It‘s eyeball to eyeball and earlier today—at three o’clock to be precise—Telemedia disconnected access to its fiber optic cable at mile sixteen as they had said to the C.B.C. cable station in a letter yesterday. The matter has been simmering for some time and came to boiling point today when the communities on the western […]
Skirmishes along borders are nothing strange but Belizean and Guatemalan authorities managed to pacify a situation before it got out of control on Wednesday morning near the office of the Organisation of American States. It all stemmed from an observation that Belizean border police made around nine-thirty that morning of a suspicious Guatemalan coyote entering […]
There is ongoing investigation about suspect cargo coming through Belize and today two men were taken to court and slapped with charges of importing prohibited goods. This past Monday, Lennox Bowman went to the Customs Department with a DHL airway bill to clear a package that he claimed contained dialysis fluid for a kidney ailment. […]
In other court news, today twenty-two year old Jarett Crawford was found guilty of two counts of robbery. Magistrate Dorothy Flowers sentenced Crawford to five years for each count with the stipulation that the sentences run concurrently. On December twentieth, Crawford entered the Underground Music Store on Barrack Road and quickly put up a sign […]
Crime and violence continue unabated in the streets of the city. A man escaped serious injury and perhaps death when he was shot three times this morning on North Creek. Everald Grey had just left his house to make a purchase at a nearby Chinese shop when a youth he recognised rode up to him. […]
Separate burglaries have netted robbers over thirty-seven thousand dollars in cash and goods. On Wednesday, Ysenia Rojas reported to police that she was at her business, Belize Foam Factory, at mile two on the Western Highway when she heard her daughter scream out. Rojas says she was just about to call the police when she […]
An Orange Walk youth has been hospitalized, for injuries to his hands. On Wednesday night, police visited the Northern Regional Hospital to find sixteen year old Rosendo Murrillo Junior of San Felipe Village with his left thumb completely amputated and cut wounds to the index finger. According to investigators, around eighty-thirty that night, the victim […]
A Belmopan resident is dead following a traffic accident in San Pedro Town. The collision occurred around six-thirty this morning on the south end of the island. Police say that twenty-one year old Vidal Escalante of Cardinal Avenue in Belmopan was driving a rented golf cart in the company of his girlfriend, Jinelle Harrison when […]
Mechanic students of the Institute of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, today benefitted from a 1999 Ford Escort courtesy of the Canadian Government. The car will be used by the students as they put theory into practice. Throughout the week, the Canadian Government has been assisting communities with various projects around the Belize. At […]
When it comes to crime, theories abound on what should be done to keep youths from falling to the wayside. Tonight, one private citizen is doing her part to occupy young minds and fill a void among children in communities which are prone to violence. Kendra Griffith reports. Kendra Griffith, Reporting For the last five […]
CRIME: its roots and causes are on everyone’s minds. It is ripping apart families, and its path, destroying the fabric of society. Tonight, Jose Sanchez takes a comprehensive look at this ever growing threat. Canon LeRoy Flowers, Anglican Diocese “From a Christian perspective, we cannot deny the fact that crime began even in heaven and […]
