The condition of nineteen year old Ahmad Nah remains much the same; Nah is breathing through life support equipment at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Police are treating the shooting of the Camalote resident, as a sensitive case – partly because no one knows for sure what happened when he was shot, and because the […]
A police officer and a Belize Defense Soldier are sitting behind the bars of the Hattieville Prison tonight. They are accused of assaulting a minor and robbing a resident of San Pedro while asleep on a boat in an old football field in the island. The officer is not attached to the San Pedro Police Formation […]
A prominent Belize City cardiologist is said to be embroiled in a huge scandal that has to do with the romantic relationship between his daughter and a high school student. It is not the type of story that would make the news, but it does because it involves a highly respected doctor. Since last week […]
Carlos and Sarli Zelaya say their son has been dating Gough’s daughter for the past two years and that he was well acquainted with her family. It is alleged that the neighbor saw Carlos Jr. hopping Gough’s back fence minutes before the doctor arrived home. Both men then pursued Zelaya and proceeded to assault him. […]
Another night in the old capital and another Belize City resident has been shot. This latest act of violence occurred on the south side of the city, on a street behind the Salvation Army School. According to the acting police press officer, Bart Jones, the man was shot three times. Bart Jones, Acting Police Press […]
On Tuesday, we told you about an ammunition bust on Cairo Street that led to the arrest of former high school student, Mark Usher Junior, of Faber’s Road. Well today, the story continues to unravel and two others have been arrested and charged for Handling Stolen Goods. On February nineteenth at about nine p.m., on […]
Thirty-one year old Winston Wesley Brininstool, a U.S. national backpacking through Belize, interrupted his vacation when he was intercepted with a small amount of weed. He was charged by Belize City police with possession of three point six grams of marijuana. On Tuesday afternoon, while crossing the Swing Bridge a police officer on duty observed […]
Closing arguments were made today in the land case between Benque Viejo businessman, Samuel Bruce and the Government. Attorney for Bruce, Senior Counsel Said Musa and Priscilla Banner for the Attorney General’s Ministry ended two days of court battle over the four point four acre portion of land in dispute. On Tuesday Chief Justice Abdulai […]
Over the past weekend athletes from all seven Central American countries were at the City Center for the Fifteenth Karate Championships for the region. It was the first time that Belize was chosen to host the competition and according to athlete and vice president of the Belize Karate Federation, Leon Guild, the country was not […]
Lotto faithfuls would know by now that since the start of this week there have been no draws and ticket sales have been suspended. That’s because the contract that Tropical Gaming Company has with the government has expired and they are now in the process of re-negotiating. And if you’re wondering how long it will […]
If you would like to feast your eyes, head out to St Mary’s School where members of the Belize Garden Club are displaying their own hand made creations. Aside from their creativity, the members used ingenuous ways to do the floral arrangements without spending a dime on materials. The training was courtesy of Janet Baughman, […]
The governor general, Sir Colville Young, is known for his generous donations of music equipment to educational facilities throughout the country. This afternoon, Sir Colville made a presentation to a Belize City high school of sporting equipment worth over sixty-four thousand dollars. According to the Principal of Nazarene High School, Cricket, is one of the […]
