There were three murders in less than twenty-four hours in Belize City, Stann Creek and San Pedro. The latest murder was on the island, but the victim is from south-side Belize City where police are on alert in the event that the killing may result in retaliation. It is not clear when Brandon Humes went […]
Late this evening, the mother of Brandon Humes, Maria Hamilton, spoke to the media at their Belize City home. Hamilton shared what she knows so far about her son’s murder. According to Hamilton, she received the terrible news via phone. Voice of: Maria Hamilton, Mother of Brandon Humes “I got a call this morning […]
In Belize City, a B.D.F. volunteer came under attack on Wednesday night and investigators are looking for a motive. Twenty-seven-year-old Hamed Guzman left his house on Lopez Street in the Saint Martin de Porres area and soon after he was a dead man. A gunman opened fire on the B.D.F. volunteer hitting him multiple times […]
Another murder during the Labour Day holiday occurred in the south. In this case, police say that they have the murder weapon as well as the suspect in custody at the Dangriga Police station and charges will soon be levied. Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett says that officers responded to Stann Creek Valley Road […]
There is a frightening ordeal to report on tonight involving the kidnapping of a pair of women from Belize City. Cinthia ‘Catherine’ Ulloa and Kristie Mejia were hanging out near Mejia’s house at mile one and a half on the George Price Highway when they were ambushed by three men, one wielding a gun. They […]
Six women police officers, one who is a senior member of the Belize Police Department, have been accused of willfully disobeying a lawful command from Commissioner of Police Chester Williams. The women were instructed to remove their dreadlocks hairstyles, which the department says violates Section seven of the Standing Orders. The women: Aleea Wade, Shantel […]
In the letter, Mendez tells Williams that it is widely known that dreadlocks are “deeply symbolic in our region and are often worn as expressions of black identity and solidarity against colonialism and oppression.” In fact, Mendez asserts that for some, the hairstyle is worn in adherence to the Rastafarian faith. According to Mendez, demanding […]
A memo relating to the enforcement of Section Seven of the Department’s Standing Order has been circulated throughout the department. According to the memo, one of the reasons for the ban on dreadlocks is the possibility that these police officers would not be able to be identified in general because of the hairstyle. Another reason […]
Seven years after the shooting murder of Myrick Gladden, Tevin Andrewin was found guilty of the crime. Andrewin’s trial started on February twenty-fifth, 2019 and concluded on March twentieth, 2019; it was a trial by judge without jury held before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams. On June twenty-fourth, 2012, Myrick, along with his common-law wife […]
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is currently overseas. Barrow left today and will return to Belize on Sunday, days before the May eighth referendum. An official release from his office states he traveled for family medical reasons. Deputy Prime Minister, Patrick Faber, is the acting prime minister in absence of PM Barrow.
NAVCO, which is the National Association of Village Councils, today issued a statement circulated by the government. First, it says it represents fifty-five percent of the population. Second, according to NAVCO, the national, district and village council leaders have had an integral and active role in helping to organize the education campaign since 2017 in […]
ACP Joseph Myvett also gave details on the Monday evening stabbing of Maskall resident Malique Stuart. Stuart was walking on Pinks Alley, in Belize City, heading towards Queen Street when he was accosted by three men who were armed with knives and a machete sometime around four p.m. He was stabbed multiple times and left […]
Over this past weekend volunteers with machetes in hand gathered at San Jose Village in the Orange Walk District to harvest two acres of sugarcane as part of Harvest for Kids, an initiative that falls under the Belize Camping Experience. Director Alexander Perez coordinates such events to raise funds in order to continue providing summer […]
The leader of the Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has been banned by Facebook. The social media giant made the announced this afternoon that it had kicked off controversial accounts for violating its rules. One of those accounts is Farrakhan’s who is notorious for using anti-Semitic language. In this instance, Facebook cited its policy […]
May is recognized annually as the Education Showcase month by the Ministry of Education. For some time now, the ministry in partnership with the Peace Corps and other organizations has been looking at financial literacy: a pathway to a productive life for primary and second school students. For two years, the focus has been on […]
