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Twenty-four-year-old Nicholas Trapp, a fisherman of Chunox Village, appeared unrepresented before the lower court today where he was charged with a single count of fishing in a conservation zone. It is alleged that on November eleventh, he was caught fishing within the Blackbird Caye Conservation Zone. In his possession were nineteen conchs inside a canoe. […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Another fisherman, also from Chunox Village, was equally charged for the offense of fishing in a conservation zone. Thirty-five-year-old Leonardo Mesh, however, is challenging the allegations brought against him by the Fisheries Department. On November eleventh, Mesh was discovered in the vicinity of Dog Flee Caye where he was found in possession of forty-two conchs. […]
Written on November 25, 2022 | Posted in
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Police Constable Lorray Arzu lost her life following a deadly shooting incident in Dangriga on October twelfth. The twenty-two-year-old woman was along with another individual identified as Leonel Rowland inside a Ford pickup truck when they came under gunfire. During the attack, PC Arzu was struck by bullets in the head. She succumbed to her […]
Written on November 21, 2022 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we reported that Eruption Nightclub owners were formally arrested and charged late that evening for “admitting a person under the age of eighteen” to enter their nightclub. Well today, forty-four-year-old Mira Estella Portillo and her common-law husband, fifty-one-year-old Hector Choj were arraigned for the charge and are now out on bail. The charge […]
Written on October 27, 2022 | Posted in
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A five-member panel has been established by the Ministry of Labor to provide a fair and impartial appeal process arising from complaints of unfair dismissal or wrongful termination. The Labor Complaints Tribunal was appointed by Minister of Labor Oscar Requeña in accordance with Section Two Hundred of the Labor Act. It is historic, as it […]
Written on October 14, 2022 | Posted in
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In a release issued earlier by the Ministry of Rural Transformation, Community Development, Labor and Local Government informs workers and employers who wish to bring a case before the tribunal to contact any district labor office. The tribunal commenced operations on March fourth, 2022 by installing a critical case management system and procedures. Its first […]
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Police have arrested and charged a minor with last Monday’s stabbing death of Carl Kevin Lamb, Junior on Antelope Street Extension. The seventeen-year-old is charged with murder in the presence of his mother. Lamb was attacked by a group of young men last week Monday as he walked on an unnamed street in the area. […]
Written on October 4, 2022 | Posted in
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The Government of Belize has retained the services of Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck in a civil case being brought against the Commissioner of Police, the Attorney General, and the Belize Police Department by Police Constable Alicia Trapp. As we have reported, attorney Orson “OJ” Elrington sued all three parties on behalf of his client, after […]
Written on September 29, 2022 | Posted in
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Twenty-four-year-old Erson Castaneda, a fisherman of Boca del Rio, San Pedro, has been arrested and charged for burglary after reportedly breaking into a business in San Pedrito on Monday night. According to forty-eight-year-old Mayna Liseth Simal, she secured her establishment at around five p.m. on September twenty-sixth and went home. When she returned around nine […]
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Thirty-nine-year-old Leon Perez will stand trial for the murder of Elton Morter who was fatally stabbed during an altercation in Hattieville on Independence Day 2021. In court on Monday, Perez was represented by attorney Ian Gray during a preliminary inquiry before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford that ended in a committal to the Supreme Court. The […]
Written on September 27, 2022 | Posted in
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On Friday, San Ignacio police arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Christian Kelly for the crime of murder, in the wake of a deadly Independence Day stabbing at the Macal River Park. Police believe that the resident of Roman Catholic Street was responsible for inflicting the fatal injuries on Matthew Smith, a twenty-nine-year-old Belize City resident who […]
Written on September 26, 2022 | Posted in
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Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of twenty-nine-year-old San Ignacio resident Matthew Smith. The murder suspect has been identified as Christian Kelly, a twenty-two-year-old a resident of Roman Catholic Street in San Ignacio Town. As we reported, Smith was stabbed to death on Independence Day while attending an event at the […]
Written on September 23, 2022 | Posted in
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The Belize Bus Association appeared on the news last week to raise concerns they have with the current public transportation revamping and the demands that the Department of Transport is placing at their feet to upgrade their fleet of buses, as well as the service they provide to Belizean commuters. The B.B.A. has questions over […]
