When we last reported on the murder trial of William “Danny” Mason and his co-accomplices, it was from the Belmopan courts. Today, the trial was transferred to Belize City with Justice Antoinette Moore presiding. The trial of started with a Scenes of Crime technician taking the stand to provide testimony under oath. The hearing commenced […]
On Friday, Justice Antoinette Moore ruled that a caution statement given by Mason’s co-accused, Ernest Castillo, in which he confesses to lapping off Lucas’ head, was inadmissible. As a result, all five men are jointly facing a charge of murder. Defense attorney Norman Rodriguez also shared a few words with the media after today’s session […]
This morning before Justice Shona Griffith, a hearing for judicial review in a case filed by Corporal Eldon Arzu against Commissioner of Police Chester Williams stalled yet again. Arzu is challenging a directive from the ComPol in which he cannot serve as the president of the Belize Police Association after having served in that capacity […]
There is some progress in the murder investigation of one of four victims of last week Tuesday’s murder spree. Police say that murdered Belize City vendor, Jose Hilario Diaz, was not the intended target. The authorities have also ruled out robbery as a motive. Diaz, a clothing vendor, was shot in the face and killed […]
Last week four police officers were placed on interdiction following the fatal shooting of Allyson Major. Major was shot in the head by one of the cops during a high speed police chase that culminated at the Swing Bridge when he crashed into a bus after he was shot. The area was busy as people were […]
In an update to another murder last Tuesday, police say that they are still looking for a suspect in connection with the death of Ghanaian national Emmanuel Ampomah. The fifty-two-year-old cabbie was fatally stabbed inside his taxi last Tuesday night. He lost consciousness and crashed on Seashore Drive dying instantly. Today, police shared that Ampomah […]
Sanctuary Bay is quite a beautiful place. Well, this is what the Prime Minister was told and undoubtedly what recidivist scammer Andris Pukke and associates used to convince more than one thousand U.S. investors to depart with their life savings and pump their hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars in the project. As part of […]
In September 2016, the then Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Joy Grant, received an email alerting the F.I.U. of an ongoing investigation into massive violations of our Foreign Exchange Regulations by the principals and developers of the S.R.W.R. real estate project. While evidence was collected, the F.I.U. determined that the likelihood of a successful […]
The People’s United Party says that the F.I.U.’s determination to not proceed with criminal charges is bogus. During a press conference last week, P.U.P. Kareem Musa suggested that charges such as obtaining property by deception could have been proceeded with. Prime Minister Dean Barrow disagrees. On the Phone: Prime Minister Dean Barrow “But that […]
The multimillion-dollar Sanctuary Bay real estate scam is the biggest scam that the F.T.C. has investigated. It has certainly scared off future foreign investors and forced Atlantic International Bank Limited to fold. The scam has given Belize an international black eye. In order to prevent such reoccurrence, the PM says that a consumer protection entity […]
A video of two girls assaulting another teenager in Belize City went viral over the weekend. The video, which racked up thousands of views and hundreds of shares on Facebook, was a live post made by one of the attackers. The video shows two young women approaching another girl about some exchange of words that […]
Tyrique Munnings is at the K.H.M.H. in a critical condition after he was shot several times on Thursday night. Munnings was in the Milpa Area of Ladyville when a lone gunman pulled out a firearm and blasted several bullets in his direction. He lay wounded on the side of the street with gunshot injuries to […]
While robbers targeted a restaurant on Saint Thomas Street, in the south side, a teen was shot multiple times on Thursday night and is recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Eighteen-year-old Raheem Chambers was on M and Y Street walking towards Holy Emmanuel Street when he was attacked by a man who pulled out […]
Today the National Trade Union Congress of Belize issued a press release to sound off on the spate of killings and crime in Belize. The N.T.U.C.B. says that it has been monitoring the current crime situation given its negative impact on workers in Belize. The N.T.U.C.B. condemns the violent crimes, including murders, which the release […]
This morning at the office of the Prime Minister in Belize City, a significant financing agreement of thirty-one point nine-six million dollars for the energy sector was signed by the PM and E.U. Ambassador to Belize Malgorzata Wasilewska. The grant is allocated under the Eleventh European Development Fund to assist in the social and economic development of Belize. The […]
Round five of the village council elections took place in four districts: Corozal, Orange Walk, Belize and Cayo, where sparks flew among opposing party supporters and candidates. The People’s United Party is claiming victory, saying that ninety of its candidates were victorious. According to the P.U.P.’s figures, the party won thirteen of the twenty-six participating […]
Donald Heredia, an alleged murder suspect, was able to secure bail through the Supreme Court after sitting behind bars for more than three years awaiting trial. Heredia is said to be a mental patient, who was fit to re-enter society and would not have posed a threat. On Friday, attorney Darrell Bradley was successful in […]
A would-be-thief went to burglarize a closed business establishment, but was caught on the same surveillance camera he tried to steal. Cris Anthony Reyes of Marigold Lane, Belize City, was caught red-handed burglarizing the business place of U.S. national, Allen Jackson, on Caye Caulker and trying to steal surveillance camera footage. Late Friday evening, Reyes, […]
PRO FC is on a mission not only to promote the sport of mixed martial arts, but also to provide Belizean fighters with a platform to become regionally ranked. For that to happen, PRO FC organizes several MMA fights and one is scheduled for this Thursday in San Pedro Town. The PRO FC Prophecy Fighting […]
An event that happened a century ago; has not been featured prominently in our history books, but it could have sparked a change in history of the then colony. According to organizers of an event today, the 1919 revolution was the first revolt that could have had significant impact to change the course of what […]
It’s been almost two months since construction works have begun on Ground Zero at the bottom of the Swing Bridge in the heart of the City. It is where an iconic structure of colonial architectural design, the Paslow Building, once stood. That is before the third floor of the building was gutted by fire in […]
Good evening, I’m James Adderly and this is Sports Monday. [Highlights of the weekend in sports….]
