Thursday night turned out tragic for a retired police sergeant who took four of her grandchildren for a customary swim in a man-made pond just behind the Western Pines community which recently was renamed Western Paradise. The family outing, however, turned tragic and by the end of the evening she along with three of the […]
Two others lost their lives, but to gun violence. We start with the chatter of gunfire, an all too familiar sound, echoed shortly before midnight on Thursday as residents of Ross Pen Road scrambled for safety. Others peered through windows to see what the commotion was about. When the smoke cleared twenty-two year old Ervin […]
The bloodbath in the old capital continued on Thursday night when a second shooting incident claimed the life of yet another Belize City resident who was socializing with his girlfriend on Supal Street. This incident occurred prior to the shooting death of Ervin James and was a stone’s throw away from Ross Pen Road. Police […]
When we checked our e-poll on our website this afternoon on the response to the question on whether or not corruption was pervasive in the police department, the answer was a resounding yes. The number that responded yes was as high as ninety one percent and only eighteen persons said no. On our IMS and […]
In our Thursday newscast, we reported on a water crisis in San Pedro Town. The speculation was that it is being caused by a large scale housing project on the south end of the island. Well today the Belize Water Services called a news conference in the island to explain that the problem is no […]
Earlier we reported on two murders but there was more violence in the streets where criminals were out playing target practice between last night and this morning. In the first shooting incident, three minors were hit with bullets while they were in a yard on West Canal just after six on Thursday evening. But this […]
But the crime wave is not limited to the city; it extends to other parts of the country. In Orange Walk a thirty year old resident, Vanessa Briceño, reported that while she was away between December 2009 and April eighth 2010, her home was broken into. The thieves must be happy campers because they got […]
In other violence, after eight thirty last night there was a robbery at the Shell Gas station located on the Northern Highway at the Ladyville junction with the Phillip Goldson International Airport. Reports are that two masked men, one carrying a point thirty- eight revolver and the other a nine millimeter stormed into the grocery […]
We do not normally report on suicides, but this story caught our attention because the attempted suicide went terribly wrong in the Corozal District. Tonight the perpetrator, a teen from Cristo Rey Village, is receiving treatment, but his brother is the one who lost his life. The seventeen year old who attempted to take his […]
There is another accident to report, it occurred on the Western Highway this afternoon at mile forty-one, in the area that residents have dubbed Harmonyville. The victim, thirty three year old Sharmane Dawson, was lucky to survive the accident which totaled her sport utility vehicle. According to witnesses at the scene, Dawson was heading towards […]
The well known case of the Krooman Lagoon concluded last Wednesday. Belize City businessman Jitendra Chawla, proprietor of Xtra House, took action against the Attorney General and the Minister of Natural Resources for revoking the sale of nine point three acres of land within Krooman Lagoon near mile two on the Western Highway. Chawla, or […]
A twenty-seven year old mother of four will be spending the weekend behind bars after she was caught smuggling weed into the Kolbe Foundation. Jenkins, who is a babysitter was arraigned before newly appointed, Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer and read a single charge of drug trafficking. Allegations are that this past Thursday, she was found […]
Two men accused of handling stolen goods belonging to an attorney at law are behind bars after he was denied bail. Twenty year old Selvin Castillo pleaded not guilty today in the Magistrate’s Court, but the prosecution objected to bail on grounds that Castillo is being investigated for other offences. Police say he had the […]
