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Shadow Minister of National Security Mike Peyrefitte continues his call for the resignation of Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Arthurs, whom he says are doing a miserable job of keeping a lid on crime and violence. He’s even gone a step further to call out the Commissioner of Police who […]
Written on May 4, 2022 | Posted in
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This weekend in Belize City, hundreds of residents descended on Digi Park for the resumption of Park Fest, an annual festivity showcasing Belizean musicians. By all accounts, the event was well attended and the after party that followed at the Princess Poolside was equally crowded. But, somehow, amid the loud music and dance, a young […]
Written on May 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Less than twenty-four hours later, gunshots would erupt in the Lake Independence area. Investigators are yet to determine, however, if the murder of Erwin Pitter was in any way related to the execution of Tariq Ciego several hours earlier. His siblings describe him as quiet and soft-spoken, someone who enjoyed partying and beating drums. It’s […]
Written on May 3, 2022 | Posted in
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The family of missing twenty-year-old Belize City resident Emir Cansino Jr. is frantically searching for him. This afternoon, a search party went out along the John Smith Road, following information that his lifeless body may have been dumped in that area. There are no official reports suggesting that Emir Cansino Jr. was the victim of […]
Written on May 3, 2022 | Posted in
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ASP Fitzroy Yearwood also officially commented on the murder of security guard David Gonzalez, who was killed while on duty in front of Super Q Mart on the Bullet Tree Road in San Ignacio, Cayo last Thursday. The murder was caught on surveillance camera as a gunman, whom Gonzalez seemingly knew, approached and killed the […]
Written on May 3, 2022 | Posted in
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There is yet another video that is making its rounds on social media, which shows the assault of a civilian by a police officer. It happened over the weekend on Saint Thomas Street. In the video, the officer advances towards the individual recording him using expletives and preventing him from recording an incident involving his […]
Written on May 3, 2022 | Posted in
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It is a crime that has been perpetrated a number of times before – a security officer leaves his family and the safety of his home to report to work and never makes it back alive because he becomes the victim of a ruthless murder on the job site. Another such incident would play out […]
Written on April 29, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of about twenty-five persons gathered in Belmopan at seven this morning to hold a protest against the Belize Police Department, and more specifically, the Belmopan formation. The protestors feel that the police have failed to bring charges in connection with a double murder that occurred in May of 2016, when in their view, […]
Written on April 29, 2022 | Posted in
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There was an aggravated burglary that took place in Unitedville earlier this week which resulted in the theft of a Toyota Hilux pickup. Rolando Gonzalez reported to police that upon arriving at his residence, while driving the vehicle into the yard, an orange Haval S.U.V. drove up behind him. Five masked men then exited the […]
Written on April 29, 2022 | Posted in
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A group of five men was busted at a campsite in the Soldier Creek Reserve earlier today by police and personnel from the Forestry Department. The men were found in possession of a twelve-gauge shotgun, as well as a cartridge belt with fourteen cartridges. The men are from various communities in the Stann Creek District. […]
Written on April 29, 2022 | Posted in
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In the wake of the blaze, the fire department has once again come under criticism for its response to the distress call. According to onlookers who went live on social media, the fire truck arrived at the scene about half an hour after the call was made. That account is being disputed by the station […]
Written on April 27, 2022 | Posted in
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A twenty-one-year-old resident of Pickstock Hutment is recovering from serious injuries he received overnight when he attempted to set himself on fire inside an apartment building. Sometime around midnight on Tuesday, Idelfonso Ku reportedly doused himself with fuel before lighting himself on fire. The incident, News Five understands, took place inside the home of deceased […]
Written on April 27, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a sizeable drug bust this afternoon in Placencia where two boxes containing over fourteen kilograms of cannabis were confiscated by police at the municipal airstrip. The discovery was made around three-thirty today when law enforcement officers visited the cargo section at Tropic Air. Inside the boxes were three transparent plastic bags containing the […]
Written on April 27, 2022 | Posted in
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The recent killing of Tracy Thompson in Calcutta and the chilling videos that have captured women being beaten unconscious and, in some cases, being left for dead, have sent shockwaves across the country. While some have lost their lives at the hands of their spouses, many more continue to suffer in silence for various reasons. […]
Written on April 27, 2022 | Posted in
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A man who was convicted this morning of the murder of another in the Southern Session of the Supreme Court had other things on his mind than appealing the decision. At the news that Justice Antoinette Moore had found him guilty, forty-year-old Shane Bennett wasted no time and took off from the dock where he […]
Written on April 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Disgraced senior diplomat Alexis Rosado is once again in the news tonight as more details around the charges of rape and aggravated assault are now being made public. Last Wednesday, the former Ambassador to Belgium was paraded into the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court, charged for two counts of rape and seven counts of aggravated assault, following […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Minister of Works, Rene Montero is still wanted by police, who have sought the intervention of Interpol to apprehend and arrest the erstwhile Cayo Central area representative to face a criminal charge. A copy of an InterPol bulletin, dated March third was circulated today. It bears a picture of the former minister, his name, […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Tracy Thompson was fatally stabbed by her common-law husband in Calcutta Village in the early hours of Friday morning. The incident followed an altercation the couple had earlier that night that resulted in Devon Logan being chased away from the property. When he returned sometime later, he inflicted the deadly injuries on the mother of […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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By all accounts, the couple seemed to have had a tumultuous relationship that often resulted in physical violence. Despite several reports being made in the wake of such altercations, Tracy Thompson refused to proceed with court action against her common-law husband. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, she withdrew her statements against Logan on […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Police are also seeking Honduran national Christon Roches for charges in connection with a stabbing incident involving his common-law wife Vanessa Reyes. The incident took place in Placencia Village last weekend during a domestic dispute. In the wake of that ordeal, Reyes has taken to her social media account to detail her experiences with domestic […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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A murder took place on Sunday evening in the village of Red Bank in southern Belize. It is reported that five persons were out socializing and drinking, but that quickly turned into an altercation during which a knife was introduced to inflict a fatal stab wound to twenty-one-year- old Bonifacio Sho. While Bonifacio was stabbed […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams also gave an update on the murder of Michael Clark, which occurred in Roaring Creek last Wednesday. The resident of the Another World area in the village was gunned down in front of his family, as he parked his S.U.V. in the driveway. Today, ComPol Williams says that while there […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Three persons, including a woman, who were standing on Handyside Street on Sunday night, were injured when a pair of gunmen on motorcycle opened fire on them. Carmen Canelo and her common-law husband Michael Usher were along with Steven Hope when they came under attack. While Canelo and Hope remain hospitalized at the K.H.M.H., Usher, […]
Written on April 25, 2022 | Posted in
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A mother of three was stabbed to death overnight in Calcutta Village, following a physical altercation with her common-law husband on Thursday night. Thirty-three-year-old Tracy Thompson was found shortly before six a.m. today with multiple injuries to her body. It is believed that those injuries were inflicted by Devon Logan with whom she had a […]
Written on April 22, 2022 | Posted in
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A woman from Burrell Boom has been charged following a fire in Copper Bank. Police say Joseph Ronald Gronlund told police he and Shenice Lanza went to Sarteneja on Sunday. They later left a restaurant, he alleges, because Lanza was behaving in a disorderly way. When they got to his home, he says she began […]
Written on April 22, 2022 | Posted in
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