Earlier today in the courtroom of Justice Derick Sylvester, accused murderer Shawn Hertular, who has been convicted of a similar capital offense in the past, saw the charge against him being dismissed. That’s because a Crown Counsel from the D.P.P.’s Office failed to appear in
Ever since the U.D.P.’s legal advisor Orson “OJ” Elrington resigned from that position in January, speculation has been rife as to the reason for his sudden departure. Elrington has not publicly given his reason for the decision, so when Marion Ali caught up with him
A Belize City family is asking for your help in locating sixty-nine-year-old Idolly Young. Young, who is diagnosed with dementia, was last seen on Tuesday, January 5th, near Sanker Street in Belize City. She was wearing a white blouse and a floral skirt. If you
Forty-two-year-old Everaldo Garcia was found this morning in his jail cell at the Belize Central Prison. Prison officials do not suspect foul play. Officials say that prison officers were alerted by another inmate to the fact that Garcia was unresponsive. The head of the intelligence
A Belize Defence Force truck flipped earlier this afternoon as it was heading towards San Ignacio Santa Elena. The incident happened near mile 37. Witnesses say that four members of the BDF were injured and rushed to the nearest hospital. The soldiers were on their
In a Facebook post, Prime Minister John Briceño expressed his gratitude to "all Belizeans who exercised their democratic rights yesterday during our nationwide municipal elections." Briceño, who is the leader of the ruling People's United Party (PUP), said that he was thankful that there were
There were 67 seats up for grabs for the 2024 municipal elections. The ruling People’s United Party fielded 67 candidates. The United Democratic Party also fielded 67 candidates. The People’s Democratic Movement had 11 candidates in the race. There were 11 independent candidates. Out of
Last night, we reported on the gruesome killing of forty-year-old Shane Baizar a businessman of Bermudian Landing. We also told you that only two hours after Baizar’s body was discovered, police shot and killed the man they believe committed the heinous crime. The suspect was
We also heard from Cruz Castillo’s brother, who spoke with us off camera. He told us that Castillo paid him a visit at home in the early part of Monday morning. He says that at the time they were unaware that he was wanted by
In November 2023, six police offers were dismissed from their post in connection with the landing of multiple drug planes in 2021. The accused are, Delwin Casimiro, Nelson Middleton Junior, and Eric Young, all former police officers who were linked to a drug plane landing
