Since august twenty-fourth, when the government acquired Telemedia, its competitor, Smart, has come under fire. Last week, Telemedia took down Smart’s equipment from towers at Benny’s and in Ladyville, crippling services along the Northern Highway to Ladyville. Telemedia’s Head of Marketing, Dionne Miranda, claimed that Smart had an illegal connection for that area and that […]
The Commission of Inquiry into alleged irregularities during the period January 2007 to June 2009 at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital resumed this morning. Two persons were called to give testimony. The first was Human Resources Director, Laurel Grant. Grant has been employed at the K.H.M.H. since July of 1997 and has acted as C.E.O. […]
The afternoon session was lackluster when the second official gave testimony. Peter Allen, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health, was named in the audit report last week, for not adhering to contractual procedures and that he gave the nod to the purchase of medication which was cheaper but inferior. When Allen testified, he was […]
Tragedy struck late this afternoon in the Junesville Area of Belize City when a minor was electrocuted. The name of the four year old child has not been confirmed, but neighbours say he is known as Jay-Jay and he attends the Lloyd Coffin Preschool. The fatal incident occurred at about four p.m. when the child […]
The tranquility of the harbor in the vicinity of Brown Sugar Marketplace in downtown Belize City was disrupted late Friday night when a fishing boat exploded shortly after ten p.m. Firefighters and cops combed through the debris in the area looking for clues to what caused the explosion. The caretaker could not be located at […]
And police do not suspect foul play in the death of thirty-three year old Nigel Flowers. The Maya Island Air pilot was found dead in his room at Martha’s Apartments in San Pedro on Sunday morning. His body was discovered by co-workers and friends who went to look for him at around ten-thirty a.m. Flowers […]
Turning to crime news, a seventy-eight year old man and his family were the victims of a home invasion last week, which was not reported in the police blotter until today. It happened at mile twenty-five on the Hummingbird Highway in the Stann Creek District. According to the police, when Catalino Reyes got home at […]
The body of a hunter was found in the Belize River on Sunday. The mother of Bernardo Chiac, had reported that her son left home in Ontario Village in Cayo at about one thirty a.m. on November twenty sixth to go hunting. According to Tomasa Ha, her son went hunting on horseback with his shotgun […]
While the Chiac family received bad news, another Cayo resident is lucky to be alive. On Friday night, Alexander Montero, a resident of Teakettle was brutally wounded during an incident at a local bar. Superintendent Guzman said that the wounds could have been worse, but Montero will soon be released from the hospital. One man […]
It’s the end of November and that also means the close of the Hurricane season. Fortunately, the six month period went by without much activity even though it had an early start. In fact, it had the fewest named storms in twelve years. Only one of the systems, Tropical Storm Ida, came within notable proximity […]
An eighteen year old teen who allegedly had sexual intercourse with a twelve year old girl finds himself in all kinds of trouble tonight. The teen, Robert Sinclair, a mechanic of Jane Usher Boulevard, is charged with Carnal Knowledge after the girl’s mother made the startling discovery. The woman told police that she found out […]
Last week Thursday night, a police officer was stabbed in the abdomen following an altercation at a local bar. A painter was apprehended and has been in custody since then. Today, Eusebio Cal was charged with a slew of offenses including attempted murder, dangerous harm, use of deadly means of harm and damage to property. […]
In news from the region, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) wrapped up on Sunday in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The organization, primarily made up of former British colonies, grew by one. But the big news coming out of the Summit was a consensus document in time for the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. […]
