There is no shortage of news tonight, including a major political showdown, but we’ll lead with a late evening announcement from the government declaring a major jump in the price of flour. The press release is confusing and we were unable to contact press secretary Delroy Cuthkelvin for clarification but it appears that the wholesale […]
It was the first political party since Independence to win two consecutive terms. But in the wake of its crushing defeat on February seventh, the Peoples’ United Party, buffeted by scandals before and after the election, was in crisis. Following a bitter fight for the party leadership, Johnny Briceño wasted no time in calling for […]
The theft of copper wire and fittings have become a highly profitable business for criminals but tonight a teenager is hospitalized following a shootout between police and suspected thieves in the Stann Creek District. According to Independence police, around one on Saturday morning, officers were tipped off that a burglary was in progress at the […]
The weekend’s second shooting was a ride-by on one of the old capital’s busiest streets. According to police, twenty-six year old Maurice Slusher, his brother John and fifteen year old Akeem Smith were hanging out at the corner of Mahogany and Sarstoon Streets with friends around eight on Saturday night when a man wearing a […]
He’s been on the run for two months but tonight an Orange Walk man wanted for kidnapping is behind bars. According to Orange Walk police, on Sunday officers on patrol spotted Alfredo Urbina in town and immediately detained him. Urbina is wanted for the kidnapping of Alden Hall, a man still missing and who is […]
Yet another Belizean man has been accused of a sexual offence involving a minor. In the latest report, a fourteen year old student has told authorities that twice in February, she had sex with Alrick Carcamo at a house on Neal’s Pen Road. Carcamo is now being sought for questioning.
A man narrowly escaped death when a Toyota pick-up truck collided head on into his motorcycle on Saturday afternoon in San Ignacio. The mishap occurred around two on Joseph Andrews Drive. Police say twenty-two year old Kenroy Mendez was on a motor cycle heading from the direction of Sacred Heart College towards the Benque Road, […]
Police have published statistics for the first quarter of the year and, if the figures are to be believed, serious crimes have decreased drastically over the last year. In a press release issued today the Police Department reports that for the first three months of the year, with the exception of murder, there were seven […]
His nickname is “Clear the Land” but tonight Edmond Castro is being accused of clearing land without proper permission. Since taking office as Minister of State in the Ministry of Works, Castro has been undertaking several projects in his Belize Rural North constituency. One such initiative was a road across the western lagoon within the […]
Today attorney for Brown Sugar Marketplace, Fred Lumor, began the first step of a civil suit against the Fort Street Tourism Village for what they allege is contempt of court. This is after last month’s ruling by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh ordering the removal of the walls separating the Brown Sugar Marketplace and Habourview businesses […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and it is with great pleasure we bring you this serving of Sports Monday. We’re inside the Norman Broaster where yesterday the B.P.F.L. championship series reached money time as Hankook Verdes of San Ignacio hosted the Belize Defence Force with both teams in a must win situation to claim the […]
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