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transcript of our evening television news script. Many interviews on our newscast
are conducted in Creole. In the interest of clarity for our foreign readers,
we attempt to paraphrase the Creole quotes in English
A businessman was murdered in cold blood last night in Orange Walk
Town and a major revelation is that the motive doesn’t appear to have
been robbery. It was a particularly cruel killing –53 Baldemar Moguel
was shot dead in front of his wife and all indications are that it was a well
planned and executed hit. But by whom and why? Our team went to Orange Walk
for answers.
Keith Swift Reporting,
Today the shutters were down at the D&J Supermarket on Stadium Street in
Orange Walk Town and that is because the body of its murdered owner –
53 year old Baldemar Moguel was arriving in Belize City for a post mortem. Moguel
and his now distraught wife – were inside the supermarket last night at
7:55 when two dark skinned men – travelling in this red Toyota Corrolla
with taxi license plates stormed into the store.
Insp. Selvin Tillett, Deputy OIC – Orange Walk Police “One with a red shirt and one with a white shirt and ordered two pounds
of beans. Apparently Mr. Moguel went to retrieve the beans and on his way back
the one with red shirt pointed a firearm to Mr. Moguel and discharged probably
four to five rounds.”
Frightened neighbours heard the gunshots.
Felipe Cal, Neighbour “Last night I was taking a drink when I heard the shots.”
Bert Campos, Neighbour “I heard about five gunshots and only three caught him so two ended
up in the refridge, bust open the Red Bull and the Guinness and those things.
So they shoot three shots, two missed him, but the bally said he would have shoot more but the gun snapped. So the gun snapped and so they rolled and they
gaan.”
Voice of Neighbour, “Like quarter to eight we heard something the knock like it was knocking
so I was putting my baby to sleep.”
Keith Swift,
“So you didn’t think it was gunshots?”
Voice of Neighbour, “No because we nuh use to those things so we may find it funny. We
couldn’t believe it was gunshots because the way it sounded was like they
were beating. I asked but dah what that and one of my son said it was palamita
and it was the gunshots.”
There were five gunshots. Baldemar Moguel had been shot in the head, chest,
abdomen, and right hand. The gunman then attempted to shoot Baldermar’s
wife – he pulled the trigger twice but it was empty; all the live rounds
had been expended on her husband. They then fled in the red Toyota Corrolla. His niece Xiomara Munoz was about a block away at work when she got the news
and rushed to the scene.
Xiomara Munoz, Niece of Murder Victim “I did not believe it until I heard the ambulance and I was still
asking if it was my uncle and they said and a couple of minutes afterwards I
heard he already passed away. There are no words that could explain what happened.
He was a hard working man. He got up early in the morning about 6 to open his
store. He worked hard, he closed late.”
So why did someone kill this hardworking self-made businessman? For starters
- nothing was stolen from the store and no attempt was made to raid the cash
register.
Bert Campos, “It can’t be robbery because all the money is in the cash register.
If somebody robbed you, they would take all the money and go. They didn’t
thief the money. They shoot him and gone. So maybe I would say somebody paid
those boys to kill home bwai, to kill my friend.”
Inspector Selvin Tillett was however a bit more guarded in his speculation
about a motive.
Insp. Selvin Tillett, “At this moment we are still investigating as to the motive because
we didn’t know it was robbery or just a hit. We don’t know as yet
so we’re still looking at different leads.”
Keith Swift,
“Are you guys investigating the possibility that a family member was involved?”
Insp. Selvin Tillett, “As I said the investigation is young at this moment and I cannot
say whether yes or no.”
Baldemar Moguel had been in business for more than 30 years. For 13 of those
30 years his supermarket and his bicycle store have been located here on Stadium
Street. And for those 13 years Baldemar or Baldi as he was known was more than
just a businessman. He was a neighbour first of all because his lived upstairs
his store and he was also a friend who was beloved in this neighbourhood.”
Bert Campos, “I really know the man too because I was lee boy when the man had a shop in front of my house on the side, San Victor Street, he moved and came
here. When he came here he opened a different business and started to sell jewellery
and thing and after that he opened a game shop and started to sell hot dogs
and those things. But last night what happened really hurt us because he is
our neighbour and thing and we care for the man. The man is like a mentor to
we. He used to treat us good. Sometimes we go there to buy from him and if we
don’t have change the man help us out and thing.”
Voice of Neighbour, “From I dah lee gial I know those people and I don’t know them
to have nothing with nobody so dah so life go – today you are here and
tomorrow you nuh deh yah.”
Bert Campos, “It frightened me because according to what I heard it is not boys
from Orange Walk, it is boys from Belize City.”
Xiomara Munoz, “We never thought this would happen to us. It was unexpected. He got
up early in the morning for work like normal and this happened early in the
night. It wasn’t late.”
