A Salvadoran national was murdered in Frank’s Eddy Village, Cayo District in the early hours of Sunday morning. Santos Guerra Dominguez was reportedly in Belize visiting his son for the past month and was considering relocating from El Salvador. But he met a cruel death, chopped to the face and head with a machete, after […]
A two-year-old boy is in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital tonight, after being mauled by a pit bull inside his yard over the weekend. Baby Kyle Carter had just returned home from the store with his mother on Saturday night when she set him down inside their yard on Raccoon Street Extension. […]
During this morning’s press brief, Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Cowo revisited details of the incident that was shared by the toddler’s family in a police report. ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City “On Saturday, June 23rd, 2018, sometime just after seven, a female had just entered her residence at Raccoon Street Extension, number 168, […]
Another business has been hit by robbers. Since the beginning of the month, we have been reporting on a considerable spike in the number of armed robberies which have seemingly moved from Belize City to its surrounding communities. This morning in Ladyville, an armed robber targeted the Moneygram office at Ramon’s Plaza and relieved the […]
From crime to the questionable land deals at the Ministry of Natural Resources. Following the airing of a story last Friday, a full-fledged internal war within the U.D.P. has broken out on social media. Leila Peyrefitte and Rommel Berges are two Freetown constituents whose land documents were leaked after they were granted prime real estate […]
On the eve of a protest in Belmopan, the artistic community, headed by Yasser Musa, is making a call to all Belizeans to join in and be heard on Tuesday. The group is taking a firm stand against a visit and training of the police department to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the state of […]
At a press briefing this afternoon, the organizers were asked to comment about naysayers who have taken to social media expressing disapproval about the protest against the Israelis? Artists Gilvano Swasey and Katie Usher say that Belizeans need to react to the constant bad decisions being taken by government that are not in the best […]
Opposition to the training is picking up momentum. Today, the National Trade Union Congress condemned the decision by the government to allow for the “Police Community” programme. The N.T.U.C.B. says it strongly objects to the abhorrent act which is likely to endanger the human rights record of Belize. The N.T.U.C.B. cites numerous reasons why the […]
Thirty-year-old Rene Godoy was beaten to death by a group of villagers in Silk Grass in the wee early hours of June twenty-first. The Salvadoran national was allegedly involved in a number of chopping incidents in that southern community prior to being attacked by an angry mob which took justice into its own hands. Godoy […]
The badly decomposed remains of a Caucasian woman, believed to be a visitor, was found along a stretch of sandy beach on the south end of Hopkins Village on Friday morning. The body of Jane Doe was discovered after it had washed up on shore sometime earlier. An autopsy later determined that the unidentified woman […]
A farmhand is lucky to have escaped grave injury after being shot in the chest on Sunday in Camalote Village. Jose Gonzalez had been working on a property belonging to the deceased Russell Hyde Senior when he was shot once to the right upper chest. According to the shooting victim, he and a friend of […]
Omero Campos, the San Narciso businessman, who was abducted from his farm near San Victor, remains missing since June seventeenth. Soon after, his kidnappers via a phone call from a Mexican cell number, demanded from the Campos’ family a million dollar ransom which they were unable to raise. The family has spoken to Campos once […]
Fifty-six-year-old Lindberg Anthony took his own life on Saturday night by reportedly hanging himself while in detention inside a holding cell in Crooked Tree Village. But his family is crying foul. Police say that the officer in charge of the substation picked up the intoxicated mechanic after a report was made against him by other […]
The People’s United Party continued with the election of standard bearers, who will be on the party’s slate for the next national elections. In the south on Sunday, a convention was held to elect a candidate for the Dangriga constituency which also includes Sarawee and Hope Creek. Close to one thousand two hundred electors cast […]
On the other side of the political arena, Orson “OJ” Elrington has confirmed he will be seeking election for the U.D.P. in the Freetown area. The other known contender is Senator Carla Barnett, who was trounced in the last election by Area Representative, Francis Fonseca. Freetown has remained a stronghold of the People’s United Party […]
Belize joined the rest of the world in the celebration of the Day of the Seafarers. To mark the occasion, a tour was conducted aboard the Century Royal Panama, a sugar vessel anchored in Belize’s Harbour. The Belize Port Authority as well as IMMARBE is organizing a series of activities to pay homage to seafarers. […]
One last piece of information from the police….Businesswoman Bibiana Kus reported to police that two armed men stormed her property in Saint Matthew Village on Saturday night after nine and stole an assortment of jewelry and her vehicle. Quick police action led to the recovery of the vehicle but the trove of stolen jewelry is […]
Earlier this month, the Belize Red Cross launched its appeal for financial donations to assist victims of Volcan del Fuego that caused the unfortunate loss of life of over a hundred persons in Guatemala as well as tremendous destruction to property. That appeal has been growing and today got a huge boost from Belize Telemedia […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
