A quiet night at home turned deadly for an Orange Walk family when a gunman reportedly arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire. Forty-year-old Jose Sosa Sr., better known as “Bones,” was standing on the second-floor veranda of his Baeza Alley residence shortly after one
Police say a long-running rivalry in the T Street area has now claimed the life of twenty-one-year-old Jaheim Sanchez. A gunman opened fire last Wednesday while Sanchez sat on a vehicle, killing him and grazing another man. Investigators believe the deadly attack marked the latest
First came gunfire, and then there was a devastating blaze. Tragedy has returned to T Street, where a family lost its home and most of its belongings in a fire Thursday night. The flames erupted shortly before ten, leaving the family with little more than
A sixteen-year prison sentence has brought some measure of justice for the killing of Nestor Vasquez, but his family says it does not erase the failure that placed him in danger. Collin Francis received the sentence for manslaughter, along with ten years for attempting to
Is the government protecting sensitive financial information, or making it harder to follow the public’s money? That debate is intensifying after the government restricted Smart Stream access for financial officers across the public service. The Public Service Union says the decision weakens oversight and creates
Just weeks into the new school year, the daily trip to the classroom has become uncertain for many students across southern and western Belize. Several school bus operators say the Ministry of Education has not paid them for three weeks, leaving them without enough money
Shoppers are paying more for food, but many vendors at the Michael Finnegan Market say they are taking home less. They blame rising wholesale prices from the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation, which they say leave them caught between keeping food affordable and earning enough
The punches may last only seconds, but the video can circulate for days. Instead of stepping in or calling for help, bystanders often reach for their phones, recording fights and sharing them online for views, laughs and reactions. But as violence becomes another form of
They stopped to remove a fallen tree and make the Hummingbird Highway safer for other motorists. Instead, that act of kindness ended in tragedy. Police say a truck struck Jaheed Lopez and Ervin Gutierrez as they cleared the roadway following Wednesday’s storm. Lopez died shortly
A routine ride along Munoz Street ended in tragedy when a van reportedly turned into the path of an approaching motorcycle. Police say Lorenzo Castro suffered serious injuries in the collision and later died at the hospital. Investigators have since served the van’s driver, Antonio
