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A state of emergency declared back in late July in response to the spiralling gun violence on the south side of Belize City expires this Friday. Since then, there have been several murders recorded in the city. Mediators, including ComPol Chester Williams and Nuri Mohammed, have since met with over thirty young men who were […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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In recent years, we’ve seen a number of states of emergency declared where suspected gang members are rounded up and held in custody at the Belize Central Prison for a period of time. Often times, it is done to suppress the level of street violence when it spirals out of control. But while these individuals […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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As we found out from Rodriquez, Alwyn Gonzalez was one of those thirty-five persons who were detained and taken into custody under the State of Emergency. And while Rodriguez says he was not allowed to see his client, today we asked the Minister of Home Affairs, Kareem Musa, who said detainees should still be able […]
Written on August 23, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez is on an indefinite leave of absence from Cabinet. The Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation is embroiled in a nasty sex scandal that has undoubtedly brought disrepute to the Briceño administration. The alleged incident between the well-known San Pedraño and Wendy Auxillou, a legal professional […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leader of the Opposition, while on record, also publicized the so-called double standard at play. Barrow challenged the NGO community, as well as the various feminist groups, to come forward and denounce the appalling claims made against Andre Perez. Interestingly, Barrow made reference to the proposed Eleventh Amendment and the moral and ethical bar […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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But what about a criminal investigation being launched by the Belize Police Department? While the Attorney General is assigned to look into the matter separately, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow is demanding a probe into allegations made by Auxillou in a statement that was leaked to the media on Monday. He also calls into question the […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-one-year-old Joel Panting is mourning the loss of his younger sibling and has come forward seeking public assistance to cover his funeral expenses. As we reported, fifteen-year-old Nigel Ferguson lost his life to gang violence on Sunday evening, when he was taken to an abandoned property on Hunters Lane and stabbed to death. Ferguson was […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Human remains were discovered along the Belize/Guatemala Border on Monday morning. Police responded to a report along the boundary line where they discovered human remains in some bushes. The body displayed what appeared to be gunshot wounds on the skull. An Alcatel phone was among the items found inside the deceased’s pants pockets. The corpse […]
Written on August 22, 2023 | Posted in
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There were four murders recorded over the weekend – two in Belize City and two out west, in the Cayo District and in two of the incidents, minors are the victims. We begin tonight’s newscast with the murder of a teenager, believed to be a minor, at Smith’s Family Farm on Branch Mouth Road of […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A teenager was executed in an abandoned lot on Hunters Lane over the weekend. The fifteen-year-old ran afoul of the law on a number of occasions and was in fear of his life. But on Sunday night, fate caught up with Nigel Ferguson, as he was callously murder a distance from where he lived in […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A Belize City resident was ambushed and killed on Saturday night in front of his apartment. Reports are that just after eleven-thirty, twenty-eight-year-old Ricardo Borja was inside his white Nissan pickup, when a lone gunman approached and opened fire in his direction. Borja had just returned to the apartment from a night out in the […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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A group of seven Mexican nationals was busted near a checkpoint Corozal over the weekend. The men are believed to be hired guns sent to Belize by a Mexican cartel to take out a well-known drug dealer in Corozal District. It’s a frightening scenario that proves the effortless infiltration of Belize’s northern border by criminal […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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While an investigation is ongoing, this morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told reporters that the Belize Police Department has been utilizing resources made available through the Government of Belize to address the issue of drug-related crimes in Corozal District. The Briceño administration has allotted a million dollars to law enforcement to fight the scourge […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Embattled Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez has taken a leave of absence from his responsibilities as Minister of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation. The decision comes amid a sex scandal involving the San Pedrano and a woman residing in Caye Caulker. Earlier today, the Government of Belize issued a release stating that Prime […]
Written on August 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, the Briceño administration is once again under fire after a Cabinet minister is exposed in a sex scandal. On Thursday, we broke the story of a string of raunchy text messages between the Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation and a legal professional. While the relationship was described as consensual, the woman […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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According to U.D.P. Chairman Michael Peyrefitte, the prime minister should have referred the matter to the Belize Police Department since it involves a threat of harm to the physical wellbeing of the woman. In his opinion, as a parliamentarian, Peyrefitte also calls for the Minister of the Blue Economy to step down from his post […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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But what about the United Democratic Party’s own skeletons? Allegations were also brought against members of the U.D.P. It’s a point that the party chairman acknowledges, but also took the opportunity to chide the NGO community, as well as other government agencies for being quiet on the issue. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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In reiterating the point that the opposition is not concerned with the minister’s personal life, the U.D.P. Chairman also spoke to the need for decorum, as well as moral standards to be upheld by persons elected or appointed to parliament. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “If this particular minister committed adultery or whatever, […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Late this evening, Minister Andre Perez issued a seven-page press statement related to the allegations against him. The release comes with selected screen shots of Whatsapp messages between the attorney and himself. He starts by saying that he is most remorseful for the shame he has brought his wife, children and constituents. Minister Perez says […]
Written on August 18, 2023 | Posted in
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A sitting minister of government is being accused of sexual harassment by a female attorney. That same minister is in turn accusing the female attorney of blackmail. The lawyer alleges that the minister sexually harassed her by sending unsolicited nude pictures on multiple occasions. The attorney says that she had to leave the country momentarily […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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There’s one more high-powered rifle in the streets tonight, after someone removed the weapon from Camp Belizario in Cayo District. The B.D.F is conducting an investigation into the disappearance of the weapon and today they gave the media a briefing. B.D.F. Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Leal says they received the report on Wednesday […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Leal says the investigation is in its preliminary stage and involves the police, as well as their own internal inquiry. And it is not certain whether the weapon went missing during a special operation over the past week or before that. The weapon, according to Leal, was not loaded, since the ammunitions are kept in […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-five-year-old Dale Saragosa, a resident of mile two and a half on the George Price Highway, has been fined seven thousand, five hundred dollars for drug trafficking. In May 2020, during a search of his home, police found as many as sixteen pounds of cannabis under a bed in an unused room inside the residence. […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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The police exhibit keeper, who was charged in April for the discarded weed gummies that got several children sick, has been granted permission to leave the country. Mario Bustillos, charged with ten counts of negligent harm to ten children was granted permission to spend three days in Chetumal, Mexico. Bustillos made an application asking the […]
Written on August 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A date for the senate inquiry is yet to be determined, but tonight NGO Senator Janelle Chanona has been officially named the chairperson of the Senate’s Special Select Committee. The working group has been appointed to investigate all documents tied to the signing of the Portico Definitive Agreement dated October first, 2020. The committee is […]
Written on August 16, 2023 | Posted in
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