In our continued coverage of one of the most heinous murders, we headed to the Belmopan Supreme Court where the notorious William “Danny” Mason and four other men are being tried for the beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas. The pastor’s head was found in a bucket in the pan of a vehicle belonging to Mason; […]
Members of a family of five from southern Belize were injured during a accident this morning. It happened just outside Dangriga when the Rash family from the village of San Isidro was travelling in a SUV. Pablo Rash apparently spotted a police check point and applied brakes. It caused his vehicle to overturn and crash […]
In the Belize City Supreme Court, the trial of twenty-eight-year-old Elijah Burke came to an end today. Burke took a guilty plea to killing his own sister by hacking her to death more than two years ago. Today, Justice Marilyn Williams sentenced Burke to twenty-five years imprisonment, less five years, which means that he will […]
Two minors, who were seen in a video, bullying another minor, have been charged by police for targeting the minor. The video was widely circulated on social media, but the young victim took time to make a police complaint. The oldest of the girls, who is sixteen years, is facing charges of harm while the […]
While up north the sugar industry is having a bumper crop, in the south, the citrus industry is in dire straits. The 2018-2019 crop has been plagued by many factors which has resulted in a steep drop in the delivery of oranges, by as much as thirteen percent. The industry is experiencing all sorts of […]
The Ministry of Health is battling a dengue outbreak which is prevalent up north, with the Orange Walk District reporting the highest number of confirmed cases. Dengue is caused by the Aedes Egypti mosquito that breathes in open containers that hold water. The ministry is asking residents to do their part in recognizing the symptoms […]
An outbreak of dengue fever has been reported, seven months into 2019, and the number of cases so far is already more than twice the figures for the entire 2018. The highest number of persons affected is up north. In the Orange and Corozal Districts, there are over three hundred and fifty laboratory confirmed cases […]
Four persons have been hauled in by police concerning the murder investigation of Porfilio Nino. A post mortem examination revealed that the sixty-five-year-old Valley of Peace resident died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. His body was found in a shallow grave at around midday on Tuesday at his farm behind […]
Progresso Heights Limited, a master development plan situated along Cocos Lagoon in Progresso, Corozal District, remains in the headlines for several lawsuits that have surrounded the real estate company. Notwithstanding matters that have gone before the Court of Appeal and the Caribbean Court of Justice, respectively, a longstanding claim continues to languish at the Supreme […]
While an attempt will be made ahead of July thirty-first to get the cautions lifted, Courtenay says that there has been a complete abuse of process where it concerns the lands registry. Eamon Courtenay, Attorney for Progresso Heights Ltd. “It seems to me that we will make every effort now, between now and Wednesday […]
The murder trial for slain Pastor Llewellyn Lucas continued today in the Belmopan Supreme Court. The day’s proceedings focused on the forensics with four witnesses appearing in court. This morning, the F.B.I. analyst took the stand once again via a Skype call. The analyst was questioned about whether the D.N.A. samples collected from three of […]
The boyfriend of a Belize City woman is out on bail tonight. Both Jayelle Young and her sister, Yasmeen, claim that Trevor Brown physically abused them. Jayelle alleges that he beat and dragged her into a vehicle, sped off, and when her sister intervened to help, she too was injured on her left hand. Brown […]
Legal action is being taken against the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority for malpractice and negligence. Belize City resident Floyd Reneau says that the doctors at the K.H.M.H. failed to warn him and his common-law, fifty-four-year-old Irma Jean Marie Samuels that she had a precancerous condition. According to Reneau, Samuels was hospitalized in November 2017 […]
An elderly man of the Valley of Peace area in Cayo was killed and his body buried in a shallow grave. Porfilio Nino had been missing since Saturday and his family had set out looking for him at his farm, where he lived on his own. But it was not until today that one of […]
The family of Nestor Vasquez Junior, who was beaten to death while in detention at the Queen Street Police Station back in June, met with the Mental Health Association this morning, before criticizing the Belize Police Department. At a press conference held immediately after the meeting, the Vasquez family said that the department has been […]
While the Vasquez family is also seeking a revision of antiquated legislation dealing with the treatment of persons with mental illness, they are hoping that the Director of Public Prosecutions will decide on whether to bring charges against Collin Francis for the murder of their brother. According to Jules Vasquez, notwithstanding Francis’ mental state, a […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, at a press brief following the death of Nestor Vasquez Junior accepted that the police department will be held liable for the tragic incident inside the holding cell. The Vasquez family has since retained the services of attorney Leslie Mendez and a preliminary figure has been proposed as compensation for […]
A shocking new disclosure was made today during the murder trial of William ‘Danny’ Mason, who stands accused, along with four others, of beheading Pastor Llewellyn Lucas in July 2016. This morning, a forensic analyst employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation took the stand via a Skype call from the United States and later […]
While D.N.A. evidence lifted from the clothing of three of the five accused men does not, as yet, implicate his client, attorney Norman Rodriguez is studying today’s testimony carefully since the F.B.I. witness will continue from the stand on Wednesday morning where she will be cross-examined. He began by giving his take on what unfolded […]
There is another hike in fuel prices that will put a dent in the pockets of consumers. At midnight, the prices for regular gasoline, diesel and kerosene will go up. Regular gasoline will increase by eighteen cents per gallon and will now sell for ten dollars fifty-five cents. Diesel goes up by twelve cents and […]
When we last reported on the murder trial of William “Danny” Mason and his co-accomplices, it was from the Belmopan courts. Today, the trial was transferred to Belize City with Justice Antoinette Moore presiding. The trial of started with a Scenes of Crime technician taking the stand to provide testimony under oath. The hearing commenced […]
On Friday, Justice Antoinette Moore ruled that a caution statement given by Mason’s co-accused, Ernest Castillo, in which he confesses to lapping off Lucas’ head, was inadmissible. As a result, all five men are jointly facing a charge of murder. Defense attorney Norman Rodriguez also shared a few words with the media after today’s session […]
This morning before Justice Shona Griffith, a hearing for judicial review in a case filed by Corporal Eldon Arzu against Commissioner of Police Chester Williams stalled yet again. Arzu is challenging a directive from the ComPol in which he cannot serve as the president of the Belize Police Association after having served in that capacity […]
There is some progress in the murder investigation of one of four victims of last week Tuesday’s murder spree. Police say that murdered Belize City vendor, Jose Hilario Diaz, was not the intended target. The authorities have also ruled out robbery as a motive. Diaz, a clothing vendor, was shot in the face and killed […]
Last week four police officers were placed on interdiction following the fatal shooting of Allyson Major. Major was shot in the head by one of the cops during a high speed police chase that culminated at the Swing Bridge when he crashed into a bus after he was shot. The area was busy as people were […]
