At about three-thirty this afternoon, three armed masked robbers walked separately into Courts on the Northern Highway. The first headed directly upstairs where the cashiers are stationed and asked a female cashier to hand over the cash pan. She was threatened and handed over the money and the robbers ran out of the store. The […]
It is about thirty hours since the murder and daring robbery at the Scotiabank Branch in Spanish Lookout and police have already made some progress in cracking the case. Five robbers entered the bank after eight Tuesday morning and got away with a large sum of money from the bank and a customer. A K.B.H. […]
On Tuesday night we asked the question: Do you at this time support the cuts in the budget of the police department? The question relates to the spate of murders and other violence in recent days in contrast to the limited resources available to the police to get a grip on the crime situation. The […]
Just a week after Prime Minister Dean Barrow painted a grim picture about the economic prospects for the new fiscal year, the Public Utilities Commission made that picture even bleaker when today it announced that water rates will go up. In a press release today from the P.U.C., it announced that it approves a twelve […]
It’s been a while since we heard about the battle between Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association and the new kid on the block, the San Pedro Express. Initially questions were raised about whether or not there were enough customers for the industry to sustain the two groups. The first blow was felt when San Pedro […]
But Cotton Tree Village has another land problem its residents are battling. Chairman Florentino Baeza and one of the villagers visited our studios to complain about the issue. They are upset with the Ministry of Natural Resources for implementing a whole new process after their Area Representative, Ramon Witz, gave them approval to proceed with […]
Thirteen hundred acres of land in the vicinity of Cotton Tree Village has been up for grabs ever since the government realized that the Taiwanese owners have not been paying property taxes. According to John Saldivar Area Representative for Belmopan, the principal owner is either in jail or dead somewhere on the other side of […]
Well known U.D.P. and PUP attorneys say real solutions to crime needed The brazen daylight shootings in front of Holy Redeemer Primary School in Belize City and at the Scotia Bank in Spanish Lookout is signaling a nation under siege. Both incidents occurred near police stations, indicating that gun toting criminals no longer seek the […]
He is the highest Italian government official to visit. The government announced today that Claudio Scajola, the Minister of Economic Development, was on a brief official visit. Scajola arrived this morning and met in Belize City with the PM Dean Barrow, Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington and his counterpart, Minister Erwin Contreras. A declaration was released […]
In the courts, Former Commissioner of Police, Carmen Zetina, was found guilty this afternoon of Driving without Due Care and Attention. The verdict followed an incident which occurred on November twenty sixth, 2009 when Zetina’s Isuzu Rodeo collided into another vehicle on Marine Parade. Magistrate Sharon Lewis fined Zetina a hundred dollars, which is to […]
Last Friday, well-known police figure, Corporal Harold Grinage, was shot at numerous times. The bullets did not find their mark and the officer was able to identify the gunmen. Police confirm that they have arrested one of the two suspects. Jermaine Belgrave appeared in front of the Chief Magistrate, Margaret Gabb McKenzie, and was charged with […]
A trio including two men and a woman appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare today to answer charges of attempted murder. They are twenty-four year-old Sheryl Arnold, a domestic of West Lake Community located at mile eight on the Western Highway, her twenty-two year old common-law-husband Eric Garbutt, a boat captain of the same address and […]
Since his capture in February Gary Seawell joined his brother Mark behind prison bars. Both Seawell brothers are being sought by the U.S. government face drug trafficking charges. The U.S. nabbed the other brother Dwayne Seawell in 2007 and he is serving a seventeen years sentence for similar offences. While the options for Gary and […]
The house was overflowing Tuesday night with fans from all around the country who converged at the Bliss for KTV Latino. As the cameras rolled, six contenders took the spotlight whipping up a medley of Latin favorites. There was an abundance of star power and the performances were generally note perfect. When they could not […]
