But while PCs Tyrell Rowley and Samir Medina are expected to be charged criminally with wounding and harm, incoming Commissioner Chester Williams also spoke on the scope of the internal investigation by the Professional Standards Branch. Both constables have been charged disciplinarily for Prejudicial to the Good Order and Discipline of Police Officers. But what […]
On the issue of police misconduct, Williams also gave an update on the case of three officers, namely: Corporal Clinton Thomas and Police Constables Kishane Peck and Albert Augustine. All three officers, who were attached to the Special Branch Unit of the Department, were on interdiction pending the outcome of an internal investigation by the […]
Two police officers on the island of San Pedro were captured on video beating up one of three brothers. The disturbing images show the brutal use of force on Jamir Leal, who had already been subdued face down on the ground and unconscious. It prompted the Human Rights Commission and the Bar Association as well […]
Even as police remain vigilant on the illegal landing of drug planes across the country, on Saturday night, there were several reports from residents that a suspicious plane was seen flying low in Dangriga. A report coming to News Five is that the plane made a wet-drop just outside of Dangriga, but that has not […]
One of the Yearwood siblings is behind bars tonight even though he claims he was the victim of an assault. Garry Yearwood, who is a union leader, is also the brother of Fitzroy Yearwood, the well-known cop who had his own share of problems with the department. In recent days, Garry claims that his ex […]
Sometime around eight on Friday night, San Ignacio Police was on mobile patrol when they came across a vehicle carrying fourteen Honduran nationals. The patrol unit was in the Santa Elena area when they came across a heavily tinted vehicle and a Benque Viejo resident behind the wheel. When police stopped the vehicle, they came […]
From crime to the International Court of Justice….The I.C.J. referendum to be conducted on April tenth is now knocking at the front door. It is only three months away. Belizeans will either vote yes or no to take the Guatemalan claim to The Hague or not vote at all. These are the three options on […]
The start of 2019 was a bloody one, with a shocking five homicides. Uncle Sam has taken note and on Friday, the U.S. Department of State issued a level two travel advisory for Americans who are considering visiting Belize. The travel advisory is due to the increase in crime and it recommends its citizens to […]
The New Year didn’t start right for a family from rural Belize District. A raging fire on Sunday morning destroyed the home of seven members on the Old Northern Highway. It happened in Maskall Village while the Tuyul family was in the lower flat of the house, preparing for breakfast. They heard noises on the […]
Belize is named as part of the network of the Sinaloa Drug cartel. It came during the trial of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, head of the infamous drug cartel, which is underway in the United States. The elusive leader, Mexico’s top drug kingpin, escaped from a maximum-security prison in July, 2015 and was recaptured on […]
A trio of siblings, all farmers from Bladen Village in southern Belize, has been charged with the murder of Guatemalan national Marcos Chen. The forty-one-year-old was chopped to death on the evening of December fourteenth during an altercation with brothers Dario, Edres, Heraldo and Elijah Sho. Chen was reportedly walking along the Southern Highway near […]
Late this evening, the Bar Association of Belize issued a release on the beaten on a San Pedro citizen by the police. In the release, the Bar describes the incident as heinous, unjustified and possibly life-threatening on an individual that was not resisting arrest. The Bar joins other advocacy groups and public denounces this and […]
In the aftermath of the New Year’s Day incident, San Pedranos took to social media pledging to boycott Playa Bar and Grill, where the incident unfolded. The video captured the bar owner as well as PC Rowley physically assaulting twenty-year-old Jamir Leal, even as he laid unconscious on the sand. His siblings, Justin and Mario, […]
The Ministry of Health has begun investigating the untimely death of eleven-week-old baby boy, Dion Woodeye Junior. The baby died at the Corozal Community Hospital on December thirty-first, 2018. His mother Leah Miller and father Dion Woodeye Senior took the baby to the hospital after he started suffering from diarrhea and excessive vomiting. They took […]
According to Doctor Manzanero, if the investigation reveals some level of negligence on behalf of the hospital’s staff, the culpable person or persons will be held accountable. On the Phone: Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “If we find that any particular level of responsibility wasn’t adhered to then specific action may be […]
A toddler who was hit by a vehicle driven by a Gang Suppression Unit officer has beaten the odds. While two-year-old Tevin Cacho remains hospitalized, his prognosis is good and he continues to make remarkable recovery. In mid-December, the child was hit by the GSU vehicle patrolling the Iguana Street area; onlookers had to lift […]
Three siblings were subdued by two police officers on New Year’s night on San Pedro. They were roughed up and one was badly beaten. The chilling images captured on phone video have been met with swift condemnation. The two officers have since been placed on suspension. Tonight, we speak to Jamir Leal, the victim of […]
The body of a man was fished out of the Belize River near Blackman Eddy Village on New Year’s Day. A post-mortem examination revealed that the man had been strangled. His hands were tied behind his back and police believe that he was killed somewhere else before his body was dumped in the river. He […]
There are updates on three other murders on New Year’s Day. Twenty-six-year-old Giovanni Jones was also charged with the murder of fifty-eight-year-old Howard Coleman. Jones, a resident of the Lucky Strike Village, appeared before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford and remanded to prison until March twentieth. The sensational killing of the Coleman was the first murder […]
Thirty-five-year-old Angel Rueben Cassasola has been arraigned for the murder of Anita Pineda, his ex-common-law wife. He was taken to court this morning in San Ignacio and was remanded to the Belize Central Prison until March fifth. Cassasola reportedly stabbed Pineda once to the chest on New Year’s night while she and her mother were […]
Twenty-year-old Joseph Babb was murdered in cold blood on New Year’s Day, pursued by his attacker on Blue Marlin Boulevard and shot multiple times. The slaying of the gang leader has prompted the police department to step up its presence in the Lake Independence area where it is anticipated that the gang will attempt to […]
Lake Independence Standard Bearer Dianne Finnegan is representing the United Democratic Party in the 2020 general elections and is widely known for her involvement with at-risk youths through her apprenticeship programme. She first met Joseph Babb in 2016, who would later become the leader of the Backalands Crips. During those years, Finnegan would also consider […]
Not only does Finnegan acknowledge meeting with the bosses of both groups prior to her campaign rollout, she says she spoke in the context of helping them to realize their dreams as young men who have been shut out by society. In responding to Shoman’s social media post, Finnegan was steadfast in her belief that […]
It was a bloody New Year’s Day in Belize. Five persons were brutally killed within twenty-four hours. The first murder for 2019 was recorded in a small village in rural Belize where a fifty-eight-year-old man was killed under odd circumstances. Howard Coleman celebrated the New Year with friends and then left for home in the […]
In the aftermath of the homicide, Vice-Chairman and Justice of the Peace in Lucky Strike is making an appeal to the authorities for law-enforcement support in the village. According to Allan Jones, after Howard Coleman was killed things escalated in the village when residents found out that a man from the village was the suspected […]
