Five officers have been placed on interdiction after they were slapped with disciplinary charges which stem from two incidents; one in the west involving a large quantity of cocaine and a report of extortion in the south. Corporal Clinton Thomas and Police Constables Kishane Peck and Albert Augustine are in big trouble after an investigation, […]
Earlier in the newscast, Deputy Party Leader Kareem Musa told the media that he is contemplating whether he should challenge Party Leader John Briceño for leadership of the People’s United Party. Now, Briceño is known to be a successful businessman and has had the wherewithal to sustain any and all political campaigns that have come […]
At thirty-nine-years-old, Kareem Musa would be the youngest politician vying for leadership of the People’s United Party. He represents a number of voters, as well as members of the P.U.P., who form the youth population. But is the P.U.P. prepared for an infusion of youthful vigor into the Grand Old Party? Kareem Musa, Deputy […]
The Senate Special Select Committee called C.E.O. in the Ministry of Immigration and Nationality, Edmund Zuniga, to testify this morning. Chief of command behind Minister Godwin Hulse, he is responsible for setting up policy and procedure for an important ministry. Before his current post, Zuniga served as Auditor General and is therefore also familiar with […]
During his testimony in May, former Minister of State for Immigration, Elvin Penner, contended that Cabinet, during his tenure, received monthly reports from the department on the number of visas given. Prime Minister Dean Barrow was less sure, saying he could not remember such reports, but Penner was adamant. According to Senate Committee member, Eamon […]
As a former Auditor General, Edmund Zuniga told the Senate Special Select Committee that it is standard practice for the Police Department to receive copies of the audit institution’s reports to conduct any investigations of their own into allegations of fraud and theft – or at least, it was in his time. Commissioner of Police […]
Since the Auditor General’s Report 2011-2013 was completed, many questions remain unanswered as to aspects of the country’s migration plans and efforts. Belize does not at present have a comprehensive policy on migration, which would set out the country’s vision for addressing its role in business, tourism and with regard to refugee status. According to […]
Police were called in this morning at Price Barracks to remove a group of men and a woman hoping to be accepted as recruits for the new B.D.F. intake. They have been there camping out for at least twelve days braving the elements, with little to eat and drink. Today, we found patience was running […]
On Tuesday, Belize joined the rest of the world to observe Mental Health Day. And as we reported, this year the focus is on mental health in the work place. While work is good for mental health, a negative working environment can lead not only to physical health problems, but also mental health problems. Across […]
With two murders over the holiday weekend and a third reported this afternoon, the murder count for 2017 is up to one hundred and fourteen murders unofficially, slightly ahead of the 2016 pace. We start with what appears to be an execution-style murder on Jasmine Street, a stone’s throw from the neighborhood police station on […]
The City’s second murder victim is twenty-two year old Justin Hyde. On Monday night he was riding with two friends on separate bicycles not far from his home on Curl Thompson Street when according to police, near the corner with Levi Slusher Street, several gunshots were heard and Hyde was hit to the back and […]
This evening, youth counselor and coordinator of the Youth Apprenticeship Program Diane Finnegan weighed in on the life of Justin Hyde and his contribution to the intervention program coordinated by former officer-in-charge of Southside Belize City Chester Williams along with Finnegan and Nuri Muhammad. In support of his intention to change his lifestyle, Finnegan recalled […]
Prior to the murder of Justin Hyde, an Orange Walk man was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday morning. His family is left with more questions than answers because they say he was a quiet and easy going person. Today, they told us he was shot as many as nine times and […]
There is an arrest in the murder of the Canadian national, Gabriel Bochnia. The construction consultant, who was living in Corozal for years and was married with three children, was shot to death as he returned from a trip across the northern border. A gunman lay-waited him and opened fire as he exited his vehicle […]
A post-mortem examination on the body of fifty-six year old retiree David Doehm of Belize City certified his cause of death as chemical asphyxiation by inhalation of volatile substance. On Thursday afternoon Doehm was found dead in room five-twenty-three at the Ramada Princess Hotel and Casino. He was seated facing a window looking out on […]
We often report on traffic accidents – they have become a staple in our newscast – but the one we will tell you about tonight will move you – it is a tragic accident that claimed the lives of three members of a family. A mother, her daughter and her sister-in-law all died on Saturday […]
There was another fatality on the highways. It happened at Mile thirty two on the Southern Highway near the Red Bank Junction. Thirty-four year old Paulino Pop, of San Roman Village was driving a Nissan pick-up truck heading to Independence. Five persons were in the pan of his vehicle. According to Pop, a Honda Element […]
The search for the missing caretaker at Tobacco Caye in the Stann Creek District has ended sadly, with news of his body being recovered Friday evening. Fifty-eight year old George Anthony Stewart was believed to have gone to dive for conch on Tuesday evening around four-thirty but failed to return. A search party went looking […]
Twenty-eight year old Julian Ebanks is listed as stable at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being shot on Sunday night. According to police, the Hattieville resident was socializing in the Conch Shell Bay area around eleven p.m. when he was shot to his shoulder and cheek.
A seventeen-year-old minor remains in the hospital in a stable condition after being shot by a homeowner who believed he was trying to burglarize his home. Sixty-three year old Joseph Duce of Police Street saw two men on his verandah around two this morning. He fired twice at them with his licensed firearm and managed […]
On October first, the Belize Chinese Association had orchestrated a shutdown of all its affiliated businesses countrywide. This was in solidarity for a funeral for one of their own – Vernon Street shopkeeper Bainan Wu, who was gunned down inside his store on September twenty-fifth. But before that, the association had scheduled a meeting with […]
At the time of the shutdown, there were many comments about those addicted to fry chicken and Sunday Lottery having to bring forward plans for Sunday, October first, when most Chinese-owned shops were not open. But a few others commented that with the Chinese-owned shops closed, there were precious Belizean-owned shops left to cater to […]
There was a pair of house fires in the Belize District over the holiday weekend. In Belize City around three a.m. Sunday morning, a fire was reported at the Pickstock Hutments where a small wooden structure was engulfed in flames. Resident Gareth Gill, leader of the Pickstock Carnival Band, reported that sometime around two-fifty a.m. […]
During his tenure as Southside commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams initiated a program of direct intervention with a team of youth counselors including Dianne Finnegan and Nuri Muhammad. The counseling team regularly met with young men and some young women trying to get out of the gang lifestyle. With at least twenty murders […]
October tenth is celebrated as World Mental Health Day across the globe. The day is used to bring stakeholders together to talk about their work and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide. The theme this year focuses on mental health in the work place. Locally, […]
