Security Officer Murdered in Hattieville in Brazen Shooting
A man was murdered down in a brazen late evening shooting today in Hattieville Village, Belize District. Forty-seven-year-old Kevin Hyde was sitting at a bus shed along the highway in [...]
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A 9-Year-Old Girl is Strangled to Death in Unitedville, Cayo
The unexplained death of a nine-year-old girl was baffling police authorities, but late this evening, it was confirmed that the Danielle Hall was killed by manual strangulation. The child was [...]
Salvadoran Man Hacked to Death in Hope Creek
A Salvadoran farm hand who worked at the Marie Sharp farms in southern Belize was hacked to death on the eve of his birthday. The forty-five year old, according to [...]
Brindel Munnings Shot During Armed Attack near Police Street
Gunshots rang out in the vicinity of the Inspiration Center late on Sunday night and when the shooting subsided forty-four-year-old Brindel Munnings was suffering from multiple injuries to the body. [...]
Fire Destroys House in Lord’s Bank Village
Around eight o’clock, a fire broke inside an elevated wooden house in Lord’s Bank Village on Sunday night. The home was occupied by an elderly person who escaped unhurt. The [...]
Prices for Diesel and Regular Gasoline Take a Dip
At midnight on Tuesday August twentieth, the pump prices of regular gasoline and diesel will see a decrease. The prices for regular gasoline will decrease by forty three cents from ten [...]
Oliver Peters Viciously Stabbed During Family Dispute
Oliver Peters was acquitted of the murder of his uncle on June eleventh, after spending almost five and a half years on remand at the Belize Central Prison. Tonight, he [...]
A National Gas Company This Way Comes
The House of Representatives met today in a special sitting during which several bills, including the Belize City Council (Municipal Paper) and the National Liquefied Petroleum Gas Project, were brought [...]
National Gas Company is Color Blind – PM Barrow
According to Prime Minister Dean Barrow, the idea of forming a public/private partnership goes beyond party lines since a majority of those who make up the board, as well as [...]
Corozal/Sarteneja Road to be Resurfaced with $100 Million Taiwanese Loan
The much needed upgrading of the Corozal/Sarteneja Road, as well as the construction of the Pueblo Nuevo and Laguna Seca bridges, will be done using a loan of fifty million [...]
Cordel Hyde Rails Against Proposed Use of Taiwanese Loan
Vocal in his objection to how these monies will be spent, in the absence of a contractor general, is Lake-I area rep Cordel Hyde. Not only is he apprehensive that [...]
Dangriga Polyclinic Staffers Stage Sick-out
Members of staff at the Dangriga Polyclinic are up in arms over what they describe as an injustice being perpetrated on them. Some eight employees staged a sickout today for [...]
PM Barrow Weighs in on Kareem Musa’s China Visit
Kareem Musa’s visit to Mainland China two weeks ago is still the subject of much debate in political circles across the country. While it may have died down in the [...]
2 More Persons Sought for the Callous Killing of Ofelia Hernandez Cruz
Sixty-nine-year-old Ofelia Hernandez Cruz was bludgeoned to death inside her home in Sand Hill Village. Her body was discovered on Tuesday afternoon and it is believed that she was attacked [...]
DJ Perf and Denzel Usher Charged with Rape
Devin “DJ Perf” Peyrefitte and Denzel Usher have both been charged for the crime of rape. The men stand accused of allegedly raping a woman in the wee hours of [...]
Commissioner Williams: “It doesn’t matter, it was rubber bullet. It was nonlethal.”
In May, Belize City resident Vince Martinez visited our office to share his case of police brutality. Martinez claimed that on May twelfth while at his house on Far West [...]
Commissioner of Police on Vince Martinez’s Complaint
Vince Martinez made an official complaint to the Professional Standards Branch after he was shot in the groin. According to Martinez, there hasn’t been any progress in the case. Commissioner [...]
Ministry of National Security Clarifies B.D.F. Salary Adjustments
The Ministry of National Security issued a press release late this evening to clarify false information which has been circulating in the public domain. According to the ministry, back in [...]
Raymond Dyer Gets Three Years in Prison for Weed and Firearm
Thirty-two-year-old Raymond Lightfoot Dyer, a fisherman from Ladyville, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply, after being busted with five hundred and thirty-one grams of [...]
2 Teens Remanded for Beating Up Elderly Belize City Man
A pair of teenagers is on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after allegedly beating up a sixty-three-year-old resident of Belize City. On Tuesday, Liz Flowers was reportedly attacked [...]
Channel Five Cleans Up at 2019 CBU Awards
The Fiftieth Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union concluded on Andres Island, Colombia today. An enduring highlight of the yearly gathering of radio and television broadcasters is the [...]
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An Elderly Woman is Bludgeoned to Death in Remote Area of Sand Hill
Mexican national Ofelia Hernandez Cruz lived in Belize for years with her husband; he is the caretaker at a property in an isolated area of Sand Hill Village. But on [...]
2 Suspected Maternal Deaths Due to Dengue in Belize
There are two maternal deaths in Belize suspected to be the result of dengue fever. That’s the information coming out of the Ministry of Health tonight, several weeks after an [...]
The Community Needs to Help Eliminate Mosquito Breathing Sites
Across the Central American region, there have been many deaths since the outbreak was detected and thousands more infected. As the numbers in Belize continue to climb, Doctor Largaespada Beer [...]
American Tourist Attacked by Croc
An American woman in her late thirties was attacked by a twelve-foot crocodile on Monday night. It happened at sea, south of Ambergris Caye. Fortunately, the croc attack was not [...]
