A second pair of siblings is missing from the south. The Rash children went missing in August 2010 and they were never found. Tonight Independence Police are on the lookout for two children who have been reported missing by their parents. Jairo and Fanny Romero disappeared from the small village of Cowpen in the Stann […]
And even as they launch a manhunt for the missing siblings, Police are also investigating the murder of a Guatemalan national yesterday evening. Isaac Gutierrez, an employee of Mayan King in Southern Belize, was viciously chopped across the neck, allegedly by another employee, in his home on the Mayan King workers’ compound. Police believe that […]
Last week, ten Belizeans were deported from the U.S. after completing their sentences for crimes committed in that country. Another deportee is currently facing time behind bars for crimes in Belize. After being deported to Belize thirty-nine year old Francis Ramos, had lived with the aunt of thirty-three year old Michael Young. That bond between […]
Today, the second policeman alleged to be involved in the shooting death of O’Neil Anthony Jones in February 2010 walked out of the Supreme Court a free man. PC Lazaro Catch was charged with Abetment to Murder after a Jamaican national identified as O’Neil Anthony Jones was shot in the back and killed as he […]
The Sarstoon Temash Institute of Indigenous Management (SATIIM) will be hosting a press conference on Tuesday, to discuss a claim filed in the Supreme Court of Belize by SATIIM and the buffer communities of the Sarstoon Temash National Park. Executive Director Gregory Ch’oc is currently visiting the buffer communities of Barranco, Midway, Sunday Wood, Conejo […]
On Saturday, protestors in favor of the existing laws of Belize took to the streets of Corozal Town in demonstration against the content of the Revised Gender Policy 2013, as well as a constitutional challenge brought against the government by Caleb Orosco, who is seeking to have repealed Section Fifty-three of the Criminal Code. While […]
The thirtieth weekly drawing of the Sunday Lottery Draw was an unusual one, as in the middle of the drawing there was a malfunction of the automated lottery and jackpot machine. Introduced earlier this year, the machine had no hiccups during the first prize, twenty-one-fifty-eight, but the third digit of the second prize was skipped […]
Thirty-one year old Marlon Usher, a resident of Arlington Drive, Belize City, is lucky to be alive tonight, following a shooting incident over the weekend during which he was injured. Usher, no stranger to the law, was the intended target of a gunman, who unleashed a hail of bullets at him whilst socializing on Central […]
A house party being held at a residence on Iguana Street Extension on Saturday night ended in bloodshed when a group of women turned on each other with knives. Shortly before three o’clock on Sunday morning, police visited the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where they observed thirty year old Darlene Adolphus, twenty-one year old Kendra […]
Fourteen-year-old Rowan Garel, the visually impaired teenager who conquered Victoria Peak two years ago, was set to dive the Blue Hole on Tuesday; however, plans to make the descent below the surface of the Caribbean Sea have changed due to the weather. It’s a minor setback given all the preparation that has gone into Rowan’s […]
Garel is providing inspiration to many youths to show them that anyone can achieve as long as they make the effort. That is also the same spirit that Belizean Olympian, Kaina Martinez is instilling in the youths of Seine Bight Village in Stann Creek. Martinez, who is also a member of the Belize Coast Guard, […]
Rowan Garel and Kaina Martinez are two outstanding Belizeans that are motivating youths. The Global Parish Project, sponsored by the Central American Regional Security Initiative, is also honing the skills of youths. Later in the week, the Global Parish Project in conjunction with the University of West Indies will be hosting a public poetry open […]
The twenty-fourth biennial conference of the Caribbean Association of Principals of Secondary Schools started today with pomp and circumstance as delegations from across the Caribbean converged at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel for the event. For the next five days, the leaders from high schools will be discussing the management, achievements as well as new […]
Last week, we reported on an independent report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank that indicated that Belize’s education system is in a crisis. The report said that Belize is at the bottom of the academic ladder in Latin America and the Caribbean despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped annually into the system. […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. If you thought5 the bitter rivalry between Belize Telemedia and Fresca Lady Rebels couldn’t get any hotter, well you’re wrong because Friday evening, at Roger’s Stadium, saw the teams pull up to a tie in the 5 game Belize City Softball championship. We pick […]
