A man was murdered in Orange Walk on Tuesday night. The victim has been identified as Carlos Canelo. Investigators say that Canelo had just arrived home on Monkey River Street when he was targeted. He was shot in the face and chest. He died on
An intruder was shot and killed during a brazen armed robbery at around eleven-thirty this morning in Belize City. The incident happened near the Cinderella Plaza at the Cambranes Building, which houses several businesses on the lower flat. The holdup did not go according to
A twenty-one-year-old Belize City resident was shot dead in the United States. Jermaine Terry migrated to Los Angeles, California when he was nineteen to further his education. He later left school and began working, while living with his father. Over the weekend, Terry, his father
The Belize Police Department is working towards reducing the number of unresolved murder cases in the country. According to Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, there is a backlog of open cases that remain unresolved for a multitude of reasons, primarily a lack of key witnesses.
Tonight, two Belize City men, including the brother-in-law of former councilor Deannie Requena, are on remand at the Belize Central Prison after they allegedly beat, stabbed and robbed the twenty-four-year-old woman on Sunday afternoon. Burton Clare, a car dealer, and Kareem Allen, a tour guide,
Frequent bickering within the opposition shifts the focus away from national issues that affect many Belizeans. The role of a rival political party is to create checks and balances where government policies and decision-making are concerned. The infighting that has torn apart the U.D.P., despite
On Monday, Party Leader Shyne Barrow filed a formal complaint with the Belize Police Department after reportedly being threatened by Second Deputy Party Leader Beverly Williams. The two were engaged in a bitter spat on Saturday afternoon that quickly became personal. During the exchange of
As we’ve reported, there is a move afoot by a group of four, including area representatives Patrick Faber and Tracy Panton, to unseat Shyne Barrow as party leader. A call was made on Monday for a national convention to be held within the next ninety
On Saturday, Albert Area Representative Tracy Panton, the face of the I Am with Her campaign, told reporters that the signatures garnered from as many as two hundred and thirty-two delegates would be used as part of a petition to request a national convention. When
During a press conference earlier today, Party Leader Barrow basically explained why the request for a national convention was dead on arrival. Shyne Barrow, Party Leader, U.D.P. “When I talked to my colleagues and we talked about moving the party forward, and unifying the party, and having
