The other murder took place in the west where a birthday celebration ended tragically for twenty-two year old Jesse Jones of Ontario Village. Jones and a group of friends left a party at around eleven on Tuesday night. They set out to make amends with another group with whom there was a dispute over a […]
The lawlessness in the streets of the old capital is undiscriminating. It has taken many lives from as young as a seven year old to a seventy-four year old man. Last night it almost claimed the life of a police officer responding to a crime. According to reports, there was a robbery in progress and […]
The story of the missing children from the San Marcos Village, Toledo, has grabbed the attention of the nation. The siblings had left home in their village to sell fruits in surrounding villages when they disappeared, two days before returning to school. On Tuesday night we asked our viewers if they thought there should be […]
It has been a turbulent week for the San Marcos community in southern Belize. Hopes are dimming in the search for a young brother and sister who mysteriously disappeared more than a week now. Desperate villagers, who were led to believe that the siblings had been abducted, set a crocodile sanctuary on fire last Sunday. […]
There’s more trouble in the Citrus Belt. For months the embattled Citrus Growers Association and its subsidiary, the Citrus Products of Belize have been battling over investments in the C.P.B.L., which is owned by both the CGA and Banks Holdings. That issue has now come full circle for the new board of the C.G.A. Less […]
It’s day eight and the disappearance of two siblings from San Marcos, Toledo remains a mystery. Since Monday police have been scouring the area, but up to news time, there are still no solid leads as to what could have happened to Onelia and Benjamin Rash, two school aged children who went missing on August […]
It is believed that an argument prompted the shooting of a resident from Caye Caulker this morning, when the area was abuzz with activity. The twenty-seven year old victim had landed in the City minutes earlier from the island. Edwin Henry, a wood carver, was in town to pawn tools when he was shot in […]
The Holy Redeemer Cathedral in downtown Belize City was overflowing today with family and friends for the funeral services for the late Carlos Espat, former educator and Secretary General of the People’s United Party. Espat was interned at Homeland Memorial Cemetery on the Western Highway following celebration of his life. There was no eulogy and […]
Seventy-four year old Elston Peters was shot behind his neck on Glenn Street on Sunday night. His daughter said that after delivering a pencil to his grandson he went to visit his other sons around the corner on George Street. After leaving their home, the senior citizen was senselessly shot by a lone gunman without […]
Two school aged siblings from San Marcos, Toledo, have been missing for more than a week. The two kids were selling craboo and limes last Monday when they disappeared. The last place they were spotted was near Cattle Landing. The parents of nine year old Onelia and eleven year old Benjamin Rash say they needed […]
A popular businesswoman from Caye Caulker is dead after she ended her life this afternoon on the island. We don’t normally report on these stories, but fifty-five year old Patricia Holding was the wife of OJ Holding and together they own Ocean View Night Club and she was well known on the island. Shortly after […]
Forty-seven year old Carlos Espat was found dead this past Saturday morning at his home at the corner of Albert and King Streets in Belize City. Late this afternoon, the investigation of his death shifted to murder. The tragic news spread quickly about the man who was well known but kept his private life under […]
There was another murder over the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, seventy-four year old Elston Peters was killed by a single bullet that hit him on the neck. The retiree passed away this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. But why would anyone want to take the life of a senior citizen? Police are still […]
A search continues for two missing siblings from the village of San Marcos in the Toledo District. As we told you last Thursday, they have been missing since August thirtieth when they were selling craboo and lemons near Cattle Landing. Anxiety reached boiling point among family and the community over their disappearance this past Sunday […]
Aside from the two murders reported earlier in our newscast, there was more violence in the old capital over the weekend. On Saturday night, bullets from opposing gangs injured nine year old Crystal Faber, sixteen year old Juan Carlos Martinez and twenty-two year old Nathalie McKenzie. One was shopping and the two others were at […]
In our newscast on Friday we reported that four year old Elisha Gilharry was knocked down and killed. The driver of the vehicle, Lyle Harris, had just turned into North Front Street when he hit Elisha who was crossing the street to meet her father at a barber shop. It’s has been a difficult time […]
Thieves made a clean getaway after they held up the R.J.’s Laundromat on Neal Penn Road. The Belize City robbery took place on September second at twelve-thirty in the afternoon while the owner Raymond Charley and his daughter Ranjini Charley were inside going about their daily work. Ranjini said that two men entered the business, […]
The couple had a long history of domestic abuse but the two were no longer living together. This past Thursday night, Shamir Henry went to the house of his ex, Leshawn Lino, the mother of his daughter. It is believed that like in other instances there was an altercation between the two. But this time […]
In Belize City, a little girl was killed in a traffic accident around three-fifteen this afternoon. The four year old, Elisha Gilharry, was knocked down reportedly while crossing North Front Street to meet her father at a barber shop. The driver of the vehicle, Lyle Harris, reported to police that he had just turned off […]
There was another shooting in the old capital on Thursday night. Luckily, no one died. The victim, however, was shot two times while driving his Sport Utility Vehicle along the city streets. There are no known motives for the senseless shooting and Police Press Officer Sergeant Fitzroy Yearwood explained how the incident unfolded. Sergeant Fitzroy […]
Fifty-seven year old Gregorio Cornejo fell and drowned after he was punched in the face at Mata Chica Resort on San Pedro Ambergris Caye. The incident happened after seven on Monday night during a staff party. Oscar Barela of Coral Angel Street on the island was arrested following the incident. There were witnesses to the […]
By now you would know that the City Center has been condemned as unsafe to accommodate mass events. The building was not maintained over the years and has deteriorated to the point where structural damages make the facility a dangerous place. So we asked the public their views on whether it should be demolished or […]
Gun violence erupted on Wednesday, the first time this week. The victim was just a month shy of his eighteenth birthday. Jordick Thompson’s life was in danger for months; he had been receiving threats by text and Wednesday night as he left the home of his girlfriend on Glenn Street, he was gunned down by […]
On Monday night fifty-seven year old Gregorio Cornejo lost his life during a staff party at Mata Chica Resort on San Pedro Ambergris Caye. While on the pier of the luxury resort, Cornejo, was punched in his face by Oscar Barela, a guest at the party, who is a resident of Angel Street, San Pedro. […]
Linsbert Bahadur was charged after the April 2006 murder of his brother-in-law, Albert Wade, who was killed by a single bullet to the face in the Cayo District. His trial started on August twenty-third and concluded today at the Belmopan Supreme Court with a nolle prosequi. The main witness, who drove Bahadur to the scene, […]
