October first was celebrated as international day of older persons under the theme, “Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment.” Since the beginning of the week, several activities for older persons were held to honor the growing population in this region. Today, at the Sister Cecilia Home, thirty-eight seenagers were treated to meals served […]
Just before news time tonight, two cousins from Santa Familia, Cayo have been charged in connection with the rape of a thirteen year old. On Wednesday, we reported that the victim accused her sibling of forcing her into having sex with her own cousin at the house where they all lived in the village. The […]
There is a bizarre story of a minor being coerced by her older brother into being raped by her cousin which is making headlines tonight. A thirteen-year-old student of Santa Familia Village has accused her sibling of forcing her into having sex with her own cousin against her will. In the company of her mother, […]
Two weeks ago, a Toyota Hilux parked at the Ministry of Health compound in Belmopan was stolen. Today, that vehicle was recovered across the border. Working together with Guatemalan authorities, the vehicle was recovered and has now been brought across the border. As far as we know, a Melchor resident is being questioned about the […]
The Santa Cruz Thirteen, including outspoken Maya activist Cristina Coc, were back in court today where they appeared before Magistrate Emerson Banner. The group has been back and forth before the magistracy since being arrested and charged on June twenty-fourth for the unlawful imprisonment of Rupert Myles. Myles has denuded parts of the sacred site […]
While the Mayans of Santa Cruz await their day in Court following another adjournment, one man who hasn’t been before a magistrate is Rupert Myles. That’s because the man who is said to have deliberately destroyed the sacred Mayan site, Uxbenka, has not been charged. Following the incident on June twentieth, Director of Archaeology John […]
After four nights on remand, sex offender Kenrick Bowman, is out free from the Belize Central Prison until his next court appearance. Last Friday Bowman was arraigned for a sexual offense against a fifteen year old minor and was granted bail by Magistrate Ladonna John which he was able to meet today. However, Bowman’s bail is […]
There was also a murder acquittal in court.Twenty-three year old Lincoln Hemsley Junior, walked free of the March 2012 murder of twenty-one year old David Alberto Hernandez after being on remand for three years. Judge Adolph Lucas upheld a no case submission and ordered that Hemsley Junior had no case to answer. The ruling came […]
There was a double homicide in the Corozal District last Friday. Two farmers were shot and killed in a cane-field in the outskirts of the village of Paraiso. As they investigate, police are perplexed at the murder and have no motive yet. The families of Rogelio Rancharan and Enrique Tayun are also searching for answers. […]
C onvicted Belizean/American sex offender, Kenrick Bowman has been in the news since Tuesday for allegations that he sodomized a number of minors at his house on Police Street, Belize City. After being held by police since Wednesday night; this afternoon the forty-two-year-old was escorted to court, arraigned and granted bail for an alleged sexual […]
Despite Bowman’s arraignment on a separate matter this afternoon, there are a myriad of questions that need answers. Those questions were posed to Senior Superintendent Chester Williams during a press brief earlier today. The most obvious, why hasn’t Bowman been charged in relation to recent allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor? According to the […]
Does the request for statements from alleged victims of Kenrick Bowman taint the partiality of the police investigation into the reported sexual offence? That’s what the media asked the Regional Commander of Eastern Division South today and while he does attest that it takes away from the objectivity of the process, he says he is […]
Two farmers from the Corozal District were gunned down this morning in a cane-field near Paraiso, just three and a half miles out of town. The bodies of Rogelio Rancharan and Victor Enrique Ayun were found by police after they responded to a report of shots being fired. A farmer who was with Rancharan and […]
Keyren Tzib, on remand for manslaughter, was in Supreme Court this morning for a second appearance in her petition for bail. Last week Friday Justice Troadio Gonzalez had adjourned the matter and requested a psychiatric evaluation of Tzib before making a determination of bail. But the process of that determination has been delayed once again. […]
Tzib’s mother says that she is doing okay on remand because she is away from the things that terrorize her. She’s confident that everything will work out for her daughter in the end. Another spectator in court today was the sister of Thytis Blancaneaux who died after he was stabbed once to the shoulder by […]
Blancaneaux says that her family is seeking closure for the death of their brother and son. But they also want Tzib to get the help she needs. According to Minerva Blancaneaux – Tzib won’t get that if she is just released into society, and she also won’t get it if she is incarcerated at the […]
As we told you on Thursday, the Police Department is denying that there is any update in the case of the three fishermen missing for one month. The Department also denies that Coast Guard personnel were detained over the Independence weekend in connection with that disappearance. But today we spoke to attorney Dickie Bradley who […]
Bradley says that his client and another Coast Guard officer who was similarly detained are considering legal action against the Police. That’s because they were allegedly held long past the forty-eight hours, and were released only after they threatened to sue – released without any charge or any indication from the Police that they would […]
Swiss authorities began criminal proceedings today against FIFA President, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the two most powerful figures in world football. The Swiss are investigating whether Blatter made an illegal two million dollar payment. The office of the Swiss Attorney general says that the investigation is on suspicion of criminal mismanagement…and -– alternatively – […]
Kenrick Bowman, who is a sex offender registered in San Diego, U.S.A. is in police detention tonight and it is expected that he will charged for allegations of sexually abusing a young boy on Saturday night in Belize City. He came to Belize two years ago and has been living in the Police Street Extension […]
One month ago three Belize City fishermen – Donovan Usher, Giovanni Murillo and Jerome Bowen – went out to Turneffe for a day. They never returned and are presumed dead. Following the disappearance family members immediately pointed fingers at the Coast Guard, since the men had previously had unpleasant encounters with those guardians of the […]
There was another shooting in the city on Wednesday night, and with it come concerns that violence in the old capital is flaring up. It’s a valid concern because it doesn’t take much of a spark to set violence in the city’s hotspots blazing. But Regional Commander for Eastern Division South, Senior Superintendent Chester Williams […]
Most of the violence in the city has been linked to gang rivalries. Strictly speaking gang affiliation is illegal, but gang members apparently haven’t gotten the memo. Williams told us that it’s an ongoing effort by the Police to keep gangs on their own turf, and it’s a battle that the Police are slowly, but […]
During his Independence address on Monday, the Prime Minister touched on various issues, but few as important as citizen security crime. Where that critical component is concerned, the news is that Government will now start to benefit from the disbursement of the long anticipated thirty million dollar CABEI loan. That will see the BDF getting […]
Back to the shooting on Wednesday night, eighteen-year-old Triston Popper remains in a stable condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, following an attempt on his life in the wee hours this morning. Shortly after midnight, while Popper was socializing with a group of friends at a residence on Pickstock Street, he was called by […]
