In February 2002 Jermaine Fuentes, also known as Jermaine De Paz, was one of the Police Department’s most wanted fugitives in connection with the murders of Mark Ireland, Anthony “Trigger” Adderley, and the attempted murder of Joel Waight. He was never apprehended and while many thought that he had fled the country, his absence led […]
This Wednesday will mark one week since thirty seven-year old Stephen Buckley was critically shot by a police officer as he sat with his boss inside a green Dodge Ram at the Cesar Ridge intersection in Belize City. Buckley, a contractor by profession, was hit in the head by bullets from a pump action shotgun […]
Stephen Buckley’s shooting has stirred outrage in the community. Police maintain that the shooting was accidental, but persons who witnessed the shooting attest that the trigger was pulled by the police officer. Buckley was injured on the face, was left paralyzed and continues receiving treatment at the K.H.M.H. News Five Delahnie Bain spoke to family […]
Stephen Buckley is recovering from the shooting at the intersection of Cesar Ridge Road when the vehicle he was driving in was stopped by the police. The police and witnesses accounts differ in the number of gunshots and the version of events. The question is: Do you believe the shooting of Stephen Buckley was accidental? […]
A major investment in the health sector was launched today with the groundbreaking of a pediatrics healthcare centre next to Belize Healthcare Partners that donated the land for the first of its kind clinic. The state of the art multi-million dollar project is linked to the Sanford Children’s Clinic based in South Dakota and is […]
When it was held last October and November, the Commission of Inquiry looking into the procedures in attaining pharmaceutical and medical supplies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, sounded alarm bells. The review covered January 2007 to July 2009, the period when the Belize Medical and Dental Union made allegations of gross abandonment of procedures, […]
Ongoing litigation between Speednet and B.T.L. over the use of infrastructure and interconnection between both telecom companies has been adjourned until late June following a request made by Speednet to seek testimony from a new expert witness. Last December Smart’s services, including access to the E1 fiber optic network, were interrupted by B.T.L. Smart accused […]
There’s more talk against crime, this time it’s coming from the Belize City Council that is holding a Violence Prevention Summit to bring all sectors of the community together to take an active stance against the increasing violent crimes. CitCo has activated the City Emergency Management Organization (CEMO) to spearhead the initiative which will feature […]
The proposal dubbed ‘park to parking lot’ has been vehemently condemned both by residents and central government, so now the folks at City Hall are saying that the plan has been shelved. The idea was to use the front of the B.T.L. Park to provide parking for the new casino being built across the street […]
On Monday night we heard from Paula Wade, the mother of nine year old Jamil Wade, a standard two student of Calvary Temple Primary who was knocked down by a police car last Friday. The child was going to the market when he was hit. The impact caused him injuries to his face, head and […]
Twenty-nine year old Melvin Salazar, an accused fugitive who was at large since 2004 turned himself in to San Ignacio Police on April twenty-eight after several years of being on the lam. Salazar, who was in the presence of a local Justice of the Peace, is accused of the murder of Ermildo ‘Chakiste’ Coc which […]
A fisherman of Ladyville is facing charges of grievous harm after being accused of stabbing another man multiple times during a fight outside a local bar on April thirtieth. Nineteen year old Nelson Peters, a resident of Mitchell Estate, reportedly stabbed Elvis Brackett in the chest, abdomen, throat, left leg and both arms over a […]
A unanimous decision by a jury of twelve this evening has allowed two Belize City men to walk free of murder charges after four years of remand at the Hattieville Prison. Aaron King and Llewelyn Williams were both found not guilty of the murder of Russian national Alexei Golouber whose badly decomposed body was found […]
They say music makes the world go round, but if it were up to one young man, he would use his music to put an end to violence. Hugh Dyer, a resident of Hattieville, is so passionate about the level of crime and violence in Belize that he is using his talent to send that […]
