It’s already a financial disaster for the Development Finance Corporation and at least one local bank, and the big question now is whether the shutting down of the Novelo’s bus company receivership will also become a disaster for the commuting public. Today I looked for some answers. Janelle Chanona, Reporting As schools across the country […]
The boys may all be between the ages of thirteen and fifteen, but that did not prevent them from being charged for the armed hold-up of a seventeen year old. According to Errol Villanueva, a sales clerk, around seven-thirty on Friday night he was walking along Central American Boulevard when upon reaching the intersection with […]
A stabbing in San Ignacio has left one man critically injured and another facing an attempted murder charge. According to authorities, around seven-thirty Sunday night twenty-five year old Peter August was walking near the corner of Orchard and Bishop Martin streets in Santa Elena when he was attacked by a man armed with a knife. […]
Belize City police are investigating a disturbing report that involves a hold-up and an attack on one of their women police constables. The uniformed W.P.C., who has not been identified by authorities, was on her way to work around one this morning on her bicycle when upon nearing a bridge in the Yabra area, a […]
A burglar has been sentenced to five years behind bars following court proceedings today in San Pedro. According to reports, at a “Quick Trial” this morning witnesses positively identified Arthur Garbutt as the man who broke into the home of Luis Velasquez in the San Pedrito area of the island town. The victim told police […]
He’s had his ups and downs in terms of playing time and performance this season but Belize’s man in the N.B.A., Milton Palacio, received rave reviews Saturday night as his Utah Jazz upended the league leading Detroit Pistons. Milt proved to be Mr. Clutch in overtime when, with his team holding a slim 90-88 lead […]
Smoking may be dangerous to your health, but for one Caye Caulker man a bad habit has earned him a brand new pickup truck. Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-eight year old Emmanuel Gabourel, a carpenter and resident of Caye Caulker Village says it took him five packs of cigarettes to win […]
It was one of many violent incidents that turned the Christmas season into a time of tragedy for too many Belizean families. Tonight, while we can report that while one innocent shooting victim will survive, her life will be far from complete. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-three year old Lisa Garoy is having a very difficult […]
Good evening I?m James Adderley, so let?s quickly jump into this week?s output of Sports Monday. The semi-final round of the RFG Cup Tournament got off out in the southern district over the weekend. We caught up with New Site Erei hosting F.C. Belize yesterday at Dangriga yesterday. And indeed the Carl Ramos would have […]
