C onvicted Belizean/American sex offender, Kenrick Bowman has been in the news since Tuesday for allegations that he sodomized a number of minors at his house on Police Street, Belize City. After being held by police since Wednesday night; this afternoon the forty-two-year-old was escorted to court, arraigned and granted bail for an alleged sexual […]
Despite Bowman’s arraignment on a separate matter this afternoon, there are a myriad of questions that need answers. Those questions were posed to Senior Superintendent Chester Williams during a press brief earlier today. The most obvious, why hasn’t Bowman been charged in relation to recent allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor? According to the […]
Does the request for statements from alleged victims of Kenrick Bowman taint the partiality of the police investigation into the reported sexual offence? That’s what the media asked the Regional Commander of Eastern Division South today and while he does attest that it takes away from the objectivity of the process, he says he is […]
Two farmers from the Corozal District were gunned down this morning in a cane-field near Paraiso, just three and a half miles out of town. The bodies of Rogelio Rancharan and Victor Enrique Ayun were found by police after they responded to a report of shots being fired. A farmer who was with Rancharan and […]
Keyren Tzib, on remand for manslaughter, was in Supreme Court this morning for a second appearance in her petition for bail. Last week Friday Justice Troadio Gonzalez had adjourned the matter and requested a psychiatric evaluation of Tzib before making a determination of bail. But the process of that determination has been delayed once again. […]
Tzib’s mother says that she is doing okay on remand because she is away from the things that terrorize her. She’s confident that everything will work out for her daughter in the end. Another spectator in court today was the sister of Thytis Blancaneaux who died after he was stabbed once to the shoulder by […]
Blancaneaux says that her family is seeking closure for the death of their brother and son. But they also want Tzib to get the help she needs. According to Minerva Blancaneaux – Tzib won’t get that if she is just released into society, and she also won’t get it if she is incarcerated at the […]
As we told you on Thursday, the Police Department is denying that there is any update in the case of the three fishermen missing for one month. The Department also denies that Coast Guard personnel were detained over the Independence weekend in connection with that disappearance. But today we spoke to attorney Dickie Bradley who […]
Bradley says that his client and another Coast Guard officer who was similarly detained are considering legal action against the Police. That’s because they were allegedly held long past the forty-eight hours, and were released only after they threatened to sue – released without any charge or any indication from the Police that they would […]
A rat in the incubator! Not only have the jarring images gone viral but the story has made headlines across the world. Undoubtedly, the recent incident involving a rodent biting a newborn inside the incubator in the neonatal ward at the Western Regional Hospital is another black eye on the public health sector. This morning, […]
Minister of Labor Godwin Hulse also touched on the proposed raise for employees of the K.H.M.H. He rationalizes the salary increase in much the same way as the Prime Minister did in his Independence Day address. According to Hulse, while the write-off of the existing debt at the K.H.M.H. offsets the amount being used for […]
The National Fire Service is the recipient of a generous donation of equipment from the United States Government. This morning, U.S. Ambassador Carlos Moreno was on hand for the delegation of the items which include over two hundred flame retardant suits. The initiative, says Ambassador Moreno, is part of a wider effort to increase disaster […]
Swiss authorities began criminal proceedings today against FIFA President, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the two most powerful figures in world football. The Swiss are investigating whether Blatter made an illegal two million dollar payment. The office of the Swiss Attorney general says that the investigation is on suspicion of criminal mismanagement…and -– alternatively – […]
And on a more positive note, hundreds of thousands have been turning out to greet beloved Pope Francis who is in the US on a hectic schedule. The pontiff arrived in New York City from Washington DC on Thursday. Earlier this morning, he addressed world leaders at the United Nations and moved on to Ground […]
