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Three days after the Sibun River mayhem in Gracie Rock, thirty-five-year-old Tyrone Young, a taxi man and construction worker of Mahogany Street, was arraigned for the murder of Denver Montero that occurred on Sunday afternoon. Montero, along with many others, was socializing in the river near the hammock bridge when they were ambushed by a […]
Written on April 5, 2023 | Posted in
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He was executed on Saturday night in the vicinity of the Port of Belize compound on Central America Boulevard, and tonight, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed that there have been no arrests as yet for the murder of sixteen-year-old Wellington Williams. A motive for the cold-blooded homicide of the high school student is a […]
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On Tuesday, the body of a man was discovered on the banks of a lagoon inside the Corozal Free Zone. The individual has since been identified as thirty-three-year-old Mexican national Carlos Alberto Yepes Rosa of Santa Elena, Quintana Roo, Mexico. A local report says that Rosas’ body was covered with pallets, with injuries to the […]
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As promised, cameras have been installed on the John Smith Road. During an interview this evening, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed that he was also meeting with representatives from the Belize Tourism Board to discuss the installation of cameras in San Pedro Town to assist with crime-fighting on the island. Here’s ComPol Williams with […]
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Thirty-seven-year-old Police Constable Daniel Requeña has been acquitted of a charge of extortion, five years after he was accused of obtaining money by force or coercion from a woman in Belize City. The incident took place in 2017, when Estephania Gomez reportedly handed over eight hundred dollars for the release of her friends who were […]
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The murder of sixteen-year-old Saint John’s College student, Wellington Williams, has brought into sharp focus concerns about student safety outside of the S.J.C. campus. Over the last seventeen months, three students who had been attending the high school lost their lives to gun violence. And, less than three weeks ago, we told you about a […]
Written on April 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Accused rapist Rupert Codd was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman today for a single charge of rape. The twenty-one-year-old call center employee of mile four on the Philip Goldson Highway, was denied bail and remanded into custody until June sixth of this year. The heinous crime for which Codd is accused occurred on Sunday […]
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Former Special Constable Jeremy Bermudez, accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year-old female minor back in 2018, is on remand awaiting sentencing tonight after being found guilty of five of eight counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. Bermudez appeared before Justice Antoinette Moore in the presence of attorney Ian Gray and, in his defense, […]
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Today, police formally arrested and charged B.D.F. Captain fifty-six-year-old William Swan, a resident of Santa Elena Town, for manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, failed to give way to motor vehicle on a major road and drove motor vehicle without due care and attention. The charges stem from a fatal accident over the […]
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Swan was working on preparing a facility in Cayo which will be the location for the Mountain Pine Ridge Youth Challenge Program being implemented as a crime fighting tool. D.Y.S. Director Kevin Cadle explains. On the Phone: Kevin Cadle, Director, Department of Youth Services “We have been successful with the LIU, the Ministry of […]
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A pair of Fujian Chinese nationals has been charged with an additional offense after being caught by Immigration officials entering Belize illegally. Twenty-seven-year-old Tianming Chen and thirty-three-year-old Kai Lin were charged for the criminal offense of using a fabricated permit. They appeared in the presence of attorney Arthur Saldivar before Magistrate Khiana Gordon late this […]
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Taiwanese President Doctor Tsai Ing-Wen had a full itinerary today during her second state visit to Belize. That schedule ends later tonight, following a dinner with Prime Minister John Briceño at the Museum of Belize. We’ll bring you a live report from that event later in our newscast, but first we look at what was […]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Following the signing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Taiwanese president and Prime Minister Briceño met in closed session before proceeding to the National Assembly where a joint special sitting of the House or Representatives and the Senate was held. President Tsai Ing-Wen also addressed parliament and spoke of the abiding relationship between […]
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On adjournment, we caught up with Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow and got his take on the ceremonial sitting, as well as the significance of President Tsai Ing-Wen’s presentation. Here’s that interview. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “I was very moved by her speech. We have so much in common insofar as existential […]
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Three persons lost their lives over the weekend in two separate shooting incidents and a road traffic accident. We begin with the murder of sixteen-year-old Belize City student, Wellington Williams on Central American Boulevard. At around six-thirty on Saturday night, Williams was walking towards the Port of Belize compound to deliver food for his aunt’s […]
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The discussion around price gouging involving local Chinese business owners became more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Briceño Administration steers the ship of economic rebound, Belizeans across the country have been bitterly complaining about the increased cost of goods at the stores. The blame, for the most part, has been placed on the […]
Written on March 31, 2023 | Posted in
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Another commodity that has seen a recent increase is poultry. Viewers might have taken note that the price of poultry increased by ten cents earlier this week. As a result, some of the popular fast food restaurants have already increased their prices to reflect this change. We asked Minister Mai about this latest increase. Here […]
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There was a huge bust of contraband pharmaceuticals over the weekend in Orange Walk. The information is that customs officials intercepted a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck on the San Antonio Road. Inside the vehicle were German Antonio Lobos and Maribel De Leon and over two dozen boxes of illegally imported medications, valued at a little […]
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During last week’s budget debate, Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton questioned the budget in terms of the allocation for medical supplies and medication to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. According to the draft estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2023/2024, medicine and technology for last fiscal year were over twenty-five million dollars, but the […]
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The Albert Area Representative also made reference to the number of non-established staff in the health sector which since 2022 has been up to six hundred and forty-one. The wage bill for these persons is estimated at four hundred and twenty-one thousand, five hundred and two dollars. But there is also the issue of nurses […]
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Everyone will recall when the stevedores, most if not all of them being members of the Christian Workers’ Union, staged a strike against their employer, the Port of Belize Limited in February 2022. The industrial action resulted from a number of issues that the stevedores and the C.W.U had with the port. The Ministry of […]
Written on March 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Attorneys for the stevedores and the C.W.U. raised a preliminary point of law, on the argument that they enjoy statutory immunity, and that they can’t be subjected to legal action under the law. But as Guerra explains, the P.B.L. has a very different view on that argument. The matter was adjourned until later in May […]
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On Tuesday night, Belizean-American Eduardo Usher was traveling through Escarcega, Mexico when he was allegedly extorted by Mexican police. Usher spoke to a local TV station in Mexico immediately following the incident where he recounted on camera what took place. He alleged that the officers informed him that his vehicle did not have permission to […]
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On Wednesday, the Statistical Institute of Belize released quarterly figures for the period ending March thirty-first, one day after the Briceño administration met to discuss the impact of global inflation on the country. Steep increases in the cost of goods and services are being felt at all levels of Belizean society and, following a cabinet […]
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A master plan to upgrade and expand the Philip Goldson International Airport was also reviewed by Cabinet earlier this week. The comprehensive strategy to modernize the PGIA was requested by government and was put together on behalf of the Belize Airports Concession Company by INFRATA Airport Consultants, a company based in the United Kingdom. Improving […]
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