Coming off one of the deadliest years in recent memory it has taken less than a week to chalk up the year’s first act of homicide. The venue? Where else but Belize City. The weapon of choice? Handgun. News 5’s Patrick Jones has more. Patrick Jones, Reporting The bloodstains on the shoulder of the Northern […]
It wasn’t long before the year’s second fatal gunshot rang out, this time in the Orange Walk District. According to police reports, fifty-eight year old Ramon Flota, a cane farmer of San Lazaro Village, left his home around six Thursday morning to go to his field situated seven miles south of Trinidad Village. But when […]
He was caught with a stolen weed whopper and for the next five months, Belize City resident Juan Jesus Vega will have more than enough time to consider the error of his ways. Vega was sentence to jail on Thursday when he appeared in Belize City Magistrate’s Court, charged with the crime of handling stolen […]
The long stretch of coral forming the eastern wall of Lighthouse Reef Atoll has claimed another ship. According to a release from the Belize Ports Authority, the two hundred and twenty-five foot long cargo ship “Transfer” ran hard aground around eleven thirty Thursday night at a spot four point two miles south of Sandbore Caye. […]
Having made major renovations at the KHMH and two Belize City health centres, the Government of Belize will now embark on badly needed improvements at the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk. Construction will begin Monday on a project to revamp the institution’s water and sewerage facilities. Components include a ten thousand gallon water tank […]
It was not the way he planned on bringing in the new year, but a night of partying came to an abrupt end in the wee hours of January First when a fight broke out at Charisma, a new nightclub that opened over the holidays at the Princess Hotel. Twenty-two year old Eder Alamilla tells […]
In a climate in which scarce resources dictate a basic “no frills” approach to education, this Belize City high school for girls stands out in its broad based approach to learning. And today that dedication to subjects beyond the “three Rs” was rewarded as St. Vincent Pallotti High recognised a record sixteen students for achievement […]
