The rumours have been making the rounds for weeks and confirmed in concept by the Leader of the Opposition at the last House meeting. But today Dean Barrow and the United Democratic Party took it one step further by offering explicit details of what it claims are government’s plans to facilitate the sale of controlling […]
A shooting near the popular fried chicken stand “kick down fence” has left one man hospitalised and police searching for a suspect. Twenty-seven year old Alex O’Brien was at the corner of Dean Street and West Collet Canal shortly after one this afternoon when a man he recognized pulled out a gun and opened fire. […]
A Belize City taxi driver has been charged after hitting three children on a crosswalk Tuesday morning. Six-year-old Akeen Gooding was the most severely injured and is in serious condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Taxman Louis Hynes appeared in court yesterday and was charged with negligent grievous harm, driving without due care and […]
It is one of those tricky cases sure to spark public comment: a thirteen-year-old boy has been charged with the unlawful carnal knowledge of a thirteen-year-old girl. The case was brought to the attention of police by the girl’s mother after she discovered the boy in her daughter’s room early Tuesday morning. The Police Department […]
Two stolen vehicles have been recovered and a young man arrested, thanks to information supplied by members of the public. Police say a fourteen year old of Matron Roberts Street was charged today with theft, handling stolen goods, driving without a license, and driving a vehicle not covered by third party insurance following the theft […]
It has been the scene of some heated battles over the tourism pie in recent months, but the new owners of the Tourism Village are hoping that an expansion to the present infrastructure will help ease tensions at the Fort Street Tourism Village. Patrick Jones, Reporting A new terminal for water taxis is now open […]
There was supposed to be a mass demonstration today to protest the destruction of a Maya mound in Benque Viejo. For whatever reason, the people didn’t turn out, but the work of the bulldozer has been stopped and Institute of Archaeology personnel were on the scene. So was the Mayor, and he was not the […]
