An attempt on the life of a thirty-year-old has signs that gang warfare is flaring up in the city. Michael Gladden is hospitalized after six bullets hit him on Wednesday night just before nine o’clock. Gladden had left his mother’s home and was walking on a London Bridge heading to his house in the Gungulung […]
Gladden was shot on Wednesday night, but previous to that shooting, in the same area, twenty-one-year-old Marcus Zelaya was targeted. Investigators are looking if there is any connection between the two shootings involving feuding gangs. Zelaya remains hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. after being shot several times on the morning of January twenty-sixth, as he rode […]
In Punta Gorda tonight, the police remain on alert following the murder of Jordy Flores. The thirty-year-old was executed on Tuesday evening by a hit man who went to his house and opened fire on the Flores as he walked out of the house and into his back yard. Three men are being questioned and […]
Police have been able to crack the murder of Elmer Salazar. On Wednesday, fifty-four-year-old Efrain Beltran Martinez surrendered himself to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, after being wanted for the chopping death of the Guatemalan national. The horrific incident in which the construction worker was viciously hacked, took place on the compound of Belize Marine […]
Twenty-four-year-old Juan Roberto Choc will stand trial in the April 2019 session of the Supreme Court. Choc, however, will be tried for manslaughter and not murder involving Bangladeshi national, Abdush Salam. The Toledo District resident was arraigned back in 2017 for murder, but in 2018, it was downgraded to manslaughter. Tonight he is out on […]
A twenty-one-year-old man was arraigned in court today for allegedly raping a fifteen-year-old school girl. Lawrence Jamie McNab, an unemployed man of Hattieville Village, appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Emmerson Banner on a single charge of rape. No plea was taken because rape is an indictable offense. Although rape is bailable, Magistrate Banner took the victim’s […]
The Public Service Union continues to grapple with the sale of its hilltop headquarters in Belmopan. The land and structure were sold off secretly to a Chinese businessman last October by the Belmopan City Council. Since that became public, the Prime Minister stepped in to minimize the public relations nightmare caused by the sale. The […]
A land dispute in Belama Phase Four is heating up and escalating into a political battle between the P.U.P. Area Representative Francis Fonseca and U.D.P. Standard Bearer Orson ‘OJ’ Elrington. As we have been reporting, thirty families have been told that they need to vacate a piece of land reportedly owned by Alex Chang of […]
P.U.P. Area Representative for the division, Francis Fonseca, was also in the area this evening. According to Fonseca, the residents told him of the matter about two weeks ago and he met with them shortly thereafter. Fonseca says that on Wednesday, he was alerted by the residents that their houses were being dismantled. While Elrington […]
The Statistical Institute of Belize issued its Price Consumer Index and External Trade bulletins. The reports outline the cost of goods and services, as well as imports and exports in December of last year, tracking the changes from year to year. According to the S.I.B., the consumer price index shows that goods and services were […]
The Belize National Commission for UNESCO last week appointed new serving members of the Belize World Heritage Advisory Committee. Fast track to this past Wednesday and the members of the Belize Memory of the World Committee were inducted at a brief ceremony held at the conference room of the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. The chairs […]
Five days ago, Belize City businessman Michael Williams was executed in the old Capital. The son of the famous Marie Sharp was the general manager of her wholesale office here in Belize City. Williams was with his girlfriend inside his SUV on North Front Street when they came under fire. Bullets hit Williams on the […]
Fire officials are still investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed the processing plant at the Belize Aquaculture Limited on the Placencia Road. The fire broke out on Monday evening and the blaze grew to a threatening size as fire-fighters were told to stand down and allow the building to burn through the night. […]
The fate of a Muffles College teacher is in limbo tonight following the dissemination of her nude pictures in December 2018. It appears that the pictures were leaked, without her permission or knowledge. The fourth form teacher was asked to resign, but she did not act on that request. She was placed on administrative leave […]
There is a common condition, mostly among women, that can go undetected. It is treatable with minor surgery, but when it is undiagnosed, it can lead to serious complications. Stones in the gall bladder can be caused by the use of contraceptives by women, but there are healthy practices to minimize the risks of developing […]
The life of thirty-year-old Jordy Flores was cut short on Tuesday night in his own back yard. He had survived two previous attempts, but the third proved fatal. Punta Gorda police have moved quickly and three persons are being questioned while investigators are seeking another. Family members say that someone came calling on him at […]
A suspect in the gruesome machete murder of Guatemalan labourer Elmer Salazar has been arrested. The apprehension of Efrain Beltran earlier today comes after he allegedly chopped Salazar to death on the compound of Belize Marine and Mooring Services on Monday evening. The incident occurred near mile four and a half on the George Price […]
The deplorable and filthy conditions of the holding cells at the Queen Street Police Station have shocked many. The images show the deteriorating detention cells and the unsanitary restroom conditions, which have moved the Human Rights Commission to speak out. On Tuesday, Vice President of the Human Rights Commission of Belize Kevin Arthurs said that […]
The images were circulated on Facebook by Police Corporal Darrel Usher, who is on interdiction. Now, Usher and his brother spent more than forty hours inside the holding cell, also known as the “piss house.” Usher was there because he had been detained for an incident on Saturday night in which it was alleged that […]
The National Fire Service continues to investigate the fire that broke out at Belize Aquaculture Limited near Placencia on Monday evening. We understand fire officials are still on the scene investigating the cause of the inferno that darkened the skies over Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa villages. It is expected that the fire investigation will […]
Several families in Belama Phase Four were ordered, via letters on Monday, to vacate their houses. Earlier in the month, the residents of this area were told that they were illegally occupying the piece of land which is owned by Asian businessman, Alex Chang of Fen Lan Development. The letter tells the residents that they […]
Mexico’s former President, Vicente Fox, was on a brief visit today. Fox’s visit was unannounced, but the government offered him courtesies. A very short release says the fifty-fifth president met with Prime Minister Barrow. That meeting was at the Laing building and Fox was accompanied by friends who are businessmen and potential investors. The photos […]
Businessman Dion Zabaneh and his mother Primrose Gabourel were arraigned this morning for four charges for non-compliance with the Environmental Protection Act. For the past three weeks, a Buttonwood Bay property, parcel number forty-six-seventy at the far end of Seashore Drive, has been the centre of a controversy between the titleholder and the Department of […]
In the Court of Appeal today, convicted sex offender Bert Vasquez appeared to appeal his November 2018 attempted rape conviction. Vasquez sought and was granted permission for his case to be heard before the appellate court in March. Back in November in the Supreme Court, Justice Colin Williams imposed a four-year-sentence for the crime which […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says he wants to rebuild the trust with the public. He is going about that by opening up his doors to members of the public, providing a listening ear to their concerns as it relates to safety and security and the work of the police department. ComPol Williams reopened an […]
