A British national was arraigned this morning in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court for an alleged kidnapping. He is sixty-three-year-old Roger Wallis, a well-known businessman in the community, who drives a white van. Last week, three siblings alleged that a perp attempted to kidnap them. They claimed that they fought him off when he tried to […]
There was a murder and shooting in Orange Walk for which there are more questions than answers. Twenty-five-year-old Samuel Castro was shot early on Sunday morning. He was running an errand on Muffles Street when two men on a motorcycle approached him and fired several shots at him. Castro was hit five times, once to […]
Less than five minutes after the shooting of Samuel Castro, Orange Police responded to another shooting. This time the victim was twenty-three-year-old Justin Diaz. Diaz was at the corner of Sapodilla and Zericote Streets, when one of two men on motorcycles opened fire. While it is not known if the shooting of Diaz has any […]
Two severed legs were retrieved from the Belize River over the weekend. The gruesome discovery was made on Saturday by Coastguard and police search parties scouring the area of the river at Warrie Head and further downstream. Since Friday, residents of Ontario had been conducting searches after a teen from the village went missing on […]
Before noon on Friday, the body of Caye Caulker chef, Christopher Meighan was found in a room at the Central Park Hotel in San Pedro. Meighan had been viciously stabbed all over his body. He was seen entering the hotel room accompanied by two men; police have now apprehended both. On Saturday, U.S. national Lalman […]
Kevin Bodden is believed to have been the triggerman in the execution of Ghost Town boss Kendis Flowers back in March. It took investigators six months to crack the sensational case and bring in their suspect. But Bodden did not remain in police custody for too long. In fact, the twenty-five-year-old escaped from detention by […]
A thirty-two-year-old resident of Santa Elena Town lost his life in the early hours of Saturday morning after being knocked down by a vehicle on Eden Drive. Oscar Coc was reportedly walking along that stretch of road when a motorist ran him over. The driver of the vehicle, identified as George Dawson, told police that […]
Corozal police have been able to tie up a string of armed robberies in that jurisdiction after making several arrests in respect of incidents that were reported last week. A trio of men has been arrested and charged for the crimes. Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett shared details of the arrests. ACP Joseph […]
Since the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wilfred Elrington, addressed the United Nations one year ago, the government has announced a date for the referendum on whether or not Belizeans want to head to the International Court of Justice to bring resolution to the Guatemalan claim. That date is set for April tenth2019. In Guatemala, in April […]
The People’s United Party held its national executive meeting at Memorial Park in Belize City. Hundreds of delegates from constituencies in the districts, travelled to join the Belize City delegates for the event on Saturday. This year, the P.U.P. celebrated its sixty-eighth birthday which was one of the reasons for the meeting. The party also […]
As an annual event, the Belize Tourism Board hosted members of the media for its 2018 familiarization tour. This year, the media was taken to the Cayo District where journalist and videographers got a firsthand experience at some of the tourist attractions that Belize has to offer in the west. The trip kicked off on […]
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