A murder over the weekend involving a couple in Stann Creek has stunned the community. In a case of domestic dispute, a husband was killed in Seine Bight, two days before he celebrated one year of marriage. On Friday night around eleven-thirty, Glenn Ramirez got into an altercation with his wife as he and his […]
There were two other murders over the weekend. Up north in Orange Walk, police have not been able to determine the identity of a man whose decomposing body was found by a farmer in the bushes off the San Estevan Road on Sunday afternoon. A post mortem conducted on the scene, has determined that John […]
Also on Sunday, but this time in Bella Vista Village in the Toledo District, a man was shot and partially decapitated and his body left lying next to the highway. Shortly before eight, Independence Police were called out to miles forty-five and forty-six on the Southern Highway where they made the gruesome discovery. The person […]
A mishap on Friday evening led to the unfortunate death of twenty-two-year old Kenworth Castro, who had moved to Caye Caulker just two months ago. Castro, a diver, was last seen alive swinging under the palapa of a well-known establishment. Soon after, he was dead from a broken neck. Despite efforts to save him, he […]
Last Wednesday, a popular DJ and activist was killed just outside his home on Central American Boulevard. Forty-year-old Andrew Bennett, known as Hard Rock, was shot multiple times to the head and body and died on the spot. He will be laid to rest later this week and tonight police are looking for a person […]
Minister of Defense John Saldivar is embroiled in another scandal. This time he was caught using coast guard vessels donated by the U.S. government to shuttle his Belmopan Bandits, as well as family and fans, to and from San Pedro for various sporting activities. It’s a practice that is very much frowned upon because those […]
Two years ago, Guatemalan Armed Forces bullied their Belizean counterparts from the Coast Guard off Sarstoon Island, where the Coast Guard men had been seeking a platform on which to build a Joint Forward Operating Base with the Belize Defence Force. It was never confirmed who in Belize gave the order to back down, but […]
Does Belize really need a Sarstoon protocol? After all, Belize considers half the river and Sarstoon Island ours. That is, until Guatemala effectively took possession of the entire river over two years ago. Now, the protocol would give formal rules for the traversing of the southern boundary by Belizean and Guatemalan civilians. But Guatemala has […]
On Friday night, the Queen of the Jewel organization via its National Director Opal Enriquez issued a release cutting short the reign of Rebecca Rath as Miss Belize Universe 2016. Word of the premature end to her reign reached Rath via the news and social media. Effective immediately, the official title of Miss Belize 2017 […]
Now, it is no secret that the Raths were not too happy with the Queen of the Jewel organization. Following her appearance in Manila, Philippines, Rebecca’s father and well-known photographer, Tony Rath, posted a five-part blog chronicling his daughter’s journey and challenges to Miss Universe. In those articles, the senior Rath made serious allegations against […]
An employee of the Ministry of Agriculture is in custody tonight for attacking and robbing a registrar officer of the Pesticide Control Board in Central Farm, Cayo. Kareem Harvey is accused of stealing the truck belonging to the department as well as cash and other items belonging to the victim. But Harvey was soon arrested […]
Fires have been sparking all over; the latest blaze was in Carmelita, Orange Walk where a concrete spilt level house went up in flames. The fire erupted at about eleven o’clock on Saturday night and destroyed the building. Its owner, Carole Gillette is in the United Sates so it was left in the care of […]
Brian “Yellow Man” Audinette’s fate as macebearer and sergeant at arms of the House of Representatives will be determined on June ninth, when the National Assembly Staff Committee convenes. That meeting had been scheduled well ahead of the embarrassing ordeal that played out in the gallery of the Assembly Building on May seventeenth, when Yellow […]
With that meeting pending, we asked Longsworth if there is anything within her powers, as Speaker of the House and chair of the National Assembly Staff Committee, to prohibit Audinette from attending or disrupting subsequent senate hearings. Isani Cayetano “Now I know that the chairman of the Senate Special Select Committee presides over conduct […]
The Belize Police Department has its eyes on the streets of the Old Capital, particularly in various hotspots on the city’s south side. This afternoon, as many as eleven surveillance cameras were launched at the Raccoon Street headquarters, where Junior Minister Elodio Aragon and the brass of the police department gathered during a brief ceremony. […]
According to Aragon Jr., the addition of the cameras also forms part of a new crime fighting strategy. Elodio Aragon Jr., Minister of State, Police “It’s all about looking at how we incorporate technology into law enforcement activities, you know. This is one way how we will enhance our capabilities in terms of looking […]
The Minister of State for Police also took on other issues relating to his ministry. With new equipment being added to the existing resources of the department to aid in crime fighting, is there an equal push to equip the National Forensics Science Services in solving crime? It’s a question that was put squarely to […]
There is good news tonight for a number of agencies manning the Chiquibul where illegal activities, in particular gold panning, are on the increase. PACT, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, today handed over six vehicles to the Chiquibul Forest Investment Initiative, which comprises the Belize Defence Force, the Belize Forest Department, Ya’axché Conservation Trust and […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of weekend sporting activities….]
