2016 closed with a record number of murders, one thirty-seven persons were killed by December thirty-first. The carnage at the start of 2017 shows no signs of letting up so far; the past four days have been brutal especially in the Old Capital where of five murders, all except one occurred. Tonight, we look at […]
Prior to the murder of Randolph Johnson this afternoon, twenty-eight-year-old Robert Gillett was executed on North Front Street around midday on Monday. Police have not ruled out that it may be connected to another of the homicides over the weekend. As many as fifteen shots were fired at the former inmate who was released from […]
The discovery of a live M26 fragmentation hand grenade this morning, by personnel attached to the Gang Suppression Unit, continues to draw attention to an exceptionally violent and bloody New Year’s weekend in the Old Capital. The lethal explosive device was recovered from an area near the Cumberbatch Field at the intersections of Fabers and […]
Across the country, teachers were not in classrooms in response to a call from the Belize National Teachers Union. The latest dispute between the B.N.T.U. and the Ministry of Education involves the resumption of classes as the union continues with its planned absence from classrooms until January ninth. While mediation is pending over salaries and […]
The New Year continued with a second murder on Monday night. Thirty-one-year-old Kenneth Dobson was shot and killed while he socialized with friends on Raccoon Street Extension. The Belize City man has had a colorful history and has been acquitted of at least two murders and Police say that they will be looking at his […]
Twenty-two-year-old Colin Sutherland was shot and killed as he walked on Youth For the Future Drive on New Year’s Day. A man got out of a vehicle and fired several shots and killed Sutherland. Police say that they are looking for a possible connection with another murder of Robert Gillett who was killed one day […]
While families celebrated the holidays, others grieved as criminals took over the streets. In Ladyville, Belize District, twenty-five year old Dillon Grinage was executed at a local food stall by a lone gunman. Grinage is the last murder victim for 2016. His mother was heading to church when her son was shot and killed. News […]
The New Year is considered a time for new beginnings, mostly summarized with the appearances of babies. But one baby boy didn’t make it to 2017. Benque Viejo Police were called to the riverside near the Town Hall on New Year’s Eve afternoon and made a heart-breaking discovery. The fetus’ remains were wrapped in a […]
There’s some good news to report tonight amid all the crime…With the Miss Universe 2017 pageant just weeks away in Philippines, Rebecca Rath, our Miss Belize, left earlier today to continue preparing in the United States before heading out to Manila, where the competition will be held. Rath has been a favorite among the delegates […]
Heading over to Belmopan…the first order of official business at Belize House this morning was the swearing-in of Michael Peyrefitte as Attorney General. Peyrefitte took the oath before Governor General Colville Young succeeding Vanessa Retreage who was appointed AG in 2015. As House speaker, Laura Longsworth has been named to replace Peyrefitte.
There’s another reason to celebrate. The first baby to be born this year is baby Kelsey Garnett. She was delivered at twelve on Sunday morning weighing seven pounds six ounces. She was born at the K.H.M.H. to a sixteen year old mother. As is customary, the parents were gifted with baby supplies from the San […]
They hung out together, but police believe that twenty-year-old Frank Alexander Young decided to kill nineteen year old David Andrews on December twenty-third on Racoon Street, for unknown reasons. As we reported on Friday, he was arrested and charged, but in court Young told Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer that he had no reason to kill […]
In addition to over one hundred and thirty lives lost to violence, by guns or other means, the highways and other roads also exacted a heavy toll. Though we were not able to confirm with authorities the exact figures, as many as eighty traffic accidents took place in Belize in 2016, with quite a few […]
The US Embassy has issued a bulletin seeking information on the whereabouts of U.S. national Raymond Samuel McLeod Junior, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Krystal Mitchell in San Diego on June tenth, 2016. McLeod, who is also known as RJ, is believed to be in Belize and was last seen in […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. {Feature on weekend sporting activities….}
