We’re not really sure how or why Belize changed from a relatively peaceful place into an extremely violent one, but when that history is written the events of Sunday night in Belize City may be cited as a watershed occurrence: when the staccato crackle of handguns was overshadowed by the thunder of a hand grenade. […]
For the second time in as many weeks, an infant has died from apparent abuse by a caregiver. The baby, two year old Vernice Rodriguez, was reportedly left in the care of a full time babysitter—twenty year old Danna Banner—who lived at this house behind the basketball court on Marage Road in Ladyville along with […]
Police had their hands full over the weekend, responding to four separate robberies in Belize City. The first victim was Pinks Alley grocer Jui-Liang Huang. Just after seven on Friday night, Jui was tending to a customer at Sen Sen Store when another man walked in and asked the customer for a beer. He got […]
A Good Samaritan who came to the aid of a robbery victim last Thursday morning turned out instead to be bad to the bone. Thirty year old security guard, Abner Najera, reported to police that he was walking on Orange Street around two a.m. when he was suddenly jumped by five men. During the attack, […]
A resident of Middlesex Village is tonight recuperating from chop wounds as a result of a robbery. According to Felipe Vicente, he was at home when Noe Cruz, showed up and demanded money. A fight ensued in which Vicente says Cruz chopped him in the head and right hand before making off with fifteen hundred […]
A business in the Commercial Free Zone suffered a double whammy when two burglars not only robbed it, but accidentally set it on fire. Just after four a.m. police were responding to a fire at Kali International at Toucan Plaza in the zone when they spotted Antonio Palma and Samir Vivas walking towards Corozal town […]
Separate weekend accidents in Cayo and Corozal have caused a death and left three persons injured. Around two-fifty on Sunday morning police received a call that an injured man was lying along the Bullet Tree Road. When they arrived on the scene, police found fifty year old Gustavo Manzanero suffering from injuries to the head […]
We didn’t need news of an earthquake in China or cyclone in Myanmar to understand the importance of disaster preparedness. But those two events offer a sobering reminder of the need for planning and training at all levels and across all borders. Janelle Chanona reports on one such important initiative taking place in southern Belize. […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and we’re certainly happy that you could join us for this cut of Sports Monday. We take you out immediately to the Norman Broaster Stadium in Cayo for week three of the Female Football League competition where Gentle Touch of Esperanza played host to Hidden Treasures of Pomona. We pick […]
