Steven Buckley, the Belize City man who was brutally shot back in April will finally have his day in court. His near fatal shooting made headlines amidst public outcry over what is widely believed to be a case of police brutality. On the night of Wednesday April twenty-eighth Buckley, along with three other companions, was […]
Inspector Dennis Lopez was charged for Buckley’s shooting, more than a month after that fateful night in April. The thirty-seven year old construction worker was comatose for a week before he finally regained consciousness. The Police Department accepted that one of its own was responsible and offered to help with Buckley’s medical bills, household expenses […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow left the country this morning on an American Airline’s flight bound for Miami, Florida. He didn’t go on official business, but he is there to attend to a serious and personal matter. His lifelong friend, the soul and back bone of his law firm Barrow and Williams, Rodwell Williams lies in […]
Restore Belize, a government initiative to deal with the pervasive crime and violence that is now spilling from Belize City into the rest of the country, was launched this past Wednesday. It is a multi-faceted approach with numerous components, committees and ministerial representation spearheaded by the Prime Minister himself. The commitment is that it will […]
Other than Belize Natural Energy, no other company has struck oil in commercial quantities. There is a veritable chase similar to that of the California Gold Rush and prospectors have bought chunks of concessions hoping to one day see the slick of sweet black crude oil. But the environmental community has been focusing on the […]
Freedom for nineteen year old Emerson Eaghan, was short lived for a murder that happened last year. He was on remand accused in the shooting death of Dennis Nembhard in June 2009. Eagan twice made appearances in court this week and tonight he is behind bars. When he first appeared on Tuesday in the courtroom […]
One of four persons that were jointly charged with Drug Trafficking and possession of two smoking pipes was today freed of the offense. She is Nancy Gomez, a Belizean student studying in the United States. On January third Nancy was along with her boyfriend, twenty-one year old Matthew Stock, eighteen year old Adrian Balderamos, and […]
The case against Kimara Card and Vanessa Williams, both accused of grievous harm upon a police sergeant, continued today before Magistrate Aretha Ford. The women allegedly assaulted Sergeant Araceli Petillo during an altercation at the Princess Hotel & Casino. On May nineteenth attorney Arthur Saldivar, who represented Card, entered a no case submission to the […]
2010 is a year that has had significant changes in the judiciary. On June first there was a transition from the Privy Council in the U.K. to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final appellate court for Belize. On the same day, there was a change of Attorney General from Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington to […]
When we report on violence in Belize City, many times we don’t reveal the names of all the persons apprehended by the police for the crime. That is because the suspects are minors. During the Prime Minister’s Restore Belize Press Conference on Wednesday, Education and Youth Minister, Patrick Faber revealed that there might be as […]
Earlier we reported on the prognosis of Rodwell Williams, who is now hospitalized in Miami. Before he was transported to the Jackson Memorial, his medical treatment locally required certain equipment which is not available either at the private or public hospitals. The doctors from the Belize Healthcare services are publicly appealing to the government to […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in Miami tonight to lend support to his law partner Rodwell Williams who was gravely injured on Monday night outside his law firm. As reported earlier in the newscast the motive for the shooting is still not determined but there is plenty speculation going around. If you recall, there was […]
He has been in the news several times before for allegations as a rogue cop and then he was charged for the murder of an Orange Walk businessman, thirty-six year old Hui Lin Chen and for injuring three police officers in March of 2009. But since thirty three year old Kevin “Cowboy” Alvarez was stabbed […]
While we were at the Ombudsman’s office we met the mother of the prison inmate who allegedly provided the knife used to stab Alvarez. Daisy McKenzie is the mother of Jeremy Harris, a prisoner who is on a life sentence for the 2002 murder of businessman, Philip Chin. As the story goes, it was Harris […]
Only twenty-one persons are currently receiving dialysis treatment subsidized by the government. It’s a small group in the number of patients that are suffering from renal pathologies. But this may soon change as earlier today a memorandum of understanding was signed by the government, the World organization of Renal Therapies and two hospitals to introduce […]
Losing weight is a constant challenge for many people. There are many quick fixes, but a sustained program to manage your weight is not as difficult as you may think. Aside from regular exercise, food intake is another factor in keeping the pounds off and one important nutrient is fiber. Healthy Living explains. Marleni Cuellar, […]
