A baby girl was born at two o’clock on Sunday afternoon at the San Ignacio hospital. One hour later, she died and the parents are alleging that it’s hospital negligence. The young woman is a first time mother from San Ignacio and her husband claims he was kept away from his wife during the ordeal. […]
Last week Thursday we reported on the sudden death of five day old Alexander Russel Faber. The parents, Rudy and Judith Faber say their realized that Alexander had shortness of breath two days after his birth. And three days later he passed away at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. An autopsy began today but the […]
While the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has been under the microscope because of allegations of negligence and corruption on the purchase of medical supplies, a new Medical Chief of Staff has been appointed. It went under the radar, but about a week ago Doctor Bernard Bulwer, a cardiologist, was named the new medical chief of […]
Shyne turned thirty over the weekend and there was much buzz that at least one well known musician would fly from the U.S. to celebrate the occasion with the Belizean born rapper who spent much of his life in New York. Well, it has been confirmed that Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., who hip hop fans […]
It is the place where members of Cabinet converge especially on Fridays to play dominos, that’s Brads located at the foot of the BELCAN Bridge and owned by Kim Jen Chee. It was also the subject of the famous Quitar ad against the U.D.P., in the 2008 election. Brads has now landed a contract to […]
An eight year old standard two student was lucky to escape serious injury this morning when she fell almost twenty feet to the ground from the upper flat of her school building. The incident occurred before the bell rang at Holy Redeemer Primary School on North Front Street. The little girl, Mekayla Chiac, has undergone […]
Last week there were three reported fatal traffic accidents on the Northern Highway. Twenty-nine year old Dorian Herrera was knocked down and killed between miles twenty-four and twenty-five on the Northern Highway after ten in the morning on Thursday. The driver of the vehicle, eighty year old Gordon Stout was charged with Causing Death by […]
There is further grief to add to the tragedy of the death of the twenty-two year old. Friends went to offer their condolence on Friday to the Sanchez family. Thirty-eight year old Cesar Aban, a salesman, also travelled to Santa Clara Village to pay his respects. After ten Friday night, he left on foot and […]
The preliminary investigation into the money laundering charge against the Coye family continued in magistrate court number three this morning. Defense Attorney Anthony Sylvester appeared before Magistrate Kathleen Lewis on behalf of his clients Dietrich Kingston and Athlee Matute. Kingston and Matute are clerks at Money Exchange International Limited (M.E.I.L.). M.E.I.L., the Coye Family (Melanie, […]
Frank Conorquie has been in and out of court and on his latest appearance today, he was found guilty of theft of a cell phone. Magistrate Sharon Frazer imposed a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars to be paid by December fifteen and he was also ordered to pay the victim three hundred and […]
An Aero Dispatcher, employed at the Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville won’t be at work for the rest of the year. But it’s not a long vacation; he will be spending that time behind bars. Twenty year old Kyle Nobert Domingo was busted with a point thirty-eight revolver and one live round of ammunition […]
Deceased soldiers who fought or helped to serve in World Wars One and Two were honoured during a brief ceremony on Sunday. At the annual Veteran’s Day ceremony Prime Minister Dean Barrow laid wreaths at the Memorial Park and the gravesites of the deceased men. Here are highlights of the event. [Highlights of Veteran’s Day […]
Tropical Storm Ida did not have affect Belize that Tropical Depression number sixteen had last year, but it did claim forty lives in neighbouring El Salvador after it dumped heavy rains over that country for three days. The deaths happened in at least five of the fourteen provinces in the mountainous regions where it had […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and we welcome you to this dispatch of Sports Monday. With Ida gone, the Belize Premier Football League staged week eleven of its annual competition as advertised going into the weekend. On Saturday inside the M.C.C. Grounds, the Belize Defence Force played host to the San Pedro Dolphins in a […]
