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Daniel Oliva 41-year-old Daniel Oliva, a stevedore of Faber’s Road, was arraigned before Magistrate Stephanie Gillett on Monday, December 21, 2020 when he was read two indictable charges. He was read the charges of dangerous harm and deadly means of harm with a machete, both upon his brother Kelly Oliva. The incident for which he is charged dates just a few days prior to December 18 when the accused reportedly inflicted a chop wound to his brother’s left hand. This reportedly took place while the accused was intoxicated and had gotten into a heated argument over CDs. Because of the severi...

The Belize Training and Employment Centre (BTEC), a unit of BELTRAIDE, celebrated its fifth anniversary on Monday, October 7, 2019. To celebrate this accomplishment and milestone, BTEC held an anniversary ceremony at its office in Belize City. There, the Hon. Tracy Taegar Panton, Minister of State for Investment, Trade & Commerce, gave an emotional and heartfelt thank you to the team BTEC, including its Director, Christine Smith. The minister stated in her address that while BELTRAIDE does a lot of excellent work as it relates to nation building, she has a “soft spot” for BTEC and their w...

Joshua Martels It has now been a month since the shooting attempted murder which left a 15-year-old minor injured. It took place on Sunday, November 15, 2020 in Ladyville while the victim was in the company of 33-year-old Shane Bahadur, a well-known figure to law enforcement. Charged for this incident is 20-year-old Joshua Martels of Lord’s Bank, Ladyville who appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Stephanie Gillett. He was read the charge of attempted murder but due to the nature of the charge, no plea was taken and bail could not be offered. Magistrate Gillett explained that because it ...

Erwin Lanza, Jaroud Lamb and Michael Faux As many as 28 prisoners at the Belize Central Prison made up a group of escapees who managed to break out from the Hattieville Prison on Monday, October 12, 2020. Since then, several groups of law enforcement personnel worked on rounding up the escapees and at least one was killed in the process. That rounding up processed seems to have waned, however, as it has been quite some time since another prisoner was recaptured. By the prison’s count, some 25 prisoners have been recaptured and taken back into custody at the prison. A number of the men who h...