There was another murder over the weekend–according to our records number eighty for the year–but for one Belize City woman the death of sixteen year old Faron Felix is a loss beyond any statistic. News Five’s Marion Ali has the story. Therese Felix, Second Son Murdered “This year we were preparing for our Christmas. We […]
Police meanwhile believe they will make an arrest shortly for another shooting that occurred on Friday night. The victim in this case is fifty year-old Lincoln Jones, a taxi driver of Tibruce Street. Jones told police that he made a stop at the corner of Raccoon Street and Central American Boulevard where a man on […]
Another set of carjackers were not quite so lucky when they stole a van on Saturday night. The driver, forty-four year old Glenford Morgan, told police that around nine forty-five, five men entered his taxi and asked to be taken to Faber’s Road. When they reached their destination three of the passengers pulled guns. One […]
And while investigators were dealing with bloodshed in the streets, there was also carnage on the nation’s highways as separate accidents over the weekend claimed four lives. The first occurred around eight on Friday night between miles thirty-nine and forty on the Western Highway. Police reports are that forty-eight year old Roberto Zuniga was riding […]
Louis Gentle, better known as “Louie Ganzie”, charged with the murder of his ex-common-law wife Takeisha Sutherland, took the witness stand today in his own defense. Ganzie testified that he could not have committed the murder because at the time of the incident, about four a.m. on January, third 2007, he was at the house […]
Twenty-two year old Jermaine Pascascio, charged with the murder of sixty-four year old businessman Inez “Blankie” Leal, walked out of the court of Justice Adolph Lucas a free man today after Crown Counsel Tracy Sosa entered a motion of nolle prosequi, indicating that the prosecution does not wish to proceed. The reason was that the […]
It has been a while since we’ve heard about the disease called bird flu, but in this case out of sight, does not mean out of mind. This week the Ministry of Health is preparing its staff…should in case. Dr. Gary Longsworth, Consultant, Avian Influenza Project “What we are looking at right now is a […]
With the cruiseship season now in full swing we can expect the streets of Belize City to remain full of visitors…at least during the middle three days of the week. But numbers can be deceiving as not all of our cruise tourists leave the country happy. That issue of client satisfaction was very much on […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley and you’ve locked into this session of Sports Monday. Week nine of the R.F.G. Cup Tournament found the battle for the lead in the standings heating up big time and the Belize Defense Force were looking to make that leap when they hosted last place Georgetown Ibayani at the M.C.C. […]
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