Under the cover of darkness, a minor was fatally shot and his brother injured at Cinderella Plaza. It happened after four in the morning when the usually busy plaza was scanty. Alexander Murray was in a car along with his brother, Alton, and two friends when they were sandwiched by two vehicles at the stoplight. […]
Alarming details were revealed today from a survey on Male Social Participation in Violence in Urban Belize. The research discloses that mothers have replaced fathers as heads of households, that the education system is lacking and that the conviction rate in Belize is lower than most countries. Dr. Herbert Gayle, a well known anthropologist in […]
The old capital this morning looked like it had been hit by a hurricane. The heavy downpour caused streets to flood quickly and a few stores downtown closed business as water seeped into the buildings. Some vehicles stalled on the streets due to engine failures brought on by the deluge. The heavy rains also affected […]
While the cane farmers were agitated in the north, in the South the annual general meeting of the Citrus Growers Association was subdued over the past weekend. The meeting started in the morning and went well into the afternoon; it was held with relative quiet compared to previous contentious meetings. The growers looked at the […]
In the north temperatures were running high as the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association ran into plenty trouble with its membership. Over a week ago, a number of its vehicles were crow footed by marshals of the court when the Association failed to make good on payments for fertilizers. The debt is being paid off, […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about disquieting research on male participation in violence, but not all that came out was negative. Doctor Gayle, who is the only anthropologist of social violence, not only spent time at schools and the police department, he also visited the Central Prison at Hattieville. There has been plenty […]
There are two versions to an accident that occurred in Belize City on Saturday night at eight p.m. near Everyday Restaurant. Eyewitnesses say that the victim may have been the cause of the accident but the family of Harry Zelaya disagrees. Zelaya who was on a bicycle was knocked down and remains hospitalized tonight. Zelaya’s […]
On Friday, thirty two year old Silverio Hernandez, a supervisor of Brodies Agrochemical was inside his office when a man, alleged to be Edward Usher, entered the office and ordered the employees to remain still. Another person, a seventeen year old minor followed Usher into the building holding the two security guards at gunpoint. The […]
Two weeks ago, Jason Ryan Wade was shot to chest and left shoulder. Tonight police say they have the shooter; twenty-seven year-old Anthony Sabido was escorted to court and charged with Attempted Murder, Dangerous Harm and Use of Deadly Means of Harm. Wade was on Lawrence Avenue in the Lake Independence area of Belize City […]
Marcel Cardona, the area representative from Orange Walk East took on the U.D.P. strongman and Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega, last week. Cardona mounted a protest to say he was being deprived of the education subsidy for his constituents and that instead, Vega’s constituents were benefiting. We caught up with Cardona over the weekend. Marcel […]
Last Friday we reported on the case of Elizabeth Purcell, the British Crown Counsel who departed Belize hastily just after she had signed on as prosecutor for the police department and was to move on to the fast track court that is being established by the Attorney General’s Ministry. Purcell has been in touch with […]
For the past two weeks ninety-eight kids have been gathering at the M.C.C. Grounds for a football summer camp. It’s the second annual Smart Four Stars Football Camp and it gives the young aficionados a chance to improve their skills. The participants include boys and girls that are divided into three age groups for more […]
Good Evening I’m James Adderley this is Sports Monday. The Belize Bank Super League kicked off the 2010 playoffs with two massive match-ups over the weekend. We take you out to the M.C.C Grounds, where yesterday a surging City Boys United jumped off against a Hattieville F.C. Team that has become a serious contender for […]
