Police Constable David Griffith, he’s the officer who was in the middle of a controversy following the death of Teddy Murillo a little over a year ago. Well on Friday night he was shot in the leg in Punta Gorda Town where he’s been stationed since the Murrillo killing. But tonight police say that investigations […]
Petén is immediately across the western border with Guatemala and many Belizeans frequently travel by road through the area either for business or vacation. Still yet, tourists to the Jewel, head across the border as part of their tour of the region’s Mayan archaeological sites. But there’s a worrisome report tonight which cautions travelers when […]
The House of Representatives met in Belmopan; today’s sitting was one of the shortest concluding before one o’clock. With the country’s murder toll at forty nine within five months of the year, a series of controversial measures and constitutional amendments were introduced that are sure to bring debate not only from across the floor, but […]
The absence of witnesses from the stand may have a technological twist. As part of the amendment, there is also a provision to establish a video link through which witnesses may testify. But before there is a trial, there has to be an accused charged with a crime. The administration intends to widen the scope […]
A Belize City cab driver was viciously stabbed to death; his body was found early this morning in Ladyville while his rented van was found hours later in Biscayne Village. According to his relatives, Frank Jacobs’ was stabbed about a hundred times. Thirty-four year old Jacobs worked alongside his brother as a cab driver in […]
The media was called out today by one of its own members, who along with a well known business personality, say they have received credible reports that their lives are in danger. They claim in fact that a street figure has confirmed that someone has paid for a hit on them. Media colleague, Channel Seven’s […]
There were nine persons who were shot between Friday night and Monday evening. Two of them were fatally wounded during the bloodshed, spiking the number of murder victims to forty-eight. That’s nine more than last year in the same period. The shooting of a fireman, a security guard, and a youth riding a bicycle all […]
Last Thursday we told you about the murder of nineteen year old Shamir Gonzalez who was killed in a fight on the Louisiana Government School compound in Orange Walk. According to the Orange Walk Police, while investigations are ongoing, they do not anticipate any further arrests in Shamir’s murder as family members of the suspects […]
A retired Ladyville businessman and his family were hauled out of their home early this morning following a search by the Police Anti-Drug Unit. One hundred and five grams of Cannabis were found under the sofa at the home of Geronimo Choc at mile nine and three-quarters on the Northern Highway. Geronimo, his son Omar, […]
With the murder count at a new high, this morning the police carried out a four hour joint operation in key well known crime ‘hot spots’ including Pregnant Alley, Wagner’s Lane, Plues Street and East Canal. The Gang Suppression Unit joined up with other Police Units and the Belize Defence Force and the anti-crime operation […]
A shooting spree has left two persons dead and seven injured in the past three days. It seemed that the madness was over with the end of the weekend, but there was a flare up again in Belize City. At about three-thirty this afternoon twenty-one year old Jerome Jason Wade was gunned down on Vernon […]
The violence started on Friday night around seven-thirty. The first fatality of the weekend was Donavan Bailey. He was killed instantly from among a group of friends hanging out on Black Orchid Street off Mahogany Street. The fatal shot caught Bailey on the right side of his chest and another bullet hit the nearby house […]
About six hours later, following the murder on Black Orchid Street, there was another shooting close to the Vernon Street home of a twenty- two year old security guard. Estevan Fernandez Junior was walking home on Casuarina Street at twenty minutes to two on Saturday morning when he became victim number five for Friday night. […]
And an hour after the senseless shooting of the security guard, another shooting with apparently no known motive occurred. This time an innocent man was shot while he was sleeping inside a fire station. That’s right, the victim was actually lying on the floor in the bunk room of Fire Station number two at the […]
From the classroom to the courts, where a cop got off for Abetment to Murder. PC Manuel Hill, was stationed in Belmopan and has been off the job since March of 2009, when he was charged following the murder of thirty-eight year old Hui Li Chen. The Taiwanese National is believed to have been killed […]
After a weeklong battle for his life, forty-one year old Elvis Rhamdas, succumbed to stab wounds on May first. Today, twenty-eight year old Kareem Barona, a well known criminal figure, was charged for his murder. Barona appeared in court unrepresented and after the arraignment he was remanded to the Central Prison, until June twenty-second. On […]
Also in court, a Belize City woman, her common-law-husband and son were all charged for Theft and Handling Stolen Goods. They were accused of stealing seven sacks of beans from a truck belonging to wholesale vendor, Manuel Angel. Nineteen year old Christian Alexander Landaverde took the rap and pleaded guilty, which meant that the charges […]
Shamir Gonzalez was killed at the compound of the Louisana Government School in Orange Walk on Wednesday afternoon. Tonight, a seventeen year old is charged with his murder while a thirteen year old and twenty-year old Adoni Jah were also arraigned earlier today for abetment to commit murder. According to family members, Shamir went to […]
Errol Ferguson, the taxi driver known as “Lighta”, was violently stabbed to death at around seven a.m. on Thursday and it was suspected that the culprits were brothers. Today three siblings, twenty-two year old Michael and twenty year old Ryan Pook along with their seventeen year old brother were arraigned before Chief Margaret Gabb McKenzie. […]
There are two murders to report tonight; one in Orange Walk where three minors are expected to be charged and the other in the Old Capital this morning. In both cases, the culprits are believed to be brothers. In the City, a taxi driver originally from Hattieville, was stabbed multiple times just after seven this […]
In the other homicide, a brawl involving two sets of siblings ended in a senseless murder at a school in the north on Wednesday evening. Three minors from Orange Walk Town are expected to be arraigned shortly in connection with the murder of a nineteen year old ITVET student, Shamir Gonzalez. Shamir and Yassir Gonzalez […]
There’s another positive event taking place this weekend and it has to do with the crime wave sweeping across the country. While most law enforcement officers are occupied with searching for suspects, a lone officer is on a different mission. Assistant Superintendent Diana Hall is on a quest to unite the clergy in standing up […]
The St. Martin’s community was thrown into panic early on Tuesday night as the urban warfare intensified in the Old Capital. The area was cordoned off, residents were evacuated, the police top brass were deployed and the bomb expert was flown in from San Pedro. An unidentified man hurled a grenade at no less than […]
At news time, Police continue to look for suspects in connection with the hurling of the fragment grenade. If there would have been an explosion, the bloody aftermath of murdered women and children would have brought irreparable damage to the government’s initiatives such as Restore Belize and Operation Jaguar. But regular raids carried out by […]
Two persons fell victim to street violence over the weekend. A resident of Faber’s Road was shot at close range on Sunday night. One bullet found its mark on Russel Douglas’ abdomen as he socialized with friends at a regular hang-out spot on Faber’s Road. The gunman simply rode up on a bicycle and delivered […]
