President of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association, Mark Campbell, told local media that Hurricane Beryl caused significant trauma to chickens, which led to a decrease in egg production of an average of 25% post-Hurricane Beryl. Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 4 storm, slammed into Jamaica in
Tonight, the family of twenty-three-year-old Alwyn Arnold is grieving after he was murdered in Orange Walk after the Independence Day celebrations. The Belize City laborer attended the carnival and was enjoying the evening with family and friends when an altercation between him and another individual
Today, a Belizean American man was charged with assaulting Commissioner of Police Chester Williams during the Orange Walk carnival road march. Forty-six-year-old Jaron James pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and is facing a fine of one thousand, five hundred dollars or ten months imprisonment. Allegations
There were reports of several other stabbing incidents during and after the Orange Walk carnival celebrations. In one instance, a father and son who were working during the event are now hospitalized. They were serving drinks inside a bar when an argument ensued between them
Certainly, the Belize Police Department had their hands full policing the Orange Walk carnival. Apart from multiple reports of stabbing, there were also reports of numerous brawls taking place. Today we asked A.C.P Hilberto Romero about the policing strategy employed at the carnival and how
Almost three years after the murder of Winston “Tanga” James and the attempted murder of Marybeth Wade, police have arrested and charged a suspect. Police believe that twenty-year-old Azzane Domingo was the shooter behind Tanga’s murder and Wade’s attempted murder. Over the weekend, he was
Tonight, two brothers are in the hospital after back-to-back road traffic accidents on Sunday. Eighteen-year-old Francis Mejia and fifteen-year-old Malachi Mejia, residents of Santana Village in Belize District, are the latest victims of road traffic accidents this month. The first incident occurred around ten a.m.
The Independence Day weekend was punctuated by road traffic accidents. In Hopkins Village, the access road saw the second deadly road mishap in as many weeks. This time, the victim was not a resident of the village. Twenty-nine-year-old Christian Chuc lost his life when a
A road traffic accident claimed the life of man in Unitedville. Reports are that Miguel Maldonado was driving a motorcycle when it collided into a Toyota Corolla. Maldonado was flung from the motorbike and received fatal injuries. A.C.P Hilberto Romero tells us more. A.C.P. Hilberto Romero,
The official 2024 Independence Day Ceremony was held on Saturday in Belmopan. It was perhaps one of the shortest ceremonies in recent times. Both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition’s address were relatively short and stayed away from the unwarranted spectacle of
