The Belize Police Department seems to be plagued by one problem after another. The issues of police brutality and corruption have become common allegations against elements of the department.  There are countless complaints being reviewed by the department's Internal Affairs ...

The Belizeans for Justice Movement, which had last week postponed a planned press conference in the wake of a death threat to one of its members, this week held that conference at the Radisson Fort George Hotel under ...

Well-known street man Giovani Lauriano, 32, became one of the latest victims on the list of murder statistics for 2010 when he was shot at close range on the Western Highway while he was travelling to his house in Hattieville after socializing. His attacker ...

The past week has been a bloody one, leaving a number of families once again grieving over their loved one senselessly killing in the ongoing urban warfare. Last Thursday it extended all the way to Ladyville where the family of Anthony Matura, 18, ...

By: Bobby Cadle Jr. A child begging in the streets is an indicator of social decay within our communities, the communities in which our children must live the realities of their daily lives. This phenomenon can be caused by various factors, but in today’s economic climate, the primary factor is an ...

Aaron Wilson, 20, who allegedly pretended to be a Special Constable, was charged with 6 offences when he appeared in the #1 Magistrate’s Court on Monday, July 19. Two of the charges are indictable. They include forgery of ...

Laverne Longsworth, 35, a.k.a “Anti-Christ”, a mother of three who allegedly torched her common-law husband, David White, 32, was charged with attempted murder when she appeared yesterday in the #2 Magistrate’s Court. Senior Magistrate Margaret McKenzie explained to ...

Gina Conorquie, 28, an alleged con artist residing at #42 Rivero Street who reportedly pretended to be an employee of the U.S. Embassy, was charged with 3 counts of obtaining property by deception when she appeared in the ...

William Daniel Torres, 21, charged with 2 counts of carnal knowledge of a girl, 14 years and 6 months old, was freed of the charges when they were withdrawn by the prosecution yesterday in the Court of Justice ...

Austin Rowland, 24, a laborer of Oleander Street charged with the attempted murder of Richard Russel, 29, was freed of the charge yesterday in the Court of Justice Herbert Lord when Crown Counsel Christelle Wilson made an application ...