, the department today took delivery of another forty new vehicles: nineteen cars and twenty-one pickups. The latest shipment brings the size of the fleet to eighty, all Ford Rangers and Focuses. The final twenty cars and trucks are expected soon. Police officials say that a strong commitment […]
The Belizean legal community received a much-needed donation this morning, courtesy of the British Government. The U.K.’s High Commissioner to Belize, Phillip Priestly, officially handed over part of the shipment of law books to Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh during brief ceremonies at the Law Library in Belize City. The books cover topics like family law […]
It’s a long way from the cool carpeted confines of the law library in Belize City, but the latest addition to the nation’s educational infrastructure–opened this weekend in Crooked Tree–is no less important. On Sunday that historic village inaugurated a new library. The building is well stocked with a variety of books as well as […]
It’s been part of the “dalla” division for decades…dalla bread, dalla chicken and even dalla beer; but this week, bread says goodbye to its buddies. According to local bakers, rising production costs have forced them to increase the price of bread by twenty-five cents. Zebedee Pitterson, the owner of Sunnyside Bakery, says the industry is […]
One man who should be able to handle the higher cost of bread is Adolfo Tush of Maya Mopan Village. Tush, a schoolteacher, is the latest winner in the Courts Megabucks promotion that was held on Saturday. The lucky spin netted him two thousand dollars, with all taxes paid by Courts. Tush had purchased a […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this latest issue of Sports Monday. The Harrison Parks National Cricket Competition continues to roll and we caught up with Saturday’s showdown at Burrell Boom between the home team Brave Union in action against the defending champion Sunrise of Lord’s Bank. For Brave Union things certainly aren’t […]
