It was another murderous weekend in a nation that appears to be blessed with abundant natural beauty and cursed with a corresponding amount of inhumanity among its inhabitants. The latest outrage took place in the once peaceful town of Dangriga. News 5’s Jacqueline Woods has the details. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eighteen-year-old Melissa Swazo was eight […]
In the Orange Walk District a man was stabbed to death during a fight. Twenty-year old Armildo Carillo was killed Friday night, allegedly with a switchblade knife wielded by one Marlon Carias. Carias is in custody pending a charge of murder.
A man has been arrested and charged for Friday’s murder of a shopkeeper in the Belama area of Belize City. Thirty-two year old Earl Bowden was today brought to Magistrate’s Court and then remanded to Hattieville. According to police, he was drinking at the shop of Chi Hua Qu Friday evening when he became loud […]
Another policeman is in trouble, this time in Belmopan. The allegations are that he drove drunk, knocked a cyclist to his death, and sped off into the night. Not surprisingly, the victim’s family is both distraught and angry. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This afternoon, Inspector of Police Cardinal Smith appeared in Belmopan Magistrate Curt where he […]
Another collision between a vehicle and pedestrian has left a person dead. Five-year-old Tue Young was knocked down by a car as he crossed Vernon Street on Sunday evening. Driver of the vehicle, sixty-three year old Allan McKoy of Lord’s Bank, told police the child darted out suddenly in front of his vehicle. Young died […]
Around eight-thirty this morning a foetus was discovered in this garbage box on Ferrel’s Lane in Belize City. Following an examination at the K.H.M.H., the foetus, a female believe to be three months from birth, was declared dead. Police are investigating and a post-mortem has been ordered.
He was convicted of forcible abduction, threat of death, and harm, and in October was sentenced to eight years in jail. But today thirty-eight year old Albert Guy walked out of the Court of Appeal a free man. His attorney, Hubert Elrington, successfully argued that because the I.D. parade included no other people of East […]
The two improvements in the capabilities of the Belize Defence Force officially made today will not tip the balance in the war on drugs or any other war…but they are a welcome addition. Patrick Jones reports from Ladyville. Patrick Jones, Reporting When he handed over the keys to the new set of wheels, United States […]
And while the B.D.F. may be upgrading its logistical and technological skills, the fact remains that a significant portion of our army is on patrol, not in the jungle, but on the streets of Belize City. According to the Minister of Defence, while that is not where they ought to be, given the situation on […]
With the nation reeling from a weekend of deadly violence, including a cop charged with hit and run manslaughter, it is almost painful to note that this is Police Week. On Sunday morning the week was officially launched with Governor General Sir Colville Young inspecting a guard of honour and the presentation of awards to […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we welcome you to this delivery of Sports Monday. As a part of its preparation for next week?s two-match World Cup qualifier at Canada, the National Football Team engaged a two-game international friendly series with the professional military team from insides Guatemala known as Aurora. In game one at […]
