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Bella Vista Roman Catholic School in the south was vandalized and burglarized sometime last night. The gang of thieves broke into ten classrooms, stole school property, and defaced the walls of the classrooms with gang signs. They also burnt a bulk of work papers used for distance learning. Principal Vincent Nunez says the thieves caused […]
Written on October 7, 2020 | Posted in
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B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith condemned the criminal act today. Smith says such criminal act does not only hurt the school but the community and children that it serves. Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U. “That is so sad. We all know that our teachers spend so much out of pocket to prepare these classrooms […]
Written on October 7, 2020 | Posted in
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B.P.P. Fort George candidate, Wil Maheia is calling on ComPol Chester Williams to follow through on his word and take action against Shyne Barrow for a domestic violence incident for which Barrow’s wife made a report. Catherine Barrow gave a statement to the police saying that over the weekend, Shyne Barrow hit her on the […]
Written on October 6, 2020 | Posted in
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The shocking murder of twenty-one-year old Nelisha Nolberto remains under investigation tonight. The mother of a baby boy was killed on Saturday night though it is believed she was not the intended target when two gunmen unleashed a volley of bullets at a group of persons at her sister’s house on Pelican Street. She was […]
Written on October 6, 2020 | Posted in
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A young woman was shot and killed on Saturday night while visiting with her sister in Belize City. Twenty-one-year-old Nelisha Nolberto, a single mother of a six-month baby, was with family and friends when two gunmen entered the yard and opened fire. When one of the gunmen could not discharge his gun, the wanted man […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Shyne Barrow, the son of Prime Minister Dean Barrow, was accused of domestic violence by his wife. Catherine Barrow claimed that the U.D.P. standard bearer for Mesopotamia had attacked her on Saturday when she wanted to visit her family in San Ignacio. But within twenty-four hours she recanted her statement, saying she had exaggerated, though […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Police have arrested and charged Clayton White with the crime of murder for the killing of well-known Belizean artist, Mister Program. Cops are also looking for Raheem Marsden in connection with this killing. The report is that Gilbert Alamilla, better known as Mr. Program, was at a house on Simon Lamb Street with Clayton White […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a shooting in Belize City on Friday night. Police say that two men were shot around six-forty that night but fortunately they didn’t sustain life threatening injuries. Deputy Head of the Crimes Investigation Branch says that this shooting is as a result of ongoing gang rivalries. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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In Orange Walk, a fifteen-year-old boy was shot on Sunday night. Police say that Victor Pott was walking in Trial Farm Village with another person when a vehicle drove past him and fired shots in his direction. He was hit once in the leg. Police say that it is unclear who the intended target of […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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On Friday night, just after eight, police carried out an anti-contraband operation at a residence in San Victor Village. Police say they intended to conduct a search of a vehicle in a fenced yard when a man armed with a machete approached the police. Police say that although the cops were outnumbered they were able […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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A postman was busted with weed and contraband alcohol in a postal truck last week Friday. Police say they were acting on information when they stopped and searched a van that belongs to the postal service. A parcel of weed weighing a little over one hundred and seventy grams, along with unaccustomed bottles of whiskey […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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The shocking murder of Gilbert Alamilla – the man we’ve come to know as Mister Program – happened in the early hours of this morning. Tonight, it is still unclear what happened at a house on Simon Lamb Street where Mister Program was stabbed to death by a man he knew. It’s an odd, but […]
Written on October 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight, police are looking for a man in connection with Gilbert Alamilla’s murder. He is twenty-eight-year-old Raheem Marsden. A poster issued by the police department lists Marsden’s last known addresses as number seventeen Frederick’s Street and twenty-seven Kelly Street in Belize City. Crimestoppers Belize is offering a two-thousand-dollar reward for information that can lead to […]
Written on October 2, 2020 | Posted in
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When he burst onto the local entertainment scene a few years ago, he was considered the next big thing in music. But his career didn’t quite take off as his hit single, ‘See I Rise.’ It wasn’t for lack of trying or talent, but more so the lack of support and infrastructure in place to […]
Written on October 2, 2020 | Posted in
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There has not been a murder in Placencia since January of this year; but that record was broken on Wednesday night with the execution of George Murphy. The young man was socializing near the main pier with three friends when he was targeted by a man that emerged from under a tree. Multiple shots hit […]
Written on October 1, 2020 | Posted in
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The peninsula is generally known to be a safe haven and crime is generally only sporadic. As word of the murder of George Murphy spread, it sent shock waves throughout the community and residents began questioning their sense of security. Chairlady of the Placencia Village Council, Ilsa Villanueva says that it is a sad day […]
Written on October 1, 2020 | Posted in
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A fifty-year-old man, who recently relocated from the Cayo District to San Andres Village in Corozal, was the victim of a shooting in the early hours of today. As Juanito Quetzal waited for a taxi, a gunman emerged and opened fire at the unsuspecting man. He was struck multiple times, but survived the attack and […]
Written on October 1, 2020 | Posted in
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Just before daybreak today, two persons attempted to steal a coastguard vessel from where it was moored at the BelCan Bridge in Belize City near a joint posting of Belize Coast Guard personnel and police officers at the substation. Alert officers soon realised what was happening and came up on the robbery in progress. One […]
Written on September 30, 2020 | Posted in
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One of the culprits escaped and another was taken into custody and handed over to the Belize Police Department where an investigation is currently underway. The identity of the detainee will not be shared at this time as charges have not been levelled. Lieutenant Kenrick Thomas says that the officers are unfazed by the incident […]
Written on September 30, 2020 | Posted in
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There was a dangerous exchange of gunfire in Arenal Village on Monday evening between members of the Special Patrol Unit and a gang of armed thieves believed to be Guatemalan nationals. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett, the S.P.U. team was conducting a patrol on the Belizean side of the border community when […]
Written on September 29, 2020 | Posted in
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The Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch, ACP Joseph Myvett, says that their investigation is being widened to see if those same culprits are responsible for the theft of a motor vehicle just outside of Arenal recently. On the Phone: ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “During the course of the […]
Written on September 29, 2020 | Posted in
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A tortilla factory in San Pedro Town was the target of an armed robbery on Saturday. Two men, of who was armed, held up the proprietor with a gun. Police say that are questioning one man in connection with the incident. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “There was a […]
Written on September 29, 2020 | Posted in
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There was another robbery in San Pedro Town on Saturday. Thieves targeted a shop around two that afternoon and managed to get away with some cash and electronic devices. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero tells us more. Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “There was a robbery at island shop in […]
Written on September 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week we told you that Noel Codd – the owner of the farm where the drug plane landed on Independence Day on the Northern Highway – wasn’t charged for facilitating the landing of airplane. That is what the cops wanted to charge him with but in the end he was charged for an entirely […]
Written on September 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week we reported that the Customs and Excise Department’s internal investigation into the importation of cargo from Guatemala last weekend has revealed that Customs Officer in Charge of Punta Gorda Richard Garbutt acted in accordance with his duties when he facilitated the arrival of the shipment on the night of September nineteenth. The Customs […]
Written on September 28, 2020 | Posted in
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