Around four this evening a B.D.F. truck filled with people collided with a motorcycle. The result was predictably disastrous, with several dead and others being sent to the hospital for treatment. We caution viewers that the following scenes may be disturbing. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The carnage on the Western Highway near mile […]
It’s not clear what started a fire at Loskot’s Hardware Furniture Company in Orange Walk this morning, but the blaze kept staff and fire-fighters busy for several hours. Our media affiliate in Orange Walk, Centaur Cable Network, was on the scene and provided the following footage. Omar Delgado, Employee, Loskot’s ?I was trying my best […]
It’s not an uncommon practice for victims of alleged police brutality to make the media rounds to show their bruises and vent their frustration. But now there is a new, preferred avenue for accusers to get official redress for their complaints. The re-instituted Police Complaints Board has now been formally placed under the control of […]
Three men from San Narciso Village in the Corozal District have been arrested for the murder of a young Guatemalan woman. Vivien Ysenia Mendez Cruz, age thirty-four, was last seen by a female travelling companion who got off a bus with her around nine on Monday night at the junction of the Northern Highway and […]
A Stann Creek businessman is in the Southern Regional Hospital tonight after being shot during a hold-up. Mathem Kallukalam of Sagitun Farm reported that three Hispanic men entered his store, Riverdale Supermarket, around nine Thursday morning carrying a shotgun and small firearms and robbed him of four hundred and fifty dollars. Despite the fact that […]
A man who mistakenly thought the owner of a Belize City laundromat was an easy target for robbery was given six years in jail by Magistrate Margaret Gabb on Thursday. The incident in question dates back to November thirtieth, 2004, when Shane Fuller was working at a laundromat on “C” Street in Kings Park. His […]
Personnel from an American military medicine university held a workshop this week on malaria vectors, namely mosquitoes, for the Ministry of Health. The sessions covered a range of topics including collection methods for larvae and adults, materials needed to identify malaria carriers, their resistance to insecticides, data management, and display techniques. Eighteen members of the […]
The Reuters news agency is reporting that police in Spain are dismantling a money-laundering ring and has frozen bank accounts in a number of countries including Belize. Thirteen suspected gang members belonging to a Ukrainian criminal organisation are believed to have laundered some one hundred million Euros, or one hundred and sixty-three million U.S. dollars […]
With so much negative attention focused on the Social Security Board, it’s easy to lose sight of the staff which serves the public when we go their offices to make contributions or collect benefits. But this week, the S.S.B. workers are doing their part to help Belizean charities by going the extra mile… Or should […]
There has been no announcement of early General Elections, but that is not stopping the United Democratic Party from getting their machinery in shape, just in case. This weekend, the U.D.P. is holding its Port Loyola Convention and Area Representative Anthony “Boots” Martinez intends to retain the division and take the needs of his people […]
