New O.C. of Corozal Superintendent Sinquest Martinez comes to the job from National Crimes Investigation Branch and the Major Crimes Unit, where he was staff officer. He has thirty-one years of experience, seventeen of those as an investigator. Corozal has been reeling from two double murders of couples – American Drew Devoursney and Canadian Francesca […]
There were a number of traffic mishaps over the week; two which were fatal. Up north, Corozal police continue to investigate a traffic fatality on the San Victor Road. The driver of a Mazda pick-up collided into the rear of a parked Ford Ranger pick-up truck, losing control and running off the road. The impact […]
The other fatal RTA occurred on Saturday afternoon in Stann Creek. Police arrived on the scene near the junction to the Bocawina National Park in Silk Grass where they saw the body of eighteen-year-old U.S. National Devin Robert Merriell. According to police, Merriell who was riding a rented motor cycle came out of the Bocawina […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice ordered this morning that three men, who were acquitted of the murder of B.D.F. soldier James Noralez, are to be retried for the same crime. Orel Leslie Junior, Tyrone Meighan and Brandon Baptist are tonight back behind bars at the Central Prison in Hattieville. The trio was freed of the […]
Six months ago in January, we reported on the death of an eighteen-month-old child, Edwin Lorenzo Duarte. He drowned after falling into an uncovered well while playing behind his house in the Maya Mopan section of Belmopan. It happened again on Thursday afternoon on the other side of the community and this time the victim […]
A photograph of Anke Doehm has been making the rounds on social media. The photo is taken from afar, but it shows Anke lining up inside the Belize Bank. When we contacted Attorney Dickie Bradley about this photo, he offered that if the Doehms were in the bank, there would be nothing improper and illegal […]
Forensic examiner Orlando Vera was back in court today as he continues to seek bail ahead of an appeal of his June first conviction for abetment to pervert the course of justice. Supreme Court Justice Herbert Lord has been hearing the case and made several orders to expedite the hearing of the appeal, but it […]
The Gang Suppression Unit is under fire once again, this time for allegedly beating up the younger brother of well-known Police Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood. On Thursday night, G.S.U. personnel on mobile patrol in the vicinity of Tow Tow Grocery Store closed in on Keith Yearwood who was on his way to the shop along with […]
The entire ordeal was witnessed by Yearwood’s son who happened to also be in the area purchasing food at a nearby restaurant. Not only has the incident left him badly shaken, it has also left his father in a neck brace. This morning, Keith Yearwood visited a doctor who certified his injuries as harm. Of […]
B.T.L. Park vendors are up in arms with the City Council. They say that the City Council went over their heads and made an agreement about the use of the B.T.L. Park for next weekend without consulting them. Now, they say that the decision to have the park used for the Festival of Hope Concert […]
You heard Reneau say that they were never consulted and now they are being asked not to conduct business. The vendors are not happy about the situation and they have since been asking questions at the City Council but that Mayor Darrell Bradley is out of the country and no one wants to deal with […]
David and Anke Doehm were escorted to the Magistrate Court in Belize this afternoon for arraignment. The American couple has been under investigation since last week after their adopted daughter Faye Lin Cannon was found dead in their apartment. The thirteen-year-old died of compression to the chest, but there is additional information that the young […]
As we told you on Wednesday, David Doehm is not the adoptive father of the Faye Lin and her three siblings. In court today it was revealed that David Cannon, Anke’s ex-husband, adopted the children while they were together. Cannon traveled to Belize on various occasions to visit his daughters. Cannon also provided his ex-wife […]
According to the Director of Public Prosecution, Cheryl-Lynn Vidal, this case has been one in which the police department has worked hand-in-hand with her office. Vidal says that while murder charges have not been levied, vital information provided by police led to the charges of Cruelty to a Child against the Doehms. Cheryl-Lynn Vidal, […]
Fifty-one days after he was shot on the head in the city, Hammond Lemoth succumbed this morning, just after eleven o’clock. Lemoth was inside a barber shop on Central American Boulevard on the south side of Belize City when a gunman ran into the shop and opened fire at him and a patron. The Ontario […]
San Pedro police are tonight questioning a Belize City man in connection with the shooting death of sixteen year old Julian Tun. We understand that he was picked up in Belize City when he appeared before the court for another matter earlier today. Tun was killed on Sea Grape Drive in San Pedro on Saturday […]
Tonight there is a disturbing report from the north about a Belizean teenager rescued from the clutches of human traffickers in Chetumal, Mexico. It comes on the heels of the U.S. 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report which once again places Belize in Tier Three and attacks Belize’s willingness to fight the problem. The story was […]
Established in 1955, the Pallotine Convent on Princess Margaret Drive in Belize City has served generations of the Catholic order, which in addition to running Pallotti High School does missionary and charitable work in all the districts of Belize. It has survived countless natural disasters, but time has taken its toll, as recent inspections found […]
There is new information coming out of the Ministry of Defense tonight, following the discovery of a significant quantity of outdated military equipment that were scheduled to be dispensed with by the Ministry of Finance. On Thursday, a joint operation recovered ninety battle dress uniforms; various amounts of specialized shirts, pants and other accoutrements as […]
The inventory of obsolete battle dress uniforms, along with the detachable boat engines, was found inside a home in Orange Walk Town. Mexican national Miguel De Jesus was found with several pieces of equipment and was escorted back to town where he led police and B.D.F. to a residence. At that home, the team of […]
In Tuesday’s newscast we confirmed that despite statements by ComPol Allen Whyle, David Doehm was behind bars at the Central Prison while his wife Anke remained in the hands of the police at the Queen Street police station. The couple is under suspicion in the death of their thirteen-year-old daughter, Faye Lin Cannon which occurred […]
Two more Ministers of Government appeared today before the Senate Special Select Committee on Immigration. From opposite ends of the country, Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Junior and Works Minister Rene Montero both make appearances in the Auditor General’s Special Report on Immigration and Nationality 2011-2013. They were found to have made multiple recommendations for persons […]
He may not know them by name, but Heredia Junior had a curious relationship with the Harmouch family of San Pedro Town. The family numbers over one hundred strong and the Belize Consul to Lebanon, Khodr Harmouch, approached the minister seeking assistance with the granting of nationality to a relative, Samir, and many others likewise […]
The Auditor General highlighted multiple cases where members of the Harmouch family applied for nationality but did not meet the residency requirement. The common denominator is that they were recommended by Heredia Junior and then by clerk in the Nationality Section, Gertrude Armstrong. It has repeatedly been pointed out by immigration officers testifying at the […]
A new administrator has taken up the reins of the Football Federation of Belize, following the dismissal of former General Secretary Michael Blease on Tuesday. The termination of Blease’s contract and his abrupt removal from high office comes amid ongoing turmoil within the F.F.B. Several weeks ago, the organization failed to meet quorum in order […]
