Alleged murderers William “Danny” Mason, Ashton Vanegas, Terrence Fernandez, Keiron Fernandez, and Ernest Castillo were back in court this afternoon. The men appeared before Belmopan’s Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore as it was expected that the trial relating to the coldhearted beheading of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas would get underway. Initially, the trial was expected to […]
One of those counsels is Attorney Bryan Neal, who is representing Keiron Fernandez. According to Neal, after meeting with his colleagues, it has been decided that the defense will make preliminary submissions relating to issues that could have a significant impact on the trial. Bryan Neal, Attorney for Keiron Fernandez “I was hoping that […]
We take a break from crime and go to Belmopan where the Senate today dealt with an amendment to the Tax Laws which was passed and place criminal liability against anyone in the chain of management in any company not paying taxes. In the debate, senators urged the tightening up of collection across the board […]
The Upper House met this morning in the Capital. A bill which seeks to merge the Income Tax and General Sales Tax departments into the Belize Tax Service Department was debated this morning by senators. The merger of these departments is expected to not only facilitate the official and effective administration and collection of domestic […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and the top brass of the police headed to San Pedro today in the wake of the double murder of a tour guide and US doctor vacationing in Belize. The men were fishing at sea when they were shot and killed on Sunday. While Doctor Gary Swan was an unsuspecting […]
Belize’s physical location in this hemisphere has positioned the country as an ideal transhipment point in the international drug trade. The limited resources of law enforcement have made the struggle against the narco-traffickers too difficult to win. Drug cartels consistently use our waters and land as gateways to drug markets in the United States. Over […]
A woman was shot in Belize City on Monday night just before eight o’clock. She is fifty-year old Kathia Williams, a long time resident of Benbow Street. Williams came under attack as she stood on Kraal Road. It is believed that the bullets were not meant for her, but she came in harm’s way and […]
Fifty-year-old Thelma Warrior has been arrested and charged for the murder of Yolanda Elvira Requeña who was stabbed to death in Bullet Tree Falls Village on Sunday evening. As we reported on Monday, Requeña, a mother of four, was romantically involved with Kalim Warrior, the husband of the accused murderer. Requeña was said to have […]
Twenty-five-year-old police constable Michelle Brown, accused of the December 2017 murder of businessman Fareed Ahmad, appeared before Justice Colin Williams this morning. A plea of not guilty was taken from her, despite the absence of her attorney, Senior Counsel Simeon Sampson. The matter has been adjourned to September nineteenth when case management is set to […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Belizean citizen Graciano Choc, who is in the British Army, is the victim of a hit and run which occurred on Sunday night in the UK. His mother, Sharmane Gracia, says that Choc was returning to base when he was run over while on Christmas Hill, Winchester. The vehicle failed to stop at the […]
Going into the weekend, police and the coastguard were on high alert at sea searching for two Belize City youths who could not be located. They were the youngest of five men who went on a fishing trip last Tuesday. On Thursday evening, the lifeless body of Travis Cooke was discovered near Swallow Caye; he […]
San Pedro residents were stunned on Sunday when word of a double murder spread across the island. Police on Ambergris Caye are investigating the deaths of Mario Graniel, a well-known tour guide. Graniel was with Doctor Gary Paul Swank when both men came under gunfire at around ten o’clock that morning. The men were on […]
Investigators are working on establishing a motive. This was not the first time that Graniel came under gunfire. A day before the double murder, shots were fired at Graniel’s apartment in the Boca del Rio area. Graniel was inside his room on the second floor when he heard three gunshots. When he made checks, he […]
A total of seven persons have been murdered at sea in less than five days, including the quintuple murder in the Mapp Caye/Swallow Caye area and the double murder in San Pedro. Today, the Ministry of National Security issued a release, condemning the violence in all forms, assuring the public that no stones will be […]
A construction worker was killed in Corozal Town on Friday night. Police say they don’t know why David Martinez was gunned down and if the bullets were meant for him when he was shot to death at his family’s residence. At this time several persons are in police detention but cops say that they need […]
Residents of Bullet Tree Falls Village were shocked to find out that a murder had taken place in their neck of the woods on Sunday evening, more so that the vicious stabbing involved a love triangle. Yolanda Requeña lost her life this weekend when she was stabbed in the heart by Thelma Warrior, the wife […]
The bloodbath over the weekend has triggered a statement from Leader of the Opposition. John Briceño notes that ten persons lost their lives this past week in a crime spree. In a statement, he holds the Barrow administration responsible for another six months in which the law-abiding citizenry continues to be paralyzed by crime. The P.U.P. […]
There is yet another triple murder in less than three weeks, this time at sea. Three of five fishermen have been murdered, shot to death and their bodies dumped in the Caribbean Sea. Within fifteen hours, the decomposing bodies have been retrieved and immediately following the post-mortem exams, have been buried. The victims include the […]
The police have been working closely with the Belize Coast Guard as investigations continue into this triple homicide at sea. Now there are a number of fishing camps at and around Swallow Caye and off Drown Caye that can be spotted from the Belize City coastline. Fisherfolks from those various camps have been interviewed in […]
A Belizean man was shot multiple times and killed on Wednesday in Barberton, Ohio, U.S.A. He has been identified as forty-one-year-old Shannon Callahan. According to online reports, Barberton Police responded to a 911 call which led them to Callahan’s driveway. There they found him bleeding profusely. He was treated on scene by emergency medical personnel […]
The House of Representatives met today in ordinary session, one month after a special meeting was called to amend the Maritime Areas Act, following the May eighth I.C.J. referendum. But that Kumbaya moment during which there was peace and calm, or better yet a sense of political maturity between the government and the opposition, was […]
While things got testy between the PM and Espat, Opposition Leader John Briceño attempted to have order returned to House and despite the Speaker’s intervention, the cutting remarks kept coming. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “Again, that act… He… but I think all schizophrenics are actors. But I shouldn’t have said schizophrenic again, I apologize.” […]
A thorough investigation into the real estate swindle that was Sanctuary Bay is being undertaken by the Federal Trade Commission, an independent arm of the U.S. government tasked with providing and promoting consumer protection. The scam in which American investors lost over a hundred million U.S. dollars was perpetrated in Belize through Atlantic International Bank […]
Musa openly questioned the business transaction during which principal ownership of AIBL was assumed by former Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Pelayo, but not before taking a few more swipes at the Barrow family. Kareem Musa, Area Representative, Caribbean Shores “When these fraudsters, these Sanctuary Bay fraudsters were faced with lawsuits, who did these scam […]
The Belize Police Department has lifted a vendors’ curfew that was introduced a couple days ago. As we’ve reported since the start of this week, street vendors who operate from midnight into the early hours of the morning were being placed on a curfew to operate. The reason it was being implemented was to curb […]
