Just when it looked like the silver lining in the flooding was that there were no casualties, Dangriga police report that two Nigerians drowned Wednesday night in the treacherous waters of the Sittee River in Southern Belize. As far as has been ascertained, the two persons hired canoe owner, thirty-seven year old Carlos Balona, to […]
Around the country, there are many touching stories of how the flooding has disrupted life in communities from the south all the way to the north. Waters are beginning to go down slowly in some communities and the process of recovery is underway following the torrential rains in the past week. Rural areas in the […]
The District Emergency Committee in the Orange Walk District is in full gear to deal with the flooding in that area. When we spoke with District Coordinator Elodio Aragon this morning, fifty-four residents were already seeking shelter in the Multi-purpose Complex. The thirty-two children and twenty-two adults were evacuated from communities such as Smithsonian, Louisiana, […]
Gunfire and gang violence appeared to be on hold for the past few weeks in Belize City, but it now appears that the brief calm has been shattered. And in an update to a breaking story Wednesday night on a shooting just before seven o’clock, it has just been confirmed that one person has died, […]
Accused serial rapist, twenty-two year old Leroy Gomez, was stabbed today in the Maximum Security Area of the Hattieville Prison. According to reports, around eight this morning Gomez was stabbed twice in the left side of his back with a sharp object. The weapon has still not been found, but police confirmed that Gomez was […]
And in the Supreme Court, a man who was last Friday found guilty of the lesser charge of Manslaughter, beating the charge of murder, heard his sentence today in the Court of Justice Adolph Lucas. Thirty-two year old John Williams received a sentence of fifteen years behind bars. Williams was convicted for the killing of […]
Three women appeared in court this morning and were promptly charged with Theft and while the charge is common, in this case the price and appetite for the item may have been the motive. The trio, all cousins who reside in Carmelita Village in Orange Walk Town, is accused of stealing six units of Dutch […]
In news from the police blotter, a seventy-four year old farmer from the village of San Juan in the Stann Creek District reports that he was attacked by three armed men at his home this past Tuesday. The farmer, Juan Albueno Perez, reported that he responded to a knock on his front door when he […]
A fourteen year old student in southern Belize has reported that she was sexually abused twice in a period of two weeks by two individuals. According to the student, on the fourth of this month she went to a friend’s house in the Village of Steadfast where the friend had sexual intercourse with her. Two […]
If you noted that some doctors were unavailable for regular check-ups and appointments today, it’s because they were at the Cahal Pech Room of the Radisson for the twenty-sixth annual Belize Medical and Dental Association Congress. B.M.D.A. has grown over the years and is now at a juncture to focus on generalizing medical practices of […]
On Tuesday we told you about four students who were preparing to compete in the Caribbean Regional Nutrition Quiz Competition. Tonight we are happy to report that at the end of round three Belize is ‘numero uno’. Beating out thirteen other countries, the Belizean delegation now prepares to head to St. Kitts on November twenty-fourth […]
It is the favourite Belizean dish, in fact it is a must on Sundays for lunch … it is rice and beans, rounded off with chicken and potato salad. Healthy Living looks this week at the nutritional value of our local cuisine. Marleni Cuellar Its midday and its rice time in Belize. Like most Belizeans, […]
