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Mayas Back in Court, C.C.J. Leans on Government over Consent Order

The Government of Belize has been given one last chance by the Caribbean Court of Justice to live up to its promises made in April of 2015, when it agreed and consented that the Maya of the Toledo District have a right to communal land title among the villages in which they are the majority. […]

Will Crique Sarco Be Model for Maya Communal Lands?

In August, the Maya village of Crique Sarco was the first to be entered in the Maya Land Registry. A geographical map created over the course of five years delineated its boundaries among several other buffer communities that fringe the Sarstoon Temash National Park. At the time, the Toledo Maya Land Rights Commission appeared on […]

Trial in Franz Parke Case Set for December

A trial date of December eleventh has been set in the fixed date claim filed by Leader of the Opposition John Briceño against the Attorney General, which concerns the appointment of Franz Parke as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. The appointment took place on October sixteenth, but objection had been raised by Briceño […]

Wife Perishes, Husband Hospitalized after Traffic Collision

Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in the south. On Saturday between miles eleven and twelve on the Southern Highway, thirty-five-year-old Allen Andrews of Sittee River was driving a motorcycle, accompanied by his wife Melissa Andrews, nee Murrillo. They were heading to Silk Grass village when, according to police, the couple was hit from […]

Youth Activist Faces Police Assault Charge

A physical altercation between a police officer and a young activist was captured on video this weekend.  Justin Usher was arrested for reportedly punching the policeman.  But the tirade did not end with his arrest.  Despite being restrained, a tearful Usher can be heard saying that his detention perpetuated the so-called injustice that Belizeans are […]

Cop Nails Cop at Club for Unlicensed Gun

Aside from the Roaring Creek police officer who is in trouble for his drunken behaviour, in Belize City a cop was detained and is in custody for an incident that happened outside of the Elements Night Club on Saturday night. This morning, Police Constable Carlisle Bol was taken to court and arraigned for the possession […]

Accused Attacker of Mayflower Street Mom and Kids in Court

A thirty-one-year-old mother and her two children ages were viciously attacked inside their home on Mayflower Street in Belize City. The culprit has been identified as the common-law husband to Nikita Smith and the step-father to her two minor children. He is forty-seven-year-old Mark Rhaburn Senior, a construction worker of Hattieville, who was arraigned this […]

Pen Road Shootout Leaves 4 Injured

Four persons were injured in a single shooting on Sunday afternoon as they socialized on Neal Pen Road. A man walked up to the group of friends and fired several shots, which hit four men in the group. They were hospitalized for gunshot injuries and so far only one of the men has been released. […]

“Chainsaw” Can’t Escape Second Shooting in 3 Weeks

The weekend’s fifth shooting victim is James Swaso, who is better known as “Chainsaw.”  He is in a critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was shot twice at his home. The well-known south side figure has had a long history of run-ins with the law—from robbery charges to firearm offences to […]

Is Operation ACT Working Despite Shootings?

The weekend rollout of the latest crime fighting measure to be undertaken by police in Belize City is yet to yield fruit.  Despite the seemingly overwhelming presence of officers in the streets during the past seventy-two hours, crime is still very much prevalent on the south side.  All three shooting incidents that have taken place […]

Police Tiplines in Overdrive on weekend

Assistant Commissioner of Police Dezerie Magdaleno also plays a key role in the effectiveness of the campaign.  Her responsibility to ACT includes the gathering of actionable leads from members of the public via a pair of open phone lines.   ACP Dezerie Magdaleno, Commander, Eastern Division “The Operation ACT that was launched on Friday, as […]

Pawnshop Robbery Trio Charged; Cops to Receive Honors

Belmopan police have arrested and charged three persons in connection with last Thursday’s robbery of First Stop Pawn Shop in Belmopan. And it appears that a disgruntled former employee of the establishment orchestrated the heist.  With assistance from the Belize City Police, three city residents have been fingered as the thieves. They are: twenty-year-old Ryan […]

Vidal Says Blame It on the “Kush”

