The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing was also called upon to assist in the firefighting efforts but Chief Engineer at the Ministry, Evondale Moody said they were not able last week because of the location where their heavy-duty equipment was at the time made
On Friday, we led our newscast with an upsetting story involving a foiled kidnapping attempt. An individual, whose criminal history includes a guilty plea for an unnatural crime, was apprehended by Belize City police after he snatched a five-year-old girl from a trampoline in her
Police are investigating a disturbing video that surfaced on social media of a male child being physically abused by an adult. The video captures the shocking moment a man on a motorbike throws the child off the bike unto the ground, before slapping the little
A woman is tonight facing jailtime after allegedly selling a parcel of nonexistent land. The alleged perpetrator is Doris Grant, a name that came up back in April 2021, in a similar investigation. At the time, Grant was accused of receiving thousands of dollars from
Earlier today, Doris Grant was arraigned on forty counts of obtaining property by deception. The Reggae Street Resident appeared before Magistrate Lois Young along with her attorney, Richard “Dickie” Bradley. Grant was read fourteen counts of theft, fourteen counts of obtaining property by deception and
Thirty-two-year-old Kurtis Belisle has been arraigned on three counts of manslaughter by negligence for killing three female passengers who were inside his vehicle when it collided into a tree. The charges come almost eleven months after the incident took place near mile ten on the
Toledo East Area Representative, Mike Espat passed away on April twenty-second, leaving the seat vacant. And with just two months left before a bye-election is held to fill the post, the People’s United Party’s candidates have set out on the campaign trail with hopes of
With just a few months to go before the by-election is held for the appointment of a new Toledo East Area Representative, the candidates have launched their campaigns. And while the P.U.P. is preparing to elect a standard bearer at the upcoming convention, the U.D.P.
Team Belize is back from the 2024 CADICA Games and the athletes did not return empty handed. On Friday, a delegation of eleven track and field athletes flew to Costa Rica to compete in the annual Central American and Caribbean Athletic Championships. Last year, the
Over the weekend, residents and visitors partook in the annual celebration of the 2024 Chocolate Festival in Punta Gorda. This three-day event highlights the cacao bean, one of Toledo’s most important exports. During the festivities, chocolate lovers were able to purchase a variety of Belizean
