Over the weekend, seven opposition leaders from the Caribbean region gathered in Saint Lucia to establish a platform titled the 'Leader of the Opposition Political Parties Forum'. The meeting saw the participation of Allen Chastanet from Saint Lucia, Dr. Keith Mitchell from Grenada, Dr. Godwin Friday
Officials of the Belize Cycling Federation, cyclists, and cycling enthusiasts were stunned Saturday morning to learn of the Friday night murder of thirty-eight-year-old Wilbert Banks Junior. The father of one was shot dead before midnight on Friday night on Lake Garden Road in Ladyville. Police
A man was murdered in Belize City in the wee hours of today and police say it has all the bearing of a domestic situation gone terribly bad. It happened on Caesar Ridge Road, and the victim is fifty-nine-year-old Linbert Flowers. The deceased apparently went
An American woman died following a brawl she was involved in on La Isla Bonita over the weekend. A postmortem examination is expected to determine whether she died from injuries received during the fight or the accident that led to the brawl. The victim, forty-six-year-old
A young woman died as a result of a road traffic accident over the weekend. It happened on Saturday morning between miles seventeen and eighteen on the Philip Goldson Highway. The victim is nineteen-year-old Denia Rowland. The Ford Ranger pickup truck was being driven at
Two men are expected to be charged soon for the murder of police officer Dylan Anthony. Anthony was on a motorcycle, driving on the Roaring Creek Bridge, when he was targeted in March. The twenty-nine-year-old Camalote Village resident was on his way home when he
Inspector Walton Patrick Banner, a police officer, has been released on bail after being accused of obstructing another officer during the detention of a suspect involved in a stabbing incident at the Horse Race in Burrell Boom Village over a week ago. Banner appeared in
As you heard from the Commissioner, there is an ongoing rivalry between residents of three villages in the Belize Rural Valley area. He says that efforts are being made to quell the feud among those groups. However, police are getting resistance from residents of Lemonal
According to Police Commissioner Chester Williams, police efforts in the Belize Rural Valley area need to be restructured. He says that police officers who are stationed in the three villagers know the troublemakers all too well, and it is something that the department will address
The internal fighting in the United Democratic Party continues. Following major losses at the municipal polls, differences between certain members continue to build. Former U.D.P. Party Leader, John Saldivar, and Orange Walk Central Standard Bearer Denny Grijalva are fighting to keep their heads above water.
