Tonight, police are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the body of a man found dead on a caye off the coast of the Belize District. According to official reports, around two this afternoon the partly decomposed corpse was found near a camp in the Bluefield Range of islands. Initial investigations have led officers to […]
Meanwhile, police have detained two suspects in connection with Monday morning’s robbery of a gas station in Ladyville. Sources indicate that at least fifteen thousand of the forty thousand dollars taken in the heist has also been recovered. Charges are expected to be filed tomorrow.
An accused thief is sitting tight in Hattieville Prison tonight after he was busted trying to steal from an Orange Walk homeowner. Around eight-thirty Sunday night, forty-one year old Michael Witzil called police after he walked into his house and found that someone had stolen several items of jewellery, electronics, and a small amount of […]
A bar fight that resulted in bloodshed over the weekend has left a police officer in danger of losing one of his eyes. According to police reports, around two on Sunday morning off-duty officers Trevor Lopez and John Ordonez were hanging out at the Hi Five nightclub on Aurora Street in Orange Walk Town when […]
Opponents to the construction of a marina and office complex in Caribbean Shores continue their legal battle to derail the project. Following an in-chamber session before Justice John Muria this morning, counsel for the West Landivar Citizens Action Committee Tania Moody, filled us in on the latest developments. Tania Moody, Attorney, West Landivar Citizens Action […]
It may not be marked on your calendar but today is being observed as the first annual World Ranger Day. That’s ranger as in park ranger, and in Belize the Belize Audubon Society, manager of nine protected areas, is taking the lead in honouring its own twenty-four park rangers as well as others. Singled out […]
With the exception of ancient Mayan temples and the even more scarce wooden houses of the colonial era, there are few buildings in Belize worth noting for their distinctive architecture. But if you’ve driven down Coney Drive over the last year you would have seen an impressive new edifice rising from the North Side lowlands. […]
Tonight Channel Five’s Ultimate KTV gets down to the nitty-gritty. It’s the opener of eight first-round matchups featuring our returning finalists from the last five years and thirteen newcomers who have survived auditions and last week’s scrutiny by our panel of judges. But this show will be different, because now it’s the public’s turn to […]
When it comes to summer activities for children the granddaddy of them all is the scouting movement. And with good reason…as I found out this morning at Camp Oakley. Jacqueline Godwin, Reporting One Hundred and fifty scouts between the ages of ten and thirteen have been camping out at their official training grounds in Burrell […]
