Auditor General Dorothy Bradley, though it was her second appearance, was the final witness to appear before the Senate Special Select Committee today. As some witnesses have done in their appearances before the Committee, Bradley began her testimony with a short statement to the Senate panel. She indicated in that statement that she had been […]
A nineteen-year-old resident in the village of Teakettle was shot and killed by the police who claim it was not intentional. But villagers are not persuaded that the shooting of Edwin Hernandez was accidental. This morning, they started a bonfire blocking access to the Arizona area to show their anger over what they deem to […]
There is another case involving violent police behavior this time in the Belize City. Three officers were captured on surveillance camera stomping on a young man even as he turns himself in to police in his family’s yard on Police Street Extension. There does not appear to be any justifiable reason for the attack on […]
A twenty-year-old inmate was buggered on two separate occasions by another prisoner at the Belize Central Prison in November. According to police, a prisoner reported on the twenty-ninth of November that he had been indecently assaulted by a cellmate on that same day and on the twenty-fourth. Police say that a medical examination was conducted […]
It’s been over two years since the infamous Russel Hyde Senior was taken down by gunmen at his Roaring Creek home in August 2015; his wife, Rosalie Galvez, was murdered in May after she was waylaid before the vehicle she was traveling in was sprayed by a lone gunman at the entrance to Belmopan, in […]
But was the shooting an attempt to take out Hyde Junior? And if so, who ordered the unsuccessful hit? Police have several persons detained for questioning, but no one has been charged for the crime. But Heladora Cruz says her grandson is no troublemaker and is not known to have enemies, despite what some may […]
Court of Appeal Justice Franz Parke abruptly stepped down from his seat on the bench on Monday, having tendered a letter of resignation to the Governor General that same morning. Parke’s departure preceded a lawsuit filed by the People’s United Party challenging his qualification for the post to which he was appointed by his former […]
The decision by Government to decriminalize possession of ten grams or less of marijuana, after nearly five years of waiting, enjoyed rare bipartisan support. This is because of the level of devastation police arrests and convictions have caused, especially on Belize City’s south side. Since the first of November, things have been calm, with police […]
There is major news of a judicial nature tonight. Just over two months after being sworn in, and one week before trial on a fixed date claim form concerning his appointment, Justice of the Court of Appeal Franz Parke has resigned. Justice Parke tendered his letter of immediate resignation to Governor General Sir Colville Young […]
The west turned out to be the most violent area over the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, police were called out to a house in San Ignacio town where the decomposing body of a man was found. Victor Spain’s body was discovered inside his home at about three o’clock; he had multiple stab wounds to the […]
One man is dead following a shooting at the hands of the police. The victim is unidentified and had moved to the village of Teakettle about four months ago. But over the weekend, the police shot the robbery suspect as he fled from the cops. There are conflicting reports as to how the incident unfolded […]
According to People Magazine, U.S. police authorities have identified a possible person of interest in the United States as part of their investigation into the unsolved double slayings of American Drew DeVoursney and his Canadian girlfriend Francesca Matus in the Corozal District in May. Drew’s mother, Char DeVoursney, told the magazine that a federal agent continues to investigate […]
Allegations of police brutality popped up again over the weekend in the west, but tonight, the injured men have been charged and arraigned for wounding and aggravated assault. Jeremy Gentle, Hener Cruz and Kennedy Gentle Junior were outside Blue Angels when they were attacked by the cops, including a female officer. From all accounts, the […]
Following their arraignment, the trio was given bail of two thousand dollars plus surety of the same amount. Jeremy’s mother, Winnel Harris, says that she was back and forth with the police because she wanted her son and nephew to get medical attention for the injuries they sustained from the alleged beat down by the […]
There were several accidents reported over the weekend, but a fatal RTA on Saturday claimed one life and left several others injured. Twelve-year-old Lelany Chan lost her life when a vehicle she was traveling in over-turned between miles fifty-nine and sixty on the George Price Highway around midday. Twenty-eight-year-old Didier Novelo was driving a white […]
A duo suspected of having participated in the gruesome decapitation of fifty-six-year-old Hilton Wade, in Cotton Tree Village on Wednesday, has been charged with murder. Wade’s alleged killers are also from the same community where he has been residing for quite some time. In fact, it is reported that the rummager had come under threat […]
The matter of the Universal Health Services debt, and what the Government intends doing about it, continue to dominate the news. Prime Minister Dean Barrow’s scathing response to the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry this week on their position regarding settlement of the debt to the Belize Bank Limited is in stark contrast to […]
A no vote in parliament, says Usher, raises repercussions beyond the U.H.S. debt. A default would trigger a ‘risk premium’ on the international financing market for borrowing by both Government and private sector. But closer to home, Usher said an unequivocal no to any threat to raise taxes to cover the debt, as the Prime […]
That said, is there concern from the business community that the relationship between Government and private sector could be damaged? Chamber President Nikita Usher agreed with us that the tone of the Prime Minister’s letter carried an overarching note of annoyance and a mode of ‘shooting the messenger.’ He said that the Chamber is not […]
The Belize Progressive Party is calling on Belizeans to persuade their area representatives to vote in favour of satisfying the U.H.S. debt and on civil society to make a demand that Government pay the debt when the Belize Bank calls for it. In a press statement it says that the Government’s defiance of the C.C.J. […]
Weeks after it came to light that there was alleged hanky panky in the B.D.F. Lieutenant Colonel Charlton Roches is being investigated by a team of fellow Belize Defense Force officers for his involvement in a private company that was established to conduct training exercises with the German army. Belize Jungle Experience Limited is an […]
An eleven-year-old boy is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after he was knocked down in front of DK Supermarket on the Philip Goldson Highway. A vehicle stopped and a driver signaled Emmett Burgess to cross the highway, but another vehicle that was overtaking hit the minor. Today when we spoke with the family, they were asking […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow pretty much said on Wednesday, that government won’t be paying the UHS loan that has ballooned to ninety million dollars and for which interest will keep accruing. The first to respond to this position was the Belize Chamber of Commerce and their statement has put them at war with the PM. […]
Businesswoman and influential past president, Kay Menzies, addressed today the issue of increased taxation as a measure to settle debts. In her view, taxes are not the answer; instead government should grow the economy. Menzies says you can’t hold on to debt, because it won’t go away. Kay Menzies, Managing Director, Karl H. Menzies […]
Senior Counsel and constitutional attorney Magali Marin-Young discussed the ins and outs of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s decision in favor of the Belize Bank Limited to enforce payment of the loan note. One week of the three-week period under the Crown Proceedings Act has passed for enforcement of the judgment, with the Government’s members […]
