Brothers Mark and Gary Seawell have met another legal hurdle as a judgment handed down by Supreme Court Justice John Muria today paved the way for an extradition hearing to begin as early as August thirtieth. The siblings, who are on remand at the Hattieville Prison for drug trafficking and other offences, are fighting to […]
Tonight, Lavern Longsworth, the well-known court figure, who runs errands for employees of the Belize City Magistrate’s Court is in lock down pending a charge of Attempted Murder while her common-law-husband, David White is hospitalized. So what happened? Longsworth allegedly threw kerosene on White and then set him on fire during a dispute at their […]
There’s another court personality in trouble with the law. After an overnight in police custody, fifty-six year Roy Davis, a freelance court reporter and photographer, is out on a thousand dollars bail. Davis was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court for assaulting and harming Special Constable Wellington Welch. Davis was arrested at around two-thirty p.m. on Thursday […]
At two-thirty this afternoon, a jury of eight women and one man emerged from the deliberating room and announced that Bernard Pratt was guilty of four counts of carnal knowledge of an eleven year old girl. In trial Pratt denied that he had sexually abused the student, but the child’s sister testified that she had […]
A Mennonite infant has been diagnosed with a rare genetic disease, in fact it is believed that Justina Peters from the Shipyard community is the first person to be diagnosed with this condition in Belize. There is only ongoing research for treatment of the hereditary disease so the Peters family is traveling to Canada to […]
Seventeen students from Sutton Valence School in Southeast England have generously volunteered their summer to do charity work in Belize. The students are between the ages of fourteen and eighteen and will be doing everything from manual labour to jungle survival and water sports. It’s a big deal for the youths, not only for the […]
The only way you would not have known that there was a power outage on Thursday night was if you were in the deep jungle. That’s because the outage was nationwide and happened just as television viewers were about to tune in to the evening news. But according to the Belize Electricity Limited, it was […]
The annual Belize International Film Festival opens tonight at the Bliss with a big bang that includes a red carpet entrance. The yearly event features films from independent and well–known filmmakers. The lineup is interesting but it’s not only about movies. The week of events includes a series of workshops and seminars to help Belize’s […]
There is an abundance of summer camps taking place across the country. Some of them are well funded, therefore relatively cheap, and there are a few that might empty your wallet. The next camp we are highlighting lacks funding and is also free. The Port Loyola Summer Camp is offering over two hundred and fifty […]
The Football Federation of Belize announced earlier this month that the national team would not be competing in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico, because the facilities for that sport were unsuitable for the matches. But the rest of the games will go on and today a contingent of Belizean cyclists headed […]
It’s another busy summer weekend as the Old Capital once again comes to life with activities for the entire family. Entertainment host Safiyyah has a rundown of everything that’s happening from the film festival to the first fried chicken champ. Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is what’s happening Belize. Tonight marks the opening night of […]
An eighteen year old man was stabbed and killed in Ladyville this afternoon. The young man, Anthony Matura, had just gotten off a bus and was heading home when he was attacked. We’ll have more on this story coming up, but first a five year old St. Ignatius school girl is believed to be the […]
As we said earlier, eighteen year old Anthony Matura, is the latest murder victim. Matura was stabbed twice in the chest and neck sometime after three this afternoon. The teenager had reportedly just disembarked a bus and was heading to his home about three blocks away when his attacker pursued him and pounced on him. […]
The stabbing death of eighteen year old Anthony Matura comes as another striking blow to Glensford Matura Sr., whose other son Glenford Jr. was killed on Euphrates Avenue in Belize City on March tenth. A few months later his best friend Wilfred Peters died of natural causes and today another of his children this time […]
No less than the Minister of Police, Doug Singh has said the management style of the top cop is not effective to deal with crime. Crispin Jeffries has come under heavy fire from many quarters. Only yesterday, Belizeans for Justice called for his head in the face of the unabated gun violence in the old […]
The Grim Sleeper is the name given to a serial killer in Los Angeles, California, believed to be responsible for ten murders; the victims were primarily prostitutes. Lonnie Franklin was caught earlier this week and is currently in jail awaiting trial. But there was a period when Franklin appeared inactive in the US; that timeframe […]
El Paso Fast Food on Freetown Road is known for its panades and garnaches. Some people claim it has the hottest tacos in town. Well that claim actually turned out to be true this evening. After five-thirty today, the cook for the business which is housed in two separate structures, was preparing tacos when some […]
A jury of four women and eight men deliberated late into Wednesday night on the murder trial of brothers, Jody and Lynton Gentle. At a few minutes after nine, the jurors emerged, but no decision had been reached. While it’s not a guilty verdict, a hung jury is still bad news for twenty-four year old […]
There were two drug trafficking cases before Magistrate Aretha Ford on Wednesday which resulted in one acquittal and one conviction. The first to appear was thirty-nine year old taxi driver, Moises Williams, who was accused of peddling heroin. On March nineteenth police were tipped off about firearms and drugs inside a taxi. Cops intercepted the […]
The Harmonyville community being planned by the Belize Grass Roots Youth Empowerment Agency is inching forward slowly but surely. The surveys for the parcels are about to get underway but according to BIGYEA’s Vice President, to survey the one thousand, three hundred and twenty-two acres is going to cost more than a quarter million dollars. […]
On Wednesday night we reported extensively on the state of affairs in the police department. And just in case you were wondering what’s up with Operation Jaguar, we can tell you that police claim it is still in effect.. The operation got off to a grand start and appeared to be holding down crime, at […]
Just this past Wednesday, a charge of robbery was withdrawn against Police Corporal Jermaine Mangar. Mangar is the only cop who was charged following the April First bombshell that a ring of rogue cops were wrecking havoc in the department. But the Minister of Police, Doug Singh says there are plenty other officers on interdiction […]
Last October we brought you the story of Shelnelsy Swift who, at five years old, was a brave and vibrant little girl suffering from renal failure. Her fight started at age two; this year at age six, Shelnelsy had found a balance between school and her treatments. But tonight her family is preparing to say […]
Exercising is key to a healthy lifestyle, but before you exercise there’s an important step to take is too often neglected. The next time you exercise make sure you stretch and prepare your muscles for the rigorous activity. This week’s segment of Healthy Living will show you how to warm up those limbs to avoid […]
Rogues cops in the police department, that was the alarm sounded at the April First press conference by the Commissioner of Police, Crispin Jefferies flanked by Prime Minister Dean Barrow. That was as official as it could get but the common man on the street often said there were officers who also did double duty […]
