Just eleven days ago, a Beechcraft Super King Air Two Hundred landed on an illegal airstrip off the Coastal Road. Sixty million dollars worth of cocaine were confiscated from the plane and eight men from Honduras, Ecuador and Mexico have been charged and are spending time at the Hattieville prison. This morning, a much larger […]
While police investigate this most recent jet landing, the Opposition Leader John Briceño says government is not taking the matter of taking these suspected drug planes as seriously as it should be. Here is what he told the media in a press briefing today. John Briceño, Leader of Opposition “There is a radar that […]
There was a murder in the city over the weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Jebran Wagner, who lives on Majestic Alley, was fatally shot at a house party on Coney Drive. Originally from Dangriga, Wagner was the stepson of man who was executed at the compound of the Southern Regional Hospital in Dangriga in July. Police are investigating […]
There was another murder, but in southern Belize. A Guatemalan national was killed on his farm sometime on Sunday. The Pomona resident was found with massive chop wounds on his corn plantation sometime after midnight. A search party went looking for Domingo Mathias after he didn’t return from the farm. His family claims that he […]
Today, the Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch ACP Joseph Myvett spoke with the media about the murder in the Stann Creek Valley. Police say that they are following several leads and one villager has been detained for questioning. Myvett says that by seven on Sunday night Domingo Mathias was reported missing and a […]
The Commissioner of Police says that the cops, who were placed on interdiction in connection with the death of sixty-year-old Nestor Vasquez Junior, have been found guilty by a tribunal. The police officers from Precinct three, Sergeant Shawn Walton and Police Constables Edward Pitterson and Bernard Cayetano were put on interdiction with half-pay and faced […]
There was outrage over the manner in which members of the Belize Police Department carried out the arrest of a teenage minor in Belize City last week. The incident involved five officers manhandling a fifteen-year-old escapee from the Princess Royal Youth Hostel who was being apprehended for return to the facility. But in carrying out […]
And since that video has gone viral on Facebook, a number of persons and organizations have weighed in on what appears to be use of excessive force on a child. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that while he understands the importance of observing the rights of the child, he believes that there must be […]
The People’s United Party is challenging the registration of a long list of voters. Last week, leaked lists of several divisions showed the addresses of some houses with mass registration of electors. One of these residences is number fifty-six Regent Street which is the home registered by some fifty persons. The address though is known to […]
The new voter’s lists also show several persons living at fifty-three Kelly Street/ Freetown Road. The address is the home of Belize City P.U.P. councilor Deltrude Hilton. The documents show that the address is also home to thirty-one registered voters. Then there is the case in Caribbean Shores involving close associate of Area Representative Kareem […]
The trove of documents showing apparent voter padding raises the question if the countrywide re-registration exercise fulfilled its purpose which was to clean the voters list. The problem, evidently, still exists. Today, a release from the Elections and Boundaries issued a statement placing responsibility on politicians. It states that the Representation of the People’s Act […]
The Elections and Boundaries Department says that registering officers shall conduct investigations into the facts set out in each application. If the registering officer is not satisfied then the elector is disallowed. On the other hand, in cases where the registering officer is satisfied that the applicant meets the qualifications, that elector’s name is included […]
There was a shooting in the early hours of this morning at a night club in San Pedro Town. Police say that the incident started with a fight and left one man injured. Police moved quickly and have made an arrest. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Shortly after two-thirty a.m., San […]
There was a scary home invasion in the neighbourhood of King’s Park, Belize City. The aggravated burglary occurred around seven-fifteen on September twenty-seventh at the corner of Nursey and Saint Joseph Streets. A mother and her daughter were inside their elevated wooden house when they were accosted by three men. According to the report made […]
Back in February of this year, forty-two-year-old Marl Clarke was shot to the head near Pitts Alley on north side Belize City. He survived the incident, but no one had been charged. On Friday night, a second attempt was made on his life in the same area, at the corner of Pitts Alley and New […]
Two armed Mexican nationals were picked up near the border over the weekend. Police say both men had firearms and are now in police detention awaiting charges. At today’s press briefing the police gave details on the arrest. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On Saturday morning, shortly before five a.m, while […]
A Moneygram outlet at the I.C.B. office on Central American Boulevard in Belize City was robbed on Friday morning after eleven. Two armed men held up the security and made off with a few thousand dollars. ACP Joseph Myvett shares details of the incident. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “On Friday […]
On Saturday the People’s United Party’s National Party Council gathered at Memorial Park in Belize City. The party celebrated its sixty-ninth anniversary during its National Party Council and passed several resolutions. Party supporters from across the country discussed issues affecting the nation and the lives of its three hundred thousand plus citizens. How to deal […]
One the resolutions passed on Saturday was the re-appointment of Julius Espat as the Deputy Party Leader for the west. Espat resigned from the post in July 2018. He was first appointed to the post in 2012, but demitted saying he considered it purely ceremonial. Espat has also bucked heads with several leaders of the […]
Last November, the Public Service Union learnt that its Belmopan Hilltop headquarters had been sold from under their feet by the Belmopan City Council. It was acquired by a Chinese businessman from a Corozal company, Simplex Designs Limited. There was consternation from the P.S.U. with the Belmopan City Council and despite meetings; they were unable […]
Doctor Colin Young has decided to move on from the Social Security Board. He took the post of Chief Executive Officer in January 2017, but less than three years after Young decided not to seek the renewal of his contract. His decision was announced via an email which he wrote to the staff, telling them […]
A number of high profile strategists are taking part in Innovation and Tourism Talk, an event organized by the Belize Tourism and Industry Association. Stakeholders involved in tourism are getting tips on how to grow their business to reach larger markets by using Google. News Five’s Duane Moody has the following report. Duane Moody, […]
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Two men from Honduras are behind bars tonight charged in connection and a Venezuelan plane laden with sixty million dollars of cocaine that landed off the Coastal Road on the night of September ninth. The duo, Allan Yovani Mejia Chirinos and Nolan Jose Carrasco Lopez were each charged with one count of possession of controlled […]
The media in Ecuador and even in Mexico has picked up the news of the arrest of the foreign nationals for landing and attempting to move a cargo of cocaine here. According to one report in Noticias Primicias, forty-three-year-old Ecuadorian, Juan Pablo Larrea Cruz who is locked up at the Hattieville prison, is the brother […]
