The latest murder victim was found on Monday night in an area where several other homicides have been reported. The body of the Hispanic man was discovered shortly after ten about a hundred feet off the Western Highway on Mount Pleasant Road between miles forty-five and forty-six. According to police, the identity of the man […]
On Monday night we reported that a pregnant woman was viciously attacked as she and her family slept at their Neal Pen Road home. The victim is twenty-eight year old Valerie Sheran, who was seven months pregnant with her third child. She is still hospitalized recovering from injuries allegedly inflicted by her ex-boyfriend, twenty-one year […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you that police need your help in identifying a man found dead on the Western Highway. They also need your assistance in locating driver of a heavy duty vehicle that was involved in a road fatality on Monday night. The hit and run occurred on the Hummingbird Highway at […]
The Police Department has removed three more weapons off the street and it is believed the owners could have been on their way to commit a crime when they were busted. After eight on Monday night, two officers of the Ladyville Police Station intercepted a blue Crown Victoria taxi. Several men were inside and upon […]
Restore Belize was launched back in May as the government’s initiative to rein in crime. It is a complex and multi-faceted approach. In the meantime, however, the murders and other forms of violence have continued to spiral out of control. Earlier today, “I am Belize” the theme song for Restore Belize was launched as part […]
An employee of Ramon’s Dive Shop in San Pedro drowned while on a tour with tourists at sea. Twenty-seven year old Andy Carr had been living in San Pedro for the past ten years since moving from Hopkins. Carr was on a boat at the Blue Hole when he decided to dive into the waters […]
Lavern Longsworth, also known as “Anti Christ”, set her common-law-husband on fire during an argument on July fifteenth. She was charged with attempted murder, but David White succumbed to the burn injuries on Monday and it is expected that the charge against Longsworth will be upgraded. When we checked today, she had still not been […]
They say desperate times call for desperate measures; that must have been the case when four women decided to steal food from the Ladyville Community Store at mile nine on the Northern Highway. Fermina Jimenez, Jade Lopez, Marina Pott and Augustina Diaz were all caught on surveillance camera on July twenty-ninth, but today in court, […]
Also in court, twenty-seven year old Kenroy Jex, a mechanic of Biscayne Village, was charged following the death of a teenager on Thursday of last week. Dale Sibley was knocked off his bicycle near mile thirteen while traveling along the Northern Highway in the direction of Belize City. The sixteen year old sustained severe head […]
In the past few months the cases of dengue have been on the rise. At the end of June there were three hundred and fifty confirmed cases with about fifty of them confirmed to be of the hemorrhagic type. It’s a disease that is seasonal and endemic to this region. That is why Belize and […]
The Forest Department announced last week that environmental groups that co-manage national parks and archaeological sites may soon get the ink on the dotted line of these agreements. But Chief Forest Officer Wilbur Sabido also pointed out that a bidding process along with the expertise of those non- governmental organizations will play a role in […]
A number of artists and producers have composed the theme song “I am Belize.” The upbeat composition was launched today to roll out the awareness campaign of Restore Belize, the anti-crime initiative of the government. Tanya Carter is the songwriter and among the producers is Carlos Perote; two well known personalities in the music industry. […]
Mission Miracle, Venezuela’s medical eye mission to Belize has assisted one hundred and ninety eight Belizeans across the country to remedy eye afflictions. The medical team comes to Belize every month and a half to diagnose new patients and to check the progress of those who have already received surgeries in Venezuela. Members of Mission […]
