Corozal police have still not made any arrests in connection with the brutal murder of thirty-four year old Wilfrido Baeza. Around six on Saturday evening, authorities responded to a call that led them to Baeza’s house at Fourth Street North. Upstairs of the two storey building they found Baeza’s body inside his bathtub with what […]
A refugee from Africa has been murdered in the nation’s capital. Alfonso Lufa, a twenty-nine year old Angolan, had been living in Belize for three years and has been accorded refugee status. Lufa had been living at a house used for refugees in the Salvapan area of Belmopan and that is where he met his […]
Acting on a tip, police visited a house in the Mitchell Estate area of Ladyville on Friday afternoon. According to Police Press Officer G. Michael Reid, a search of the house turned up enough firepower and equipment to outfit a small commando unit. But if the five Colombians and one Belizean arrested are in fact […]
And in another arrest, police have collared one more suspect in the July twelfth kidnapping of Percy Flowers in St. Paul’s Bank. He is twenty-two year old Marlon Sutherland of Orange Walk Town. Sutherland has been charged with robbery, possession of a prohibited firearm, possession of an unlicensed firearm and aggravated assault. Four people have […]
The war in Iraq may be officially over, but somebody forget to tell that to the handful of multinational companies and OPEC countries that control the world’s supply of petroleum. That’s right; gas gone up again. The latest prices are seven-forty for a gallon of premium, a jump of twenty-eight cents; seven-twenty-seven for regular, an […]
Not long ago they were walking the picket line in protest of government’s plan to raise Social Security contributions. Today, the Belize National teacher’s Union is working closely with G.O.B. to increase housing opportunities for teachers. In a meeting with Minister of Housing Cordel Hyde and his top officials, B.N.T.U. officers worked out details of […]
It may seem odd that almost twenty-two years after independence we still find it newsworthy when Belize is treated by its western neighbour as a sovereign nation. But, hey, progress comes one step at a time…or in this case, with each revolution of a bicycle wheel. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The team of […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just hopped aboard that ride we call Sports Monday. Week two of the Belize Premier Football League competition brought the defending champion Sagitun of Independence to the M.C.C. Grounds in a primetime package against Kulture Yabra, the defenders of the metropolis. We open with Sanjay Pitts making a […]
