It is not yet classified as murder, but tonight the family of a Georgetown Village resident is asserting that their loved one was burned to death by her enraged common-law husband. Around eleven o’clock on the night of March twenty-fourth, twenty-two year old Avett Augustine and her common-law husband Alvin Guzman, both suffering from burns, […]
And while police will eventually determine whether Augustine’s death is classified as a homicide, there is no such question regarding the twenty-seven murders recorded during the first three months of 2008. That’s three more than last year’s record pace and while virtually everyone acknowledges we’re in the midst of a crisis, there is little consensus […]
And that pain is acutely felt by Lovine Herbert, who lost her only son, Leonard, to gun violence over three years ago. Lovine Herbert, mother of 2004 murder victim “Some day when I think bout ah I just feel like do something bad out ah di way. Just because I believe eena God and I […]
On Monday, we reported that a warrant was out for the arrest of twenty year old Edwin Bardalez and it did not take long for him to be taken into custody. This morning Bardalez appeared in Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges for the Sunday shooting of fifty-seven year old Glen Rivero. Bardalez was arraigned […]
Police have also made arrests in another weekend crime. This morning twenty-one year old Alwick Olivera and nineteen year old Cordel Flowers were taken to Magistrates’ Court and charged with Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the death of Tyrone Castellanos. The twenty year old was on Central American Boulevard around forty-five a.m. on […]
In political news, forty-eight hours after the election of Johnny Briceño as the new leader of the Peoples’ United Party, it appears that the vast majority of P.U.P. officials and supporters are prepared to unite behind his leadership. Briceño will be sworn in as Leader of the Opposition on Wednesday and has already begun the […]
Today B.T.L. introduced its 2008 telephone directory, the first for the company since changing its name to Belize Telemedia Limited. According to Directory Services Manager Suzette Tillett, they’ve added several new features to the book to make it more attractive and user friendly. But what may make the over fifty thousand copies of the directory […]
If you ever have occasion to fly to Punta Gorda from the Philip Goldson International Airport, the most striking sight you will encounter is neither the majestic mountains to the west nor the turquoise sea to the east. Rather, it is the hundreds of perfectly formed water filled rectangles that are carved out of the […]
