Four men lost their lives in the past four days, although only two are counted as murder victims and police continue to investigate the two others. Twenty-four year old Daniel Sosa of San Antonio Road in Orange Walk Town was shot dead early Saturday morning. Tonight, forty-two-year old Hilmar Alamilla, the well-known political operative and […]
Hilmar Alamilla, also known as David, has retained Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley as legal counsel. He appeared before Senior Magistrate Albert Hoare in the Orange Walk Magistrate’s Court and was remanded until his next hearing on September fifth. In this video courtesy CTV-3 News, Bradley says his client and the deceased did not argue at any […]
According to Bradley, Alamilla, on advice has not spoken to police, but Bradley seemed fairly confident that he could show reasonable doubt that he had nothing to do with the fatal shot fired at Sosa. Richard ‘Dickie’ Bradley, Attorney for Hilmar Alamilla “He was in a complete state of shock; he hurriedly drove home, […]
Early this morning, a resident of the Riviera Area in Belmopan was murdered as he chopped a yard. Twenty-year-old Samuel Mendez was shot several times to the body by a gun man. Mendez, a security guard, ran up the street but did not survive the shooting. One person is in detention but the motive for […]
Guatemalan businessman, Carlos Pop Xol, was stabbed to death back in April near the remote village of Jalacte in the south. Pop’s lifeless body was found by a relative not far from Tree Tops, a military outpost. The police investigation into that murder has led to the arrest of a naturalized Belizean; twenty-seven year old […]
Police continue to investigate a fatal shooting in the west that occurred last Thursday in Santa Elena. Jose Castellanos, also known as “El Chele” was at a restaurant when he was shot by Nevis Betancourth. There are conflicting reports on how the shooting occurred, but an eyewitness reports that Betancourth initially attacked Castellanos who pulled […]
A twenty-five-year-old man lost his life on Sunday morning when he was shot and killed by a security guard on a shrimp farm in southern Belize. The incident happened sometime around two a.m. when Wilfred Malcolm Junior and another unknown individual ventured unto the compound. The machete-wielding trespassers reportedly advanced toward the armed watchman who […]
A Belize City man was nabbed in Santa Elena in the west in possession of a cash pan and safe. Nineteen-year-old Selvin Linarez of Ebony Street was busted by police on mobile patrol at about two o’clock on Friday morning. Police believe he had robbed two business establishments. The Atlantic Insurance which is located on […]
Dangriga resident Keenan Anthony Flores pleaded not guilty to a charge of possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply to another person or persons for the purpose of drug trafficking in the Magistrate’s Court. The twenty-three-year-old Flores charged for nearly five pounds of suspected cocaine found in two parcels under the front seat of […]
Police Constables Daniel Choc and Derwin Garcia are being hailed as heroes tonight. The officers rescued three teenage boys who almost drowned in the Macal River in Cristo Rey Village on Saturday. San Ignacio Police received a distress call around three on Saturday afternoon and six officers went out to help. It took the officers […]
Two Guatemalan nationals are in custody following their arrest over the weekend. Forty-year-old Thomas Gomez and thirty-seven-year-old Domingo Pana from Naranjon, Dolores Peten were detained on Saturday morning in the Ceibo Chico region of the Chiquibul National Park. A team of five park rangers from Friends of Conservation and Development spotted the Guatemalans sleeping under […]
According to Manzanero, the Ceibo Chico conservation post was installed three years ago and despite presence of joint B.D.F. and FCD patrols in the southernmost area of the Chiquibul, Guatemalan gold panners remain undeterred. Gold panning activities remain at an all time high and Manzanero says that they have since changed their approach to tackle […]
This past Wednesday, the final public hearing of the Senate Special Select Committee on Immigration before a one-month hiatus was abruptly canceled over lack of consensus as to the necessity and propriety of interviewing three senior auditors of the Supreme Audit Institution. The potential witnesses were part of the investigative team that conducted an audit […]
There’s a new emergency airlift that will be flying across the country in the days ahead, assisting the Belize Emergency Response Team with aerial capacity. Wings of Hope has provided BERT with a single engine aircraft valued at approximately one hundred and seventy-five thousand U.S. dollars. The six passenger Piper Cherokee Six has been fitted […]
The Police Department has received six motorcycles to bolster its fight against crime, primarily in the Belize District. The generous donation came from Offshore Solutions at the request of the former Regional Commander for the Rural Eastern Division, Assistant Commissioner Edward Broaster, who was present at today’s event. Broaster says the motorbikes will get the […]
The Ariel Rosado Foundation, established in the memory of the fallen cyclist turned legal practitioner, has increased the number of scholarships it awards to students for the fifth year in succession. This year, the foundation has approved funding for a total of forty six scholarships comprised as follows: ten primary school students to learn to […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of weekend sporting activities….]
Last Friday, Bert Vasquez, convicted by a jury on July tenth of forcible abduction, sexual assault, and harm against a sixteen-year-old minor, which occurred back in May of 2011, continued to protest his innocence before media cameras. He was due to be sentenced by Justice Adolph Lucas, but the case was adjourned to today. But […]
There was a fatal shooting overnight in Santa Elena Town that claimed the life of a Honduran construction worker. Thirty-seven-year-old Jose Leonardo Nunez Castellanos was found lying face down under a business establishment at the corner of Eden Drive and the George Price Highway. He had been shot several times to the body. According to […]
Also from the Supreme Court, on Wednesday Dangriga resident Nisani Garcia was acquitted of a murder charge following trial before Justice Denis Hanomansingh. He was accused of the shooting death of Hansel Garcia in April of 2014. It is not clear if they are related. Hansel Garcia, also known as “Mission,” was shot while walking […]
He says he uses marijuana to relax his mind. But Aaron Flowers was sentenced to further jail time on a charge of possession of controlled substances after changing his plea in court today. Flowers elected to take the plea rather than face trial for possession of six point six grams of cannabis which he was […]
Last week you heard Opposition member and Lake I Representative Cordel Hyde say that living on the minimum wage is killing the poor people in Belize. He spoke of the challenges that the working class, especially those who earn three dollars and thirty cents an hour face with increasing cost of living. It has been […]
Taiwanese Foreign Minister David Lee concluded a three-day working visit to Belize this morning, his final stop being a tour of the Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence on Mahogany Street. As we’ve reported, Dr. Lee was in the Jewel on official business during which he signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation that will […]
Foreign Minister Lee also shared his thoughts on the Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute, stating only that it is Taiwan’s wish that both countries eventually arrive at a peaceful solution to the age-old issue. Dr. David Lee, Taiwanese Foreign Minister “Well certainly, you know, we are also advocating peace and we hope that there will be […]
On Thursday, Doctor Lee headed west to Central Farm where he toured the agriculture and tilapia hatchery facilities headed by the Taiwanese Mission. He shared his reaction to what he saw when taken on a guided a guided tour of the location. Dr. David Lee, Taiwanese Foreign Minister “I’m impressed with what I saw […]
