As we said…Today, in an amazingly protracted and confounding Courtroom drama, it took two Magistrates, the D.P.P., a Police prosecutor and five defense attorneys eight hours and two separate courtrooms to formally arraign three men and one woman. In February 2015, a vehicle driven by businessman Michael Modiri was searched at a checkpoint, and officers […]
Businessman Jahan Abadi and Haung Chong Park were arraigned for conspiracy to the crime of perverting the course of justice. They allegedly solicited the services of Solomon Moss to plant the rifle in the vehicle of Michael Modiri. Both were remanded to prison until a bail hearing before the Magistrate on Friday morning. Paumen and […]
A joint law enforcement operation in the vicinity of Consejo, in the Corozal District, has resulted in the seizure of a quantity of high-grade marijuana believed to have been smuggled from neighboring Mexico. On Wednesday afternoon, coast guard, B.D.F. and customs personnel were patrolling the Rio Hondo River in an area known as Estereo when […]
The area of Consejo has been designated by the Belize Defense Force and the National Coast Guard as a hotspot for the transshipment of drugs and other contraband. Despite ramping up efforts to police the area and maintain a presence in Consejo, Soberanis says an interagency approach that is being implemented has been instrumental in […]
Late this evening the Eastern Division North Police levied charges against a trio of men for the stabbing murder of thirty-seven year old Ian Blair. Eighteen-year-old Windell Thurton of Freetown Road, twenty-one-year-old Max Orosco of New Road and nineteen-year-old Byron Flowers of Consuelo Street, Belize City have been jointly charged for the crimes of Murder, […]
The hunt for fifty-nine year old Juan Carlos Gutierrez has come to an end. The Salvadoran national, who was wanted by Orange Walk Police for the cold-blooded murder of Indian Church Vice-Chairman, fifty-one year old Francisco Arevalo, was captured this afternoon by Mexican and Belize police in Allende, Mexico. Gutierrez is believed to have accosted […]
And from crime to the financial sector…Prime Minister Dean Barrow is away on an official visit to Washington where he is attending a series of high-level meetings with officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, as well as the IMF and World Bank. Government is attempting to solve the issue of correspondent […]
A candle is believed to have sparked a fire in the upper flat of a house in the south side of Belize City. The fire victim, Allan Locario lived alone and lost all his belongings in the blaze. The fire department arrived soon after the fire was reported and was able to contain it before […]
Meanwhile, fire officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire up north, inside the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. Around three p.m. on Tuesday, a seventy-five by seventy-five foot structure used as a warehouse and is the property of Orange Walk businessman Amit Moriani, went up in flames. While the building is said to […]
Suicides are not reported in our newscasts as a matter of policy, except in rare cases. Recently, there have been two cases of a pair of young girls in the Cayo District, which have raised alarm bells. Suicides, theoretically, are not often random. In fact, a majority of those who take their own lives often […]
After more than a week, the murder case of Belize City Daniel Anderson, accused with the 2011 murder of Joyce Mitchell came to an end. Mitchell was gunned down in a hail of bullets sprayed in her direction but she was not the intended target. The ruling has been deferred in the trial by judge […]
Tonight, the man accused of burglarizing the Cafeteria at Edward P. Yorke High School has been identified as Julian Edward Cowling. Cowling, a resident of Belize City was arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Deborah Rogers for burglary and handling stolen goods. He is accused of stealing chocolate, chips, an assortment soft drinks, juices, snacks, water, […]
The Belize Bank inaugurated its new branch offices in San Ignacio on Wednesday night offering its customers a more spacious and comfortable location to conduct banking business. The need for expansion had become real because of the growth in the number of customers and portfolio that the bank has been experiencing in the west. News […]
This Saturday at Price Barracks in Ladyville, the Belize Defense Force will host its annual B.D.F. Day in celebration of its thirty-eighth anniversary. The event allows for the public, as well as the families of the officers, to get an insight into the life of a soldier. Activities for the entire family, as well as […]
According to data from the Belize Kidney Association, they have recorded to date that one hundred and twenty-two persons have passed away due to kidney failure. There are currently one hundred and five persons in need of dialysis treatment. A number of these persons are receiving treatment, but the remaining patients are in dire need […]
You’ve heard about the Forty-five shootout and now a battle of international disc jockeys will take place for the first time in Belize. It’s all happening this weekend at the Pick Wick Club when the four-time Grammy award winning Black Chiney from Jamaica will take on Dynamq from Africa. The promoter dropped by today to […]
And this news, if you have been experiencing problems with the B.T.L. service, the company confirmed today that its prepaid short code system is facing significant issues. B.T.L. says the system went down on Sunday due to its primary and backup servers. As a result, the short code to check credit balances or buy text […]
Two cases this week have highlighted the plight of persons with mental health problems. In both, the persons were kept within their environment, but were they receiving appropriate treatment? Family support is critical in promoting mental wellbeing, as is building awareness about mental health, says the Ministry of Health. This week in Healthy Living, we […]
