M/Defence and Immigration blames “procedural errors”... 32 Asians entered Belize through the international airport, and disappeared! It was a major scandal during the previous administrations of both the PUP and the UDP, and now, allegations are that a human smuggling ring has been discovered – again.
“A murder every three days” - Last September had 11 murders – this September had 20. In 2009: Jan - 10, Feb 7 - , Mar - 12, Apr - 8, May - 8, June - 8, July - 7, Aug - 5, Sept - 11, Oct - 8, Nov - 2, Dec - 11 TOTAL - 97.
In 2010: Jan - 5, Feb - 9, Mar - 11, Apr - 11, May - 10, June - 7, July - 12, Aug - 14, Sept - 20 TOTAL - 99
The Prime Minister described Godfrey Smith’s letter to Digicel as “anti-Belizean … completely reprehensible … outrageously unpatriotic, if not treasonous.” Prime Minister Dean Barrow today condemned the actions of former Attorney General, Godfrey Smith of Marine Parade Chambers, for making what he describes as “anti-Belizean,” “anti-patriotic” and “completely reprehensible” statements to an Irish investor negotiating to purchase shares in Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL).
His friend says Sherlock, found in the water half-naked, had an altercation with a bar girl before his death... The body of Sherlock Syfox, 23, a Belizean laborer and recent deportee from the United States of America, was found around 6:00 a.m., on Sunday, September 26, 2010, dead and floating in the water behind the Bellevue Bar on Southern Foreshore, wearing only black shorts; his cause of death has not yet been reported, as the post-mortem results have still not been released.
In an active hurricane season, in which Belize has already been struck by two tropical storms, Alex in June (which made landfall just north of Belize City) and Karl just last week (brushing by the Corozal District), both of which later became hurricanes, the fifteenth named storm of the season could be heading our way this weekend.
In death, she became a bright star in the Belizean sky. She has moved complete strangers to tears at her death, and for her funeral, she almost brought commerce in the old city to a standstill, a mark of respect for what her death represented to this tired, crime-ridden city.
About 9 bullets went into the house; the child was shot under her left armpit.... Mother: “Why did they come and shot up my home early in the morning…? My child was in her bed; she didn’t deserve this…”
Her “information” led to arson of $1 million property in PG... Witchdoctor told parents of missing children that they were “underground” in the destroyed property... A desperate father, deeply concerned about the fate of his two missing children, and angry with the police for their apparently lackadaisical approach to the investigation, fell into the clutches of a local “witchdoctor,” with the result that a million-dollar investment, business and a home, has gone up in flames.
Brother, 18, shot to death corner of Berkeley Street and Wagner’s Lane in 2008... Seventeen-year-old Jordick Thompson, an employee of Bottom $, is dead after being shot in the left ear by an unknown gunman as he was riding his beach cruiser bicycle through the rain last night.
Sound Fest moves to Birds Isle due to concerns about safety at Belize City Center; Queen of the Bay and Children’s Rally to follow... Amandala has confirmed that the Ministry of Works has condemned “The Civic,” the Belize City Center, as unfit to be used for events during the September Celebrations.
“Nobody is challenging my leadership.” If any party member, even from Crique Sarco, Toledo, wants to challenge me for leadership, “it won’t scare me,” says Briceño... The heavyweights inside the Opposition People’s United Party (PUP) are tussling again over a recent move by party leader Johnny Briceño to call an early national convention on Sunday, September 26, in what some party officials see as an unconstitutional maneuver to retain his grip on the PUP’s leadership going into the next municipal elections due by 2012 and general elections due by 2013.
The killer shot his mentally challenged victim in the face with a shotgun.... Harrison Eugene Staine, 42, an unemployed of Wagner’s Lane, Belize City, was murdered with a single gunshot to the face. Staine leaves behind three children, one of whom is in Belize, and the other two living abroad, and many grieving relatives of a very big and very close family.
The bright, well-loved 14-year-old student was cut down by a gunman’s bullet... Chinese businesspeople today sent an unmistakable message to the government of Prime Minister Dean Barrow – they are tired of the murders of their own by brazen, lawless, savage criminals who kill, seemingly, without compunction, or remorse.
Family and friends believe that Shelmadine Sanchez was silenced because she witnessed a murder.... According to witnesses, she was leaving a friend’s house, approximately 50 paces away from her front door. She had just stepped over to her friend’s house close by, to have a drink. Witnesses say that she left her front door open (a sign that she wasn’t going to be away for long), and while walking back, a gunman shot her with a high-caliber weapon.
