Crime
Husband flogged her with a machete then set her on fire, says woman
SANTA CLARA VILLAGE, Corozal District, Thurs. June 18, 2015–Maria Pech, 36, a housewife of Santa Clara, Corozal District, is lucky to be alive after her husband, Joel Alfredo Pech, 33, allegedly lashed her with a machete [...]
Body of missing George Street man found decomposing in the pan of his truck
MILE 8 COMMUNITY, Belize District, Thurs. May 21, 2015–Denfield L. L. Bowen, 28, the father of 5 children of a George Street address, who was reported missing since Friday, May 1, exactly 3 weeks ago, was [...]
Judge will rule on Keyren Tzib bail application Wed
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Apr. 10, 2015–On Easter Monday, April 6, a Coast Guard vessel was returning to base after a multi-agency operation around San Pedro, but before the boat docked, there was a shooting on board [...]
Mark Rhamdas, Jr., ambushed and fatally shot
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Apr. 9, 2015–The gun violence in Belize City has again claimed a life. Mark Anthony Rhamdas, Jr., 25, a resident of Albert Street West, was shot in the chest and abdomen at about [...]
Keyren Tzib charged with attempted murder
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Apr. 7, 2015–This afternoon, CIB police officers escorted Keyren Tzib, 24, a six-year veteran female seaman of the Belize Coast Guard, to the Magistrate’s Court, where she appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Marie [...]
Akeem Thurton’s conviction affirmed
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Mar. 27, 2015 [...]
Skeletal remains found, believed to be that of Cayetano Nah, 83
CAMALOTE, Cayo District, Fri. Mar. 27, 2015–The ongoing search for senior citizen Cayetano Nah, 83, of Camalote, Cayo District, who has been missing since Monday morning, February 2, ended about 2:30 this afternoon in a pasture [...]
Jermaine Belgrave, 33, beats murder rap!
BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Mar. 19, 2015–Jermaine Belgrave, 33, a Taylor’s Alley resident, was acquitted of murder this afternoon after Supreme Court Justice Adolph Lucas, who heard the case without a jury, found that he could not [...]
Convict argues against carnal knowledge conviction before Court of Appeal
BELIZE CITY, Tues. Mar 10, 2015– A man who was convicted of three counts of carnal knowledge while he was out on parole for a 25-year manslaughter sentence was before the Court of Appeal this [...]
Jermaine Belgrave, 33, on trial for the 2011 murder of Cleo Robinson
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Mar. 6, 2015–The trial of accused murderer Jermaine Belgrave began yesterday, Thursday morning, in the Supreme Court of Justice Adolph Lucas, who is hearing the case without a jury. On February 23, 2010, [...]
