Thirty-two-year-old Raymond Lightfoot Dyer, a fisherman from Ladyville, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply, after being busted with five hundred and thirty-one grams of marijuana. He was also charged with keeping a firearm without a gun license and keeping ammunition without being granted a gun license by the Commissioner […]
A pair of teenagers is on remand at the Belize Central Prison tonight after allegedly beating up a sixty-three-year-old resident of Belize City. On Tuesday, Liz Flowers was reportedly attacked by eighteen-year-old Tyrique Smith and nineteen-year-old Prince Copious as he was walking along Lacroix Boulevard. Earlier today, the duo appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Stephanie Gillett […]
The Fiftieth Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union concluded on Andres Island, Colombia today. An enduring highlight of the yearly gathering of radio and television broadcasters is the C.B.U. Awards. That event was held on Tuesday night where Belize won a majority of the distinctions in television broadcasting. Once again, our newsroom performed […]
Mexican national Ofelia Hernandez Cruz lived in Belize for years with her husband; he is the caretaker at a property in an isolated area of Sand Hill Village. But on Tuesday afternoon, as Cruz was home alone, she was attacked by two young men who came looking for her husband’s licensed shotgun. They were able […]
There are two maternal deaths in Belize suspected to be the result of dengue fever. That’s the information coming out of the Ministry of Health tonight, several weeks after an outbreak was detected in the country. The two cases were recorded in Carmelita, Orange Walk and in the southern municipality of Dangriga, which are areas […]
Across the Central American region, there have been many deaths since the outbreak was detected and thousands more infected. As the numbers in Belize continue to climb, Doctor Largaespada Beer says that the public needs to do more. Among the many best practices to avoid complications is eliminating mosquito breeding sites by cleaning your yards […]
An American woman in her late thirties was attacked by a twelve-foot crocodile on Monday night. It happened at sea, south of Ambergris Caye. Fortunately, the croc attack was not fatal, but the woman escaped with not only a traumatic experience but also with croc bites on her left arm after which she needed almost […]
Twenty-year-old Stephan McLaren was executed in broad daylight on Monday afternoon in Belize City. He was standing at the corners of Cleghorn Street and New Road in the company of Karon Gladden when they were blindsided by a lone gunman who shot McLaren in the back of the head at close range. Gladden was also […]
The man believed to be the ring leader in the killing of Derrick Ramirez is alive. This is according to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams who, last week, alluded that the life of Oscar Williams Junior may have ended prematurely at Cross Caye. Ramirez went missing on August fourth at Cross Caye and was found […]
An onsite post mortem conducted on the body of Derrick Ramirez on Monday confirmed that he had been murdered. The results showed that Ramirez died as a result of chop wounds. His body was found in the GraGra Lagoon in Dangriga. Ramirez’s head had been severed and remains missing. He was last seen alive a […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Karon Gladden is one of two men injured during a mid-afternoon shooting in Belize City on Monday. While he was fortunate to have escaped with only a gunshot wound to the left hand, his friend, twenty-year-old Stephan McLaren, wasn’t so lucky. McLaren was shot once to the back of the head as he stood […]
The second annual general meeting to be held by the Social Security Board since 1981 was convened today at the Best Western Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. Dubbed S.S.B. Connect, it’s used as a platform to engage stakeholders and contributors on how the Social Security Fund is operating. As you know, Cabinet approved an S.S.B. […]
Now the increased contribution is not sitting well with many workers. Doctor Colin Young says that they ought not to look at social security as taxes such as GST and income tax because the payment benefits the contributor at various instances in their lifespan, including sickness and maternity benefits, as well as retirement pension. But […]
The Social Security Board is also going digital allowing persons to readily access information by the touch of their fingertip. Doctor Colin Young says that the board is looking to increase efficiency and improve the services offered to contributors. Dr. Colin Young, C.E.O., S.S.B. “As a part of the contribution reform, you are paying […]
A second suspect has been nabbed for the murder of seventy-year-old businessman Oscar Rosado Senior. Today, twenty-year-old Jose Gomez was formally charged and arraigned for the murder. Rosado was gunned down inside his store when three men entered Rosado’s Construction Supply on Cemetery Road in Belize City on April twenty-third of last year. Gomez, a […]
Back in mid-February, two Belizeans and a Guatemalan national were arraigned and remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being charged jointly for possession of prohibited firearms and ammunition. Guatemalan Jorge Luis Reyes Villeda and Belizeans Edgar De La O and a seventeen-year-old minor, both from Benque Viejo del Carmen, were busted by police with […]
A single gunshot ended the life of a young father this afternoon. Stephon McLaren and another unidentified individual were standing near the corners of New Road and Cleghorn Street and had just been frisked by a police officer when gunfire erupted. McLaren, who was waiting for a friend who had walked up the street to […]
The body of Derrick Ramirez was found this morning. Ramirez, a native of Dangriga, had allegedly gone missing while at Cross Caye, north of Dangriga Town on Sunday, August fourth. The events leading up to his disappearance have investigators, including Commissioner Chester Williams, extremely skeptical. Ramirez’s body was reportedly found decapitated in the GraGra Lagoon […]
The body of a U.S. national was found onboard a sailing vessel in southern Belize. On Sunday, the Belize Coast Guard discovered the vessel near Colson Caye, some eighteen miles east of Dangriga. Police say that the elderly man, seventy-one-year-old Michael Junker, was found with his documents onboard and there were no signs of violence […]
A cop in the west has been placed on interdiction after being slapped with eight counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year-old girl. Police say that last week, the minor reported the incidents and identified Constable Herman Milian. ACP Joseph Myvett told the press today that they do not have any information at this […]
The remnants of a twin-engine aircraft were discovered in the Monkey River area. According to police, the burnt airplane was found on an illegal airstrip in a pine ridge area in southern Belize. While the public believes the vestiges are that of a suspected drug plane, ACP Joseph Myvett isn’t so quick to come to […]
Police say that two workers on Long Middle Caye were drinking when one shot the other. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning when one of the workers allegedly took out a rifle that is not licensed to him and fired a shot that hit his co-worker in the chest. The injured […]
On Saturday night, eleven teenage girls absconded from the Princess Royal Youth Hostel and fled to various parts of the country. It is not clear how they were able to escape from the compound and an investigation is underway to review where the breach of security at the facility occurred. The Community Rehabilitation Department and […]
He is no stranger to the cops and has been charged multiple times in the past for drug related incidents, but on Thursday night, Carlos Lopez was murdered inside his home in Lord’s Bank Village. Around eight p.m., Lopez and his niece had just arrived home when within minutes the blast of gunshots echoed in […]
Tonight, two police officers are in detention, Derrick Ramirez remains missing and Oscar Williams, the main suspect believed to be responsible for his disappearance, allegedly escaped at the hands of the two very same police officers in question. It is a complex story with lots of grey areas which Commissioner of Police Chester Williams recognizes. […]
