For more than a decade she suffered severe mental and physical abuse at the hands of her husband, but tonight, justice has been handed down in the Lorna Wade case. This afternoon the accused, forty-five year old Elston Young, appeared before Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh where he was formally arraigned for a second time on […]
In the Supreme Court today, a naked intruder was convicted and sentenced to spend the next ten years behind bars. It took the jury less than forty-five minutes to convict thirty-one year old Steven Castillo of aggravated burglary, attempted rape, and harm. Chief Justice Conteh told the defendant: “You are found guilty of a serious […]
Today friends and family are mourning the loss of a loved one following a traffic accident on the Northern Highway on Saturday night. According to Hubert Faber Junior, around seven that night he was driving family members to Corozal because their grandmother had passed away and relatives were planning the funeral. But Faber says as […]
An Orange Walk resident is tonight pleading for the public’s assistance following a home invasion that netted intruders more than thirty thousand dollars in jewellery and household items. According to Antoinette Young, sometime between five-thirty and eight-thirty on Friday evening, a thief or thieves used a butcher knife to pry open the kitchen window of […]
A Belize District student is dead tonight after a late night swim went terribly wrong. According to police, around ten-thirty on Saturday night, sixteen year old Richard James Casimiro, a student of Ladyville Technical High School was at a party in Lord’s Bank when he and three other friends decided to go swimming. We understand […]
According to the weather experts, between nine last night and nine this morning, much of the country was trapped in a deluge of water. Rainfall gauges at the Hershey compound on the Hummingbird Highway recorded five point one seven inches, while Belize City was flooded by some three point eight inches. We understand the trough […]
In early February the staff of the newborn intensive care unit of the paediatric ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital will hold a very special party. Over the last decade, doctors and nurses say they have cared for hundreds of premature babies, dedicating time, energy, and emotion to the tiny patients. But rarely do […]
Child labour: like many countries around the world, many of our youngest citizens are forced to endure unsafe conditions, exposure to the elements, and a lack of education. According to local officials, the illegal activity occurs mostly in the agricultural sector, in both commercial and family subsistence farms. In July 2005, Belize joined regional partners […]
We often hear tales of Belizeans who move abroad and make it large… and tonight we are happy to report on one such hometown boy who took a good idea in Belize and made it bigger in the U.S.A. Bobby Espat started Rose’s Paper Products in a shabby building in downtown Belize City and eventually […]
They made headlines in 2005 as the heroic officers who circled the skies tirelessly as part of a search and rescue mission for four missing tourists. And during the annual Belize Tourism Awards ceremony at the Biltmore Plaza on Friday night, members of the Belize Defence Force Air Wing were presented with an official token […]
He bought a two hundred dollar cell phone and tonight he’s driving a new car. During brief handing over ceremonies at the Bravo Motors headquarters today, the keys to a 2005 Nissan Platina were handed over to B.D.F. Sergeant Mark Loredo by B.T.L.’s Public Relations Officer, Linette Canto. Sgt. Loredo is the grand prize winner […]
Good evening, I?m James Adderley, this is Sports Monday. The RFG Cup Tournament finals kicked off Saturday night inside the Michael Ashcroft Stadium as BOCA F.C. of Mango Creek played host to New Site Erei of Dangriga to kick off this home and away series for the Belize Premier Football League title. The last time […]
