A Belize City man is dead and his killer is on the run. The victim is twenty-one year old Wasani Belgrave, a resident of Freetown Road in Belize City. According to Belgrave’s mother, Cecilia Lewis, her son had just finished working on a delivery truck and was heading home; but instead of proceeding to Freetown […]
Another Belize City man has also died as a result of being attacked earlier this week. Today the K.H.M.H. reported that Loren Dale Augustus died after battling for his life since he was shot on Tuesday near the Municipal Airstrip. Augustus, an employee of Tropic Air, was shot in the head as he rode home […]
For those who thought the commission of inquiry into the Development Finance Corporation might be thwarted by the D.F.C.’s supposed confidentiality regulations, there is good news tonight. Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh delivered a judgment today which clears the way for the commission to proceed. The C.J. ruled that the Commission of Inquiry appointed by Prime […]
In crime news from the Stann Creek District, a boledo vendor was injured when a group of would-be robbers tried to stop his vehicle and probably hold him up. The victim told police he was returning to Santa Cruz Village from Placencia around five-thirty Thursday evening when upon approaching the Sagitun Farm, two men came […]
An alert neighbour’s report has led to the arrest of two Belize City men who broke into a house just after midnight on Wednesday. Police responded to the call and discovered thirty-seven year old Eugene Ramirez and thirty-eight year old Archibald Leslie still inside the house on Woods Street. Both men have been charged with […]
It has become one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the primary school year and a chance for children from all over the country to shine. No, we’re not talking about the Festival of Arts, but the Coca-Cola National Spelling Bee. This year, the finals moved out of the city and headed north. It […]
Belizeans who love their Cadbury chocolate may be interested to learn that Cadbury Schweppes has purchased a company that uses cacao beans grown right here in Belize. That’s right, Green & Black’s, the makers of Maya Gold organic chocolate bars is now part of this international corporation. Cadbury has retained the same management team and […]
Due to a public and bank holiday in commemoration of Commonwealth Day, there will be no newscast on Monday. The next news broadcast will be on Tuesday, May twenty-fourth.
