Frank Edwards Junior was accused of murdering James Swan and Eduardo Gutierrez and burying them in a shallow grave in 2009. He was also accused of killing a security guard during a Scotiabank robbery in 2010. He walked free from both those capital charges. In February 2015 Edwards was also a suspect in the murder […]
Even as they investigate this murder, San Pedro Police are trying to close another. One week ago Honduran Johana Mendez Barrios was killed inside her apartment, her throat cut. Investigators have made some progress in that case, but are appealing to the public for assistance in tying up loose ends. Insp. Henry Jemott, Deputy […]
There is a second murder to report. At news time tonight Orange Walk Police are at a site on the Lamanai Lagoon in the community of Indian Church, south of Orange Walk Town. This morning they were called in after villagers made the grisly discovery of a corpse floating in the lagoon. The body was […]
The body of twenty-one-year-old Carlos Reyes, a resident of Coyocville, Trial Farm Village was fished out of the New River in Orange Walk Town on Tuesday morning. Reyes is one of two men who drowned in the murky water behind La Inmaculada Primary School the day before. While coastguard divers resumed their search of the […]
The new shipment of fuel is in, and the acquisition cost, or C.I.F., is down, which means that pump prices should automatically go down. But they won’t, because GOB has decided to hike up import duties on fuel – AGAIN. The notice came in the form of a release today which states that based on […]
Investigations continue tonight in the shooting death of a Belizean mother of three children who lived in Inglewood, California. Kisha Michaels was shot in her car by cops early on Sunday morning. In the car was also a man who was injured but died as he received treatment at a hospital. The Inglewood police claim […]
The murder in San Pedro last week, followed so shortly after by another Tuesday night – both violent – may give the impression that La Isla Bonita is becoming a dangerous place. After all, this is Mother Nature’s best kept secret, where hundreds of thousands of tourists flock annually to experience a bit of paradise. […]
San Pedro Police are also investigating a widespread forgery ring – specifically fake Orange Walk drivers’ licenses. From what we’ve been able to determine, these persons purchase forged licenses, with the objective of renewing them legitimately – exchanging fake for real, so to speak. And it would probably have worked, except that a vigilant transport […]
Female coastguard officer, Keyren Tzib, went back to court this morning. She is accused of manslaughter in the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Thythis Blancaneaux on July eighteenth, 2015 in Lords Bank, Ladyville. The preliminary inquiry began around nine-fifty this morning to determine whether Tzib, who suffers from depression, will stand trial at Supreme Court. […]
Another preliminary inquiry took place today. Thirty-five year old Jorge Velasquez who in September 2014 was accused of raping a twelve-year-old girl is back behind bars at the Belize Central Prison. At the end of the P.I., Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith ruled that a prima facie case has been established against Velasquez and he […]
There have been at least three recent cases of fake cops on the loose. Today, a case came up in court which seems to involve the fake cops. Security officer, Elmoore Spencer, claims that three men, claiming to be police officers, drove up while he was on duty on Wednesday night at Moon Superstore on […]
The Caribbean Development Bank held its 2016 media conference today at its headquarters in Barbados. President William Warren Smith opened the conference outlining the major issues that the Caribbean region is being challenged by. These include the current state and uncertainties of Caribbean economies and he outlined how the C.D.B. can help in building resilience […]
This Thursday, Jamaicans go to the polls to decide where Prime Minister Portio Simpson known as Mama P will remains as the P.N.P. Prime Minister or whether Opposition Leader Andrew Holness of the J.L.P. will be elected to run the country where sixty-three seats are up for grabs. Last minute campaigning is underway in the […]
Primary school students at St. John’s Vianney Primary School were ecstatic this morning when they were allowed onto a new playground. The swings, seesaw and slide are a donation from the Rotary Club of Edmonton, Canada. Members of the organization volunteered their time to paint and set up the various components of the set and […]
The GREAT program funded by the U.S. government has become an important element in the work of the police department. It first started in the City and has now spread to the districts as an effective way to prevent violence among youths. Today, another group of police officers completed their training and will be deployed […]
