Darrington Lauriano Junior was busted at the parking lot of the Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital on Monday morning by alert police who found marijuana and a firearm in a suitcase and knapsack he was carrying. Tonight, he is on remand at the Belize Central Prison for Possession of a Firearm, Ammunition and Marijuana. He had […]
On February twenty-third, twenty-one year old Andrew Augustine was leaving his aunt’s house en route to his home on Balan Street, also in the Lake Independence area. But when he was stopped and searched by three of four officers on patrol in the area on Electric Avenue, a stick of weed was found on him. […]
On February twenty-fifth, twenty-three year old Stephan Anderson was charged for the Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm, and Dangerous Harm against Augustine. But are the Police responsible, since they knowingly took Augustine to an area concentrated with PIV gang members, and that surely contributed to him being to the neck in a […]
Since 2002, Ambassador at Large for Belize, Ambassador Shabazz, has been promoting Belize. It’s been two years since her last visit to the jewel, but her work continues in the United States and wherever she has been able to reach out. Shabazz is currently on tour in the jewel. This afternoon, she was to meet […]
The Belize Communications Workers’ Union, the Association of Public Service Senior Managers and the National Trade Union Congress of Belize have joined to issue a fiery release aimed at local industrial giant, the Bowen and Bowen Group of Companies. On March fifth, the company terminated thirteen employees who did not report to work, as a […]
Former President of Guatemala Alfonso Portillo has agreed to plead guilty to money laundering charges in a New York court. Portillo, president from 2000 to 2004, transferred two point five million dollars which he received from the Taiwanese government to bank accounts in Miami and Washington. Portillo read a statement in court in which he […]
Japan is located several continents away from Belize, but this Saturday, that Asian country brought its culture to the Jewel. An all-day event was held at the Princess Hotel, where the Japanese Embassy in Jamaica showcased the mysteries of the Land of the Rising Sun. From the traditional kimonos to the sushi and contemporary arts […]
The Esquivel family – Sir Manuel, his wife Kathy and their eldest daughter, Laura; prominent names in the hierarchy of the United Democratic Party – has resigned from key appointments under the Barrow Administration. It is a serious blow to the U.D.P. because the Esquivels are considered a powerful family within the echelons of the […]
There is much more discontent in the U.D.P. ranks to report tonight. He might not be at the level of former Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel, but Delroy Cuthkelvin is certainly one of the U.D.P. faithful. While he remains faithful, Cuthkelvin is frustrated with what he calls a deliberate attempt by Party Chairman, Alberto August, to […]
A search and rescue operation ended successfully for a group of men who were lost at sea for almost eleven hours. Included in the group was Southern Regional Commander, Robert Mariano and a thirteen year old boy. The group set out to fish on Sunday off the coast of Dangriga, but their vessel capsized and […]
Police made a huge bust this morning at the parking lot of the national referral hospital. Darrington Lauriano who has a Belize City as well as a San Pedro address where he has had run-ins with the law, was detained and searched. Lauriano was carrying a suitcase and a knapsack in which he carried marijuana […]
A cashier previously employed at Travellers Limited will be arraigned in the Magistrate Court on Tuesday for a whopping one hundred and sixteen charges of Theft. Twenty-four year old Rashida Kira Sedacy, a resident of the Los Lagos Community, on the Phillip Goldson Highway, is tonight on remand because of the voluminous amount of paper […]
Three persons were injured following a friendly basketball game in the North Creek area off the Central American Boulevard on Sunday night in what is believed to be gang related violence. Two gunmen on bicycles approached a crowd of spectators and opened fire. The group of men, women and youth ran for cover, but three […]
It did not make it on today’s police blotter, but on Friday night, another Belize City youth was injured in a shooting in the Jane Usher Boulevard area. Nineteen year old De’Zhaun Humes is tonight admitted at the surgical ward of the K.H.M.H. after he was hit five times to the body by an unknown […]
Earlier in the newscast, we told you about Darrington Lauriano Junior, a Belize City resident who was caught red-handed by police with gun and ammunition as well as a little less than half pound of marijuana. Well Lauriano, who also resides in San Pedro, was the victim of a shooting last Tuesday night in which […]
Aracely Cahueque is currently charged with three counts of abetment to murder in the grisly 2010 killing of young Raylene Dyer. Authorities believe that Cahueque enlisted the aid of three Roaring Creek men to do away with Dyer because she wanted Dyer’s newborn daughter for her own. Those three men walked free on Wednesday after […]
In May 2011 Belmopan businessman Mike Menjivar and his family were the subjects of a search which went terribly wrong. Officers of the Gang Suppression Unit pumped dozens of bullets into Menjivar’s home before arresting the businessman and his wife. He was later exonerated of any wrongdoing, but now he wants justice for what he […]
A forty-eight year old teacher from Pasco County, Florida is in lockdown in Miami tonight after he attempted to travel to Belize to have sex with two underage girls. David Wendel Thompson, a Social Studies teacher at Centennial Middle School in Dade City, allegedly contacted the two Belizean girls via Facebook. Authorities say he had […]
A letter sent out by Bishop Dorrick Wright of the Roman Catholic Church on March third, is causing a major fallout because of the Church’s conservative position. In the letter to Catholic-managed schools, the office of Bishop Wright instructs schools to decline “any and all invitations” from the Belize Family Life Association, UNIBAM, the National […]
For the first time, Belize is hosting the Caribbean HIV AIDS Program (CHAP) Regional Exchange Meeting. The program is an initiative funded by the American Red Cross to address the prevention, education and organizational capacity strengthening in the area of HIV/AIDS. Today and for the rest of the week, forty Red Cross National Society representatives […]
Super striker Deon McCauley, now signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks in the North American Soccer League, is basking in the limelight of his crowning achievement, besting household names, including Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the world’s lead scorer on the road to World Cup 2014. McCauley’s rise to stardom is featured on FIFA.com in […]
Good evening I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. The spotlight of NEBL basketball shone on Belize City’s Smart No Limit Friday night as they faced the Belmopan Bandits at Big Birds Isle in a bid to rebound from week 5’s heartbreaking loss to Cayo Western Ballaz at San Ignacio. The visitors open […]
But earlier today, a number of decisions were handed down by the Court of Appeal to conclude its first session for this year. It ended with good news for fifty-six year old Viola Pook, who was initially convicted and sentenced to life prison back in July 2011 for the murder of her common-law-husband Orlando […]
While Pook remains on remand at the Belize Central Prison, a date for her retrial has not been set. According to Sampson, the overwhelming backlog at the Supreme Court will see her case pushed back indefinitely. FOR VIDEO CLICK HERE. Simeon Sampson, Attorney for Viola Pook “The retrial date for the Court of […]
While Viola Pook will get a retrial, Aracely Cahueque is on trial in the Belmopan Supreme Court. In October 2010 Cahueque and three men were accused of the horrific murder of an eighteen year old UB student, Raylene Dyer. Roaring Creek residents Brandon Budna, Jason Anderson and Darren Banner were accused of butchering the […]
