Another unidentified body was located today around four o’clock this afternoon. Residents of Scotland Half Moon Village, a remote community in the Belize River Valley, have not reported any missing persons within the past few days but late this afternoon the usually quiet community was buzzing with word of a possible abduction and murder. The […]
The other murder happened in the old capital. The Lord Ridge Cemetery will be the final resting place for the man who took care of the graveyard for a decade. Fifty-eight year old Russel Neal was killed at his home by a gunman who fired the shots through the window. Police are questioning his ex-wife […]
On Tuesday night, we broke the story that police had made a major bust involving a blue Crown Victoria taxi. The incident happened on Monday night at the Shell Gas station in Ladyville but was not reported until today in the daily police blotter and from details now available, the car was loaded with an […]
Belmopan police still need your help in identifying another body that was found on Wednesday morning in the west. The cops still have very little to go by, but it is known that during the post mortem today, three slugs were removed from the body of the Hispanic man. Those slugs have not yet been […]
There are also only a few leads for police in the fatal hit and run incident on Monday night. Police are following reports that a white container truck traveled through the area when the incident occurred. Sixty-four year old Francisco Albeño was struck from behind by what witnesses say was a heavy duty truck traveling […]
As we invariably do, tonight’s newscast began with the story of another murder. It is the third so far for this week and the month is just four days old. Crime is the number one pressing problem that the government has to solve. A long term initiative, Restore Belize, was unveiled by the government back […]
Residents of Ladyville are sounding alarm over what appears to be an environmental hazard that has been affecting aquatic life in a private pond on the Bowen & Bowen bottling compound. The massive fish kill has led to an investigation being launched by the Department of the Environment and the Public Health Department but according […]
In September, 2008, Leroy Gomez was accused in six rapes and attempted rapes which were carried out with similar patterns and the victims gave comparable descriptions of the suspect. Gomez is currently on trial for one of those sexual crimes; on August twenty-third 2008, a woman was raped at knifepoint, while her friend was forced […]
Also in court, twenty-eight year old Moises Conorquie was today acquitted of a robbery charge which was brought against him in October 2009. Conorquie, who was on parole for another robbery he allegedly committed earlier that year, was also accused of robbing Symbiline Reyes of a purse containing her personal documents. According to a statement […]
Oceana is one of the organizations in the forefront of the public debate against offshore oil drilling and it is taking a proactive approach in the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oceana is taking a team on a tour of the spill while conducting research on the damage it has caused […]
If you’ve received a loan or housing mortgage from the Housing Department over the past ten years and have not been paying up, beware, that may soon have to change. The Housing Department will begin to review the records of mortgages and home improvement loans that have been issued by the Government. The initiative comes […]
This weekend reggae enthusiasts will have a chance to attend a concert in memory of reggae icon, Lucky Dube. It’s the third annual Lucky Dube Tribute since his murder, but there is much more behind the event than just to have fun. Marion Ali spoke with promoter, Joel “Dara” Robinson who is trying to make […]
The recent National Country Poverty Assessment Report shows that well over forty percent of the population lives below the poverty line. It also shows that poverty among the older populace is high and most senior citizens do not claim any form of benefits. Those few senior citizens who do get benefits, receive a mere hundred […]
