Father’s Day for the Talbert family in Doublehead Cabbage was shattered on Sunday morning when they were informed of a tragic incident involving their loved one who was at work when she lost her life. Marcia Talbert, an employee of Cerebrus Security, a subsidiary of Bowen and Bowen Limited, was gravely wounded when she was […]
A father of two was fatally injured in a road traffic accident on Father’s Day in the north. Police say Yancy Ek was riding his bike in San Narciso Village when he was knocked down and killed. The driver of the vehicle is a relative of the well-known football player in the village. Andrea Polanco […]
Thirty-three-year-old Casiano Mendoza of August Pine Ridge died as a result of a road traffic accident. He was behind the wheel of a white car which was observed in a ditch along the road leading to August Pine Ridge from Trinidad Village. The incident happened on Friday night and police say that Mendoza collided into […]
Belize City Police are investigating a stabbing incident that left thirty-six-year-old Orlette Sanchez hospitalized. On Sunday morning, before six o’clock, officers were called out to Sanchez’s residence on Guadalupe Street in Belize City. There they found her suffering from a single stab wound to the chest. Sanchez alleges that she was attacked and stabbed by […]
In fourteen days, the new social security contribution and pension scheme is set to take effect. The People’s United Party, however, is not happy about it. Cabinet has approved the new rates which are yet to be legislated. Those new rates will be rolled out in three phases. On July first, the new rate will […]
An employee of the Belize City Council was abducted at gunpoint on Saturday morning by a pair of thieves dressed in camouflage and later released in an area along the Hummingbird Highway, but not before being robbed of a rented vehicle. Despite a subsequent report of being taken against his will by armed bandits on […]
Worries are mounting over the sudden disappearance of two men on northern Ambergris Caye. Twenty-seven-year-old Silverio Cal and twenty-six-year-old Melvin Montesino have not been seen or heard from since last Thursday. They were together en route to the northern part of the island. Several searches have proved futile as the family clings to hope that […]
Corozal police continue their investigations into the kidnapping of fifty-year-old Kiran Kumar Solanri. The businessman of Palmar Village in Orange Walk was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday morning as he drove into the Corozal Free Zone. He told police that he was intercepted by another vehicle, kidnapped and robbed of three thousand U.S. dollars and […]
A Guatemalan man is in police custody facing firearm charges. His name is Romeo Cardona Zepata who, on Saturday afternoon, was spotted in the parking lot on Belize’s side of the western border. A search of his person resulted in officers discovering a nine-millimeter pistol and a shotgun. Offices also found ammunition for both firearms […]
Sandra Torres, Guatemala’s former first lady, is leading in the Guatemalan elections, following the release of partial results today. Torres, who has ties to Belize, successfully won the first round of the presidential elections. According to online reports, Torres garnered more than twenty-five percent of the vote while her opponent conservative Alejandro Giammattei garnered fourteen […]
Dion Bruce, wanted by the United States government for a murder he reportedly committed in Chicago in July 2010, continues to fight an extradition request, despite being locked up at the Belize Central Prison. He was picked up by Belize City police six years ago and since then, Bruce’s case has been meandering through the […]
An armed robbery in Saint Margaret’s Village in Cayo has police searching for two men. The robbery was captured by security cameras which show the duo barging into Ping An Shop at around three-forty on Saturday afternoon and holding up the owner and two employees. The robbers escaped with two cell phones, a gold chain, […]
Late night food vendors in Belize City are being shut down at midnight on the south side and by two a.m. on the north side. From what we are told, this is a directive from Commissioner of Police Chester Williams in an attempt to curb crime. But for vendors, this policing strategy is threatening their […]
The Embassy of the Republic of China – Taiwan has teamed up with the Inspiration Center to sponsor a number of projects this year. These projects will provide community-based rehabilitation, public education and awareness, as well as capacity building opportunities for staff. For the first time in Belize, these children have access to speech & […]
OIRSA has partnered with the Ministry of Education to combat an invasive pest in the north. Beekeepers in Corozal and Orange Walk will get much needed help in the form of traps to control the presence of the small hive beetle. It is a pest that is native to the African region but made its […]
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