As an advisory board, they’ve kept out of the headlines, but tonight, resignation en mass by members of the Belize Governance Improvement Commission is a major blow to the Musa administration and its promises of political reform. According to a press release issued by the commission, twelve of the seventeen appointed members have submitted a […]
Tonight a suspect has been charged with murder in the death of a young American backpacker in the Toledo District. Reports to News Five indicate that twenty year old Julia Armstrong Minard, a native of California, had entered Belize through the western border with Guatemala on Thursday, November tenth. Originally travelling with a group, Minard […]
Tonight police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred over the weekend in the Corozal District. Around six on Sunday morning, authorities say they found Feliciano Novelo at the Northern Regional hospital with a gunshot wound to his back. According to Novelo, sometime earlier he was at a dance in San Narciso Village when he […]
Meanwhile, a young mother from Orange Walk town has been arrested and charged with child neglect following a visit to her home over the weekend. According to police reports, when officers went to the residence of twenty-nine year old Estela Aldana on Otro Benque road, they found her two children, ages one month and three […]
A Belize City man caught red handed stealing a car radio has been charged in Magistrate’s Court. According to reports, around six on Saturday evening police responded to a tip that someone was breaking into a vehicle on Doris Brooks Street. When the cops arrived at the scene, they found a Chevy Blazer with a […]
And if you thought that was embarrassing, within hours, a man attempting to walk off with nothing less than a washing machine was busted by some very unhappy homeowners. According to police reports, around two-thirty on Sunday morning, Sharon Cardinez of Sarstoon Street awoke to strange sounds coming from the area near her back door. […]
Over the weekend, the People’s United Party held its endorsement convention for its Belize City candidates in the municipal elections scheduled for next March. Hosted at the Belize City Centre on Saturday afternoon, the bashment gave thumbs up to current councillor Marshall Nunez as its mayoral choice. Also running again as councillors are Eloisa Trujeque, […]
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-one year old Harvey Lee Henderson of Corozal, found guilty last week in the chopping death of Alfonso Santos, was today spared the hangman’s noose by Justice Adolph Lucas. Noting that the killing could be classified as either a “Class A” or “Class B” murder, […]
Today World Diabetes Day was observed in a ceremony that included testimonials and an address by the Minister of Human Development Sylvia Flores. This year’s focus centred on the theme “Put Feet First, Prevent Amputation.” In 2003, a total of five hundred and thirty-six diabetics were hospitalised and of that number seventy-two died due to […]
The N.B.A. season is still young and after a slow start Belizean Milt Palacio seems to be hitting his stride with the Utah Jazz. Playing only twelve minutes against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night, Milt still managed to score a season high eight points, hitting two for five from the floor, including a reverse […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley and we bring another dish of Sports Monday. In week nine of the RFG Insurance Cup Tournament Kremandala got the opportunity for a second home win by hosting a struggling Benque Viejo United inside the M.C.C. Grounds. And it?s the host team with this early look at goal that they […]
