It is estimated that as many as twenty-seven million people around the world are victims of human trafficking. That is the driving force behind the US Department of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which looks at the scope of what is considered modern day slavery and the actions that governments worldwide are taking to […]
Charlatans and confidence men have always been in existence in the country. But one such con artist has become so prominent, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture was obligated to send a press release to clear its name from the habitual frauds executed in its name. According to the government press office release “the […]
A massive emotional crowd spilled into the streets in front of the San Ignacio police station on Wednesday, for the arraignment of Bert Vasquez. The Belize City businessman was charged for the murder of Jasmine Lowe, the vivacious young girl who was found dead on June sixth near a farm at Cristo Rey. But that […]
On Wednesday, police arrested thirty-one year old Dwayne Albert Davis for the murder of Guatemalan Dr. Ivan Gomez Garcia. At the time of the arrest, Davis was a maintenance worker of Tuff enough Tours on San Pedro. While he reportedly handed himself in, Davis appeared frightened and was very emotional in court when he was […]
Police have also made an arrest for a previous murder. Twenty-nine year old Frank Vasquez was shot on May ninth and died four days later while undergoing treatment at the K.H.M.H. Today, the suspected gunman, twenty-three year old Byron James, was formally arraigned for his murder. No plea was taken and James was remanded to […]
A people’s movement against crime reached epic proportions in the west today. Since early this morning, a crowd began to swell in front of the San Ignacio Police Station as demonstrators waited for the arraignment of the suspect in the murder of thirteen year Jasmine Lowe. Bert Vasquez, aka Bert Haylock of Belize City was […]
This afternoon, Bert Vasquez was finally brought out of the police station for arraignment. The crowd descended immediately in front of the police station; the police pleaded for patience and formed a shield to secure the area. The air was thick with tension as the demonstrators chanted for justice. Vasquez was whisked away to the […]
There is another arrest in a high profile murder. As we reported on Tuesday night, police have a suspect in the murder of Dr. Ivan Garcia. Dwayne Davis Senior of Freetown Road has been charged for Garcia’s murder. Garcia, a Guatemalan doctor at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for […]
A resident of the Bainsville Area on the Western Highway has finally been arrested and charged after more than ten pounds of weed were allegedly found inside his house back on May seventh. This morning, thirty-nine year old Wallace Rubio was taken before Senior Magistrate, Sharon Frazer to answer to a charge of Drug Trafficking. […]
There were two daytime home invasions reported on Tuesday and in one case, a thirteen year girl was at home alone when the assailants showed up at her house. According to the minor, who lives in the Jane Usher Boulevard area, she was watching television at a few minutes before four o’clock when she heard […]
There has been an increase in missing persons’ reports and today there were three on the police blotter. Fifty-seven year old Hector Sierra, a carpenter of Bradley’s Bank, Santa Elena, says his fifteen year old step-son, Dinner Nolasco, disappeared five days ago. Sierra told police that he left for work at around six a.m. last […]
There appears to be a major break in the murder of thirteen year old Jasmine Lowe of Santa Elena, Cayo where police are preparing for the arraignment of a well-known Belize City man for her murder. The sensational arrest was made on Monday, two weeks after she was found dead near a farm in Cristo […]
Another person is in detention in the ongoing investigation into the murder of the affable Dr. Ivan Garcia. Police have detained and are questioning one man known to the doctor. Garcia’s car, a Geo Prism, was recovered by the police on D Street, in the King’s Park Area on Monday night. The Guatemalan doctor was […]
The police department believes it has cracked the case of an armed robbery which occurred June first. On June sixth, twenty-five year old Darrington Louriano was charged with two counts of Robbery and his co-conspirator has been identify as twenty-one year old Ryan Alvarez, a resident of Supal Street in Belize City. Alvarez, who has […]
The spate of violence continues to spiral; in June so far thirteen murders have been recorded but since the beginning of the year, the loss of human life stands at seventy-one. In tonight’s newscast, there are two murders to report; seven others were shot since the weekend. The madness started on Friday night, but the […]
In light of Dr. Ivan Garcia Gomez’s murder, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital called a short press conference to brief the media on the death of their colleague. Doctor Ivan Gomez, known affectionately as Doctor Garcia, was a member of the K.H.M.H. family for nine years. The institution issued an emotionally charged statement, addressing the […]
In the Old Capital, a group of eight persons came under gunfire at about seven o’clock on Friday night. It all happened on the verandah of a school on Maskall Street. The group, including a sixteen year old female minor, was hanging out at the Living Hope Preparatory School when gunmen rode up and unleashed […]
Four hours after the murder of Joseph Myers, shots rang out again; this time on Faber’s Road Extension. Twenty-three year old construction worker, Byron James, was walking home when a man fully dressed in black fired several shots at him, hitting him on the right side of his abdomen and right arm. The violence spread […]
Shortly after ten this morning a Cayo resident was shot during what appears to be an assassination attempt. Cecilio Gregorio, a mechanic, was confronted by two men who were pretending to look for a job, one of them pulled out a gun and fired two shots at him. Luckily, he survived. According to Senior Superintendent […]
In a disturbing report from Belmopan, a seven year old girl has come forward to report that she was the victim of ongoing sexual abuse in 2011. According to the little girl, it started last February when she was at a neighbor’s house watching television with her brother and a friend. The child told police […]
There is other crime news; a chopping incident in Ladyville shortly after midnight on Saturday has left two men wounded. According to reports, thirty six year old David Melendez was drinking with two friends when he pulled a machete and chopped them; Leonel Antonio Cowo was chopped about four times to the hand and has […]
As we reported earlier in our newscast, three persons were arrested and charged for Friday night’s shooting on Maskall road that claimed the life of Joseph Myers and left three others injured. Late this afternoon, the trio; brothers: twenty-eight year old William Vasquez and twenty-five year old Clinton Fitzgibbon Harris along with their cousin, twenty-nine […]
It’s been almost nine months since nineteen year old Maritza Santos was murdered, allegedly during an argument with her boyfriend twenty-six year old Michael Silva in the Kontiki area of San Ignacio. Reports are that Silva hit Santos on the head with a blunt object and then attempted to end his own life by ingesting […]
San Ignacio, in addition to being a tourist destination, appears to also be attracting criminals. Senior Superintendent Chester Williams told News Five that police and community cooperation has led to the quick detention of suspects and the recovery of items from a recent robbery of a local Cayo business. Via Phone: Sr. Supt. Chester […]
There were two murders in Orange Walk last week and this week will end with two more bodies. In the wake of the shooting death of forty-four year old store owner, Sunil Punjabi at his establishment, Lucky Store on Tuesday night, the life of another Orange Walkeno was inexplicably extinguished. Twenty-seven year old Yo Creek […]
