Within days of the lifting of the curfew, violence has returned to the streets of the city. Two men were killed over the weekend and it is believed the murders are gang-related. The first occurred just before midnight on Friday, nineteen-year-old Raheem Faber was targeted at the corner of Ebony and Mayflower Street where he […]
Less than twenty-four hours after the killing of Raheem Faber, Raheem Myles was gunned down. Police believe it was a retaliatory murder, avenging the shooting death of Faber. When Myles was shot on Saturday night, twenty-year old Kimary Bradley was also injured; police say she was holding a baby in her arms at the time. […]
A man was killed in southern Belize. The body of Pedro Cus was found this morning around ten-forty behind his uncle’s property in San Pedro Columbia in Toledo. Reports are that Cus’ uncle was returning home from buying food when he came across his nephew lying face up with large chop wounds to the neck. […]
The four persons accused of carrying out a brazen afternoon armed robbery at Scotiabank Belama Branch appeared in court today. Anthony Barrow, Jason McKenzie, Leon Westby and a minor are charged jointly with robbery of thirty-four thousand dollars, aggravated assault upon Robert Parchue and Robert Sutherland and a slew of other offences. The foursome all […]
There was a robbery in the city and police are looking for two suspects. It happened around three o’clock on Saturday afternoon at the Oasis Bar on the Philip Goldson Highway. Police say that a Bowen and Bowen truck was making a delivery when two armed men robbed them. The thieves made off with monies […]
On Friday, Belize recorded two more cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to thirty, nine of which are active. Today, thirty-eight more samples were processed, but they were all negative. When we spoke to Doctor Marvin Manzanero this afternoon, he confirmed that two new patients are Belizeans who entered the country […]
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that a number of patrons in bars and nightclub establishments weren’t wearing masks this weekend. He notes that social distancing was also not being observed in some of the businesses. These actions, coupled with a few other concerns, have pushed the Commissioner to prohibit police officers from providing security […]
Belizeans security forces on Saturday night deterred a narco plane from landing in the country. That plane was forced to crash land on a highway in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The Mexican army secured more than five hundred kilos of cocaine in two separate vehicles linked to the plane. The aircraft was located by the army’s […]
The murder case of Steven Moss got underway today before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams in a trial without a jury. But while the case was set to start, it had to be adjourned until Tuesday because the prosecution’s main witness failed to show up to testify. Justice Williams adjourned the matter to give the […]
On Friday we told you that forty-year-old Dylon Flowers was released from police detention pending further investigation. Today Superintendent of Police Alejandro Cowo confirmed this to say that the D.P.P.’s office is awaiting the post-mortem results of fifty-six-year-old Roy Gabourel. Flowers shot and killed his brother-in-law Roy Gabourel on his property in Burrell Boom Village […]
In the past few weeks we’ve been reporting on a number of robberies and just this weekend two Belize City men were killed. Police say that gang rivalry is at the heart of these killings and that these gangs are also committing other acts of crime especially since the State of Emergency was lifted. Now, […]
And when it comes to the gangs, Commissioner Chester Williams says that he has zero tolerance for the crimes they are committing and will not be taking it lightly – but will push through their actions to the fullest extent of the law. Today he told the press that he is not engaging the gangs […]
As the crisis at the University of Belize continues to fester, the executive of the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union met at length with the president and management of the tertiary institution to discuss U.B.’s financial records amid looming pay cuts. The U.B.F.S.U. which is not formally recognized as the sole bargaining agent […]
The failure to have the union certified, according to Doctor Pio Saqui, falls squarely on the Department of Labour since a letter sent to U.B.F.S.U. on January twenty-ninth indicated that all requirements for the body to be formally recognized had been met. Despite the postponement of the certification ceremony, assurances to provide the U.B.F.S.U. certificate […]
The University of Belize spends a huge amount of money in salaries and wages, as much as one point three million dollars every month. That staggering figure eats up seventy-five percent of its income. Government has effected a three-million-dollar cut in subvention leaving U.B. is a severe cash flow crisis. As the university navigates the […]
As part of its cost cutting measures, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has terminated professional contracts. In May, the hospital ended its contract with Ophthalmologist, Doctor Amin Hegar. Later in June, it did the same with Doctor Fernando Cuellar, who worked in the Adult Intensive Care Unit. The firing comes in the midst of the coronavirus […]
A little over half a million Belize dollars worth of Personal Protective Equipment was donated to Belize by the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada and PAHO/WHO for the country’s COVID-19 response. The donation will primarily support infection prevention and control for healthcare personnel throughout the country. Items such as face shields, respirators, face masks […]
The staff at the Port of Belize Limited today continued their demonstration against their employer. The management at the Port has decided to cut staff salaries by ten percent due to the drop of income resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The staff, comprising members of the Christian Workers Union, are resisting the pay cut and […]
Pickstock Area Representative, Wilfred ‘Sedi’ Elrington is the third candidate running in the upcoming U.D.P. leadership convention this Sunday. The two others are Patrick Faber and John Saldivar. The second race for a new leader of the United Democratic Party is winding down and today we caught up with Elrington at the Samuel Haynes Institute […]
Five years ago to this date, Kareem Clarke was gunned down in Belize City. The journalist was heading home on his bicycle when he was met by gunfire. Like so many other murders, Clarke’s killing remains unresolved and justice has eluded his family over the years. Today, his sister painfully recollected the events of a […]
Kareem Clarke isn’t the only family member that Melanie Young has lost to gun violence. Her seventeen-year-old daughter, Kyla Young, was shot and killed in Belize City in February of this year. She was on Glenn Street with some friends when two men approached them and released a barrage of bullets. It is not known if […]