Written on September 22, 2022 | Posted in
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Case management in the kidnapping trial involving William “Danny” Mason, Ashton Vanegas, Kieron Fernandez, Ernest Castillo, and Ryan Rhaburn is set to begin with a voir dire. The alleged victims in this case are businessman Lloyd Thiessen and his wife. The men are accused of kidnapping the couple after a business deal with Mason went […]
Written on September 15, 2022 | Posted in
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Former Director of Tourism Karen Bevans was victorious in court today and has been awarded in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars after being terminated from the Belize Tourism Board when the Briceño administration took office in late 2020. Viewers would recall that in the wake of that debacle, a lawsuit had been brought against […]
Written on September 12, 2022 | Posted in
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According to Senior Counsel Barrow, the claims that were also brought by B.T.B. as countersuits against former tourism minister Manuel Heredia Junior and former B.T.B. Chairman Einer Gomez and former Vice Chairman Glenford Eiley were dismissed. Dean Barrow, Attorney at Law “That ancillary claim was dismissed with costs to the three ancillary defendants, Heredia, […]
Written on September 12, 2022 | Posted in
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A teenager who recently turned eighteen is tonight on remand at the Belize Central Prison after he was arraigned earlier for eight charges in connection with Tuesday night’s shooting near the Soca Moca Mas Camp. Charleston Green Junior, of Antelope Street Extension, faces charges of: Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm, Grievous Harm, Keeping Unlicensed […]
Written on September 1, 2022 | Posted in
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This afternoon, police released the official results of a post-mortem examination carried out on the body of Leroy Cus. The graphic designer of Belmopan died from multiple penetrating stab wounds to the chest. Cus was senselessly robbed and killed as he was walking from the bus terminal in Belmopan. Over the weekend, reports surfaced of […]
Written on August 22, 2022 | Posted in
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As early as nine a.m. today, the media gathered in front of the Corozal Magistrate’s Court as the officers believed to have been culpable in the death of twenty-year-old Derrick Uh were to be arraigned for manslaughter. That matter, however, was not brought before the magistrate until after two p.m. Under heavy police guard, the […]
Written on August 18, 2022 | Posted in
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Several police officers are expected to be arraigned tomorrow for manslaughter in connection with the death of Derrick Uh. Attorney Norman Rodriquez is representing one of the accused officers, Police Constable Errol Perlalta. We spoke with him just before news time. Here is what he told us. Norman Rodriquez, Attorney- at-Law “I was informed […]
Written on August 17, 2022 | Posted in
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The result of a post-mortem examination is still outstanding, following the death of Derrick Uh. The twenty-year-old Cristo Rey resident was detained by officers at the San Joaquin Fiesta in Corozal for allegedly touching a woman inappropriately. He was placed inside a police prison van and was left unattended for over twelve hours before he […]
Written on August 16, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Commissioner of Police Williams also commented on the ongoing investigation into the death of Private Micah Miguel, which is still being ruled a suicide. He spoke about the department’s participation in the Belize Defense Force’s investigation into allegation of sexual abuse against Miguel. Here is what he had to say. Chester Williams, […]
Written on August 15, 2022 | Posted in
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It has been five years since Police Constable Marvin Locke was viciously stabbed to death at the Raccoon Street Police Station. It was an unprecedented attack on an officer at his place of work. The suspect, fifty-two-year-old Marcial Toledo has remained on pretrial detention at the Belize Central Prison since the tragic incident in March, […]
Written on August 9, 2022 | Posted in
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Justice Ricardo Sandcroft handed down another life sentence. This time it was imposed on twenty-four-year-old Keon Dennison, who was charged for the murder of businessman Rueben Perez. Back in November 2015, Perez was executed inside his office on Vernon Street in Belize City. Following the murder, Dennison, who is originally from Dangriga, was charged for […]
Written on July 29, 2022 | Posted in
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He was charged for the armed robbery at the Puma Gas Station at the corner of Fabers Road and the George Price Highway and following his arraignment on July eleventh; Coast Guard Shakeem Richards was remanded to prison. Today, after spending eighteen days behind bars, Richards was granted a fifteen-thousand-dollar bail with stringent conditions, including […]
Written on July 29, 2022 | Posted in
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