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Arguments were heard in the Supreme Court today on an application for judicial review filed by attorney Nazira Myles on behalf of her client Eldon Arzu. The Corporal of Police is before the courts again attempting to overturn the results of the recently elected executive of the Police Association. Myles submitted that the elections were […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Eight Central American nationals were escorted to court today in handcuffs under the watchful eye of heavily armed police officers and the Gang Suppression Unit. The men were busted in September 2019 when a narco plane landed on the Coastal Road and police were able to nab them and seize a large quantity of cocaine, […]
Written on July 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal headed an early morning law enforcement operation in Belize City on Tuesday where he led just about three hundred police and B.D.F. officers into various neighbourhoods in the City to round up active gang members under a new state of emergency. Vidal was at the press conference on Tuesday […]
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The south side of the Old Capital was quiet today and free of gang activity. A second curfew that will last for a month has been instituted and the police is coming down hard on gang activity. In an early morning sweep on Tuesday, police detained a number of alleged gang members and are actively […]
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There was a home invasion and robbery in San Pedro Town over the weekend which also involved a kidnapping. Three fishermen have been arraigned for the crime. Ruben Martinez, Mark Hernandez and David Lopez are spending their second night behind bars at the central prison in Hattieville. They are accused of entering the home of […]
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The Belmopan City Council and the Public Service Union settled their almost two-year long dispute over the Hilltop property in Belmopan. As a part of the settlement, the Belmopan City Council has given the P.S.U. a one-acre property, among other commitments. You’ll recall that the P.S.U. has been leasing the Hilltop from the Belmopan City […]
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A policeman attached to the Intermediate Southern Formation in Independence Village is under investigation following an allegation that he forced a female minor into an unlawful sexual act. On Monday, a teenager, along with her mother, filed a complaint against an officer who took her into custody at the police station after discovering that she […]
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In the court, the murder case of Steven Moss fell apart for the prosecution, when Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams dismissed the charge against him. A discharge warrant was prepared and tonight, Moss is a free man. The twenty-six-year-old was charged for the October 2017 murder of Delbert Anderson in front of Bismark Club on […]
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While a state of emergency is in effect in the south side of the City, across the country, a nightly curfew for children remains in effect, despite the lifting of a national state of emergency on June thirtieth imposed for the COVID-19 pandemic. All minors unaccompanied by an adult are required to be indoors between […]
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At three o’clock this morning, another state of emergency came into effect in certain parts of Southside Belize City. Police believe that the S.O.E. will abate gang activity and other forms of violence perpetuated in the streets of the Old Capital. Two men were killed over the weekend due to warring gangs and police intelligence […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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The anti-gang state of emergency bookends the national state of emergency that expired on June thirtieth to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Effectively, the south side of Belize City has been under lockdown since March and will remain so for another thirty days, as the Belize Police Department seeks to return a sense of normalcy […]
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Concerns from residents from the neighbourhoods that were swept by police this morning are centered around innocent citizens being corralled into the roundup. While several persons complained loudly about damage to property in the wake of the predawn raid, others voiced fear that they would be arrested and trooped to the Belize Central Prison for […]
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The state of emergency for the south side of the city is a temporary measure of thirty days to prevent further bloodshed and other violence in the streets of the Old Capital. Raheem Myles was likely killed in retaliation for the murder of Rakeem Faber over the weekend and police are moving to prevent unrest. […]
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Late this evening, the Commissioner of Police confirmed that a number of persons were taken into custody and questioned on their possible involvement in the murders of Faber and Miles. The investigation has since revealed that five persons are the main suspects; a few were picked up during this morning’s sweep through the hotspots and […]
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The Attorney General also addressed today another issue that is bubbling. The Scenes of Crime team is being relocated from the Queen Street Police Station to a new home in downtown Belize City. Its new location, however, is stirring up controversy as it is the former office building of Barrow and Williams on Albert Street […]
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A U.S. District Court in Maryland has handed down one of the biggest judgements against a local businessman in a case which has been described as one of the biggest scams investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The court on Monday, ordered John Usher to pay one hundred and thirty-eight million U.S. dollars, which […]
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In the local courts, Opposition Leader John Briceño and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Julius Espat have made an application seeking that the Chief Justice’s ruling against Prime Minister and his government be formalized. The former chief justice Kenneth Benjamin retired before providing a written judgment which he handed down on January thirty-first, 2020. Benjamin […]
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The Public Service Union saga on the Hilltop property has come to a peaceful conclusion. In what was to have been a case management in a counter-claim made by Simplex Design Limited, the parties amicably settled all matters with no cost for either parties. Today, attorneys for the Public Service Union, the Belmopan City Council […]
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Chetumal has been placed under quarantine, again. That’s the news coming from our neighbours in the north. Televisa Quintana Roo, a Mexican news outlet, reports that the Secretary of Public Security made the announcement today. The decision to restore quarantine is because authorities say that the COVID-19 spread quickly in southern Quintana Roo by almost […]
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Within days of the lifting of the curfew, violence has returned to the streets of the city. Two men were killed over the weekend and it is believed the murders are gang-related. The first occurred just before midnight on Friday, nineteen-year-old Raheem Faber was targeted at the corner of Ebony and Mayflower Street where he […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Less than twenty-four hours after the killing of Raheem Faber, Raheem Myles was gunned down. Police believe it was a retaliatory murder, avenging the shooting death of Faber. When Myles was shot on Saturday night, twenty-year old Kimary Bradley was also injured; police say she was holding a baby in her arms at the time. […]
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A man was killed in southern Belize. The body of Pedro Cus was found this morning around ten-forty behind his uncle’s property in San Pedro Columbia in Toledo. Reports are that Cus’ uncle was returning home from buying food when he came across his nephew lying face up with large chop wounds to the neck. […]
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The four persons accused of carrying out a brazen afternoon armed robbery at Scotiabank Belama Branch appeared in court today. Anthony Barrow, Jason McKenzie, Leon Westby and a minor are charged jointly with robbery of thirty-four thousand dollars, aggravated assault upon Robert Parchue and Robert Sutherland and a slew of other offences. The foursome all […]
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There was a robbery in the city and police are looking for two suspects. It happened around three o’clock on Saturday afternoon at the Oasis Bar on the Philip Goldson Highway. Police say that a Bowen and Bowen truck was making a delivery when two armed men robbed them. The thieves made off with monies […]
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On Friday, Belize recorded two more cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to thirty, nine of which are active. Today, thirty-eight more samples were processed, but they were all negative. When we spoke to Doctor Marvin Manzanero this afternoon, he confirmed that two new patients are Belizeans who entered the country […]
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