Shamir Medina, 19, an unemployed of Berkeley Street, was the first victim of gun violence on Friday night, March 25, 2011. He was shot several times in the abdomen and chest while riding on Plues Street. His shooting was believed to be connected to the shooting death of Devon Reynolds.
The second victim of gun violence for Friday night was Linsford Ferguson, 51, a mechanic from Vernon Street who was riding home. He was shot twice while riding on Poinsettia Street, but fortunately, a concerned bystander managed to stem the bleeding and help him get transported to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH).
Devon Reynolds murdered while out on an errand; family feels that the shooting was retaliation for an earlier shooting on Friday night... A student of Tubal Trade School, Devon Reynolds, just 14, was gunned down near his home on Kraal Road on Friday night, March 25, 2011 at around 9:30. What makes his death even more painful to the family is that they suspect that his murder comes as retaliation for a murder on Berkeley Street that took place about an hour earlier.
The total spending on programs for the poor amounts to 5 cents for each man, woman and child, said Briceño. “Five cents can’t even buy a sweet. Shame!” he said. The national budget was debated inside the National Assembly on Independence Hill, Belmopan, today, Thursday, March 24, and that debate is slated to continue into tomorrow, Friday, March 25. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dean Barrow presented the proposed budget, with $953 million in total payouts, on Friday, March 11, 2011, and first thing this morning, Leader of Opposition People’s United Party, Johnny Briceño, area representative for Orange Walk Central, took his aim at Barrow’s third budget, calling it “an empty-pot budget.”
Ann-Marie, National Women’s Commission’s Executive Director, knew they were coming, said PUP’s Carolyn Trench-Sandiford... When an unflattering Facebook photograph of Gina Tillett, president of the People’s United Party (PUP) women’s group, was published on the front page of the United Democratic Party’s organ, the Guardian newspaper, last week Thursday, it was roundly denounced by the women of the PUP.
On October 22, 2010, the Belize Tourism Board conducted a consultation in the village of Placencia to garner feedback from villagers and stakeholders on whether they would be receptive to the installation of a cruise ship port there, purportedly for the generation of more tourism activity.
According to Gegg, he received a document from the BTB which stated that effective March 21, 2011, the revoking of his license would take effect. “They gave the illusion that I could reapply [for the license],” Gegg told us during a phone call tonight, “but that is not true.”
He was walking his dog; his girlfriend is pregnant, and the family is devastated... Phillip Jason Swift, 19, also known as “PJ”, was gunned down yesterday, Wednesday, just after 5 p.m. in Lindo’s Alley. His attack came during the rush hour traffic at the end of the day, which speaks to the brazenness of the crime.
Amandala has confirmed that Isis Nassar, 54, a dual British/Lebanese national and art teacher, was found dead in a residence on Riverside Drive, Orange Walk Town, this morning. She reportedly was discovered with her hands and feet tied up, a cut wound on the neck, and bruises on her elbow.
His killers tied the unarmed man’s hands and feet, then stabbed him to death... A family is mourning the loss of a beloved father after he was discovered brutally murdered at his work site at Chuc’s Service Station (Esso), on Bullet Tree Road, San Ignacio, Cayo District, early Sunday morning.
Police say that Jack Burnette, 55, of San Pedro Town, told them that he and three other men – Kenneth Cox, Gary Paumgargmar and Resse - had gone out on a snorkeling trip, but after they returned to the boat at around 1:40 p.m., they realized that Resse was not with them. They went to the police and an immediate search was launched with the Coast Guard and Belize Dive Service, but Resse was not found.
The 25-year-old baker lived on the 3rd floor, but was found dead on steps of 2nd floor.... La Popular bakery, located at the corner of Sarstoon and Logwood Streets, Belize City, was the site of a murder, which is suspected to have occurred sometime on Saturday, March 19.
Yesterday at around 9:30 p.m., Brandon Gibson, 22, a resident of Moya Street, was murdered while walking on Black Orchid Street. Residents say that they heard three shots, and police say that he was shot once in the back.
