Another state of emergency is in effect for neighborhoods on the north and south sides of Belize City. It is the second S.O.E. within the past six months in an attempt to arrest the spike in violent crimes carried out by feuding gangs. Earlier today,
Following the state of emergency declaration, the Leader of the Opposition, slammed the government for what he describes as having no solution to the increasing crime rate. This afternoon, Shyne Barrow also said his party has been suggesting a change at the helm of the
Twenty-four- year-old Marquis Anthony Conorquie has been arraigned and remanded to the Belize Central Prison for the murder of thirty-two-year-old Stanley Moore and the attempted murder of twenty-seven-year-old Joshua Gillett. As we reported, on Sunday evening, Moore and Gillett were traveling in a B.M.W. from
Rudolph "Bobo Youth" Lewis was murdered on March twenty-second. Tonight, a second suspect is behind bars in connection with his shooting death. Twenty-one-year-old Robert Arnold was brought before the Magistrates Court where he was read a single charge of murder. Arnold is now charged jointly
Reggae Street resident Doris Grant and her common-law husband, Austin Underwood, were arrested and charged last week for being members of a gang. The couple was arraigned and remanded to the Belize Central Prison after being denied bail in the lower courts several days after
Suspected murderer Ellis Meighan remains in the United States where he is seeking asylum. Meighan fled to the U.S. after reportedly killing Placencia resident Roy Lee Burgess and severely injuring Maia James during a shooting incident along the Placencia Road on April fourteenth. Efforts are
The Belize Police Department is yet to make an arrest following a shooting incident in Roaring Creek that saw the police station in that village come under heavy gunfire. The Commissioner of Police says they know who they are looking for, but are yet to
Former Port Loyola Representative, Anthony “Boots” Martinez has been making strides to get the P.U.P. Area Representative in that area, Gilroy Usher removed through the court system. The U.D.P. had Phillip Willoughby as its standard bearer in the area since Usher’s victory. But the party
While the U.D.P. looks for a new standard bearer to represent the party in Port Loyola for the next general elections, out in Belize Rural South, the Leader of the Opposition is banking heavily on the support of the party’s former area representative, Manuel Heredia
The Leader of the Opposition also spoke about the recent breakage in some sections of the Coastal Plain Highway. Last week, portions of the road washed away under heavy rains. Notably, the Coastal Plain Highway was opened less than a year ago. Today, Barrow said
