A mother of nine was savagely murdered at her house in Santa Elena, Cayo. The gunman entered her home and unleashed a barrage of bullets that took her life. Paulina Urbelina Sanchez is sixty-nine- years old; she was killed in front of family members. A land dispute is said to be at the centre of […]
On Friday evening around five thirty a man was killed by his close friend. It happened in the San Martin community in Belmopan. The men got into an argument and one pulled out a knife and stabbed the other several times. While the exact nature of the conversation they were having is not known, what […]
There was an attempted murder in Buena Vista Village, Cayo that happened on Thursday evening after five. The village is also where a farmer, Armando Medrano, was murdered on the same day. A twenty-year-old woman, mother of two Consuelo Queme was shelling corn under home when her ex-spouse approached her and proceeded to chop her. […]
A triple road fatality outside of Orange Walk Town late on Saturday has forever marred Christmas week for three families in the community of Yo Creek. Police have yet to sort out right from wrong in the deaths of two cousins, driver Mainor Hernandez and Jovanni Gongora, and their friend Jason Gongora. The young men […]
A couple who own a business on the Belize-Corozal Road in Orange Walk Town were attacked late on Sunday. A masked and armed pair stormed into their residence, intent on committing burglary, but they were unable to get away with anything and barely got away from police. However, they did cause damage to both household […]
A B.E.L. Security Guard was robbed at gun point of his firearm and even though he put up a fight he was over powered by a pair of gun men. One of the two alleged robbers has been identified as a minor who was arraigned in the Belize City Family Court this afternoon on a […]
Two city men were quickly apprehended in a drug bust over the weekend after one got nervous and told the cops where the drug was hidden. The duo of Dean Cain and Alston Adolphus was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on a charge of drug trafficking of nine pounds of cannabis earlier today. Both Cain […]
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles is coming to Belize. The nineteen year old, four-foot-eight gymnastic wonder was said to have accepted an invitation from the Belize Tourism Board to visit Belize. She officially touches down this week, and like Marion Jones in 2000, will receive a heroine’s welcome. The Belize Tourism Board reported today […]
Chief Executive Officer of Belize Telemedia Limited, Anwar Barrow, the son of Prime Minister, is to leave state-owned Belize Telemedia Limited in the first quarter of 2017, after what the company calls an orderly transition between him and his selected successor. Barrow, who remains on the company’s Board of Directors, took the reins at B.T.L. […]
Will the Government of Belize persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to listen to its arguments to dismiss an arbitration award granted to Belize Social Development Limited in 2009? A decision is pending, but a major blow came when the United States’ acting Solicitor General, Ian Heath Gershengorn advised the U.S. Supreme Court via affidavit to […]
Will your light bill go up on New Year’s Day? No, but we can tell you that it will not go down either. According to power provider Belize Electricity Limited, it has recommended to the Public Utilities Commission that the mean or average electricity rate for all categories remain at just under thirty-seven cents per […]
A second C.E.O. in government service is calling it quits. Last week, we confirmed that the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Education for at least eight years Doctor Colin Young has stepped down and is exploring other opportunities for employment. Today, the Social Security Board announced that come January third, 2017, Colin Young will be […]
Eighty children from the least privileged areas of Eastern Division North got a Christmas treat from their friendly neighborhood cops based at Queen Street. With Ozzie the Clown as guest, all they could eat and drink, and a toy to take home, a good time was had by all this afternoon at the North side […]
Good evening I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. Week 2 of the PLB playoffs brought a sense of finality. 4 teams would be presented with a final opportunity to arrive at the championship round. Were inside the Isidoro Beaton Stadium Saturday night as Belmopan Bandits hosted FC Belize after a hard fought 1 […]