Insp. Selvin Tillett, “It’s really sad, everyone knows Mr. Moguel was a hardworking
man and we assure the public that we are doing our outmost to put this to an
end and we will try and solve this crime. This doesn’t mean that Orange
Walk is out of control, it is just something that happened. It is a sad incident.”
Keith Swift,
“What would you want to say to the killer?”
Xiomara Munoz, “I think that person doesn’t have a heart. I don’t know
what to tell him. They should have thought what they did before they did it
because we are mourning for this man who passed away and I don’t think
they would want something like this to happen to them. I hope someone catches
them and they pay for what they did.”
The Toyota Corolla used in the murder has been impounded. Police say
the owner has always been questioned and they believe he knew nothing about
the incident. Two suspects are detained but no one has been charged. This was
Orange Walk’s second murder for 2010. The first was the murder-suicide
of Cruzito Chan and Santos Concepcion Alvarez Depaz which occurred exactly two
weeks ago.
Well, Belize City police did say following the Central American shooting spree
on Central American Boulevard on Monday evening that they knew who fired the
shots and were looking for the two youths. Four days later you are looking at
the face of twenty one year old Philip Wallace, one of the young men who police
say fired the shots that caught seven year old Janay Moguel, her sixty four
year old grandfather Stephen Rhamdas Sr. killed nineteen year old Dorrel Williams
Junior and injured twenty seven year old Robert Howard.
The shootings occurred on Central American Boulevard around six thirty on Monday
evening. The reason why we are unable to show you the face or disclose the identity
of the second accused person is because he is a seventeen year old minor. Today
twenty seven year old Philip Wallace and the teenager were arraigned on several
charges when they appeared in number one Magistrate’s Court.
Philip Wallace and the minor have been charged for the murder of Dorrell Williams
Jr. who was shot over the left eye and pronounced clinically dead after being rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Two days later Dorrel Williams
Jr. was taken off life support.
The pair were also charged with three counts each for the attempted murders,
three counts each for dangerous harm and three counts each for deadly means
of harm of Janay Moguel, Stephen Rhamdas Sr. and Robert Howard. If Belize City
Police know what triggered the shooting they aren’t talking - but information
to 7News is that just before the shooting started a basketball game was being
played near the corner of Faber’s Road and Central American Boulevard.
A young man was reportedly seen running out of the area firing shots at another
youth. Who reportedly ducked behind a parked vehicle. When the gunfire ceased
the intended target ran unto Central American Boulevard and the ensuing gunfire
hit the four innocent victims. Sixty four year old Stephen Rhamdas and seven
year old Janay Moguel was walking across the boulevard to their home just across
the street. Rhamdas was shot in his right palm and Moguel was shot in her upper
left shoulder damaging her lung and spinal cord.
Court reports are that nineteen year old Dorrel Williams Jr. at the time he was fatally wounded was standing in a yard at the corner of Central American
Boulevard and Trinity Streets. Twenty seven year old Robert Howard was shot
in the face as he rode by on a bicycle on Central American Boulevard. Court
reports are that twenty seven year old Phillip Wallace was additionally charged
for the aggravated assault on one Marlon Jones.
And just who is Marlon Jones? Well that remains a mystery but when the charges
went to court today – it was the first time that his name was mentioned.
Following their court appearances the seventeen year old minor who has been
identified to us as only one Underwood was remanded to the Youth Hostel.
Phillip Wallace was also remanded. We met him in 2005 when he was at Youth
for the Future learning how to fix bicycles as part of a job skills training
programme. He told us then that he wanted to say out of the very thing –
police now say he ended up in.
[July 28th 2005] Phillip Wallace, Charged for Murder "I choose to be a part of this to keep out of trouble and keep out of crime and thing."
Our records show that Phillip Wallace’s brother Andrew was killed
in 2005.
As we told you earlier, two men were charged today for the shooting
on Monday evening on Central American Boulevard which left two adult males with
minor injuries, one female child with severe injuries and one man dead. But
that charge probably brings no closure to the families of the dead and injured.
19 year old Dorrell Williams Jr.’s family is preparing to bury him on
Monday while Janay Moguel’s family is grappling with the tough issues
arising from her very serious spinal injury. The seven year old Standard One
student is still in the intensive care unit at the Belize Healthcare Partners
Limited tonight where the news is not at all encouraging. I spoke to her doctor
today.
Jacqueline Godwin Reporting,
Seven year old Janay Moguel is asking why she still has no feelings in her legs
it is a tough question to answer. How do you tell a child who has always been
filled with life, love to run and play with her cousins and friends that there
is a chance she will never walk again?
Dr. Joel Cervantes, Neuro/Spine Surgeon “She is a very direct child. She remembers me very well. I think she
doesn’t like the fact that, she blames me, I don’t want to use the
word blame but she says I cut her and she doesn’t want to fell the pain
of the cut and she is asking for answers. I have asked the family at this point
to actively massage, mobilize her arms and her legs, and they do it and the
first thing she says is I don’t feel it and mommy why doesn’t my
leg move. So you feel a knot in your throat and I am trying to explain to her as best as possible in terms that she could understand but not trying to kill
her spirit.
