It may have come on the heels of labour troubles at Venus Bus Line in Corozal but the ruction on the Western road this morning bears no resemblance to Monday’s events up north. Kent Pandy of SEN TV in San Ignacio was on the scene and his dramatic footage tells a story of taxi drivers […]
No one ever said that prison is a pleasant place to hang out, but recent events have shown that the confines of the Hattieville Correctional Facility represent perhaps the most dangerous place in Belize. This afternoon another inmate left the institution in a body bag. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting 27-year old Glenford Gillette was in the […]
Also out of Hattieville, a young man visited our studios today looking like he’d just picked a fight with Mike Tyson. Glenford Middleton alleges that while on remand for charges of theft and robbery at the prison, he was beaten up by five inmates. Middleton says he managed to get the attention of the guard, […]
In yet another story out of Hattieville prison, authorities there today transferred seventeen Guatemalan inmates who will serve the remainder of their sentences across the border. The move was supervised by Guatemalan Charge d’Affaires in Belize Carlos Avila along with Prison Chairman John Woods, Executive Governor Bernard Adolphus and Ombudsman Paul Rodriguez. The release of […]
In a follow up to a story we reported yesterday police have charged a man in last Friday’s killing of 16-year old Shawn Meighan. He is 28-year old construction worker Jesus Alfredo Ayuso. Meighan was stabbed in the stomach and pronounced dead on arrival at the KHMH. Meighan and Ayuso had allegedly been involved in […]
For the first time in recent memory Belizean lawyers, magistrates, members of the police department and other representatives of the justice system met under the theme, “Prosecution: The Way Forward”. The seminar’s main objectives were to promote collaboration between the different parts of the legal framework as well as to cultivate links with international partners. […]
