Police are perplexed at the murder of Bobby Garcia, a nineteen-year-old resident from San Ignacio who was viciously stabbed to death over the weekend. His body was found inside the Plaza E temple at the Cahal Pech Maya Monument. Garcia’s body was shirtless and in addition to multiple stab wounds, an X was etched on […]
Also in the west, two sisters perished in a horrible accident on Saturday morning. Cindy and Jarinet Cowo were travelling in the vehicle of fifty-three-year-old Belmopan contractor Carlos Martinez heading to San Jose Succotz Village when they met their death. Martinez picked up the sisters from their house and went partying in Benque Viejo. He […]
There is a third investigation taking place in western Belize. Benque police are looking into the sudden death of Pedro Pena. The elderly man was found with a large cut wound to the back of the head by his nephew who was visiting with a grandmother on October fourth. According to relatives, Pena was out […]
Human remains were found on Friday morning at BWS’ sewage treatment compound in Belmopan. Police were alerted of the discovery at around nine o’clock that morning. When they arrived on the scene, they came across a jaw bone and two shoulder bones confirmed to be that of a male person who is believed to have […]
The body of twenty-two-year-old Adrienne Barillas, a Second Infantry Division soldier found dead at Camp Humphreys in South Korea, was returned to Belize this morning and handed over to her grieving family. At around eleven a.m., a casket bearing the remains of the U.S. Army soldier arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport. Barillas, decorated […]
Two men charged for the 2009 murder of fifty-nine-year-old Taiwanese businessman Tsong Ming Liou, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on September twenty-sixth. On Friday, the duo, thirty-two-year-old Jewel Palma and twenty-six-year-old Oscar Maldonado had their sentence reduced from sixteen years behind bars to eight months in jail by Justice Colin Williams. Justice […]
A bar brawl at an establishment in Belize City almost claimed a woman’s life after being attacked with a bottle for attempting to part a group of fighting women. Ana Heredia remains hospitalized after she was viciously cut and left to bleed out inside La Barbie on Cemetery Road. While police have since detained three […]
A nineteen-year-old resident of Arlington Drive is lucky to have survived an attempt on his life on Friday night after coming under gunfire while talking to a friend a short distance from his home. Thomas Ferguson was shot twice while he stood on Arlington Drive by someone who wanted him dead. The nineteen-year-old was injured […]
Police Constable Michael Patten remains under investigation for discharging a firearm outside of a nightclub in Orange Walk Town last week. While the officer will be dealt with internally, criminal charges are yet to be brought against him amid questions of what transpired at the establishment that night. It is believed that Patten may have […]
Thirty-year-old Magdiel Ceas, a Belizean laborer of San Jose Village in the Orange Walk District has been charged with a criminal offense after it was discovered that he was sexually involved with a missing teenager. While the minor has since been located, it is being reported that Ceas had unlawful sexual intercourse with her. Assistant […]
Fifty-eight more patients with end-stage renal failure are now set to benefit from the Ministry of Health’s Hemodialysis Programme. The ministry made the announcement last week, stating that it will contract K.H.M.H., Loma Luz Hospital, Miguel Rosado Dialysis Center, and Dialysis del Caribe to provide two free dialysis sessions weekly per patient. While the number […]
Tonight, nine teachers from Claver College Extension, who were summarily relieved of their duties at the evening division, are back in their respective classrooms after it was found that their dismissal was unlawful. The re-instatement of the teachers in Punta Gorda also brings to an end a protest effected by students who were in solidarity […]
Word of the latest development was immediately passed on to the student body and a leaked email sent to the newly hired replacements was reportedly circulated. That electronic communication indicated that Punta Gorda police would be called to the school compound were the teachers to return to their jobs this evening. As for their gripe […]
Over the past decade or so, you may have heard fishermen report that there are dwindling fish stocks. They say that they have to go farther and their catch is smaller. So to ensure that the livelihoods of thousand of Belizeans and the industry are secured, resource managers have implemented a programme called managed access. […]
The Belize Audubon Society has successfully eradicated rats on Half Moon Caye. The invasive species were highlighted as a problem since the 1950’s and subsequent studies showed that the rats were impacting the shape and ecology of the island because they were preying on plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. Their rapid reproduction all year round showed […]
The Ministry of Health wants to ban soft-drinks from schools countrywide, a move which has already been implemented in some Caribbean countries. The announcement was made by Health Minister Pablo Marin this morning, saying that he will take the proposal to cabinet this week and hopes to get the nod from Education Minister Patrick Faber. […]
The American Crocodile Education Sanctuary has rescued a ten-foot American Crocodile called Thomas from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The outlook for the croc is uncertain at this time, as it will undergo some medical tests to see what exactly is wrong. ACES says that the croc was discovered at a popular feeding spot on the […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]
