She was reported missing on Sunday night, but indications are that she was missing days earlier. At around eleven this morning, police found the body of seventy-three year old Mary Jane Blondell partially buried in a shallow grave off the Hummingbird Highway near mile twenty-five. Blondell, a naturalized Belizean, was a long-time resident of the […]
It took them almost four months, but police have finally caught up with the man they believe stabbed thirty-three year old William Staine to death back in March of this year. Twenty-two year old Jeffrey Flowers has been charged with murder and remanded to Hattieville Prison. Police say Flowers is also being investigated for a […]
Police over the weekend received two crisp blue notes from business proprietors in Punta Gorda, but the currency was not worth the paper it was printed on. That?s right: more funny money. On Friday night, a P.G businesswoman reported that she sold stouts to a man who paid with a hundred dollar bill. While the […]
Last week it was the obeah man, today San Ignacio police have busted another local businessman on a seldom used charge. Twenty seven year old Amir Frutos, proprietor of Dalia?s store on Hudson Street, was arrested and charged today for the crime of displaying obscene articles. This follows a raid of his used clothing and […]
While Frutos will most likely not spend the night in jail, the same cannot be said about another Santa Elena resident. Twenty-seven year old Nicholas Flores has been charged for several counts of arson and assault, after a dispute with his common-law relatives turned violent. San Ignacio police say that Flores was involved in a […]
It is a relatively small gesture…but sometimes it?s the little things that mean the most. Jacqueline Woods reports from King?s Park. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting It did not take long for the children of Dorothy Menzies Child Care Centre to explore and enjoy the multifunctional play set. Previously a swing and an open field where the […]
In 1998 the Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute was established to implement a five-year project to help preserve our Barrier Reef. Funded largely from the United Nations, with smaller amounts from the European Union and Belize Government, the ten million dollar programme had ambitious goals…but with pressures on the once pristine habitat building and […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we?re rolling out another in the series we call Sports Monday. With Juventus and Sagitun already bound for the three game Regents Cup Championship series–there was little strings remaining as the playoffs round reached its natural culmination over the weekend. Saturday night we caught up with the Builders Hardware […]
