The cops believe they have cracked the recent grizzly murder of a Chinese national in Orange Walk Town. And as it turns out, the case has the plot twists of a Sherlock Holmes mystery novel… murder for a business transaction gone sour. This morning the charge of Abetment to Commit Murder, the second most serious […]
And in other crime news, in an update to a story aired on March thirteenth, in which a fruit and vegetable vendor was scammed out of some money, police have arrested and charged Emmanuel Lopez for the crime of Obtaining Property by Deception. Sixty-four year old Teodoro Blanco of Charros Fruit and Vegetable at the […]
The shootings in the city continue unabated and tonight twenty-one year old Owen McFoy is recovering from a gunshot wound to the left forearm. McFoy says he was riding a bicycle on Orange Street at around nine on Monday morning when he noticed a man in Trench Alley. The man reportedly pulled out a shotgun […]
Day two of the extradition appeal of Rhett Fuller ended late this evening with the defence resting its case. Attorney for Fuller, Eamon Courtenay, put forward seven grounds under which the request for extradition should be denied. Today he argued that too much time had elapsed between the alleged crime his client is accused of […]
Two men charged with Murder were set free on Monday by Supreme Court Justice, Adolph Lucas when the Prosecutor, Crown Counsel Trenia Young entered a case of nolle prosequi. Twenty-one year old Rushane Andrewin and twenty-four year old Troy Dawson were charged with the murder of twenty year old Meldrick Flowers and the attempted murder […]
And in the Magistrates’ Court, twenty-two year old Andre Hutchinson, the son of Minister Michael Hutchinson, was fined two hundred dollars today after he pleaded guilty to the charge of Exposing His Person in Public. Hutchinson was given until April thirtieth to pay the fine. If he defaults on payments he will serve two months […]
By now you know that the global financial crisis has been chipping away at the core of business markets and the region is not exempted. In the Caribbean we have reported that the Grace Kennedy International’s hardware store chain did not survive. In the Bahamas, Guyana and Turks and Caicos, CLICO has been ordered to […]
But if you’re heading east, the new CARICOM passports have just been released and should make traveling hassle free in the Caribbean region. As we’ve reported, they come with a new look and have a number of built in features that made the document stand out. The passport, which is now forty-eight pages thick and […]
The Stann Creek Ecumenical College opened its doors back in September 1974 through the amalgamation of two high schools, Stann Creek and Austin Highs. It evolved into a community school that today has over seven hundred and twelve students studying technical and academic programs. The school is currently facing financial constraints and is in desperate […]
Early Thursday morning, hundreds will be lining up at the Stella Maris school front gate for two races organized by the Special Olympics Belize. The first Fun Run race will head to Princess Margaret Drive, turn at the BTL offices into St. Thomas Street and back to Stella Maris School Front Gate for a mile […]
