It may have been a rainy weekend for many Belizeans but that did not prevent a fatal fire in Belize City. I visited the scene this morning and found that while the embers may have been cooled, emotions have not. Patrick Jones, Reporting The early morning fire on Sunday claimed the life of eighteen year […]
A San Ignacio man met a violent death over the weekend but three days after the brutal act police have few details to report. Around four-thirty on Friday evening, police discovered the body of fifty-seven year old Gabriel Pinelo lying under his bed at his house on Eighteenth Street. It had a large wound to […]
A cyclist fatally injured in a road accident may have died due to his own refusal of medical treatment. Forty-seven year old Estelito Catch of Xaibe Village in Corozal was riding his bike through the intersection of Seventh Avenue and the San Andres Road on Friday afternoon when he was knocked down by a taxi. […]
Sometime after one this afternoon three armed men walked into Quang Singh 23 supermarket on Racecourse Street and held up the proprietors. According to the police, the owner was relieved of three hundred dollars in cash while one of the robbers held a gun to his wife’s head. The men then ran out of the […]
And in a final crime story, two corporals in the Belize Defence Force have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of an M-16 rifle and ammunition. Thirty-seven year old Elroy Hemmons and thirty-three year old Hansel Petillo were taken in after the search of a house in the West Landivar area of […]
For the last two decades the United States government has been talking about building a new embassy in Belmopan to replace the charming, but hopelessly vulnerable old house on Gabourel Lane…and now it finally looks like it’s going to happen. In a press release issued today the embassy announced that a construction contract has been […]
The teenage years can be confusing in the best of circumstances and when the ever present temptation of alcohol and other drugs is thrown into the mix, that confusion can become deadly. That’s why Red Ribbon Week at one Belize City school is meant to make a difference. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting This is the time […]
If you happened to pass the Cemetery on the outskirts of Belize City tonight and see a large number of people lurking in the shadows, don’t be scared into thoughts about the night of the living dead. No, these zombies are more likely to be motivated by profit than any thirst for blood. News 5’s […]
It’s been tried before and, as of Friday night, the measure has made a reappearance. I’m talking about a curfew for children. Jacqueline Woods has an update. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Tonight at eight, any child thirteen years and under found on the streets will be picked up and taken back to their homes or held […]
James Adderley, Reporting Good evening, I?m James Adderley with this week?s version of Sports Monday. The second annual CLB Rogers Softball Triangular took centre stage over the weekend at Rogers Stadium where Boomers made an early exit leaving Bros. Habet Lady Rebels and Independence United to battle it out for this year?s title. We join […]
