A notorious figure in Belize City’s gang underworld has been silenced. Kenneth ‘Big Tom’ Flowers was gunned down late this afternoon while sitting inside his SUV on Sittee Street in the Back-A-Town area. He was rushed to the KHMH, but doctors couldn’t save him. Outside
It’s a story that’s left Belize City shaken. A mother of four, brutally murdered, her body found stuffed inside a garbage drum at a busy intersection. Forty-two-year-old Shaniele Faber’s death has stunned the community, and surveillance footage shows a man dragging that drum in the
Tonight, police are still seeking a suspect for last week’s shooting incident that claimed the life of twenty-eight-year-old Dane Gillett and injured three others. Among those injuries, was a two-year-old child, who was struck in the back. Gillett’s murder came just seven months after he
Amid the slew of gang-related incidents that have gripped Belize City over the past few weeks, a police officer was shot in the line of duty. The officer, Corporal Elvis Guzman, was responding to an attack on Police Street on Wednesday night when he was
A well-known taxi operator is back behind bars tonight, this time accused of murder. Thirty-year-old Joseph Gabourel Vaccaro, who recently walked free from another murder trial, was arraigned today for the September twenty-eighth shooting death of alleged PIV gang member Gaston Barrow. Police say Barrow
Tonight, a community is on edge after a massive explosion in the Orange Walked District claimed the life of one of its residents. But this was not an ordinary explosion; twenty-five-year-old Jose Valencia was killed when he accidentally detonated a bomb in San Jose Palmar
Belize may be on the brink of a major shift, and it’s going beyond casual marijuana consumption. It’s about science, health, tourism, and economic opportunity. In Caye Caulker, a bold proposal put forward by village councilor Ilya Rosado is gaining traction: a fully regulated cannabis
This past Saturday, the Hope Not Dope campaign took its message to Caye Caulker, just days before Belizeans head to the polls for the cannabis referendum. Church members and residents from the island, Belize City, and Belmopan rallied against marijuana legalization in the village. Their
Belize City is on edge tonight. After weeks of escalating gang violence, incidents that have left even children caught in the crossfire, the government is stepping up its response. Two kids, just two and ten years old, were shot in recent weeks, and now authorities
Belize City has been grappling with a wave of violence and tonight, police say they’re changing the way they fight crime. The Belize Police Department is rolling out new strategies aimed at modernizing operations and upgrading technology. It’s all part of an effort to refocus,
