Police in Orange Walk continue their investigation into the double homicide of Junior Triminio and Christopher Calderon. The duo was gunned down on Zericote Street in Orange Walk Town on Sunday evening during a brazen attack by a masked man. Triminio, a gang leader in that municipality, received seven shots to the body and head. […]
The armed robbery of seventy-nine-year-old retired educator, Harold Williams, on Monday afternoon downstairs of his home at the corners of Dunn and Landivar streets is presumably the result of the retiree being pursued upon leaving Scotiabank on the Philip Goldson Highway. The incident harkens back to a recent robbery on July twenty-seventh during which a […]
The unauthorized landings of private aircrafts in northern Belize, primarily in the Orange Walk District pose a grave national security threat to the country. Since the beginning of the year, at least four suspected drug planes have landed in an area known as Tres Leguas which is not far from the Belize/Mexico border in the […]
According to Elodio Aragon Junior, the efforts of the police department are compounded by the fact that criminal networks are often in cahoots with other members of law enforcement. There is mounting pressure, he says, from the public as well as Belize’s international counterparts. Elodio Aragon Jr., Minister of State, National Security “All of […]
A Belizean woman was among four persons injured in a traffic accident near Playa del Carmen. According to reports from the area, she was travelling in a van that was involved in a collision with another vehicle bearing Mexican license plates. It happened on Sunday night at the entrance of Nohbec, where the offending Mexican […]
A double murder has shaken the Orange Walk community. Tonight the leader of the Back-a-Town Crips Gang, thirty-four-year-old Junior Triminio and nineteen-year-old Christopher Calderon, believed to be Triminio’s associate, are dead. Both men were fatally shot on Sunday evening at around five-twenty by a man who was wearing a ski mask. The brazen double homicide […]
A woman was killed by her husband in the early hours of this morning inside a hotel room where they were vacationing. Mariela Alpuche Rodriguez was choked to death in Independence Village at the hands of Arturo Rodriguez. According to Mariela’s family, her husband was insanely jealous and she was frustrated in the marriage, but […]
A trio of armed thieves followed an elderly man to his house on Landivar Street in Belize City. Fortunately, Harold Williams was unharmed, but the thieves got away with thousands of dollars in cash. The brazen robbery occurred just after one p.m., when Williams has arrived at his house from the bank. The thieves surprised […]
In recent months, there has been an escalation in the number of robberies across the country, particularly in Belize City, where thieves continue to prey on anyone, including the elderly. Not only are they targeting a vulnerable population of society, but their modus has been stepped up to home invasions. With September celebrations just around […]
A fatal traffic accident claimed the lives of two cousins in the north. Kairo and Henry Cob, both from San Victor in Corozal, died just after midday on Sunday. The two men were on a motorcycle on the San Juan Road when they crashed into an SUV traveling in the opposite direction. That vehicle was […]
A third person perished on Friday after a traffic accident which occurred over a week ago. Yuri Moralez was riding his motorcycle when he crashed into a parked vehicle on Joseph Andrews Drive in San Ignacio. The impact sent the twenty-three-year-old to the pavement; he received severe head and body injuries which led to his […]
There was further lost of life over the weekend. A toddler died on Sunday after falling into a well in Bella Vista Village, Stann Creek District. Three-year-old Benjamin Mas drowned inside the spring, despite all efforts to revive him. According to Arturo Mas, his son disappeared from sight earlier that afternoon and by the time […]
Dozens of reporters and television crews from Belize and Taiwan filled the galleries of the Assembly Building this morning to cover the special joint sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The session was part of an itinerary for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to Belize. Though ceremonial in nature, parliamentarians on both […]
As part of her state visit to the country, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was bestowed the Order of Belize during a brief ceremony on Thursday night at the Museum of Belize. The Order of Belize is the second highest honor that one can receive. President Tsai’s commitment to strengthened diplomatic ties with Belize over the […]
After the Special Joint Sitting of the House of Representative and Senate this morning, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen returned to Belize City for a brief visit of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Center. The strong diplomatic bond that has been forged between both nations was built on bilateral cooperation and financial assistance in […]
A villager from San Jose, Corozal was knocked down and killed on Thursday night sometime after seven o’clock. Sixty-three-year-old cane farmer Ermitiano Gonzalez was walking along the Phillip Goldson Highway when between miles sixty-three and sixty-four, he was stuck by a vehicle heading from Orange Walk to Corozal. When police responded to the scene of […]
Accused murderer, thirty-three-year-old Jermaine Garnett is out on bail tonight. He was offered bail by Supreme Court Justice Herbert Lord to the tune of forty thousand dollars. The bail was granted on the condition that Garnett is not to interfere with any of the witnesses related to the case. He was also ordered to present […]
Attorney Arthur Saldivar has brought yet another lawsuit against the People’s United Party, the same political organization to which he belongs. The latest proceedings succeed a second rejection from the party which disqualifies him from running as a P.U.P. candidate for standard bearer of Belmopan. Not only does the seemingly constant litigation over Saldivar’s eligibility […]
The bone of contention between the People’s United Party and Arthur Saldivar is his moral standing. The leadership and hierarchy of the P.U.P. are of the firmly held belief that Saldivar does not meet the ethical requirements to represent Belizeans at the political level. Isani Cayetano “As the leader of the party, are you […]
The Taiwanese community in Belize turned out in numbers to greet President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) upon her arrival at the Philip Goldson International Airport this afternoon. Belize and the island nation of Taiwan have both enjoyed a comfortable diplomatic relationship, however, Taiwan has lost two allies since President Tsai Ing-wen […]
The charred remains of a downed aircraft were discovered in an area approximately one kilometer away from the Belize/Mexico Border. The twin-engine beech craft was found near a registered airstrip in the vicinity of Tres Leguas. The airplane was extensively damaged by fire and the only visible marking on it appears to be a registration […]
Forty-four-year-old Eugene Henderson is lucky to have escaped grave injuries when he came under attack by a lone assailant on Wednesday evening. The shooting incident happened shortly before six p.m. at Henderson’s residence in Lindo’s Alley. The construction worker was injured in the right arm and chest when the gunman let loose a burst of […]
Belize City police are investigating a shooting incident during which twenty-one-year-old Justin Banks was shot by a pair of men on a motorcycle. It is unclear whether Banks was the victim of a random attack or he was targeted by his assailants who caught up with him as he rode a bicycle from Nurse Findley’s […]
A cabdriver is the latest victim of a brazen home invasion in Ladyville where three men reportedly entered his home on Ocean Jack Avenue while he was asleep and proceeded to rob him. Cornelius Burke told police that whilst asleep someone placed their hands on his mouth, while two others demanded that he disclose the […]
A four-year-old girl has been stabilized and will be transported to the Intensive Care Unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to recover from severe burns to most of her body. Unique Asia Ramclam was sleeping in her room in Camalote Village, Cayo when a fire broke out on Wednesday evening. Were it not for […]
