Friday night ended horribly in San Pedro where the weekend activities associated with the very popular Costa Maya were marred by tragedy. A fire ignited at a wooden house sweeping uncontrollably through an entire block of houses in the Boca Del Rio area. Shortfalls of the Fire Department impaired their delivery of fire fighting efforts. […]
Massive fires are not new to the island. Less than two months ago, as many as four family members were burnt to death in a horrible fire. Prior to that two infernos left hundreds of persons destitute in the prime tourism island. The troubles of the Fire Department are well-known, from tardy response time to […]
Two days after the fire, a massive humanitarian effort is underway in San Pedro to assist victims of the devastating inferno in Boca del Rio. An outpour of public assistance from local businesses, as well as concerned residents on the island, has been steady. Late this evening, clothing, non-perishable food items and bedding were being […]
Hours before the devastating fire in San Pedro, a man was stabbed to death inside his house on Caribeña Street on the island. The chopping victim is Carlos Valdes. He was found lifeless by off-duty police officer, Nestor Campus, around seven-thirty on Friday night. Campus lives in an adjacent room from where he detected Gilbert […]
Have you seen Nyle Vasquez from Dangriga? The wanted man is on the run and police are looking for him. On Saturday, the twenty-four-year-old construction worker was arrested and charged for the July second murder of Melvin Locke that happened in Dangriga. But Vasquez escaped from police custody a few hours later that Saturday evening […]
A minor and an eighteen-year-old man were today arrested by Belize City police after they allegedly attempted to rob a fruit and vegetable shop. The botched robbery happened at around ten o’clock on Coney Drive at Anna Delia’s Food Shop. The family told News Five that two young men first appeared, wanting to buy bananas […]
A Quality Poultry Products deliveryman was jacked of seven thousand dollars on the job. The employee told police that on Saturday around three-thirty he was parked on Nim Li Punit Street in front of a supermarket in Belmopan when two armed men approached him and demanded money. Fearing for his life, he handed over the […]
A Special Audit Inspection was conducted into what is being described as ‘unaccountable equipment’ belonging to the Belize City Council. The special audit was requested by the Councilor responsible for Works, Albert Vaughn and the missing equipment include a fifty-four thousand-dollar John Deer tractor, an eighty-six thousand dollars Caterpillar bulldozer and a thirty thousand dollars […]
A former accountant at Santander Limited was arrested and charged with theft of over two hundred thousand dollars from the Spanish company. Last Thursday, the Santander’s management reported to police that after an audit they discovered that there were a number of unaccounted cheques that had been cashed and the trail led back to the […]
Police say they made some progress in the burglary that happened at Odette’s Store in Orange Walk. They conducted a search at the home of Martin Mendoza on San Pedro Street in Orange Walk Town and there they found several items that were burglarized from Odette’s. Around two on Thursday morning, three armed, masked men […]
Police say they have no suspects in the burglary that happened at a western union branch in Orange Walk on Thursday. A cashier at the business reported to police that around nine-fifteen that morning, she was inside the office when a lone armed robber entered, demanded money and she handed over more than a thousand […]
A twenty-one-year-old man was shot in Seine Bight Village on Sunday night some-time after ten-thirty. Kadeem Augustine was socializing at a house and when he went out in the back yard he was shot in the face. Police say that that they are looking for one person in connection with this shooting. ACP Joseph […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was the target of a failed assassination attempt on Saturday in Caracas. Six people have since been arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident. According to Interior Minister Néstor Reverol, they were part of a group that loaded two drones with explosives and detonated them during a military parade in […]
This afternoon in San Pedro, a regional preparatory meeting was commenced to review what is known as the SAMOA Pathway, short for Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action. It is a ten-year program of action for Small Island Developing States, adopted in 2014 in Samoa. The regional preparatory meeting will provide an opportunity […]
There is a new Reina de la Costa Maya. She is Mary Cruz Cardona Galindo, a stunning TV presenter from Honduras, who wooed the judges with her grace and poise on Friday night to capture the crown from Belize’s Michelle Nunez. Cardona was joined on stage by six other delegates from the rest of Central […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities….]
