In eight days, six murders, three attempted murders and 14 reported robberies and burglaries... There were six murders in the span of eight days, dating back to last Wednesday, April 4, when there had been none reported in the previous two weeks.

Valencia was fatally wounded after he was shot multiple times last night around 9:30 while driving a car on Queen Charlotte Street. The attack took place not far from his home on Caesar Ridge Road, and both streets are in the vicinity of Cumberbatch Field.

Carlos Diaz says he will run as an independent, but if Yolanda Schakron fails, will Carlos run in Lake I for the PUP? Lake I’s People’s United Party standard bearer Yolanda Schakron—the replacement candidate for the current area representative Cordel Hyde, who resigned last week—is under fire, as a formal move has been made to block her nomination for general elections, because she is a US national born in Guatemala, although she is Belizean by descent, having described herself to be “as Belizean as rice and beans.”

Rodolfo “Boxie” Perrera, 37, murdered on Oleander... Well-known Orange Walk businessman and reportedly the father of 2, Rodolfo “Boxie” Perrera, 37, was pronounced dead on Saturday, January 7, at around 9:30 p.m. at the Northern Regional Hospital, after he was ambushed and shot multiple times in front of his home on Oleander Street.

3 armed bandits in “Flash”, hold up 3 fishing boats on same day and steal conch, lobster and fuel... Police and Coast Guard report that on Tuesday, December 20, three armed men in a boat held up three different crews of fishermen in the Bluefield Range, south of Belize City.

Gunmen held up Rosendo Urbina, Jr., and wife near the entrance to their estate in the Honey Camp area of Orange Walk... Police are currently on high alert due to an extortion attempt on well-known Orange Walk businessman Rosendo “Chendo” Urbina, Jr., and his wife on Sunday, December 4, 2011, in the Honey Camp area of Orange Walk.

“...more and more illegal Guatemalans feel ownership of the Chiquibul Forest” Rigoberto Gutierrez lives inside the Chiquibul National Park: FCD... As far as Supreme Court to Airport – that’s how far they’ve come to log in the South

42 assault rifles (some unserviceable) and pistols stolen... It was a huge embarrassment for the Belize Defence Force when a thief, or thieves, broke into their Weapon Bulk Store at their base at Price Barracks in Ladyville and stole forty-two guns — undetected. The culprits broke into the facility by breaking the lock and cutting the hasp & staple.

Ladyville police responded to a report of a murder last night on the Maskall Road. Well-known community shop keeper, Ernesto Myvette, 43, was shot to death, and community residents lined the roads around the police yellow barrier tape throughout the crime scene processing.

Two policemen detained for questioning... The report of two policemen and one civilian arrested in relation to a “handsome” robbery at the Corozal Free Zone on Saturday evening, September 10, 2011, could be, if it is proven that these men are involved, another huge embarrassment for the Police Department, since during this year alone there have been a number of police officers arrested and charged for various crimes, including drug trafficking.