The incessant number of murders by gunfire has reached a new high with four more fatal killings over one weekend alone—three of them in Belize City! The first murder occurred around seven-thirty on Friday night at the corner of Partridge and Vernon Streets in Belize City as twenty-four year old Leon Sutherland rode to his […]
But the killings were not confined to the deadly streets of Belize City, cops in the nation’s capital also have a murder mystery to solve tonight. Head of the National C.I.B. office in Belmopan, Senior Superintendent James Magdaleno, explained the bizarre discovery they made on Sunday morning. Sr. Supt. James Magdaleno, Head, Nat’l C.I.B. “About […]
And in the Cayo District, police came across what is believed to be yet another murder this morning. The victim, twenty-four year old Pedro Guzman, recently got out of prison after the charge of the July 2004 murder of Hershel Brown was dismissed against him. Today Guzman’s mother, Loraine Guzman, told News Five that her […]
And from murders to suicide, a Belize Defence Force soldier is dead after he reportedly took his own life with a shotgun. The eighteen year old private, Samuel Carrias, reportedly made two attempts before he ended his life. Sr. Supt. James Magdaleno, Head, Nat’l C.I.B. “Yesterday at seven-thirty p.m. police in San Ignacio visited the […]
There is more crime news to report. Two Belize City shootings did not result in fatalities, but did send three persons to the emergency room. Around one-ten Sunday morning police were called to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital trauma room where twenty-nine year old Albert Pollard was being treated for a gunshot wound to the […]
Any taxi driver who works especially late in the night will tell you that they are very discriminate when choosing passengers. But over the weekend, fifty-four Michael Hemmans erred in judgment and as a result was jacked. The taxi-driver reported to police that just after three o’clock on Saturday morning he was parked at the […]
Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh handed down a decision this morning and granted judicial review in a constitutional case that challenged the Prime Minister for his government’s decision to amend the Referendum Act, before going first to the citizens. The ruling was thirty one pages long, took just under two hours to deliver, and was full […]
In news from the diplomatic front, there are two ambassadorial appointments that will seek approval from the Senate at its sitting tomorrow. Independent Consultant and former C.E.O., Kamela Palma, who served briefly at the Belize Embassy in Guatemala, is being proposed as High Commissioner to St. James Court in London to replace the current High […]
Papaya farmers are facing economic hard times, but today onion producers got a little relief. The government handed over chemicals and irrigation supplies to thirteen families in the northern village of Santa Martha to plant and harvest three acres of onion. The donation, worth twenty five thousand dollars, is part of an initiative which seeks […]
School is in recess, but instructors at the Youth Hostel on the Western Highway are busy with various activities to challenge the minds of the youth in their charge. This past Friday, they hosted an open day to the public and family of the teens. Program Coordinator Melissa Miralda, explained some of the crafts the […]
The newly crowned Miss Belize visited our studios this afternoon. Yes, you heard right. She was selected and crowned over the weekend at a pageant held at a Raccoon Street location and without the fanfare that traditionally accompanies the selection of a beauty queen to represent Belize at international beauty contests. Jose Sanchez reports. Jose […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley. You’re right on time for this dish of Sports Monday. We take you immediately to the M.C.C. Grounds where the RFG Cup kicked off its 2008 season as F.C. Belize hosted Suga Boys Juventus of Orange Walk inside the M.C.C. Grounds Saturday night. With the comfort of the home field […]
