There were two murders in less than twenty-four hours of each other at the start of the New Year celebrations. As Belizeans across the country prepared to say goodbye to 2014, there was a homicide in Orange Walk Town around six p.m. on Wednesday. Hours later, a woman would be shot and killed at a […]
The second murder in two days, and the first of the New Year, happened at a resort in the village of Teakettle, in the Cayo District. It was a bizarre, broad daylight, cold-blooded execution of thirty-year-old resort manager Yaima Duany Ledesma. Reports are that two men, dressed neatly, walked casually into the bar at Dream […]
But back to Orange Walk…The murder of fifty-one-year-old Miguel Medina was the start of a rash of violence in that municipality. Just after midday on New Year’s Day, police were called to the residence of Orlando Baiza on Baker’s Street in Orange Walk town. Baiza had reportedly took out his licensed firearm and fired a […]
There was also a second stabbing incident in Orange Walk Town; it occurred in the wee hours of this morning. Three young men were stabbed at a wedding reception around twelve-twenty-three a.m. and rushed to the Northern Regional Hospital. Twenty-two year old Levy Bennett was stabbed once to the center of his chest and twice […]
While the police started 2015 with a homicide in Teakettle Village, the National Fire Service also had its hands full for the start of the New Year. There were three fires – in Orange Walk, Benque Viejo Del Carmen and Punta Gorda; two were cases of arson. The most recent occurred this morning, in Orange […]
The first fire, which investigators have revealed had a similar M.O. as that of the Orange Walk inferno, occurred in Punta Gorda. Firefighters responded to a fire at a concrete house located on Front Street in that southern town. After the blaze was extinguished, investigation would reveal that the house belonging to Victoria Ogaldez, who […]
The fire in Punta Gorda was around four-thirty on Thursday morning. And seven hours later, there would be yet another fire – this time on Elizabeth Street in Benque Viejo del Carmen. The wooden house belonging to Orfelina Valdez was gutted by the blaze, which also damaged an adjacent house belonging to Leticia Vaca. Valdez’s […]
It’s not exactly a New Year’s honor, but a Belize City man does have the distinction of being the first to be convicted of theft in 2015. Today twenty-three year old Lincoln Moralez appeared in court number two, where he was charged stealing a cell-phone belonging to one of his relatives. It happened on New […]
The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association is convening a special general meeting on Sunday in San Roman Village. The objective of the meeting is for B.S.C.F.A.’s committee of management to present to its membership an agreement that has been met with B.S.I. They, in turn, will cast votes in favor of or objecting to the […]
The birth of baby Allison Garcia is a moment that will forever remain etched in the history of her family. Not only does January first mark her birthday but she is also the first newborn for 2015. With that distinction comes gifts in the form of care packages, donations from San Cas and Brodies, as […]
