A Belize City man is tonight recovering after being shot in the face. Paul Alvarez Jr., aka “Paulie”, became the latest shooting victim on Friday night after he was injured during an incident at the corner of Lovely Lane and Victoria Street. Alvarez, it is reported, was talking to an aunt when a lone gunman […]
A man is at the K.H.M.H. recovering from a gunshot wound he received during a Coast Guard operation on Northern Ambergris Caye. Acting on information received, on Saturday the Coast Guard mobilized an anti-narcotics operation in a known hotspot on Ambergris Caye. The patrol allegedly came under attack from five men at a camp, and […]
There is a serious allegation arising from the Coast Guard operation on Ambergris Caye over the weekend. As officers transported the injured Frank Edwards to the San Pedro Polyclinic, they were spotted by San Pedro Sun journalist, Jorge Aldana. Aldana started taking pictures of the men and that’s when things allegedly went south. While there […]
Late Friday evening, a letter was sent out by the Belize Sugar Industries Limited in reference to the ongoing negotiation with the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association on a new agreement. The letter quoted statements made to the media by C.E.O. and Vice President of the BSCFA, Oscar Alonzo and Alfredo Ortega. According to B.S.I., […]
Garifuna Settlement Day will be celebrated on Tuesday and residents across the country have begun their annual pilgrimage to the Culture Capital, where they will indulge in plenty of food and drinks, as well as the music of the Garinagu. While the ethnic songs and dances will be on full display, the Garifuna drum, a […]
The Belize Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage is hosting the first National Secondary School Oil Debate Competition in Belize. Nine schools from across the country are going up against each other to see which will emerge as the national debate champion. This morning the Central Region Competition was held at the Institute of Creative […]
Eighteen-year-old Shane Godoy, charged with kept firearm and ammunition without a gun license, was sentenced to five years for each count today by Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser, after she found him guilty of both charges. Godoy, a resident of Aloe Vera Street, was busted with the firearm and ammunition around nine-twenty p.m. on July nineteenth, […]
Twenty-year-old John Faber, charged with kept firearm and ammunition without a gun license, was also sentenced to five years for each count today by Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser after she found him guilty of both offences. The sentences are to run concurrently. The incident occurred on July sixteenth, 2011, on Faber’s Road. Two police officers […]
The introduction of the Integrated Ballistics Identification System, IBIS, in October 2012 provided the National Forensic Science Service a new means of solving gun-related crimes at a crucial time when such offenses were rampant. That donation by the Canadian government also included training for personnel from the department. While illegal activities of that nature have […]
The Central American Under-sixteen Football Tournament gets underway tonight in Belmopan with an impressive line-up of inaugural matches, including the much anticipated Belize/Nicaragua face-off. That opening game will be aired on Channel Five immediately following tonight’s newscast. The Baby Jaguars, as they are affectionately known, are poised to do well in the qualifiers since a […]
Beer drinkers are in for a special treat, as the Belize Brewing Company is once again putting to market a unique stout for the season. The product is spiced with sorrel, a Christmas favorite, and will soon be on shelves at local retailers. So aside from the sorrel wine, there’s sorrel stout to enjoy. The […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 8 in the Belikin Cup was a bit iffy because of the rains but at best 2 of the 3 games scheduled were completed as the weather improved through the weekend. We caught up with the FC Belize—Belmopan bandits clash inside the Isidoro […]
