In September, 2008, Leroy Gomez was accused in six rapes and attempted rapes which were carried out with similar patterns and the victims gave comparable descriptions of the suspect. Gomez is currently on trial for one of those sexual crimes; on August twenty-third 2008, a woman was raped at knifepoint, while her friend was forced […]
Also in court, twenty-eight year old Moises Conorquie was today acquitted of a robbery charge which was brought against him in October 2009. Conorquie, who was on parole for another robbery he allegedly committed earlier that year, was also accused of robbing Symbiline Reyes of a purse containing her personal documents. According to a statement […]
Oceana is one of the organizations in the forefront of the public debate against offshore oil drilling and it is taking a proactive approach in the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oceana is taking a team on a tour of the spill while conducting research on the damage it has caused […]
If you’ve received a loan or housing mortgage from the Housing Department over the past ten years and have not been paying up, beware, that may soon have to change. The Housing Department will begin to review the records of mortgages and home improvement loans that have been issued by the Government. The initiative comes […]
This weekend reggae enthusiasts will have a chance to attend a concert in memory of reggae icon, Lucky Dube. It’s the third annual Lucky Dube Tribute since his murder, but there is much more behind the event than just to have fun. Marion Ali spoke with promoter, Joel “Dara” Robinson who is trying to make […]
The recent National Country Poverty Assessment Report shows that well over forty percent of the population lives below the poverty line. It also shows that poverty among the older populace is high and most senior citizens do not claim any form of benefits. Those few senior citizens who do get benefits, receive a mere hundred […]
The latest murder victim was found on Monday night in an area where several other homicides have been reported. The body of the Hispanic man was discovered shortly after ten about a hundred feet off the Western Highway on Mount Pleasant Road between miles forty-five and forty-six. According to police, the identity of the man […]
On Monday night we reported that a pregnant woman was viciously attacked as she and her family slept at their Neal Pen Road home. The victim is twenty-eight year old Valerie Sheran, who was seven months pregnant with her third child. She is still hospitalized recovering from injuries allegedly inflicted by her ex-boyfriend, twenty-one year […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you that police need your help in identifying a man found dead on the Western Highway. They also need your assistance in locating driver of a heavy duty vehicle that was involved in a road fatality on Monday night. The hit and run occurred on the Hummingbird Highway at […]
The Police Department has removed three more weapons off the street and it is believed the owners could have been on their way to commit a crime when they were busted. After eight on Monday night, two officers of the Ladyville Police Station intercepted a blue Crown Victoria taxi. Several men were inside and upon […]
Restore Belize was launched back in May as the government’s initiative to rein in crime. It is a complex and multi-faceted approach. In the meantime, however, the murders and other forms of violence have continued to spiral out of control. Earlier today, “I am Belize” the theme song for Restore Belize was launched as part […]
An employee of Ramon’s Dive Shop in San Pedro drowned while on a tour with tourists at sea. Twenty-seven year old Andy Carr had been living in San Pedro for the past ten years since moving from Hopkins. Carr was on a boat at the Blue Hole when he decided to dive into the waters […]
Lavern Longsworth, also known as “Anti Christ”, set her common-law-husband on fire during an argument on July fifteenth. She was charged with attempted murder, but David White succumbed to the burn injuries on Monday and it is expected that the charge against Longsworth will be upgraded. When we checked today, she had still not been […]
They say desperate times call for desperate measures; that must have been the case when four women decided to steal food from the Ladyville Community Store at mile nine on the Northern Highway. Fermina Jimenez, Jade Lopez, Marina Pott and Augustina Diaz were all caught on surveillance camera on July twenty-ninth, but today in court, […]
Also in court, twenty-seven year old Kenroy Jex, a mechanic of Biscayne Village, was charged following the death of a teenager on Thursday of last week. Dale Sibley was knocked off his bicycle near mile thirteen while traveling along the Northern Highway in the direction of Belize City. The sixteen year old sustained severe head […]
In the past few months the cases of dengue have been on the rise. At the end of June there were three hundred and fifty confirmed cases with about fifty of them confirmed to be of the hemorrhagic type. It’s a disease that is seasonal and endemic to this region. That is why Belize and […]
The Forest Department announced last week that environmental groups that co-manage national parks and archaeological sites may soon get the ink on the dotted line of these agreements. But Chief Forest Officer Wilbur Sabido also pointed out that a bidding process along with the expertise of those non- governmental organizations will play a role in […]
A number of artists and producers have composed the theme song “I am Belize.” The upbeat composition was launched today to roll out the awareness campaign of Restore Belize, the anti-crime initiative of the government. Tanya Carter is the songwriter and among the producers is Carlos Perote; two well known personalities in the music industry. […]
Mission Miracle, Venezuela’s medical eye mission to Belize has assisted one hundred and ninety eight Belizeans across the country to remedy eye afflictions. The medical team comes to Belize every month and a half to diagnose new patients and to check the progress of those who have already received surgeries in Venezuela. Members of Mission […]
On July fifteenth David White, the common-law-husband of court personality, Lavern Longsworth was doused and set on fire during an argument at their home on Castle Street. White died this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized since the incident. Longsworth, who is known as a victim of domestic abuse, was […]
There’s another tragic story to report tonight. A mother to be was stabbed before dawn at her home on Neal’s Pen Road. The incident was not reported in the daily police sitrep, but Valerie Sherann was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after three o’clock this morning. Sherann, who was seven months pregnant, was […]
Eighteen year old Gilroy Barrow was killed on M and M Street in the St. Martin De Porres area of Belize City on July twenty ninth. Barrow was shot six times by gunmen whom family members claim were once his friends. His sister, Sherilee, claims that the former friends threatened to kill Gilroy because of […]
Esso Ramon’s Gas Station at two miles on the Northern Highway was robbed over the weekend. It seems that the robbers were casing the joint before moving in since they waited until the manager closed the business and then they followed him to his home on Dolphin Street. When Ricardo Gongora exited his van, two […]
The President of Honduras Porfirio Lobo and a delegation arrived at the PGIA at ten o’clock this morning on private aircraft and left some five hours later. It is his first visit and he used the occasion to lobby support from Belize and by extension CARCIOM, for his country’s reinstatement to the thirty-three member Organization […]
It will be another two and a half years before elections are due for a new government, but the ruling United Democratic Party is already lining up its thoroughbreds for the big race. On Sunday the U.D.P. went north, in the backyard of the leader of the PUP, for its National Convention at the People’s […]
