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ComPol Williams told the media this afternoon that the initial report was made after one of the alleged victims told her boyfriend what had taken place overnight. He also says that the police department is awaiting instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on how to proceed with the matter. Chester […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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Forty-eight-year-old Jose Matus was executed in Belize City around midday on Friday. The underworld figure was rubbed out with extreme prejudice by a pair of gunmen who unleashed a barrage of rounds on him from a nine millimeter handgun and an assault rifle. The murder which occurred at the corners of Singh and Rio Bravo […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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According to Commissioner Williams, the Belize Police Department has put in place various measures to prevent retaliatory shootings. He also says that the women who were injured along with Matus are likely collateral damage, as it is not believed that they had anything to do with the deadly attack on him. Chester Williams, Commissioner […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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A spate of shootings in Belize City on Thursday night preceded the murder of Jose Matus and, while investigators haven’t made any connections between those incidents, they are yet to make an arrest in any of those cases. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero is the Regional Commander of Eastern Division. ACP Hilberto Romero, […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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This afternoon, shortly after twelve p.m., gunshots rang out in the vicinity of Grace Primary School on Faber’s Road Extension. Reports of an assault rifle being fired in succession reverberated across the neighborhood. When the shooting subsided, forty-eight-year-old Jose Matus was observed behind the steering wheel of his vehicle. He was mortally wounded. Also injured […]
Written on January 12, 2024 | Posted in
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Three young men were shot in separate incidents in Belize City between Thursday night and this morning. The victims have been identified as Shemar Smith, Joseph Leslie and Shane Nolberto. It is not certain if all three incidents are related. Fortunately, all three men are recovering at the hospital. Hipolito Novelo reports. Hipolito Novelo, […]
Written on January 12, 2024 | Posted in
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A man who was found guilty for the murder of his wife was today sentenced to life imprisonment. David Gonzalez listened as High Court Judge Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after he has served thirty-five years behind bars. The judge deducted the time that Gonzalez has already […]
Written on January 12, 2024 | Posted in
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Two youths who are charged with the rape of a fourteen-year-old girl were today arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court. They are eighteen-year-old Ikwan Reneau and a sixteen-year-old minor. The arraignment took all day as the issue of whether bail should be granted to the two accused persons was being contemplated. In the end, […]
Written on January 12, 2024 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño came under scrutiny recently for the perceived manner in which he handled the sugar dispute between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R./B.S.I. The head of government was soundly criticized by the leadership of B.S.C.F.A. for dropping the ball during the negotiations between both parties regarding a new commercial agreement […]
Written on January 11, 2024 | Posted in
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According to Prime Minister Briceño, the fact that both the B.S.C.F.A. and A.S.R./B.S.I. are private entities, he was limited in his intervention during the discussions. He told reporters this morning that he was forced to wait until the appropriate time to take control of the situation. Prime Minister John Briceño “Well, you just can’t […]
Written on January 11, 2024 | Posted in
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It took a ministerial sub-committee and in the end, the intervention of Prime Minister John Briceño to eventually lead the parties in the sugar dispute to an agreement. A.S.R/B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association had reached a stalemate in finding common ground and signing a commercial agreement, slowing down the maximum production capacity […]
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Senator Eamon Courtenay demitted office as Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of December, but he retains certain rights and privileges as it pertains to Cabinet. When news of his pending departure was made public several weeks ago, it led to speculations that all is not well within the Briceño administration. The Office of […]
Written on January 11, 2024 | Posted in
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On Tuesday afternoon, Cabinet met in Belmopan and during the meeting of senior government ministers it was announced by Prime Minister John Briceño that there would be a reshuffling of chief executive officers in the ministries of Immigration, Transport and Human Development. The transfer of C.E.O.’s within those respective portfolios follow the departure of former […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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Senator Eamon Courtenay, as we’ve reported, has returned to private practice as an attorney at his law firm, Courtenay Coye LLP. He also remains the Leader of Government Business in the upper house. His privileges in Cabinet, however, remain unclear. While he was not present at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, there are many questions surrounding the […]
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On Tuesday, the Toledo Alcaldes Association issued a stern release denouncing government’s draft Maya Customary Land Policy. The TAA’s primary concern was that it was not consulted prior to the Briceño administration proposing to recognize only zero point seven-five miles to one point eight-five miles from the center of the village, depending on the size. […]
Written on January 10, 2024 | Posted in
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Earlier today, the Belize Indigenous Alliance for Collective Resiliance, a non-profit organization based in Punta Gorda, also issued a release, standing in solidarity with the Toledo Alcaldes Association. The organization, “urges the government to revisit the drafting process of the Maya Customary Land Policy, with sincerity and inclusion”. Notwithstanding that position, the Minister of Indigenous […]
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Commissioner of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Greg Ch’oc is stepping down from that post later this month when his contract with the Government of Belize comes to an end. He has been serving in that role under the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs for the past three years and is also returning to private life as […]
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A funeral service was held today in Belmopan for Bishop Lawrence Nicasio of the Roman Catholic Diocese. Bishop Nicasio passed away in the early hours of January first, after battling cancer for a few years. His funeral service had an outpouring of Catholic priests and other clergy members, members of the Council of Churches, parishioners, […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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Among the many attendees and government officials at Bishop Nicasio’s funeral today was the Minister of Religious Affairs, Henry Charles Usher. Following the service, Minister Usher told us that he knew the late bishop from before he was ordained in that capacity and thought that he was a true and humble servant of the church. […]
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The passing of a bishop leaves a great void within the clergy and for a congregation that looked to its proverbial shepherd for religious leadership. During today’s funeral service for Roman Catholic Bishop, Larry Nicasio, it was announced that Father Jordan Gongora will act as administrator for the Roman Catholic Diocese until another bishop is appointed. […]
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The sugar impasse is over. Late on Monday night, an agreement between Belize Sugar Industries Limited and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association was finally signed. This puts an end to several days of demonstration by members of the association and growing frustrations among cane farmers. The protracted impasse involved blockades along the road and […]
Written on January 9, 2024 | Posted in
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There are new developments to report on tonight regarding an agreement that is yet to be signed between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and BSI. On Thursday, we reported that after a lengthy stalemate, both parties had finally arrived at a mutually agreeable decision in respect of a new commercial agreement. A day later, […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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In other sugar news, a decision was handed down by the High Court on Friday, in a matter where a claim was brought by the Corozal Sugar Cane Producers Association against former vice president Everaldo Uk and nine other members who had been expelled from the CSPCA. Justice Genevieve Chabot, in her determination, has found […]
Written on January 8, 2024 | Posted in
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The first murder of 2024 is that of Belizean-American, thirty-four-year-old Christon Logan, a resident of the United States. Logan left Belize in 2017 for his home country and has been living and working there since then. He was reportedly working two jobs in order to help his family back home with a recreational business that […]
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Two brothers were arraigned in the Independence Magistrate’s Court this afternoon for the murder of Christon Logan. The pair, captured here on this amateur video recording being escorted by police, was charged jointly for the murder that occurred shortly before three on Sunday morning. Cornelio and Ernesto Martinez appeared unrepresented before the lower court and […]
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