The disappearance of a young Belize City student since Sunday has gripped the nation and galvanized persons from every walk of life. A massive search and rescue operation to locate seventeen-year-old SJCJC student Kelvin Usher continues in the wilderness of Lucky Strike in northern Belize District. It is day four and counting. The search started […]
In the face of specific details being provided by the GSU Commander, there are a number of inconsistencies. Firstly, Superintendent Makin states that his men fired only three to four rounds when entering the marijuana plantation. That account is being refuted by Cameron Usher Senior. He was apprehended at the location, while his son Kelvin […]
One person we haven’t heard from is the Prime Minister, but that will change when he addresses the press on Thursday, according to the Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Elrington. Elrington says an internal investigation has already commenced through the Professional Standards Branch. While Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams was in attendance, he was […]
On the streets of the Old Capital, temperatures are rising among the younger population, which is demanding answers and action on the mysterious disappearance of one of their own. At midday today, a group of students took to the streets in protest of the way the authorities have been handling the incident. News Five’s Isani […]
For the fourth day, the bushes of Lucky Strike were scoured by family and friends looking for Kelvin Usher. The family holds hope alive, but every passing minute is critical to locate the minor. The search parties were joined today by Assistant Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the head of the Professional Standards Branch of […]
From all accounts, fingers are pointing in one direction in the disappearance of the bright and well-liked Kelvin Usher, the SJC JC student who has not been seen by his family for three nights. P.U.P. Deputy Leader Cordel Hyde agrees that there are more questions than answers as this ordeal continues to develop. The initial […]
There is a widespread call for a thorough investigation into the disappearance of Kelvin Usher and on what went wrong on Sunday when the GSU descended on the youth and his father. Today, it came from many quarters; from ministers to high profile persons to young students or simply persons who feel the system is […]
A team of four officers attached to the Special Patrol Unit is under investigation tonight for reportedly taking a quantity of cocaine from evidence during an operation in the Cayo District almost one month ago. It was a sizeable haul of narcotics, but police are remaining tightlipped about the actual quantity. According to ACP Noel […]
A trio of police officer, each from a different part of the country, is in detention in Belize City tonight after a wild night on the town on Tuesday. The cops are in the city participating in the Gang Resistance and Education Training, also known as GREAT. Their actions, however, emulated the very gangs that […]
The Senate Special Select Committee resumed after a one-week holiday break with Director of Immigration, Diana Locke, continuing her testimony. For the past two sessions she has been extensively reviewing the Department’s activities since the Auditor General’s Report was compiled beginning in 2013, and the efforts at reform that the department has taken. For the […]
Another example of supposed hustling extends beyond Immigration to the Border Management Agency under the Ministry of Tourism. There have been reports that officers of that agency have assessed extra fees to those crossing into Belize from the Western Border. While it has not been determined if an incident captured on camera involves an Immigration […]
Several current Ministers of Government have been faulted for offering and signing recommendations to facilitate persons getting passports, visas and other services. Some have gone even further, from couriering to, as alleged of ex-Minister Elvin Penner, facilitating select persons including Won Hong Kim, who never set foot in Belize. All have denied it, but on […]
Among the recommendations by the Auditor General in her report is the complete revocation, pending investigation, of all nationality certificates and passports issued to the persons named in the report that were granted between 2011 and 2013. It’s a measure some, including Director of Immigration Diana Locke, deems drastic. The man who helped start it […]
Business Community Senator Mark Lizarraga acted as chair of the Senate Hearings today in place of Aldo Salazar, whom he said had a prior commitment. On the matter of the ex-ministers, whom he would not name, but whom we have identified as from Cayo and Dangriga, acting as Immigration agents, he cried shame. Lizarraga says […]
Are ordinary Belizeans somewhat partly to blame for the state of affairs at the Immigration Department? Is our thirst for accelerated service contributing to the “culture of corruption” so extensively discussed at the Senate Committee hearings? While not saying so outright, Director of Immigration Diana Locke acknowledged that some of the Department’s problems trace back […]
