At around ten Sunday night a small skiff sputtered to a halt near the Tourism Village; it’s sole occupant bleeding profusely from a bullet wound to the jaw. But the dramatic arrival of a barely alive Alberto Gomez in Belize City was only the first act in a crime of monstrous proportions. Left behind at […]
An accident at a Corozal ferry crossing has led to the death of a motorist. Twenty-four year old Roberto Sandoval was killed on Saturday morning when the pickup truck he was driving rolled off the ferry at Pueblo Nuevo on the New River. According to police, Sandoval, his wife Maria and a sixteen-year-old minor were […]
A pedestrian and a cyclist were killed over the weekend in separate traffic accidents at opposite ends of the Northern Highway. On Friday night around seven, forty-five year old Roy Anderson of Ranchito Village was knocked down by a car as he walked between miles eighty-two and eighty-three. He was pronounced dead on arrival at […]
It is exactly what every law enforcement expert tells you not to do when confronted by an armed robber…but don’t tell that to businessman Lu Zha Gi. Thirty-two year old Lu was outside his shop on West Collet Canal Friday afternoon when an assailant approached him from behind, placed a handgun in his back and […]
The controversy over Social Security is over. At least that’s the official word from Belmopan. A press release today from the Office of the Prime Minister says that a meeting Friday evening between union officials, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance resulted in agreement on the following points. The level of Social Security contributions […]
Bus riders from Hattieville, Ladyville, Mile Eight, and Maxboro may find their commute a little less arduous thanks to the addition of eight buses to the Novelo’s fleet. The reconditioned vehicles will be dedicated to servicing those four communities, hopefully sparing commuters the indignity of waiting in vain as overcrowded buses fly past, leaving them […]
On Friday night before a packed audience at the Belize City Centre, twenty-three year old Leilah Pandy was crowned Miss Belize. Pandy says she still cannot believe that she won the pageant. Leilah Pandy, Miss Belize “It was shockingly surprising, because I honestly thought that Dalila Vanzie would have won. I knew she was the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome aboard for another ride on Sports Monday. Lord’s Bank was the place to be Saturday afternoon where the decisive game three between Berlan of Bermudian Landing and Wicked Eleven of Flower’s Bank for the Harrison Parks National cricket titled was staged. But first we’ve got to get the […]
