A teenager was shot and killed this morning on a farm in the Stann Creek District during a daring armed robbery. The incident occurred sometime before eleven o’clock, when a trio of masked men entered a property in the Pomona Valley belonging to Thomas Polanco. The thieves then proceeded to tie up his employees before […]
A sixteen-year-old Belize City youth is tonight fighting for his life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot to the abdomen on Thursday night. It occurred inside the Queen Square Primary School compound on Fairweather Street. Sixteen-year-old Mark Phillips, a well known affiliate of the George Street Gang, was shot by one […]
Allegations of police brutality are nothing out of the ordinary and tonight, a Belize City resident is claiming that police went too far this morning when they conducted a search at his residence in the Gungulung area. Around eight o’clock, Denmark Carr would rush home to find out that his girlfriend, Carla Belgrave, had been […]
The numbers for tourist arrivals between January and July have been released and, according to the Belize Tourism Board, those figures are showing an improvement. Overnight arrivals saw a one point six percent increase in June and almost doubled in July. Meanwhile, cruise arrivals have increased marginally by zero point two percent. The overall decline […]
In April, Santiago ‘Santino’ Castillo stepped aside in Caribbean Shores to make way for current Belize City Mayor and aspiring Area Representative Darrell Bradley. That signalled the end of a very short-lived political career, though Castillo is still serving as a Minister of State. But does his departure from Caribbean Shores mean he’ll be retiring […]
Christie’s is one of the world oldest and most prestigious art auction houses, but it is also a certified powerhouse in the real estate industry – high-end real estate. That’s why it’s big news when this giant comes to town, and it has…partnering with a local top-shelf merchant brand, the San Cas Group, to form […]
The alleged robbers of the First Caribbean Bank heist were granted bail today when they appeared in the Supreme Court before Justice Antonette Moore. All four men, Patrick Jones, Emmerson Skyers, Jareth Crawford and Jermaine Belgrave, were each granted bail of eight thousand dollars, plus two sureties of four thousand dollars. They were given a […]
A Belize City man is spending his first night of what could possibly be six years behind bars on a conviction for drug trafficking. Sixty-one-year-old James Alvarez appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Ladonna John today and was charged for possession of a controlled drug with the intent to supply for drug trafficking. On Tuesday, Police searched […]
Deputy Commissioner of Police Miguel Segura, who remains on interdiction, following a fatal road traffic accident on August sixteenth, 2014, is being sued by the family of Yolanda Valencia. The fifty-five-year-old woman was a passenger inside a taxicab driven by Yanie Cu when she perished in a head-on collision with the government-issued Nissan Pathfinder assigned […]
The Eastern Division of the Police Department is the recipient of some much needed donation of surveillance equipment and other items to assist with intelligence-led policing methods. The donation, valued at twenty thousand Belize dollars, is being made by the United States Embassy through the Central America Regional Security Initiative, better known as CARSI. According […]
As a culmination to a two-week workshop done through MusAid and The National Youth Orchestra, a huge concert will take place tonight at the Bliss at seven. It will feature a number of performers, both local talents and visiting accomplished musicians from abroad. We spoke with one of the coordinators. Andrea Beyer, Workshop Coordinator, […]
Summer Fest 2015 was held today during the Open Your Eyes morning show. The stage outside of our studio was abuzz with the sights and sounds of young Belizean talent. Here are a few highlights from today’s performances. {Sights and sounds of Summer Fest 2015…}
