Among all the government ministries, departments and statuary bodies, it is the one entity that consistently blows its own horn the loudest. And for good reason. In the face of war, terrorism, hurricanes, recession, and fear of flying, Belize’s tourism industry has not only held its own, but consistently grown and prospered. Much of the […]
A young girl from the Stann Creek District is dead tonight, the victim of a traffic accident on the Southern Highway. According to police, just after six on Sunday evening, fifteen year old Suzie Teul of Maya Mopan Village had just gotten off a bus near mile twenty-five and was running across the road when […]
Meanwhile, a Corozal man is detained tonight pending charges for the hit and run of a police officer. On Sunday evening, Sergeant Francisco Ack and several other colleagues were manning a checkpoint near Trial Farm, just north of Orange Walk Town on the Northern Highway. Around six-twenty, a cane truck approached the officers, but instead […]
Another errant driver in Orange Walk has been charged with crimes, but not your everyday traffic offences. Police report that on Saturday thirty-one year old Leonardo Chell was involved in a traffic accident and was suspected of being drunk. He was injured in the incident, so police took him to the Northern Regional Hospital. But […]
A cool swim on a hot day turned tragic for a group of friends from Sandhill. Police say that on Saturday, twenty-year-old Hilberto Villa went for a dip in the Belize River at Grace Bank just after one, but a short time later disappeared. The group immediately started looking for their friend, but it was […]
In more police news, a Belize City man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting of Michael Henry late last month. Twenty-four year old Kenneth Daniels, a resident of West Street in Belize City, will face charges of attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm. It is alleged […]
On Saturday, Courts held its third Megabucks spin. Belize City resident, Carlos Rodriguez, whose name was drawn from the barrel last week, had the opportunity to win up to five thousand dollars. However, a faulty spin gave Rodriguez two chances at the wheel. Here’s how it went. (Rodriguez spins and wins two thousand dollars) The […]
Today is World Health Day, one of those dates on the calendar that is supposed to arbitrarily prompt us to think and act on a subject that does not always come to mind. But this year’s observance, which focuses on children, is especially relevant to Belize, where, on almost a weekly basis, we seem to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. The Belize City softball Association kicked off its annual season with the usual marathon package staged yesterday at Rogers Stadium. We go to the female finals as defending champion Brothers Habet Body 2000 Lady Rebels clash with B.T.L. for the 2003 title. And for Mary […]
