Initial reports swirling around Belize City were that Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord had been murdered. But while Magistrate Lord is alive and well tonight, there was an attempt on his life on Saturday night…and today police were still looking for the suspect or suspects. Lord, who declined an on camera interview, told News 5 that […]
It has become a notorious strip of highway, and this weekend–yet again–police and rescue personnel were called to the scene of another fatal accident. This time it was a collision between a red Toyota Corolla and white Plymouth van. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Thirty-four year old Warren Lee Wade was on his way to Belmopan when […]
A child was knocked down and killed in the Orange Walk District on Friday morning. Nine-year-old Juan Carlos Velasquez was standing on Santa Familia Street when a towhead truck driven by Felipe Leiva of Orange Walk hit him. He was rushed to the Northern Regional hospital, but had sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead […]
It is not yet clear if the incidents are related, but there were two shootings on Kraal Road and another on Mahogany Street in Belize City on Saturday night. Two men, Godfrey Rowland and Albert Chapparo, wound up in the hospital after a man on a bicycle rode by and shot at them while they […]
Those of you who depend on email for business, or to stay in touch with friends and family, probably noticed that over the past several days your messages were slow in arriving at their destinations…in some cases, they didn’t go through at all. While the problem is exclusively with B.T.L. email addresses, for once the […]
There are daily reports of young men and women finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. And while a community frustrated with the crime situation might be tempted to pack these youths up and send them on a one-way trip to Hattieville, human rights advocates are campaigning for a different approach. It’s called […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we’re rolling out yet another fresh issue of Sports Monday. Over the weekend Rogers Stadium hosted the best of the best in Belizean softball as the top eight ball clubs of the national gathered in a tournament package to choose the best from amongst many. We pick up the […]
