The fire at Belize City’s garbage dump site is extinguished. Last week Friday, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) promised the fire would be out by today, Tuesday. Well NEMO kept its promise and this afternoon, it handed over control of Belize City’s dumpsite back to the council. Melvin Hulse, Minister of NEMO, explained to […]
The city council might have another fire to put out, but this time it won’t be at the dumpsite. The flames may come from businessmen who have been dodging garbage collection fees by dumping their waste at other locations. Meanwhile, the council has a new set of charges it plans to implement across the board. […]
Two notorious residents of the West Lake Community—mile eight on the Western Highway—are currently detained for the murder of a seventy-three year old resident. Reports are that an act of revenge was exacted with a kitchen knife on Saturday night following an altercation between two groups. Duane Moody found out more. Duane Moody Reporting Seventy-three […]
A six year old boy is dead after he was knocked down on Saturday evening in Belize City. But what makes the situation sadder is that the driver did not stop to render aid to the gravely injured child. Instead, he fled the scene leaving behind the dying child, his badly tattered bicycle, and the […]
Meanwhile a Sunday morning accident near Old Belize has left one man hospitalized with serious injuries. According to reports, a red Pontiac car, heading west from Belize City around eight thirty a.m., slammed into a Dodge Ram Pick-up truck parked in front of Old Belize. The driver of the car, Edgar Reyes, sustained severe injuries […]
Last week we reported the alleged abuse of a Holy Cross Anglican Primary School teacher in San Pedro by her ex-common law husband, police officer Mark Martinez. Reports at the time said that the situation worsened when two of the administrators of the school, missionaries Vernon and Francis Wilson, tried to rescue her. According to […]
A sixteen year old youth from Hattieville was shot during a joint police BDF mobile patrol in Belize City over the weekend. Police say they came across the youth lying down in some bushes in an abandoned lot on George Street around nine fifteen on Saturday night. He was ordered to get up and he […]
A fourteen year old student from Anglican Cathedral College appeared in Family Court today to answer charges of Attempted Murder, Wounding and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. However, because one of the charges includes a firearm offence the minor has been remanded to boot camp until July first when he reappears in court. The […]
Also in court, Magistrate Dorothy Flowers handed down a five year sentence to thirty-three year old Glenroy Clarke. He is charged with breaking into the Mahogany Heights home of accountant Delmar Lanza, last November. Clarke reportedly pried open a burglar-barred window to enter the house and stole electronics, and silverware valued at almost four thousand […]
A man detained for questioning in connection with a robbery is in even more hot water tonight. Twenty-nine year old Eric Flowers was being escorted to the cell block of the Queen Street Police Station this afternoon when a bag of suspected cannabis allegedly fell from the foot of his pants. Police retrieved the bag, […]
A man was robbed of over seventeen hundred dollars worth of jewelry while at a night spot in Belize City. Twenty-four year old John Gongora told police that he was at Lipps Bar on Newtown Barracks around ten last Saturday night when the incident occurred. Gongora says he went to use the restroom and while […]
There are reports of Theft coming from the Ministry of National Security in Belmopan. According to police reports, the ministry’s Finance Officer discovered eight fuel vouchers that were approved without authorization. The vouchers —issued between December seventeenth 2008 and the seventh of this month— total slightly more than twenty-six thousand dollars. It was also noted […]
While the Belize City Council takes back control of the dumpsite today, last Friday some Gwen Lizarraga High School students decided to take control and clean up another area along the Western Highway—the Lord Ridge Cemetery. According to their teacher, Holland Marin, removing trash from the burial ground is a part of their community service […]
And the Master of the Floor is… a deafening scream came from an overflowing Church Street Yaad crowd when Charlys ‘Ninja’ Nunez was announced the grand dance champion. After twelve weeks of competition, Nunez out performed thirteen other dancers to become the Masters of the Floor—from the Street Lights to the Stage Lights—title holder. The […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week seven of the Belize Football League saw the leading undefeated F.C. Belize host the San Pedro Bullsharks inside the M.C.C. Grounds yesterday as the action in the north zone continues to tighten. It’s the visitors looking for the early lead when Olvin Serano fires […]
