Tonight, a prominent attorney and member of the United Democratic Party is under investigation, amid allegations being made by a pair of women involving the crime of rape. The incident reportedly happened at the lawyer’s residence here in Belize City in the wee small hours of Friday morning, after a night of socializing at a […]
ComPol Williams told the media this afternoon that the initial report was made after one of the alleged victims told her boyfriend what had taken place overnight. He also says that the police department is awaiting instructions from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on how to proceed with the matter. Chester […]
Forty-eight-year-old Jose Matus was executed in Belize City around midday on Friday. The underworld figure was rubbed out with extreme prejudice by a pair of gunmen who unleashed a barrage of rounds on him from a nine millimeter handgun and an assault rifle. The murder which occurred at the corners of Singh and Rio Bravo […]
According to Commissioner Williams, the Belize Police Department has put in place various measures to prevent retaliatory shootings. He also says that the women who were injured along with Matus are likely collateral damage, as it is not believed that they had anything to do with the deadly attack on him. Chester Williams, Commissioner […]
A spate of shootings in Belize City on Thursday night preceded the murder of Jose Matus and, while investigators haven’t made any connections between those incidents, they are yet to make an arrest in any of those cases. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero is the Regional Commander of Eastern Division. ACP Hilberto Romero, […]
Three persons lost their lives over the long weekend as a result of separate road traffic accidents. We begin our coverage of these unfortunate incidents with the death of forty-year-old Elvis Tzib in Cristo Rey Village. The husband, and father of four, was on his way home from work to have dinner with his family […]
On Saturday night, another person lost her life in a road traffic accident. According to police, forty-eight-year-old Ana Rivera was inside a Lincoln Navigator with fifty-one-year-old Joshua Aguilar, heading to Belmopan, when their vehicle collided into a Ford Ranger pickup. Rivero lost her life in that incident. ACP Hilberto Romero tells us more. ACP […]
The third fatal road traffic accident over the weekend happened on the Hummingbird Highway, at mile fifty-three. On Sunday morning, Franks Eddy Village residents, thirty-one-year-old Elifar Vasquez and thirty-eight-year-old Moises Perez were inside a Nissan pickup, heading toward Belmopan, when their vehicle collided into a Ford F-150 pickup. Perez died from the impact. The F-150 […]
Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, also weighed in on the frequency of road traffic accidents that have led to multiple deaths. He says that his senior command has met to discuss the issue. They are now proposing a joint Cabinet paper, in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport, to make certain legislative amendments that will […]
The opening ceremony for the Senior Court session for the 2024 legal year aired virtually today. The ceremony included a mass at the Wesley Methodist Church, and the usual pomp and circumstance with the parade of police officers and the B.D.F. marching band, which played the Belizean National Anthem in front of the historic court […]
As Chief Justice Louise Blenman alluded to in her address, the senior courts made great strides in 2023 and managed to dispose of a great percentage of civil and criminal cases. The addition of the four new judges is expected to improve the court’s efficiency. She did point out, however, the need for an administration […]
In this legal year, under legal reform, a number of criminal justice legislations will be enacted. One of these is a Criminal Procedure Plea Discussion and Plea Agreement Act and a new alternative Sentencing Act. Draft Bills were circulated to stakeholders back in October, 2023 and a final set of comments last week to strengthen […]
And while notable enhancements were highlighted within the justice system, one of them is that the Family Court is now housed at the Charles Bartlett Hyde building on Mahogany Street in Belize City. This allows for a more spacious environment for the sensitive cases that are heard within those walls. Attorney-General Sylvestre touched on institutional […]
Earlier today, former Port Loyola Area Representative Anthony “Boots” Martinez delivered over one thousand, seven hundred signatures to Governor General Froyla Tzalam requesting a recall of sitting area rep Gilroy Usher Senior. The petition to trigger a recall mechanism requires thirty percent of voters, or one thousand, four hundred and eighty signatures, of the constituency […]
On Monday, Belize celebrated the fourth annual George Price Day; a Public and Bank Holiday which commemorates the birthday of, Father of the Nation, George Cadle Price. This year, on his one hundred and fifth birthday, the National Institute of Culture and History launched the Let Belize Live Exhibit at the Banquitas House of Culture […]
A consent agreement was signed on Saturday between the Village of San Benito Poite and the Government of Belize granting approval for the start of a mini-grid electrification project to be undertaken by Belize Electricity Limited. In 2022, the European Union signed an agreement with B.E.L. for a grant of eleven million Belize dollars to […]
After hours of delay and chaos in Guatemala’s congress, Bernardo Arevalo was finally sworn in as the country’s fifty-second president. Arevalo and his party, Movimiento Semilla, faced strong opposition from government officials after they won the elections by a landslide in August 2023. Final attempts to prevent Arevalo to take office happened on Sunday in […]
Prime Minister John Briceño says that he hopes to strengthen diplomatic ties with Guatemala under an Arevalo Administration. One of the key topics that PM Briceño hopes to further discuss with President Arevalo is the prolonged Sarstoon Protocol, emphasizing the urgency of collaborative efforts to prevent narco influence. As it relates to the International Court […]
