Newsrooms across the city were spread thin since early this morning as a number of robberies, drug seizures, accidents and a murder unfolded. We start with the shooting death of an on-duty cop, who responded to an armed robbery in downtown Belize City, this Friday morning. Twenty-seven-year-old police constable Osbourne Martinez lost his life when […]
The shootout on the Haulover Creek occurred just minutes before a press conference held by the top brass of the police department on a major drug bust. Our team was headed to the Queen Street Police Station when it diverted to the scene. Our cameras captured over two hours of police in action, apprehending the […]
The shocking police shootout with the robbers and subsequent death of PC Osbourne Martinez has gripped the nation. A statement from the Ministry of National Security says that PC Martinez lost his life while valiantly executing his duties as a law enforcement officer. This afternoon, Leader of the People’s United Party, John Briceño joined the […]
A sting operation led by the Belize Police Department, in collaboration with the Belize Coast Guard and the Belize Defense Force, has yielded another sizeable cocaine bust and a cache of firearms. Thirteen persons, twelve Guatemalans and a businessman from a popular store in the Louisiana area of Orange Walk were detained on Thursday afternoon […]
Shortly after the detention of the duo, a team of officers, including police and Belize Defense Force personnel, staked out an area approximately ten miles into the Coastal Road. There they observed a low-flying aircraft hovering the area. After circling the vicinity a few times, the single-engine CESSNA changed course and flew south. On the […]
The entire operation, a joint effort between police, B.D.F. and coast guard elements, consisted of maritime, terrestrial and aerial surveillance. Shortly after the arrests and seizure, they then observed a vessel leaving harbour in Belize City. The Boston Whaler was the same boat moored at the Princess Marina. The vessel was intercepted by coast guard […]
This morning, ComPol Whylie also debunked rumors that a vehicle reportedly belonging to the wife of a senior police officer was used in the trafficking of the narcotics. While a vehicle was indeed used as part of the sting operation, it does not belong to an officer. The Commissioner of Police also commented on the […]
Samuel August Senior, the deranged man who killed his son and mother-in-law, escaped from the K.H.M.H. this morning where he was under police guard. The thirty-five-year-old was hospitalized after Wednesday’s horrific incident on Fabers Road where he rammed a backhoe into three houses. After fleeing the hospital around seven o’clock, he attacked a mother of […]
The mental state of August Senior has come under question following the killing his five-year-old son, Samir August, and the child’s grandmother, fifty-three-year-old Louise Young. On the morning of October thirty-first, he used a backhoe belonging to the City Council and rammed it into three houses on Fabers Road, including the house where his children […]
Police in Belmopan are investigating the mysterious death of twenty-three-year-old Celso Carcamo Junior who was found lifeless, hanging from rope outside his Belmopan residence on Thursday morning. The matter is being treated as a death investigation and police are trying to determine if there was any foul play involved. That’s because Carcamo Junior was found […]
The most recent robbery involves a Chinese grocery store which was targeted by armed thieves near the Los Lagos community. The incident happened around one-forty p.m. Footage of the robbery shows a dark complexioned man approaching the cashier and places a single bill on the counter. Shortly thereafter, another man makes his way to the […]
There has been a wave of armed robberies across the north side of Belize City over the past few days, with business establishments including restaurants and grocery stores being hit by thieves. On Thursday night, gunmen entered Freetown Drug Store and relieved the proprietor of an undisclosed sum of cash before making good their escape. […]
The rash of armed robberies is not limited to Belize City. On Thursday morning, just before two o’clock, a trio of men stormed the Zeta compound in Ladyville and accosted a security officer on duty. According to the watchman, the men bound his arms and legs before making their way inside the building. There they […]
Tourism stakeholders, mainly hoteliers and tour operators, participated in a regional initiative funded by the Central American Travel Agency and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation in Belize. Participants are learning to develop digital marketing strategies to feature their respective businesses online and at the touch of your fingertips. The trainers for […]
Today, representatives from several government departments met at the Radisson to discuss the implementation of an energy labelling scheme for energy-efficient equipment and appliances. The project involves the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality and is supported by the Belize Bureau of Standards. The awareness session today exposed information that will be contained on […]
PROTO Foundation is putting off its first monthly road race for track and field athletes this Sunday in an effort to promote the discipline of athletics. The event is calling on all persons eight years and older with talent in the sport to come out at seven a.m. and sign up—mostly for free. The event […]
Every year, the Mexican Embassy in Belize celebrates the death of loved ones during the traditional celebration of “Dia de Los Muertos,” which is the day of the dead. The event is significant in the Mexican culture and features an altar consisting of three levels. This year the Mexican Embassy is celebrating the memory of […]
