The City’s second murder victim is twenty-two year old Justin Hyde. On Monday night he was riding with two friends on separate bicycles not far from his home on Curl Thompson Street when according to police, near the corner with Levi Slusher Street, several gunshots were heard and Hyde was hit to the back and […]
This evening, youth counselor and coordinator of the Youth Apprenticeship Program Diane Finnegan weighed in on the life of Justin Hyde and his contribution to the intervention program coordinated by former officer-in-charge of Southside Belize City Chester Williams along with Finnegan and Nuri Muhammad. In support of his intention to change his lifestyle, Finnegan recalled […]
Prior to the murder of Justin Hyde, an Orange Walk man was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday morning. His family is left with more questions than answers because they say he was a quiet and easy going person. Today, they told us he was shot as many as nine times and […]
There is an arrest in the murder of the Canadian national, Gabriel Bochnia. The construction consultant, who was living in Corozal for years and was married with three children, was shot to death as he returned from a trip across the northern border. A gunman lay-waited him and opened fire as he exited his vehicle […]
A post-mortem examination on the body of fifty-six year old retiree David Doehm of Belize City certified his cause of death as chemical asphyxiation by inhalation of volatile substance. On Thursday afternoon Doehm was found dead in room five-twenty-three at the Ramada Princess Hotel and Casino. He was seated facing a window looking out on […]
We often report on traffic accidents – they have become a staple in our newscast – but the one we will tell you about tonight will move you – it is a tragic accident that claimed the lives of three members of a family. A mother, her daughter and her sister-in-law all died on Saturday […]
This station as a matter of policy normally does not report on suicides or suicide attempts. That is to avoid unwarranted publicity. But the subject of this story is well-known due to the criminal allegations against him, and the manner of his death is rare and intriguing. That is why fifty-six year old retiree David […]
Canadian news sources have picked up on murder victim thirty-eight-year-old Gabriel Bochnia to be from Toronto, Ontario. CTV Toronto reports that his sister Kate is on her way to Belize to make funeral arrangements for her brother, who was living here with his wife Jeshanah Maritza Zetina and their three children. Police have announced no […]
For weeks we have been reporting on missing teen Erwin Rodriguez. The last time his mother saw him was six weeks ago and she fear that he is dead. No one has seen or heard from the minor since he last stopped at his mother’s work back in August and it has been widely speculated […]
The response from the Government of Belize to protests over record gas prices came today with a statement announcing a decrease of eighty-four cents in Belize City for regular gas, taking effect at midnight. Protestors led by the Belize Leaders for Social Justice and including the top leadership of both the People’s United Party and […]
There are details tonight about the fire that struck the famous Turtle Inn in Placencia. The resort owned by the renowned filmmaker, Francis Ford Coppola, suddenly went up in flames on Thursday afternoon but damage was confined to one area and guests were not affected. While it was back in business today, the main restaurant […]
Restaurant owner, fifty-five year old Oscar Guerra, who was remanded into custody on a charge of rape, was released today on a bail of ten thousand dollars. The owner of My Secret Deli located on San Pedro, appeared today before Justice Herbert Lord who imposed conditions to bail. Guerra, a naturalized Belizean, must report to […]
Bail applications for several other persons were dealt with in the court of Justice Herbert Lord. In the case of nineteen-year-old Marvin Dominguez, a Salvadoran national who was remanded into custody on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm, bail was denied. Crown Counsel Jackie Willoughby, who represented objected on the ground that Dominguez […]
There have been nine deaths reported across the country in the span of one week. But the last twenty-four hours have been especially bloody, with four deaths reported – two in Belize City, one in Corozal and another in Roaring Creek, Cayo. Our top story tonight is the suicide of David Doehm inside a room […]
Up north in Corozal, a bloody murder took place in the quiet community of Chula Vista, smacked between Altamira and Paraiso Villages on Wednesday night. The heavy rains and thunderstorm did not prevent a gunman from carrying out what is believed to be an orchestrated hit on thirty-eight-year-old Canadian construction consultant and father of three. […]
A homeless man was murdered in Belize City. He was found lying dead in the San Cas Plaza parking lot in Belize City. He has been identified as sixty-year-old Michael Garbutt. According to reports, Garbutt has been homeless for many years and his regular route would be in the San Cas Area. We were informed […]
Garbutt lived on the streets and that made him vulnerable – like all others who use bus stops, streets and other public spaces for shelter. Joyce Ellis of the Welcome Resource Center says that others who live on the street are also exposed to harm and she asks the public to refrain from disturbing or […]
There is another murder to report out west. Thirty-three year old Isau Perez of Cotton Tree, Cayo, was discovered dead and floating in the Belize River. The body was located in the vicinity of Banana Bank Resort around eight-thirty this morning. Police say he was stabbed to the chest and throat. There are reports that […]
Organizers of today’s protest march concerning record high gas prices worried as much about the turnout as the changeable weather. Despite weeks of public angst, there was still a fear that too many would choose to stay silent rather than let their voice be heard. And while the final figure of protesters was respectable, the […]
During this morning’s protest on gas prices in Belize City, political leader of the Belize Progressive Party Patrick Rogers alerted us to a novel way that Mennonites in the West are obtaining diesel fuel from crude oil extracted by Belize Natural Energy. He says it’s an idea that government should consider in light of the […]
There was a brazen heist at the Scotia Bank Branch in Spanish Lookout, Cayo. The same branch, which was hit seven years ago, is located immediately next to the police station and is equipped with surveillance cameras as well as its own security guards. Employees and customers were busy with transactions at around nine-thirty this […]
Early this morning, travel by commuters on the Haulover Bridge at the northern entrance of the City, was interrupted by a predawn bonfire that filled the air with thick black smoke. Several tires were placed across the bridge and set on fire at about five-thirty. The blaze was eventually put out by the Fire Department, […]
Police have made a significant arrest in the murder of Daniel Anderson who was killed over the weekend. Late this afternoon, Steve Martin Moss, a twenty-three-year-old stevedore of Queen Charlotte Street, appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Moss was charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and two counts of Use […]
A seventeen-year-old has been charged for the murder of eighteen-year-old Christian Contreras in San Pedro. As we reported on Tuesday night, two persons were in police custody, including a minor. Today, the teenager was formally arrested and charged for the shooting that happened just before midday that left Contreras dead and twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Lucas hospitalized. […]
Since the thirteenth of September, the press office of the Belize Police Department has failed to facilitate, according to media records, a single interview on any subject, including high profile criminal cases. The press is questioning whether Police, who have been reeling from multiple controversies including internal infighting, allegations of corruption and a spike in […]
