A history of bad blood between a pair of elderly neighbors has ended in murder. In Benque Viejo on Saturday morning, Porfiria Morales was walking over to her son’s house a short distance from where she resides when she was attacked by someone living nearby. She was chopped in the neck during an altercation, one […]
A family man from Hopkins Village was stabbed to death on Friday night in front of his house. The incident happened less than two months after a mass shooting and it has left the family reeling, a neighbour in disbelief, and a community wanting to stomp out crime from their otherwise peaceful village. The incident […]
But while his dad’s stabbing was a clear-cut case of murder for Norton Castillo, Police are still investigating whether the person who inflicted the fatal wounds did so in self defense. So far, they have classified the case as a death investigation. Nonetheless, the Police Department’s Communications Director, Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood shared the details […]
There was also a murder in Silver Creek Village in Toledo. A housewife got the worst possible news she could have today when police informed her that her common-law husband who went missing on Saturday after he left home was found murdered in the same village. Here’s what the A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood had to say […]
One incident which Police were not hesitant to call a murder was the shooting death last Friday of Jarett Crawford in the Antelope Street Extension area of Belize City. Crawford was at home when he was suspected to have been lured outside where he was gunned down. And Commissioner Chester Williams revealed that there are […]
Crime statistics from various jurisdictions across the country are being compared by the Belize Police Department in an effort to strengthen law enforcement in areas of weakness. This morning, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams led the first national Com Stat meeting held with commanders from various formations since the number of COVID-19 cases receded. Together, […]
We also spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams on Saturday in Kings Park where he was attending the finals for the Ministry of Home Affairs Live Life Youth Basketball Tournament. The tournament is one of many initiatives organized in response to gang violence in the City. But despite efforts like this, ComPol Williams says […]
When asked about the ineffectiveness of policing and patrols as a deterrent to gang violence in these hot spots, the Commissioner of Police responded by saying that the situation is beyond policing. Here is how he puts it. Paul Lopez “Compol, talk about why it seems so impossible for police to police these areas […]
A Ladyville resident lost his life in a fatal road traffic accident on the John Smith Road overnight on Saturday. Nineteen-year-old Randy Pollard was riding his motorcycle and lost control less than a mile from the intersection with the George Price Highway. It is believed that he crashed into a concrete marker on the shoulder […]
After several years without an assigned diplomatic representative in the country, the U.S. senate confirmed former Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan, a longtime Democratic activist, to serve as ambassador to Belize. She succeeds former Ambassador Carlos Moreno as United States Ambassador to Belize. The State Department, in a release, said, “Kwan’s extensive work experience at […]
The illegal influx of Cuban migrants into the country remains a serious concern for the Government of Belize, particularly the Ministry of Immigration. A spike in the arrival of Cuban nationals has the ministries of immigration and foreign affairs working overtime to address the issue. The most recent bust took place near El Pillar at […]
We also heard from the Commissioner of Police on the department’s collaboration with the Immigration Department in the detention of illegal immigrants. ComPol Williams says the police continue to maintain their presence in certain areas to intercept those seeking to enter the country illegally. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We have stepped up our […]
The Belizean flag, following an altercation between the Belize Territorial Volunteers and the Guatemalan Armed Forces on the Sarstoon River just before Independence Day, has been handed over to Belizean officials. The B.T.V. led an annual expedition to Sarstoon Island where they planted the Belizean flag, only for it to be removed during a confrontation […]
Welcome to another edition of Sport Monday. I am Paul Lopez. This week we will dive into the results of Friday night’s Inter-Office Basketball showdown inside the Mexico Sports Complex, in memory of Ian Mariano Sr. Also, we will be bringing you the highlights from Championship Day for the Live Life Youth Basketball Tournament 2022, […]
Moving on now to some more basketball action, we take you to the Lopez Mateo Park in King’s Park for the finals of the Live Life Youth Basketball Tournament 2022. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Sprite teamed up earlier this year to give young men from communities across Belize City and surrounding villages an […]
And from the Hard Rock Boyz, came the MVP for the Live Life Youth Basketball Tournament. He is none other than Kevin Hamilton. Hamilton, at only twenty eight years old, has enjoyed a great deal of personal success in the sport. He has defied many of the odds stacked up against him, coming from a […]
To wrap things up for this edition of Sports Monday, we bring you some stats from the Premier League of Belize football. PLB is in its tenth week of competition. The past weekend saw Wagiya defeat Progresso FC with a score of one to zero. Benque Viejo FC took on Verdes FC and won that […]
Around mid-September, the Government of Belize lost a legal battle with former Tourism Director Karen Bevans, who sued for unlawful termination from the Belize Tourism Board on March twelfth, 2021. At the time of her termination, Bevans was less than a year into a five-year legally binding agreement signed by the former Minister of Tourism. […]
The Belize Tourism Board has launched a tax amnesty program for property owners that have been operating illegally without a license and not paying their tourism taxes. Reports are that approximately two hundred small properties like vacation rental homes and guesthouses have been operating without a license. The delinquency is in the millions. Now to […]
Minister Ferguson and his team are working on improving road safety in Belize, in light of the recent increase in fatal road traffic accidents. One of the plans they hope to implement will require that motor vehicles undergo a thorough inspection before being approved for licensing. Minister Ferguson explained further, when asked about the recent […]
There have been issues with supply chain management, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. Organizations have had to either deal with long waiting times or sourcing goods and equipment from other regions. This was among the discussions held at the first-ever regional conference for customs brokers hosted by the Customs Brokers Association of Belize. Entitled, “The Twenty-First Century Customs Broker,” the conference […]
