Three Belizeans and two Mexican nationals were arraigned in court this morning on charges relating to a drug plane that landed on September eleventh in Tres Leguas, near Blue Creek, Orange Walk District. The cargo was one thousand two hundred and twenty-six pounds of cocaine, with a value of fourteen million dollars. The arraignment took […]
Forty persons including adults and minors who police have determined are gang members have been transferred to the Hattieville Central prison where they will be locked up until the end of this month. On Wednesday, which marked the seventh day since they had been detained, the group was transported to prison from the holding cells […]
Amid the ongoing public discourse on the state of emergency in parts of Belize City is a fear that upon release, there is potential for aggrieved gang members to retaliate on members of society. It’s a serious concern that may not be allayed by tough talk alone. Earlier today, Deputy Commissioner of Police Chester Williams […]
With a state of emergency in effect for two south side neighborhoods, are other Belize City gangs laying low or is there potential for a flare up elsewhere? When asked that question at today’s press conference, Deputy ComPol Williams revealed that similar documents have been drafted for the entire south side of the Old Capital […]
Tonight we have part two of our report on Sargassum. Aside from San Pedro, residents of the Placencia Peninsula are battling with the awful stench of decaying Sargassum that has piled up along the beaches. Massive amounts of the Sargassum seaweed are covering miles of beach, posing a threat to the local tourism industry and […]
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas found twenty-five-year-old Ernest Thurton Junior guilty of a double homicide, but has reserved sentencing until October eighth. Thurton was charged with the murder of forty-one-year-old Frank James and fifty-year-old Robert Young. Both men were fatally shot on October twenty-fifth, 2012 while at a dockyard on North Front Street, […]
Two months ago, Placencia resident Shane Vellos stopped by our office to share his experience of police brutality. Vellos was locked up after he was accused of theft, but later released and never charged. However, Vellos claims that he was badly beaten by an officer who also broke his left arm. Today, his father, Rudolph […]
The landing of a Mexican police plane at the Philip Goldson International Airport caused a stir earlier today. The plane is a Boeing 727 which brought the Mexican Federal Police orchestra to perform tonight at the Winds Orchestra of Mexico Concert hosted by the Mexican Embassy. The size of the band and their equipment did […]
An Asian businessman was robbed at gunpoint on Monday morning in Armenia Village. According to the owner of Yung Xing Store, a duo of men entered his place of business on the tenth of September and relieved him of an unspecified amount of cash. While no arrests have been made, police say they are following […]
A cache of firearms and ammunition was seized in an area of San Ignacio Town last Thursday. The hidden supply of weapons and marijuana was discovered in an overgrown property in the Shawville neighborhood. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett, one of the guns traces back to El Salvador where the military had […]
The Belize City Council says that allegations of union busting made by the Christian Workers Union are inaccurate. Earlier in the week, CWU President Evan ‘Mose’ Hyde made the allegation after the council denied the union’s request to be part of a meeting held on Tuesday morning. That meeting was convened after twelve union members […]
The dispute between the Belize City Council and the Christian Workers’ Union is based on complaints made by staff members who said that the council refused to pay them subsistence for works done outside city limits. While that matter, according to Mayor Bernard Wagner, has been resolved, there are several outstanding issues. Mayor Wagner says […]
In a few weeks, Traffic Manager for Belize City, Kevaughn Jenkins will be transferred to the Sanitation Department. He will be the new manager of that department, taking over the post of longtime city council employee and a staunch supporter of the United Democratic Department, Percival Murillo. Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner says Jenkins’ transfer […]
Last week we reported on the donation of a fully equipped ambulance by the Rotary Club of Edmonton, Canada in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Dangriga. The medical van was acquired as an addition to the fleet of vehicles for Southern Emergency Services located at mile ten in Dangriga. But tonight, there is a […]
Joy Smith says that based on the agreement, she is asking for sixteen thousand dollars owed to her for the work she put into the development of the EMT service provider because her documents and that of her husband were used for the licensing of the company. While Smith says she was paid for her […]
School children are now settling back in the classrooms so if you didn’t, it is still a good time to check their eyes for any emerging vision problems. There are many ways to detect that there are issues with your child’s eyesight. Can they read letters and numbers from a distance or are they reading […]
