The wholesale pillaging of rosewood in southern Belize continues unchecked despite a moratorium which came into effect in February 2012. And we can report tonight that since the start of the annual dry season there has seen a spike in illegal harvesting activities within the Toledo District. On Tuesday, an operation in the vicinity of […]
The People’s United Party will be holding a press briefing on Thursday to announce the appointment of two new senators. From what we can gather unofficially, Attorney at law, Anthony Sylvestre Junior, the legal advisor to the People’s United Party, will be formally named senator. Sylvestre has filled in as Senator when the substantive senators […]
The status of a criminal investigation at the Immigration Department remains somewhat in limbo following an order of Mandamus against Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie. The ruling was time sensitive since both summary offences used in procuring the order had periods of limitation which have since expired. An investigation commenced, and since then DPP Cheryl-Lyn […]
As Hulse confirmed, all three passport officers who were on suspension since September have been reinstated by the Services Commission. That is…despite specific recommendations by Director of Immigration Maria Marin to terminate them. But while those officers were dragged through the mud of public scrutiny and tribunal, two officers in the Nationality Section are not […]
Today the trial of Aracely Cahueque continued in the court of Justice Denis Hanomansingh. It is a sensational case, perhaps the most disturbing in quite a few years, and there has been much attention on the Belmopan Supreme Court since last week. The matter is becoming quite complicated as attorneys for the prosecution and defense […]
Last week Thursday, former two-time U.D.P. Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel and his wife Cathy Esquivel officially resigned from all government positions held. They did so in protest, in the wake of their daughter Laura Esquivel Frampton being forced to resign from her position as Director of the Belize Tourism Board after a well-orchestrated and high […]
The government of Canada gifted Belize with an Integrated Ballistics Identification System back in October 2012. Known as IBIS, the system is a modern tool being used to investigate and solve gun crimes, but its success is yet to be determined. This morning, officers involved in investigating firearm crimes gathered at the Belize Biltmore Plaza […]
Today, the full trial of twenty-one year old Aracely Caheque continued in the court of Justice Denis Hanomansingh, following a ruling on legal arguments presented. The media is not allowed to speak on those matters, which were dealt with in a voir dire without the presence of the nine member jury. Caheque is charged with […]
A former cashier with Traveller’s Liquors Limited was arraigned today for a staggering one hundred and seventeen counts of theft. Twenty-four year old Los Lagos Resident, Rashida Kira Sedacy, who is now employed as a Secretary at Rangers Security, spent three nights in lock down at the Queen Street Police Station since her detention on […]
Travellers Liquors is not the only organization that has experienced theft. An overnight break-in at Biscayne Government School, which resulted in the theft of a number of laptops and audiovisual equipment, has set the institution back significantly. Sometime between Monday evening and the early hours of this morning, the standard six classroom was burglarized by […]
The Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management, SATIIM, is heading back to court, despite a pending decision on an ongoing suit against the Government of Belize. Last Wednesday, SATIIM filed for an injunction to halt pre-drilling activities conducted by U.S. Capital Energy within the Sarstoon-Temash National Park. This, notwithstanding a judgment on a related matter […]
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As we reported last night, the U.D.P. is rocking from the resignation from the two time former prime minister and party leader of the United Democratic Party, Manuel Esquivel. His abrupt resignation last week on Thursday, as advisor, was followed by that of his wife Kathy as chair of the National Aids Commission. The Esquivels […]
A trio of Guatemalan nationals has been charged for immigration offenses after being nabbed by authorities in Toledo attempting to contraband fifty sacks of sugar. Over the weekend, the men were busted by fisheries personnel reportedly traveling inside an unregistered vessel in Belizean waters. They were escorted to Punta Gorda Town where immigration officials later […]
In Bermudian Landing, a community in the Belize River Valley, the only government managed primary school, was about to close today because of a three-week old water crisis. The Belize Rural Primary School was birthed from the amalgamation of other schools in the valley, including Rancho Dolores, Bermudian Landing, Scotland Half Moon and Flowers Bank. […]
The Esquivel family – Sir Manuel, his wife Kathy and their eldest daughter, Laura; prominent names in the hierarchy of the United Democratic Party – has resigned from key appointments under the Barrow Administration. It is a serious blow to the U.D.P. because the Esquivels are considered a powerful family within the echelons of the […]
There is much more discontent in the U.D.P. ranks to report tonight. He might not be at the level of former Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel, but Delroy Cuthkelvin is certainly one of the U.D.P. faithful. While he remains faithful, Cuthkelvin is frustrated with what he calls a deliberate attempt by Party Chairman, Alberto August, to […]
A search and rescue operation ended successfully for a group of men who were lost at sea for almost eleven hours. Included in the group was Southern Regional Commander, Robert Mariano and a thirteen year old boy. The group set out to fish on Sunday off the coast of Dangriga, but their vessel capsized and […]
Police made a huge bust this morning at the parking lot of the national referral hospital. Darrington Lauriano who has a Belize City as well as a San Pedro address where he has had run-ins with the law, was detained and searched. Lauriano was carrying a suitcase and a knapsack in which he carried marijuana […]
A cashier previously employed at Travellers Limited will be arraigned in the Magistrate Court on Tuesday for a whopping one hundred and sixteen charges of Theft. Twenty-four year old Rashida Kira Sedacy, a resident of the Los Lagos Community, on the Phillip Goldson Highway, is tonight on remand because of the voluminous amount of paper […]
Three persons were injured following a friendly basketball game in the North Creek area off the Central American Boulevard on Sunday night in what is believed to be gang related violence. Two gunmen on bicycles approached a crowd of spectators and opened fire. The group of men, women and youth ran for cover, but three […]
It did not make it on today’s police blotter, but on Friday night, another Belize City youth was injured in a shooting in the Jane Usher Boulevard area. Nineteen year old De’Zhaun Humes is tonight admitted at the surgical ward of the K.H.M.H. after he was hit five times to the body by an unknown […]
But earlier today, a number of decisions were handed down by the Court of Appeal to conclude its first session for this year. It ended with good news for fifty-six year old Viola Pook, who was initially convicted and sentenced to life prison back in July 2011 for the murder of her common-law-husband Orlando […]
While Pook remains on remand at the Belize Central Prison, a date for her retrial has not been set. According to Sampson, the overwhelming backlog at the Supreme Court will see her case pushed back indefinitely. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Simeon Sampson, Attorney for Viola Pook “The retrial date for the Court of […]
While Viola Pook will get a retrial, Aracely Cahueque is on trial in the Belmopan Supreme Court. In October 2010 Cahueque and three men were accused of the horrific murder of an eighteen year old UB student, Raylene Dyer. Roaring Creek residents Brandon Budna, Jason Anderson and Darren Banner were accused of butchering the […]
