A registered sex offender from California, who is now living in the Lake Independence area of Belize, is still walking around free despite heinous allegations being made against him in the United States. The forty-three year old is from San Diego, California, but it is not known when he entered the country or how long […]
There are reports that the parents of the child have asked that no charges be brought in the matter, for whatever reason, but that is unconfirmed at this time. According to Williams, even if that is so, the perpetrator would still be arrested and charged. If and until criminal charges are laid, the alleged predator […]
Any news about police breaking down doors and barging into peoples’ homes unannounced would practically be a non-story – not because it is right, but because it is basically an everyday occurrence. Evadne Scott, who lives on Raccoon Street Extension isn’t prepared to just accept that and move on. She claims that over the weekend […]
Scott took to the airwaves, and her story caught the attention of Commander of Eastern Division South Chester Williams. Williams today told us that Scott has gotten her apology, and officers have reportedly been told to exercise more care and discretion. Sr. Supt. Chester Williams, Regional Commander, Eastern Division South “I had visited the […]
A family of four, including a physically challenged father, escaped serious injuries this morning when their elevated home on Electric Avenue in Belize City suddenly collapsed. Joany Smith, her two kids and her husband were all fast asleep when sometime before five a.m., the uprights supporting their wooden house gave way. According to Smith, they […]
Tonight there is little progress in the tragic death of twenty-nine year old Nolberta Sanchez. The mother of four died at the K.H.M.H. after giving birth to a healthy child and then undergoing what the family claims was a hopelessly botched hysterectomy at the Western Regional Hospital. Last week, the Ministry of Health brought in […]
On September third, an elderly woman was struck by a motorist while walking along the Phillip Goldson Highway near mile two. Maria Dolores Castro was severely injured during the accident, breaking both an arm and a leg as a result. Since then she has been admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and […]
Security guard Frank Baldaramos passed away last week, and he is scheduled to be laid to rest today. But there’s a big problem. His family says that they don’t have the money to cremate him, since they were depending on the normal fifteen hundred dollar burial grant from Social Security. They say that the S.S.B. […]
On Independence Day, there was a shooting in the city that left twenty-two year old Otis Anthony Gladden hospitalized. After seven p.m., the Racecourse resident was shot to both his legs as he rode on bicycle on West Canal. While authorities have been unable to determine who made an attempt on the life of the […]
Negotiations between the Christian Workers Union and the local management of the soon-to-be dissolved First Caribbean International Bank are set to commence on September twenty-eighth. In a lengthy, mediated session on Tuesday evening, both parties agreed to maintain confidentiality over details of those discussions. At the heart of those talks is the financial wellbeing of […]
A tour guide is out on bail after being accused of assaulting a tourism police back in July. Thirty-eight year old Louigie Turton, of the Ladyville area appeared in court this morning and was arraigned for four criminal offenses upon tourism police officer Rupert Leslie. The charges are for Aggravated Assault, Using Indecent and Threatening […]
The Green Machine rolled into the F.F.B. Stadium in Belmopan last night taking on the visiting Panamanian team, San Francisco FC. And after a trouncing in Queretaro, Mexico last week, Verdes FC stepped up their game in the CONCACAF Scotiabank Champions League. After neutralizing the first goal by San Francisco, Verdes’s super striker Deon McCauley, […]
If you are a fan of boxing, there is a treat for you this weekend. The Belize Boxing Development Council of San Ignacio is hosting a boxing tournament this Friday at the Victor Galvez Stadium in the west. The event will feature some eleven matches between amateur athletes from Belize and professional bouts between athletes […]
The police department has been on meet and greet initiatives for some time now and today Eastern Division South and North officers were out in the community meeting with residents in an effort to address crime. While officers were in Apollo Street, Urban Avenue, Beltex Avenue, and surrounding areas of Belama, across the bridge, on […]
Embattled administrator Policarpia Pech remains principal of Faith Nazarene Primary School tonight after the Teaching Services Commission turned down a proposal to grant her long leave before being transferred from the institution. The application came at the end of three weeks of dispute between teachers, parents and the headmistress. While members of staff have criticized […]
The Belize Hospital Symposium 2015 commenced today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. The event is the first of its kind in the jewel and was organized by Sagicor and Diversified Life Solutions (Belize) Limited. The two-day conference seeks to bring medical professionals, insurance agents and other stakeholders to the discussion table to look […]
But does Belize have the adequate facilities in place to deal with health conditions that are on the rise? According to Vice President of Group Insurance for Sagicor Life Inc, Patricia Brathwaite-Marshall, the purpose of the symposium is not to demean Belize’s health system, but to ensure that insurers as well as stakeholders in the […]
