A brazen armed robbery at the northern border this morning led to a shootout between police and armed robbers. Five masked men, at least three who were armed, robbed seven money changers at the border terminal in the Corozal District. Surveillance footage captured the entire robbery. It shows the men exiting a S.U.V. before stripping […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams had good words to say about the bravery of the cops who responded to the shootout at the border. He praised their bravery and said that the authorities can do more if the public cooperates. He told the media that the police are doing their best to respond to the […]
The tragic double murder in Punta Gorda on Monday night still has that southern municipality in shock. Kevin Moro and Oscar Humes, who were lifelong friends, were shot and killed as they socialized at a house on Main Street, Punta Gorda. Earlier this week police said that they believe the murders were linked to gang […]
Police say that while they have made arrests and charged two men for the shooting that happened prior to the double murder on Monday in Punta Gorda, they have not yet established what motivated that shooting. Two men on bicycles, Adwan Usher and Albert Valentine fired several shots at two persons. The duo was slapped […]
Eighteen-month-old Zela Usher remains in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after receiving severe burns to fifty percent of her little body on Tuesday evening. Baby Zela was at home in Punta Gorda when a fire broke. The cause of the fire is believed to be electrical. The child was rushed to the Punta Gorda […]
Doctors are giving Baby Zela a fifty percent chance of survival. According to Gamboa, baby Zela isn’t responding. Aaronie Gamboa, Mother of Zela Usher “Right now she is a critical condition. She is not corresponding. She is not moving, She is just pretty much sleeping, sleeping. That is all she is doing right now. […]
A woman in Salvapan is without a roof over her head tonight. Nicolasa Cus, who lives in the community just on the outskirts of Belmopan, says that this morning personnel from the RECONDEV knocked at her door and served her a notice to get out of the house because it was going to be dismantled. […]
Our effort to reach someone at the RECONDEV for comment was unsuccessful. We touched base with the Belmopan City Council and they told us that they didn’t know anything about the incident until it was reported to them this morning. According to City Administrator Ralston Frazier, the Council had absolutely no part in the dismantling […]
The myriad of complaints on the way things run at the Vital Statistics are well-known. Aside from the long lines and missing records, the issue of political interference has been a recurring complaint. Earlier this week, a video surfaced showing a well-known U.D.P. runner identified as Michael Flowers from the U.D.P. secretariat, very much within […]
Shortly after midday, a fatal traffic accident occurred near Bacalar, a popular spot across the northern border frequented by Belizeans. So far it is known that Belizean, Talmy Smith, was injured; he was a passenger in a vehicle with Belize license plates C38118 which overturned at Buena Vista. According to a news report, the vehicle […]
There was a robbery in San Ignacio on Wednesday afternoon around one. Police say that two armed men held up a store and got away with an undisclosed quantity of cash. A.C.P. Joseph Myvett says that quick action has led to the detention of one man. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, Crimes Investigation Branch “San […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Gildon Rivero and nineteen-year-old Delwin Lopez have been arrested and charged for an armed robbery which they allegedly committed on Monday night at La Popular bakery on Cemetery Road, Belize City. They were charged with two counts of robbery which was captured by a security camera inside the establishment. The video shows the men […]
Thirty-three-year-old Luke McFadzean, a resident of Hattieville, was arrested and charged back in February 2010 with Attempt Murder and Use of Deadly Means of Harm, after being accused of striking an off-duty police officer over the head with a piece of lumber. McFadzean, who is mentally ill, was being aggravated by another individual and when […]
Well-known criminal figure Matthew Moore remains in lock down tonight though he was relieved of charges for the second time. In 2018, he was freed from a charge of murder and today two counts of attempted murder were withdrawn from him in the Supreme Court. It occurred before Justice Colin Williams where Prosecutor, Kileru Awich […]
With all the crime and violence, cops need support, too – that’s what Commissioner Chester Williams echoed today. He told the media that officers are exposed to violence everyday in their line of duty and although they are trained they still need support because the level of trauma affects everyone differently. He says that they […]
Little Belize is a small remote community populated by almost three thousand Mennonites. To get there you travel via Progresso Road in the Corozal District. It is not often in the news, but tonight we have a report on a situation that is threatening the livelihood of some two hundred farmers. Now, the community depends […]
Today, Friends for Conservation and Development signed a declaration of good intent to promote the protection, conservation, and restoration of natural eco systems that connect Belize and Guatemala. The initiative will see partnerships between different sectors that will bring together local and indigenous community participation. The F.C.D., along with six other local organizations signed for […]
On Tuesday the Belize Council of Churches came out in support of taking the Belize/Guatemala disputer for final resolution at the International Court of Justice. In a statement, the Council said that the matter should be resolved at the ICJ as it is in the best interest of Belize and the people. The council represents […]
The Belize Progressive Party is blasting the Elections and Boundaries Department for not including them as Referendum Monitors on April tenth. The department sent out a list on Tuesday inviting entities to participate but did not invite the B.P.P. or other small parties. The B.P.P. notes that it has been an active and legitimate party […]
Corporal punishment is not only banned in all schools but it is an illegal act so the teacher who reportedly hit eight-year-old Anthony Adolphus committed a crime. Anthony, a student at Queens Square Anglican School in Belize City, says that his teacher hit him in the eye with a yard ruler. He was told to […]
Senator Elena Smith and General Secretary for the B.N.T.U. Keisha Young say that Education Minister Patrick Faber misspoke. In an interview aired on Wednesday, Minister Faber reportedly was speaking on the ongoing negotiations between the Ministry and the union as it relates to hardship allowance when he said that negotiations were on track. Minister Faber […]
Today, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Commerce, launched the Policy which will be used to guide trade development for the next ten years. The 2019-2023 national plan has input from government, statutory bodies and the Belize Chamber of Commerce. According to the Ministry, the plan has been in the works for over two […]
We also spoke with the Directorate of Foreign Trade on this new plan. Director General Andy Sutherland says that they want buy in from the wider Belizean public because trade touches all of our lives at different levels. Here’s how he explains they will seek to make this plan resonate with the rest of the […]
As the families of Oscar Humes and Kevin Moro prepare to lay their loved ones to rest, residents of Punta Gorda are still reeling from Monday night’s double murder. The Police Department, meanwhile, has stepped up presence in the town to avert further violence but there have been no arrests. The two friends were inside […]
As we said, Punta Gorda police are yet to make an arrest in a double homicide that has rocked the southern community, but they have been able to make progress in another investigation which preceded the murders of Kevin Moro and Oscar Humes. Earlier today, twenty-four-year-old Albert Valentine, a resident of Punta Gorda, was arraigned […]
