Accused murderer William “Danny” Mason and his alleged accomplices were back in court today where they are being tried for the decapitation of Pastor Llewellyn Lucas in July 2016. As the trial progresses in the Belmopan Supreme Court, additional witnesses are being called to the stand to provide testimony in the high-profile case. This morning, […]
While the month long trial continues in the Belmopan Supreme Court, attorney Herbert Panton and Virigilio Murillo, C.E.O. of the Belize Central Prison, were involved in a back and forth. Panton accused Murillo of not allowing him to meet with the accused men, in breach of their constitutional rights. Murillo says there are protocols in […]
Mother and son duo, Primrose Gabourel and Dion Zabaneh, were back before Senior Magistrate Aretha Ford this morning. The Department of Environment is attempting to levy new charges on Gabourel and Zabaneh. This is after D.O.E. withdrew six charges against the seventy-six-year-old mother and her forty-three-year-old son earlier this year. D.O.E. had charged them for […]
According to Attorney Emil Arguelles this morning proceedings did not require his clients to submit a plea. Arguelles’ objections revolved around the prosecution’s decision to bring forth new charges which he described as abusive. Emil Arguelles, Attorney for Defendants “We had pleaded autrefois acquit which is the legal equivalent of having been put in […]
Then there is the matter of who owns the land in question. Parcel number four-six-seven-zero was acquired by the Government in 2006 but according to Attorney Emil Arguelles, his client Primrose Gabourel, is being brought to the courts as the landowner. Emil Arguelles, Attorney for Defendants “This is like the thirtieth charge against these […]
From the Magistrate Court to the Supreme Court where inmate, Hillaire Sears is suing the Parole Board for breaching his constitutional rights. On December twelfth, 2002, Sears who was twenty-five years old at the time was convicted of the crime of manslaughter after he fatally shot Rodwell Neal at his home on Kraal Road on […]
Fire destroyed a house earlier this evening in Belize City. Shortly after six, flames were seen coming out of a small wooden house in the Faber’s Road Area but the fire spread quickly by the time fire officials arrived on the scene. We’ll have more in Wednesday’s newscast.
A sailing vessel, believed to be captained by Guatemalan fishermen, ran aground on the reef near Sapodilla Caye in the waters of southern Belize. The Belize Territorial Volunteers set out to sea earlier today to conduct a routine visit of the area and discovered that the boat had crashed into the reef less than a […]
According to Maheia, the proximity of the vessel to the F.O.B. at Hunting Caye makes it near impossible for coastguard personnel stationed on the island not to see it in the near distance. Maheia also says that there is another vessel grounded on the reef in the same area but it appears to have been […]
But an estimated one hundred and forty-seven thousand persons have reregistered ahead of the March twelfth deadline to vote in the I.C.J. referendum on April tenth. The Elections and Boundaries Department is expected to share the exact figures in the next couple of weeks including how many naturalized Belizean citizens of Guatemalan origin are on […]
Some two thousand five hundred voters are not appearing on the voters list for the April tenth referendum. For one reason or the other they were deemed not eligible. This afternoon a Burrell Boom resident, Jennifer Baptist, a born Belizean who has lived all her life in the country, says she is among those who […]
An elderly man was shot on Monday night in Belize City. Police say that around seven-forty, sixty-three-old Gilroy Garnett was walking on Partridge Street when a man approached him and fired several shots at him. One of the bullets caught Garnett in the right lower abdomen and exited his right lower back. He is now […]
This Saturday night it will be the clash of the Jaguars as Belize Jaguars and the Guyana Golden Jaguars go head to head to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Belize aspires to make it to the Gold Cup again and relive the historic glory of 2013. Guyana has never been and wants to give […]
A Guatemalan man has been arrested and charged with gun and immigration offences. A B.D.F. Sergeant reported to police that they were conducting operations in the Machaquilha Area in the Toledo District when they came across forty-three-year-old Hector Rene Lopez Carisal of Poptun, Guatemala. A search on Lopez led to the discovery of a sixteen […]
A car dealer was acquitted of possession of an alleged fake dealer’s license. In the courtroom of Justice Collin Williams, Charles Requeña was freed of the charge when the justice upheld a no case submission by Requeña’s attorney, Leeroy Banner. Banner submitted that the evidence against Requeña was weak since the document in question was […]
Four Belize City men who are accused of attempting to break into the home of a police officer and another residence are on remand at the Belize City Central Prison. They are Stanley Flowers, Deon Baltazar, Whitfield Fisher and Shemar Castillo. The foursome tried to enter the home of P.C. Jacinto Roaches located in Sunset […]
On Thursday, a human skull was found near the Bacab Eco Park off the northern highway. Police say persons working in the area came across the skull just lying on the ground under some pine trees. No other bones were found in the area and the skull is now being tested. Here’s what police shared […]
This evening the National Trade Union Congress of Belize called out the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams. The N.T.U.C.B. says that it has viewed the apparent public confrontation between Williams and the Police Association. The Association is suing the Commissioner of Police for measures he took to reduce the term of the President of the […]
Belize has joined the international community in celebrating World Water Day. The day is set aside every year as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The World Water Day Committee held official ceremonies in Cayo last Friday where the Chief Executive Officer […]
Youths who live along the border communities in Belize and Guatemala got together earlier this month for a bi-national youth exchange. The two-day event was held in Peten, Guatemala where the youth programme reviewed their work plans and signed a declaration that outlines the community work they hope to do along the border. With help […]