The illegal sale of marijuana has long since been identified as the root cause for an eruption of gun violence among feuding groups in Belize City.  Both activities have spiked considerably over the past few months, a total of twenty-nine murders being committed as of July first.  According to Senior Superintendent Marco Vidal, who heads […]

The World of Sports with James Adderley

Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday.     [Highlights of the weekend sporting activities…]

Haitian Taxi Driver Shot Critically in Lake I

The Belize Police Department has launched a new offensive on gang-related crimes in the city.  We will show you what is being done in an attempt to curb the spike in murders on the south side, but first there’s a breaking story to report on in the Lake Independence area, where the three recent murders […]

Police Prepare to ACT

Police today launched an initiative called ACT, which stands for Addressing Crime Together, to tackle the spiralling urban violence related to gang activities.  ACT will boost police presence in three hot spots in the south side where the number of murders is at an alarming upward trend. In fact, up to this point in the […]

New Wheels on the Ground

Minister of State Elodio Aragon Junior whose office is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Belize Police Department, says the plan of action has the full support of the Ministry of Home Affairs.  That branch of government has since acquired fifteen new vehicles to be assigned to the operation.  The junior minister says the […]

Dangriga Taximan Found with Throat Slit on Southern Highway

While police put more boots on the ground in the city, police in southern Belize continue investigations into the apparent murder of thirty-two-year-old Jose Alfredo Majil, a taxi operator based in Dangriga.  Majil’s body was found around seven this morning by an attendant at an orange orchard about one hundred yards from the Southern Highway […]

1 Individual Sought for Lamb/Almendarez Murders – They Are Not Related

A pair of relatives is being laid to rest this weekend, following a series of murders in the Lake Independence area over the past few days.  The family and friends of twenty-five-year-old Shaqwuan Almendarez bade him farewell today, while his killer is still at large.  According to ASP Alejandro Cowo, an all points bulletin has […]

Cardinal Andrews Still Fighting for Life

Twenty-eight-year-old Cardinal Andrews was shot once in the back of the head on Wednesday and remains in a life-threatening condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.  Tonight, his attacker remains on the loose and police say they have an idea who may have pulled the trigger that evening.  According to Assistant Superintendent Alejandro Cowo, the […]

As Granddaughter Recovers, Family in New Road Incident Clam Up to Police

Seven-year-old Malli Herrera was the unintended target of a gunman who opened fire on a New Road residence on Tuesday night in Belize City.  The Saint Joseph School student was shot once to the lower back and remains hospitalized in the I.C.U. at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.  The daring attack during which the child’s […]

Brothers Underwood on Bail; Accuse Police of “Planting” Live Round

Brothers Alexander Underwood, twenty-eight, and Austin, twenty-four, have made bail on a single charge of possession of prohibited ammunition, to wit, a single five-point-five-six round allegedly found on their property in Belize City on Monday. The elder Underwood is well-known as alleged leader of the Southside Gangsters but had been making recent attempts to reform […]

Family Claims Heavy Police Harassment

Following Underwood’s release from custody this evening, News Five spoke with one of his relatives.  She says that there is indeed surveillance footage which purportedly captured a team of officers entering Underwood’s property on Caesar Ridge Road in the early hours of Wednesday morning.  She also says that the brothers are the victims of constant […]

No Bail for Warren Lewis

Judge Herbert Lord today handed down a decision in the bail application of twenty-six-year-old Warren Lewis, accused of the August eighteenth 2009 murder of Albert Braddick Allen. Lewis’ attorney, Darrell Bradley sought bail for Allen on a number of constitutional grounds, but in a twenty-eight page ruling, Judge Lord denied bail and concluded that there […]

Pacific Storm to Dump Rain in South, Central Belize

The National Meteorological Service and National Emergency Management Organization are advising Belizeans to get ready for a wet weekend. Tropical Storm Selma in the south-east Pacific is expected to move north and make landfall on Saturday near the border of El Salvador and Guatemala or possibly in central and western Guatemala near to but not […]