A retired woman who shuttles between New York and Belize, got a shocking welcome when she came back home over the weekend. The woman arrived on Saturday and that same night two armed masked men invaded her Ladyville home. One held up her nephew and the other placed a knife at her throat. When they […]
No arrests have been made in the Ladyville home invasion, and heading west, a police officer was injured allegedly by a group of Guatemalan bandits. The officer has been admitted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following the shooting that occurred in the Calla Creek Area of the Cayo District. This latest incident in that […]
Also in the west, a sixteen year old minor luckily survived an accident involving a ten wheeler truck on the Western Highway. She has been stabilized but doctors at the K.H.M.H. say they are not sure if she will be able to walk on her own again. Shortly before five last Saturday morning, Lore Williams, […]
And a brawl between two teenage boys at their high school compound has landed one in the hospital. The minors, whose names are being withheld, were on recess around ten-thirty this morning at the newly renamed Maud Williams High School, formerly Saint Michael’s College on Dolphin Street when the confrontation turned violent. One of the […]
Moses Michael Leviy aka Shyne was deported last Wednesday back to the Jewel after spending close to ten years in prison in the US. Since then he has moved out of the Radisson Fort George and has kept away from public eye. That brief hiatus was broken today as he begins to rebuild his image […]
Shyne’s appearance at Wesley College was not only for the students; it was also his first press conference with the media. Professor Ogletree indicated that they would not discuss his case or his time in prison. They were, however, going to discuss Shyne’s future. Although religion is an important aspect of his life now, his […]
Turning to the tourism industry, major changes are expected to take place at the Belize Tourism Board. It involves the replacement of the Executive Director, Tracy Taegar, who has held that top post for a more than ten years and Evan Tillett, as Director of Finance. Both Teagar and Tillett were informed today that their […]
And a cop believed to be a Belizean with the L.A.P.D. who allegedly owns a private security firm in Belize surrendered to U.S. authorities today after he was indicted for attempting to illegally export guns to Belize. Press reports in Los Angeles say that fifty year old Johnny Augustus Baltazar is the owner of Elite […]
When a group of Belizean students travelled to Costa Rica to participate in a series of sporting events in September, they made the news because they encountered problems at the Honduras/Nicaragua border due to the political situation in Honduras. The students returned to Belize by plane and were again in the news because their performance […]
It’s a yearly event in the calendar and the official opening of Dental Health Week took place today and that means the start of activities aimed at promoting awareness on how to properly care for your teeth. The theme this year is “Behind Every Healthy Smile is a Healthy Child” because, according to Dr. Raphael […]
A hearing started today behind closed doors on a one-month suspension by the Transport Board against Flores Bus Line which covers the runs between Lord’s Bank and Belize City. The bus company, one of three operating that route, filed an injunction last week through its attorney, Hubert Elrington, since that suspension would have run right […]
Also in the court blotter, an employee of the Belize City Council was busted with a quantity of weed and after a weekend in the police lock down, twenty-five year old Steven Bain was escorted to the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on a drug trafficking charge. On Friday evening, police on mobile patrol on Faber’s […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week ten of the B.P.F.L. competition brought League Leading Hankook Verdes to the M.C.C. Grounds to face a floundering F.C. Belize who came in yesterday after losing two straight matches. Will they be able to avoid dropping three in a row? Well here goes. Feeling […]
