The Ministry of National Security confirmed that Corporal Kent Martinez is the police officer who killed thirty-six-year-old Allyson Major Junior on July sixteenth. Fourteen days after he was fatally shot, the ministry released a statement in which it says that the Special Investigation Team is moving to charge Corporal Martinez for the crime of manslaughter […]
As the trial of William “Danny” Mason and four other accused men continues in the Supreme Court, an investigating officer took the stand today. The officer testified as to how he found the head of Pastor Llewelyn Lucas inside a bucket in Mason’s vehicle which was parked at the lot of Sanchos Bar in Belmopan. […]
The case against Pickstock Area Representative Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington which is presently before Justice Courtney Abel resumes on Wednesday in the Supreme Court. The Foreign Minister is being sued by the principals of Progresso Heights Limited, a company which he helped to form in 2003. Seven years later, Elrington proceeded to caution several pieces of […]
Both parties were called before the court on July twenty-fourth, but Elrington was a no-show. The minister said he was sick and submitted a medical certificate. Notwithstanding his illness, Elrington was said to be deliberately frustrating the process by not showing up on the scheduled court dates. In fact, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, who represents […]
An interesting revelation coming from our one-on-one with Elrington is that the director of Progresso Heights believes that his life is in danger should he return to Belize and testify in person. While Elrington says that the judge found the so-called death threats baseless, the principal of the company has been allowed to testify via […]
Rodwell Arzu, the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend before stabbing and shooting her relative at her residence in Dangriga, remains on the lam. The thirty-six-year-old has a history of domestic abuse in which he has been physical on previous occasions with Geraldine Flowers who had just moved to the town and from whom he […]
Police have yet to capture the culprit who cold-heartedly and viciously murdered the twenty-three-year-old mother of three, Yanira Novelo. It has been three weeks since her body was discovered in Orange Walk Town. A post mortem examination revealed that Novelo had been strangled to death. Her four-year-old son who was with her was also attacked. […]
If you’ll recall, last week we reported that a land issue was brewing in a small farming community located behind Spanish Lookout, Cayo District. Well, that issue is heating up; so much so that early this morning, officers of the Belize Police Department, carrying big guns, descended on La Gracia Village. They were there to […]
The recent incident on the Sarstoon River involving the Guatemalan Armed Forces, the B.D.F. and a civilian team led by the Belize Territorial Volunteers has raised the ire of many. The Government said it is sending another strong protest note against the actions of the GAF. But in the wake of an I.C.J. referendum which […]
With the constant disruption of what ought to be the free flow of civilian traffic upriver, notwithstanding the area being under dispute, doesn’t it require the intervention of the I.C.J. since both countries have agreed to have the matter adjudicated before it? Isani Cayetano “This issue, however, has been persistent for a number of years, […]
Police have cracked the murder of a Belize City businessman, Jose Hilario Diaz, and have charged another individual. Diaz was gunned down at his store on Cemetery Road on July sixteenth, 2019. Emmerson Garnette, a construction worker of Freetown Road, appeared this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Garnette […]
Also in the court was BiJay Palacio who was today fined for possession of a controlled drug. Before he pleaded guilty, Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser made it clear to him that a guilty plea for marijuana can come back and haunt him if he should ever decide to visit the United States and needs to […]
If you logged on to Facebook late this evening, it is likely that you may have come across the video of a man stealing Scratch and Win tickets. The ten seconds clip shows a man reaching through a small window of a shop as he quickly snatches several cards of the tickets and walks away. […]
A group of commercial fishermen are leading the charge to ban gillnets across the country. They say there are damaging effects of this indiscriminate practice to fish stocks and as such are gravely concerned about the future of the fisheries industry, as well as their livelihoods. Banded together as the Coalition for Sustainable Fisheries, the […]
The Coalition recently presented a formal proposal to government calling for an end to all gillnet fishing in Belizean waters, following a one-year phase-out period. The proposal includes a commitment by the Coalition to provide at least one million Belize dollars to assist license gillnet fishermen in transitioning to more sustainable fishing methods or other […]
A maritime economy plan is being developed for the country through a partnership between the Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute and the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme. Launched in 2017, the Programme by the British government supports seventeen Commonwealth Small Island Developing States including Belize. The plan identifies the potential of developing […]
Following the police promotion process, reports from within the Belize Police Department began to emerge to the effect that officers who were not happy began reporting to work sick. The number of sick days applications reportedly increased prompting Commissioner Chester Williams to fire off a memo in which officers are told that they needed to […]
In July, Close to two thousands hopefuls say the police recruitment exam. One hundred and ninety potential police officers were selected to be part of this year’s police recruitment process. Police Commissioner Chester Williams told the press on Monday that the recruits will join the police training academy in August and undergo a nine-month training. […]
KTV, the Remix is back tonight at the Bliss and you can expect lots of surprises, plenty fun and laughter. So far you have heard different genres of music, this week the talent will take us down memory lane with their choice of disco songs of the 1970’s. So pull out the platform shoes, don […]
This year’s National Song Competition has completed the primary phase as all entries have been submitted and reviewed by a panel of judges. This year’s competition will feature five Junior entries, seven Carnival Song Seniors and seven Belize Song Senior finalists. As part of the competition, the online voting for the People’s Choice commenced at […]
