There is breaking news tonight of the murder of another Roaring Creek resident. Late this evening, the resident, identified as Devin Neal, was riding a motorcycle near the Valley of Peace Bridge in Camalote when he came under fire; at least nine shots were fired at him. He was rushed to the western regional hospital, […]
The Palm Centre is a residential psychiatric facility currently housing thirty-five patients, primarily persons that have been de-institutionalized from the Rockview Hospital, but have nowhere else to go and no family to care for them. The facility is currently in the centre of a Police investigation after disturbing allegations of a rape last week. Police […]
The outrageous allegation of the sexual assault of an elderly woman inside a mental health facility is unthinkable as is the accusation against another, much younger, mentally challenged patient. The matter is being dealt with as a criminal investigation by Belmopan police. According to C.E.O., Dr. Peter Allen, the ministry has taken all necessary measures […]
A nightmarish scenario played out at the Western Regional Hospital on Friday. As we reported, somehow a large, adult rat managed to get into the nursery and into a sanitary incubator where nurses had just placed a newborn baby. The baby was bitten by the rat and its cries alerted nurses in the Maternity Ward […]
An official public health investigation is underway at the Western Regional Hospital to determine just how the unimaginable could have happened inside the neonatal unit where a newborn was reportedly bitten by a rat. The rodent-infested facility is once again the subject of a sanitation enquiry after being declared contaminated back in April when a […]
The latest scandal at the Western Regional Hospital does little to boost the morale of those accessing healthcare services at the facility. Not only is the recent incident another public relations nightmare for the Ministry of Health, but the infirmary has also seen a significant investment to eradicate the seemingly recurrent plague. Isani Cayetano […]
There has been a major upset in the Guatemalan elections. Jimmy Morales, a businessman and comedian, is the front- runner in Sunday’s elections. Latest poll results show that while Morales enjoys a clear lead in the election results, he failed to secure the required fifty percent of votes which means he will now head to […]
There is also an election taking place today in Trinidad and Tobago where the polls have closed but a winner is yet to be declared. About one point one million voters were eligible to vote between the ruling People’s Partnership (contesting as comprising the United National Congress, the Congress of the People and the National […]
A B.D.F. solider has been arraigned for Unlawful Sexual Intercourse and Grievous Harm; he is twenty-nine years old and the alleged victim is fourteen. Late Friday evening, the B.D.F. soldier Kenneth Gary Swazo, a resident of Dangriga, was arraigned for the August twentieth, 2015 incident. Due to the sensitive nature of the offenses, no […]
A woman’s house was burglarized while she was at home and when she tried to confront the burglar, she and her daughter were attacked. But tonight, the alleged culprit is behind bars. Kevin Buller, who was before the court last week on an unrelated matter, was this morning accused of burglary and harm. Buller was […]
There were two traffic fatalities over the weekend in the Corozal District. On Sunday night, police found forty-five year old Dionicio Acosta of San Narciso Village dead on the San Narciso road. Celso Carerra of Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District hit Acosta while driving his Nissan SUV. Carerra told police that Acosta was riding […]
Primary schools in the Toledo district were today recipients of equipment under a project with the World Bank, the Japanese Social Development Fund and the Ministry of Health. The equipment will be used to promote healthy living in schools. At the event in Punta Gorda, a tilapia farm was officially launched at the Julian Cho […]
The Belize Jaguars lost a heartbreaker to Canada on Friday – three to zero. But the story was not the score as much as it was the lacklustre showing for a team which carried the hopes of a nation on its shoulders. In a little over ninety minutes of play, Belize had no shots on […]
One key player on the Jaguars line-up was missing from practice this morning. Actually, reports are that prolific striker Deon McCaulay only showed up for two practices in August. Best indications are that McCaulay has been acting up since the team’s return from the Dominican Republic. We asked Slusher for some answers, since a stellar […]
Quite apart from facing a very formidable Canadian team on Tuesday, the Jaguars have been having other problems. The players are housed and fed at the F.F.B. headquarters in Belmopan, but reports have surfaced indicating that these men who represent our nation on the football field are being cheated in the kitchen – sustained on […]
There was only standing room available at Roger’s Stadium on Saturday for revelers of the anticipated King and Queen Competition. After long hours of judging, the results were finally in for the winners in the senior and junior bands who had impressed a panel of international judges. Duane Moody has a report on how the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Toronto Canada was the scene where the national male football selection at 5:30 p.m. Friday Belize time, took on the Canadian national team in the 3rd round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. It’s the farthest Belize has ever been in World Cup play […]
