It began innocently enough…the hum of an engine piercing the silence of sunset in the Mennonite community of Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District. But within minutes, the noise increased and then villagers watched in surprise as a sixty-foot cargo plane used their farm road as a runway. Strange vehicles bearing Mexican license plates […]
A shooting incident in King’s Park on Friday night has residents on edge and police community relations tense. Police reports are that between seven and eight that night, a unit posted at the residence of Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord, located on St. Thomas Street, spotted two men on bicycles in the vicinity of the house. […]
In more disturbing crime news, a senior police official has been arrested and charged with wounding and harm. Superintendent Ewart Itza, the officer in charge of the Southern Formation is at home tonight on interdiction after two separate reports filed by residents in Dangriga. The “victims”, identified as Lincoln Cardinez and Timothy Cano, both allege […]
The Police Department’s reputation is going to take another serious hit this week as sources have confirmed that as early as tomorrow another police officer will be charged in connection with the death of a young man in mid-June of this year. While the name of the officer is being withheld until charges are officially […]
Anyone who’s had to go to a private clinic recently can tell you that maintaining one’s health can cost an arm and a leg. That’s why rumours that the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, one of the cheapest sources of medical care in Belize, was on the selling block were greeted with such panic. Panic that […]
As thousands of students returned to the classrooms today, medical personnel are warning parents of a painful, itchy condition. Approximately three weeks ago, health officials began noticing an increase in the number of persons afflicted with conjunctivitis, locally referred to as pink eye. The condition is not only painful, but it’s also highly contagious and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and you’ve just logged on to Sports Monday. In the Regent Insurance Cup opener at the M.C.C. Grounds, Kulture Yabra was held to a scoreless draw by visiting Juventus team of Orange Walk. It’s the beginning of the second round and the regular season play and yes, these two teams […]
