Gun violence erupted on Wednesday, the first time this week. The victim was just a month shy of his eighteenth birthday. Jordick Thompson’s life was in danger for months; he had been receiving threats by text and Wednesday night as he left the home of his girlfriend on Glenn Street, he was gunned down by […]
On Monday night fifty-seven year old Gregorio Cornejo lost his life during a staff party at Mata Chica Resort on San Pedro Ambergris Caye. While on the pier of the luxury resort, Cornejo, was punched in his face by Oscar Barela, a guest at the party, who is a resident of Angel Street, San Pedro. […]
Linsbert Bahadur was charged after the April 2006 murder of his brother-in-law, Albert Wade, who was killed by a single bullet to the face in the Cayo District. His trial started on August twenty-third and concluded today at the Belmopan Supreme Court with a nolle prosequi. The main witness, who drove Bahadur to the scene, […]
We reported earlier this week that the Belize City Center will be out of commission for a number of activities in this month’s national celebrations. The facility deteriorated over the years and has now been declared unsafe due to structural damages. The Ministry of Words has inspected and deemed that it should be closed off […]
It’s been eight months since Janay Moguel was hit by stray bullets as she crossed the Central American Boulevard in the company of her grandfather, Steven Rhamdas. Since then she’s been receiving treatment locally and abroad, but young Janay was back at school today for the first time since the tragic shooting. Her teachers and […]
The Rash family in San Marcos, Toledo is on a desperate search for eleven year old Benjamin and nine year old Onelia Rash. Their father, Pedro Rash, reported to police that on Monday his children, both primary school students, headed toward the San Marcos junction. Pedro says he met his brother, Domingo Rash, and left […]
Special Constable John Myvette was interdicted in February when he was criminally charged for doing business with an accused sex offender. Myvette was back in court today for Obtaining Services by Deception and Extortion but his case was simply adjourned until October seventeenth because the prosecutor did not have the case file. But what happens […]
Cops in the north have recovered some of the items that were stolen during a burglary at the Belize Social Security Board office in Corozal Town on August twenty-seventh. The burglar bar and glass doors at the main entrance were forced open as the thieves made their way into the building and took off with […]
The body of a man that was found in the Mopan River in Succotz Village on Monday remains unidentified. A post mortem has confirmed that the man died from drowning and police do not suspect foul play. The body which was decaying is described as about five feet four inches in height. The deceased was […]
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico put the world on alert. Well, there is more bad news to report. An oil rig exploded this morning in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig which was located about eighty miles south of Vermillion Bay, Louisiana belongs to an oil company called Mariner Energy. Thirteen […]
Belize’s national football team took on Mexico and lost by two goals, that game played in Houston, Texas in June 2008. It was considered one of the big moments since the game was seen as seen as a match between David and Goliath. In the next few days, the team will be playing a friendly […]
There will be plenty to see and take part in during the celebrations of Belize’s twenty nine years of Independence. Favourite events include the Carnival Road March and the Citizen’s Parade. It is a time of year that all Belizeans across the diaspora return home and what better way to treat them than with a […]
Carnival 2010 is days away. Organizers say they expect a large turnout of bands this year. On Wednesday night, our carnival team caught up with two-well known senior bands as they sweated the night away with bacchanal fever. The mas camps are included in the first part of the judging process which culminates on September […]
