An internal and a criminal investigation is underway following the shooting death of Richard Garcia, a handyman in Chunox, Corozal, by police who went to the Garcia’s house to carry out an eviction request by the landlord. The officers claim that on Friday afternoon Garcia charged at them with a machete and fearing for their […]
Corozal cops are in hot water after Garcia’s death, but they say it’s not that simple. Today, Senior Superintendent Dennis Arnold said police had previously responded to several incidents involving Garcia, and this time officers were told to go prepared because the Chunox handyman was considered “armed and dangerous.” While the incident is being investigated, […]
Before we go to break…in respect of the shooting death of Richard Garcia in Chunox, Senior Superintendent Arnold also told us today that Garcia had chances to leave the property peacefully, but instead attempted to injure cops with a machete. In the end the tenant would be left dead and the community would lash out […]
Just days before his departure from his home village of Cotton Tree, a twenty-one year old popular resident was shot and killed. Omar Barahona Junior was at a family get-together when he was murdered. Omar was along with his cousin and Devon Brooks when he was targeted by a fourth person. But even as seven […]
A well-orchestrated robbery was executed with precision on Thursday at the Toledo Teachers Credit Union in the south. A pair of robbers made away with over a hundred thousand dollars in Belize and U.S. currency which would have been used for pensioners, as well as other payments on Friday. After they cut padlocks, shutters and […]
There is further controversy leading up to the election for the executive of the Football Federation of Belize which takes place on June twenty-fourth. Former President Ruperto Vicente and Acting President Marlon Kuylen are the only two who can compete for the coveted top post. That is because the 2016 F.F.B. presidential candidate Sergio Chuc […]
The F.F.B. has since brought in CONCACAF to oversee the election process, but Chuc expects to throw a wrench in that process. Now, seven associations with two votes each make up seventy percent of the voting; the other thirty percent is represented by the league, all in all a total of twenty votes will determine […]
Last week, in the immediate aftermath of the brutal double murder of Zeidy Orozco and Balthazar Lopez, questions were raised as to whether a serial killer may be at work in the Corozal District. Like Canadian-American couple Francesca Matus and Drew Thomas DeVoursney, Orozco and Lopez were last seen together; their vehicle was discovered separate […]
This afternoon in Orange Walk, twenty-five-year-old mother of three, Thais Cowo of San Pablo Village, was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on a single charge of harm. She is accused of beating up teacher of San Pablo Government School, Ednita Cocom, on the school’s compound on Thursday afternoon. Her oldest son came home and reported […]
On Saturday evening, police responded to a report of a robbery at Twins Supermarket on Saint Thomas Street in north side Belize City. Today, it was business as usual at the establishment, but business owner forty-two-year-old Quan Pan Chan says that just after four p.m. on Saturday while he was on the second floor of […]
A serial rapist in Belmopan, accused of sexually assaulting a woman in March 2011, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. He was also serving a ten-year stretch for an armed robbery. But tonight, Alberto Ical was acquitted of those charges after successfully appealing both cases. Six years ago, the alleged victim testified during trial […]
In Orange Walk, on Saturday afternoon around twelve-thirty, eighty-four year old Pablo Zenon Reyes was standing in front of his establishment, a tortilla factory located on Progress Street. Suddenly, without warning, one Nigel Guerra stabbed him once to his left forearm and twice to the abdomen with a kitchen knife. Reyes continues to fight for […]
An Orange Walk man says he is lucky to be alive tonight following a traffic accident on the Yo Creek Road on Saturday afternoon. Thirty-six year old Einer Toloza of the Louisiana area was test-driving a vehicle that he had been working on but lost control and ran into the safety railing a mile from […]
Beyond the Horizon is implementing several projects across Belize valued at over ten million U.S. dollars. The projects include health facilities, as well as school buildings. One school to receive a new three classroom building is St Matthew Government School in St Matthew Village. Andrea Polanco was at today’s ribbon cutting ceremony and shares how […]
Domestic violence against women has ended tragically in numerous cases across the country. But women continue to suffer in silence. Over the weekend, an initiative by a nonprofit organization that assist battered women and children, held a first of its kind event. Through the five-K walk, Haven House hopes to raise awareness as well as […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights from the weekend sporting activities….]
