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San Pedro Businesswoman Robbed, Shot; Husband Murdered

A businessman was shot dead in San Pedro and his common-law wife was also shot and robbed of their day’s sales. It happened in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, as Elvis Polanco and Thomasa Garcia were heading home. At the heart of the police investigation are a policeman on interdiction, who was employed as a […]

Police Commissioner Advises Against Hiring Interdicted Police Privately

You just heard that the main suspect in the robbery and murder incident in San Pedro is an interdicted policeman. It is not an unusual occurrence for police officers to seek private jobs. In fact, many people feel safe when they see that the security guard at a business is a serving policeman. But Commissioner […]

A Policeman in Corozal is Accused of Sexually Abusing a Minor  

In the north, another law enforcement officer is being investigated, following allegations being made against him that he sexually abused a female minor in Corozal District.  According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, the Commander of the Professional Standards Branch has been tasked with looking into the matter.  What the ComPol may not have been […]

Ceiling Collapses at Belize City Magistrates’ Court  

Today, the Magistrate’s Court was supposed to be in session as per usual, but an emergency pause had to be put in effect after court employees walked in the building to find that a portion of their ceiling had collapsed. While they were stunned, the circumstances that led to the incident are not at all […]

A Burglar Is Arrested and Charged After Being Caught In a Church

A burglar, who was caught inside a church stealing, pretended to be using the bathroom to stave off attention that he had already drawn to himself after prying open the back door to the church. Tonight, twenty-five-year-old Evander Usher is spending his first night in jail and, unless he can convince a Supreme Court judge […]

A Suspect is Charged for the Murder of PC Lorray Arzu

Police Constable Lorray Arzu lost her life following a deadly shooting incident in Dangriga on October twelfth.  The twenty-two-year-old woman was along with another individual identified as Leonel Rowland inside a Ford pickup truck when they came under gunfire.  During the attack, PC Arzu was struck by bullets in the head.  She succumbed to her […]

A Knife-wielding Common-law Husband Attacks His Wife and Children

Forty-six-year-old Angelita Requeña and her two children endured a vicious assault over the weekend when her common-law husband attacked them with a knife.  The Esperanza resident remains hospitalized at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, while Michael Williams has since been charged with three counts of attempted murder.  According to police, the incident was the result […]

Belize Police Department Sets Record Straight on 2022 Crime Stats

Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa shared the most recent crime statistics with the media last Thursday during an assignment in Belmopan. He told reporters that the numbers of homicides in Belize District have decreased when compared to the same period in 2018.  But did he make a mistake with the figures that were presented.  Earlier […]

Gideon Ishim Perishes Succumbs to Injuries After Falling Out of a Pickup Truck

There was a fatal road traffic accident recorded down south over the weekend when a passenger fell out of the back of a pickup truck while traveling along the Southern Highway.  According to Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero, twenty-six-year-old Gideon Ishim was seated in the pan of a pickup truck when he fell out in the […]

A Motorcycle Crash Claims Life of Paul Vasquez

Meanwhile, on Saturday morning near San Estevan Village in Corozal, police responded to the scene of a fatal road traffic accident involving a twenty-three-year-old man who was riding a motorcycle.  Paul Vasquez succumbed to his injuries, despite being transported to the Northern Regional Hospital for medical attention.   Sr. Supt., Hilberto Romero, Officer Commanding Eastern […]

Consultations Held on Amendments to Fiscal Incentives Act

The Ministry of Investment met with forty-six fiscal incentive companies, business representatives and owners of operating and start-up businesses engaged in agriculture, manufacturing and tourism, on Friday. The engagement took place during a Fiscal Incentive Legislative Amendment Consultation at the Belize Institute of Management conference room in Belize City. According to a release from the […]

Ilan Goldfajn Elected As New I.D.B. President

The Inter-American Development Bank (I.D.B.) has elected a new president. Today, during a Special Meeting of the Bank’s Board of Governors at the I.D.B. Headquarters in Washington, D.C, Ilan Goldfajn (e-lan gold-faj) was elected to head the bank. Nominated by Brazil, Goldfajn will take office for a five-year term on December nineteenth, 2022. As president, […]

Belize Represented at 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago is hosting the Eleventh Commonwealth Youth Parliament under the theme, Youth Involvement in Parliamentary Democracy. The Young Leaders Alliance of Belize has selected two youth representatives from its membership to participate in the event. Those individuals are currently in Trinidad preparing to debate a remote work bill. The event brings together participants […]

Eighty Hawksbill Sea Turtle Hatchlings Journeys to Sea on Tobacco Caye

On November nineteenth, Tobacco Caye saw its first set of hawksbill turtle hatchlings, since five years ago, released into the sea. On September twenty-first, a hawksbill turtle returned to the island to nest. It laid its eggs on The Windward Lodge’s property where the manager of the lodge, Gorlee Bradley, carefully monitored the nest during […]

Celebrating Garifuna History and Future  

This year’s celebration of Garifuna Settlement Day drew record numbers in Dangriga where Belizeans from across the country, and others in the Diaspora, gathered for a weekend of nonstop music, food and dance.  It was a cultural experience chock-filled with activities for everyone, including Prime Minister John Briceño who led a procession to church for […]

Inter-Office Basketball League Finals Underway; King of the Hills Race Test Belizean Cyclists

Goodnight and welcome back to another edition of Sports Monday. I am Paul Lopez. Let’s jump right into it folks. The biggest basketball match of the year, to date, went down inside the Belize Civic on Friday night. It was all action and no-nonsense when Tuff eNuff clashed with Central Health/Customs in the first of […]