The first murder for the month of November occurred this evening in the Port Loyola area of the city. The victim is well known in the area and early reports say he was shot several times by a gunman who drove up in a vehicle. Marion Ali was there minutes after it happened and files […]
Late this evening, thirty-one year old Kevin Sutherland, a Stevedore of Caesar Ridge Road in Belize City was slapped with Aggravated Assault and Damage to Property charges. Sutherland is alleged to have shot at a 2009 Nissan Maxima belonging to Minister Anthony “Boots” Martinez, who was not in the vehicle and returned later in the […]
It is not a frequent occurrence, even though Belize is a top tourism destination. The previous gay cruise that visited the jewel was on February first 1998 when a group of men stepped ashore to enjoy the sights and sounds of Belize. Well that made the news because it sparked protests by a small crowd […]
The case of the Westerhaven continued in Supreme Court today. The ship ran aground on the reef near Caye Glory on January thirteenth. The defense team is invoking a 1976 charter which would limit the claim to four million Belize dollars. The environmental impact, however, was estimated to be in the range of thirty two […]
Also in the Supreme Court, the case of the breakaway cane farming group, United Cane Farmers Association (U.C.F.A) came up before Justice Oswald Legall. That association is still seeking to find a way to legally move forward in an industry that has been dominated by the Belize Cane Farmers Association (B.C.F.A.). The solicitor general and […]
Almost two years after a murder in early 2008, a second man has been charged. An armed robbery of the Sanabria family of Cotton Tree Village in the Cayo District ended in the horrific murder of a twenty-two year old woman. Mirna Sanabria was fatally shot on the neck on February twenty-seventh at her family’s […]
Two months after the heinous crime, two residents of the same village: twenty year old Nelson Gibson and twenty-six year old Sherman Anderson, believed to have been monitoring the family, were arrested and charged with Robbery. Gibson was also charged for Murder, Attempted Murder, Use of Deadly Means of Harm and Wounding on April twenty-eighth, […]
And in Belize City, a man is clinging to life tonight after he underwent surgery for injuries he sustained early this morning. Alex Goff of Carmelita Village, Orange Walk, was transferred from the Northern Regional Hospital to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he fell unconscious when he was injured on the head. Police say […]
Nineteen year old Alrick Carcamo was shot at last Friday morning on Caesar Ridge Road. On Monday, Patrick Bevans was charged with Aggravated Assault for the shooting. Today, six days after his near death ordeal, the tables turned and Carcamo is being accused of retaliating against one of the two men who he claimed shot […]
In an early morning search on the Southside of Belize City, police netted eighteen pounds of marijuana stashed away in three bags in a couple’s yard on Faber’s Road. Shortly after six a.m., police went to the residence of forty-one year old George Abraham, a former cyclist who now works as a collector at Dooney’s […]
Following the upheaval in October at the University of Belize, changes are apparently afoot in respect of two posts: the Financial Controller, held by Harry Lui and Human Resources Director, held by Yuri Monsanto. In respect of the office of the Financial Controller it was revealed in October that millions of dollars were not reported […]
The latest crime figures have been released. The good news is that in the month of October, hard crimes such as murders went down compared to the September numbers. The statistics also show a decrease in carnal knowledge, rape and theft. But don’t hold your breath because there was marked increase in the number of […]
And before an arrest is made for a crime, a proper investigation must take place. That investigation normally includes taking interviews from possible witnesses. But by the time the witness statements are written down, the investigative process had already taken into account details of the scene. The scene of the crime is a virtual ground […]
Turning to the highways, the zoning of bus routes was first introduced in October 2008. That solved some problems but created others like in the case of the northern zone, which is tied up in litigation over road service permits. But come Monday, there will be new changes in the schedules for the western runs. […]
And the Belize National Dance Company has been in existence for over fifteen years under the artistic directorship of veteran classical and contemporary dancer, Althea Sealy. The company is known nationally and internationally for its style of dancing—mainly Belizean folk style and modern dancing. Sealy says the company has a busy schedule putting off concerts […]
In other news, Bishop Philip Wright wed Carla Suite of Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday. The announcement was made officially today by the Anglican Diocese that Bishop Wright and Suite tied the knot at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in San Fernando, Trinidad. Since the bishop was the groom, Right Reverend Rawle T. Douglin, a former […]
