Sunday’s momentous victory in front of hundreds of cheering fans at the F.F.B. Field ensures Belize a place in the third round of qualifying matches ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It is the first time in football history that the Jaguars have made it this far, overwhelming the Dominican Republic with a […]
The detention of five Belizeans in Guatemala, and the alleged abuse of those detainees, has resulted in a formal protest being forwarded to Guatemala. It’s an incredible story which started making the rounds on Saturday – five Belizeans who were allegedly hanging out in the Guatemalan village of Santa Cruz, just across the border from […]
Despite the worst fears of the detained men, they were not shot and left in that grassy pasture as they expected. Instead they were taken eight more kilometres where they met up with a mobile unit and were subjected to a preliminary interrogation. Voice of: Ashton McKenzie, Detained in Guatemala “They rubbed us down. […]
McKenzie and his companions were taken back to the Police Station without being allowed to speak on their own behalf. They were first put into a cell with other Guatemalan prisoners, but say that when they witnessed the conditions of the cell they begged to be allowed to stay outside the cell in an open […]
As we told you earlier, a formal note has been sent to Guatemala through diplomatic channels, following the reports made by the men. According to Acting C.E.O. in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Audrey Wallace, they had no inkling of the abuses which are now being alleged. Voice of: Audrey Wallace, Acting C.E.O., Ministry […]
Three persons lost their lives over the weekend in separate incidents in the west and the Old Capital. On Friday night, shots rang out on Partridge Street Extension sometime around eight-thirty p.m. When the echoes of the blasts subsided, twenty-eight-year-old Allison Williams of Rivero Street, Belize City laid dead on the street, next to his […]
Twenty-four hours after the murder of Williams, shots rang out once again in the city. Just after nine p.m., twenty-seven-year-old Jason Sutherland was shot to the left foot as he stood on Central American Boulevard. According to Sutherland, he heard several shots and later realized that he had been shot. He was rushed to the […]
Last Wednesday, two officers, PCs Leonard Nunez and Hallet King were arraigned in the Belize City Magistrate Court for the murder of eighteen year old Hilberto Sotz. Sotz, a second form student of Baptist High School in the west, was killed while in police custody and Nunez and King were allegedly responsible for his demise. […]
The sensational murder of eighteen-year-old Hilberto Sotz of Caye Caulker left the country stunned. Sotz was beaten and killed whilst in police custody at the island’s police station. As we said, two cops were arraigned and remanded, and several others are on interdiction. The police officers involved alleged that Sotz was experiencing breathing problems and […]
On Saturday night a man on a bicycle was hit by a speeding government vehicle and killed on the George Price Highway, between Miles fifty-one and fifty-two in Camalote. It was a hit and run, but preliminary investigations led Police to the home of Orlando Castillo, driver of Minister of National Security John Saldivar. Castillo […]
On Friday night around nine, sixteen year old Azir Zalazar was knocked down off his bike on College Road in Corozal. Zalar, who was complaining of pain in his hands and legs, was taken by to the hospital by forty three year old customs officer Kenroy Samuels. Upon police investigation, it was learnt that Samuels […]
World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June twelve. It’s an opportunity for the globe to raise its voice against child labour and at the same time make a call for all children to have a right to education. In May, the Statistical Institute of Belize and the International Labour Organization launched the findings […]
Earlier this month, twenty-four-year-old Michael Robinson, recently released from a seven year stint in prison, visited the media with a list of allegations against the management and even prison officers at that facility – from corruption to abuse and negligence. Management immediately refuted those allegations, claiming that Robinson wasn’t exactly a credible source. Well tonight […]
When Michael Robinson spoke out about conditions at the prison in early June, he mentioned that certain privileged inmates were given temporary “get out of jail” cards which allowed them free time outside of prison walls. That’s certainly not a new allegation, but tonight Staine confirmed that it does happen. Voice of: Rujan Staine, […]
According to Staine, the trafficking of drugs into the prison is rampant, and so is the abuse of prisoners. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg where the Belize Central Prison is concerned. Voice of: Rujan Staine, Prison Officer, Belize Central Prison “They always say if you’re trafficking, stop it. If you are […]
It’s not a game that is followed by the masses but for those who know a thing or two about poker; it is understood that the World Series of Poker tournaments are a very big deal. One group of eleven persons representing Team Belize traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada last week to compete in one […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. There comes a time when opportunity presents itself and indeed you’ve got to grasp it with both hands. 3 days after defeating the Dominican Republic 2 to 1 on their home ground, the national male football team of Belize hosted its 2nd round opponent […]
