A twenty-two-year-old mother of two lost her life this morning, following last evening’s traffic accident in Ladyville. Marcia Lopez was waiting on a bus to head home to her family in San Pablo Village, Orange Walk when she was caught in a collision between three vehicles. A dump truck rear-ended a jeep SUV before crashing […]
On Tuesday, 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. The indictments followed a bust in Benque Viejo on the morning of February tenth, when thirty-four-year-old Edgar De La O, twenty-six-year-old Jorge Luis Reyes Villeda and a […]
Despite strong objections from the court prosecutor, bail was granted to the De La O brothers on the presumption of innocence. According to Hamilton, ownership of the vehicle has not been established. Isani Cayetano “These clients of yours were purportedly in possession of at least two high caliber weapons and several rounds of ammunition. […]
The murder of star athlete Dwayne Cummings last Sunday in Orange Walk Town remains unsolved, despite investigators following several leads in an attempt to crack the case. The twenty-one-year-old basketball player who was a member of the Orange Walk Running Rebels was shot dead as he walked home in the early hours of February tenth. […]
Earlier this week, a resident of Corozal Town came under gunfire during an attempt on his life. Charles Itza reported to police in that jurisdiction that he was riding a bicycle in an area of town when he was accosted by a lone gunman who shot him to the right leg. Additional details have been […]
Financial Secretary Joseph Waight says that his office has received notice that Paulette Elrington has resigned from her post with the Foreign Service. Waight told reporters today that Elrington willingly resigned her position and that becomes effective this month. He says that monies will be paid to Elrington up until that period. Here’s how he […]
The I.C.J. Referendum is less than two months away – and the Referendum Unit is ramping up the public awareness campaign. Today, when we spoke with Financial Secretary Joseph Waight – he told us that almost two million dollars has been used up of the two point five million dollar budget. He says that a […]
Corozal police, with assistance from the Major Crimes Unit, are investigating a horrifying home invasion turned murder. The home of retired American couple Elizabeth Rousseau and Gary Hakes was broken into sometime between seven forty-five and eight p.m. on Wednesday night. The couple was at home when a male intruder gained access to the building […]
The murder of American citizen Elizabeth Rousseau and the attack on her husband Gary Hakes adds to the list of foreigners who have fallen victims to major crimes in the country. The Consejo area of Corozal is known as a haven for Canadian and American expats who have chosen Belize to retire. It also makes […]
Twenty-one-year-old Randy Chambers made headlines in December 2015, when he was walloped by a trio of officers as he was walking through his family yard on Police Street Extension. The physical abuse of the young carpenter was captured by a security camera at his parents’ home in an adjacent property. Tonight, he is once again […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has also written to proprietor Phillip Gallaty in respect of the burglary, particularly since the security of the building from which the trove of weapons was stolen, has bearing on his license to sell firearms. While ComPol Williams did not disclose much on the results of an investigation into the […]
A Belize City resident of Frederick’s Alley was the intended target of a murder attempt last evening when someone inside a vehicle took aim at him with a firearm as he stood in front of a store on New Road. Sometime after seven o’clock on Wednesday night gunfire erupted and when the shooting subsided, forty-one-year-old […]
There was also a home invasion in the Mennonite community of Spanish Lookout on Wednesday night where a couple was bound and their home rummage by thieves. Cornelius Peters reported to police that five men carrying firearms broke into his abode, tied him and his wife up, turned the place inside out and made off […]
There was a vicious chopping incident that occurred in Unitedville on Wednesday night where Michael Smith, a resident of that community, was reportedly attacked by a pair of men. The assault, during which he was chopped multiple times with a machete, was precipitated by an argument outside of a convenient store in that village. […]
As many as forty firearms and a stockpile of ammunition have been removed from the streets of Belize. In our newscast on Tuesday night, the lead story was a massive burglary at Victor L. Bryant & Company – an arms dealer located here in the city. Twenty firearms and several boxes of ammunition were stolen […]
Minister of National Security John Saldivar says that 2019 will be the year of technology within the police department. Today, he told the press that the department will be meeting next week to discuss the new commissioner of police’s strategy to tackle crime and move the department forward. But, Saldivar says that he has requested […]
Minister Saldivar spoke with the press following his presentation. He says that while there may be concerns about the use of the tracking devices, they are making sure that the committee looks at all aspects of this newly proposed initiative before they consider its implementation. He says, however, that he has seen this method used […]
Two men were jointly charged today and arraigned for drug related offenses after they were caught on February eleventh with over seven pounds of weed. Sixty-one-year-old Ralston McDonald and fifty-three-year-old Aston Richards were dragged to court and appeared before Magistrate Michelle Trapp for possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply. While there were […]
A pair of feuding Ladyville residents appeared in court today for their alleged involvement in a chopping incident that left both men suffering from injuries to the body. The ‘chop fi chop’ incident occurred last Thursday, February seventh, between Enrique Pandy and Orlando Reyes on Serosi Street in Lord’s Bank. Forty-one-year-old Pandy was first to […]
They hail from nineteen countries around the world and on Monday seventy-six foreigners officially became Belizeans. A swearing-in ceremony was held at the George Price Centre for Peace and Development and it was the first for 2019. The new Belizeans were told that they are now afforded the rights of true Belizeans, including the right […]
During the swearing in ceremony, Immigration Minister Beverly Williams donned her political hat, advising the new Belizeans to register and vote in the upcoming I.C.J. Referendum. With less than three months away, Williams told the group to listen to the facts and make their own decision as a ‘true Belizean.’ Beverly Williams, Minister of […]
There are a lot more guns in the streets of the Old Capital tonight, following a major burglary, described as a breach of national security, at a local firearms dealer. At around three o’clock this morning, the warehouse of Victor L. Bryant and Company on Chetumal Street, Belize City, was broken into and burglarized. The […]
As a safety precaution, ComPol Williams also told the media that the police department has taken possession of the remaining stock of firearms and ammunition at Victor L. Bryant and Company. Williams says that the company’s license to import and sell firearms is being reviewed and the owner of the company is being given the […]
And while the fate of Victor L. Bryant’s license hangs in the balance, today Commissioner Williams warned all gun dealers to ensure that they are complying with the law, in order to prevent such reoccurrence. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We really and truly have to take a serious look at gun dealers to […]
While thieves have managed to make off with a cache of weapons from a Belize City gun store, several arrests have been made in respect of other seizures conducted during a recent operation across the country. Earlier today, a trio of men, including two Belizeans and a Guatemalan national, appeared in magistrate’s court in Benque […]