If we kill her spirit and her will to fight then the battle will be lost
for her to recover feeling and movement in the left arm and both legs. So I
have to be careful and I have to hold back a little bit with Janay personally
because of her age and what she can really understand although she is not a
fool and she is aware. She has asked me when will she be able to play with her
two little cousins and it is answer I cannot give her. It is not a nice feeling
but I am hoping there is going to be improvement, I am hoping when she starts
the therapy, that there is going to be some response.”
Today when I visited with neuro and spine surgeon Dr. Joel Cervantes at Belize
Healthcare Partners Limited he says while the wound to the spine looks clean
and there is no longer draining of residual blood from the spine, Janay is still
unable to feel and move her legs and left arm.
Jacqueline Godwin,
“What is your concern about her paralysis?”
Dr. Joel Cervantes, “That it could be something permanent and the factors that she has
for her are her youth and that I think she has a very supportive family. There
has been some community support and we are looking at as soon as perhaps by
today we might be able to get her out of the intensive care setting into what
we call intermediate care which is a step down; we have intensive and step down
to intermediate care and then you step to the general ward. So we’re planning,
if everything goes as planned, by this afternoon to have her in intermediate
care and hopefully by Monday, Tuesday at the latest, we’ll have her in
the general ward.”
Dr. Cervantes says from a scientific point of view there is a slim chance that
his young patient’s life will return to normal. He remains hopeful that
Janay will able to recover movement in her left arm and both legs.
Dr. Joel Cervantes, “We are starting to look at the possibility of getting her to appropriate and as advanced physical rehabilitation therapy, occupation therapy, as possible
and we even have an angle that is researched right now on the possibility of
getting her out of Belize where there are more advanced modalities with respect
to rehabilitation therapy.”
Dr. Cervantes says if Janay Moguel is unable to regain movement in her left
arm and both legs that at least she will be able to recover well enough the
use of her left arm which would be a great victory for Janay, the family and
the medical staff at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited. Janay’s parents
Marvin and Ruth have been struggling with their daughter’s medical prognosis
and are relying on prayers for a miracle.
Dr. Joel Cervantes, “I think they understand very clearly what the injuries are. There
is a certain amount of confusion at the same time and I think this has put their
lives upside down. From what I’ve been able to look and analyze they are
just regular normal working class people and they have a lot of love and affection
for their child. They are there, all the family is there, and even though I
have an obligation to speak from a scientific view and to say things just the
way I am seeing them, they still have hope that is bigger than what I can offer
them from a scientific point of view. So I am not going to take that away from
them, that based on religious belief, the family support, and the fact that
she is young, they are willing to try any and everything for Janay to get back
as much of the movement and feeling as possible.”
But while at this point Janay Moguel is not being told about the possibility
of not walking again there will come a time when she will need to be told.
Dr. Joel Cervantes, “We have to agree of course with the family members, if they are people
of a certain faith we always respectfully have to speak with whatever head of
religion or pastor or Minister of word so that you tell the patient things the
way they are and of course we always see the cases that go beyond scientific
explanations, you can call them a miracle. I’ve seen them, haven’t
been able to explain them from a scientific point of view, and you at least
want to leave that instilled in the child, that if she tries real and she sets
her mind to it, there is a lot that she will be recover.”
Jacqueline Godwin,
“Whenever someone goes through such a trauma there are different levels
before you recover or come to the acceptance that this has happened. Where is
everyone right now?”
Dr. Joel Cervantes, “I think that the grief of her having been injured has finally passed.
I think they are in denial at this point of what the reality of the situation
is. I haven’t seen the family members in a rage but they are in denial.
They are pretty calm but they are in denial. I think the person who is most
distraught is her mother, that is the person you can see the pain in her eyes
every time you speak to her so you have to be very careful and choose your words
because she understands fully well and you don’t want to say nothing that
hurts her feelings or kills her spirit for any chance for further improvement.”
Sadly financial assistance has only been trickling in to help Janay Moguel
and it is hoped that just as Belizeans showed an overwhelming support for the
Haitian victims, they will now do the same for one of their own little ones.
Dr. Joel Cervantes, “And so I think the family would be appreciative of anything that
they can get, even if it is just a smile from somebody, if it is a good complement,
if it is financial support, a pledge or getting something in person, I think
they would appreciate it a lot.”
Janay Moguel’s condition is now considered stable. Once she is removed
from the ICU, the medical cost will be reduced. But still, there are many more
days of hospitalization ahead, and any financial donation you can make will
help in the recovery and therapy she will need.
You can help by calling Janay’s parents Marvin at cell phone
number 604 -8121 or her mother Ruth at cell phone number 605-5641. You can Also
Make Donations at First Caribbean International Bank in Account Number 10103315.
It’s called a British Ministry of Defense Logistics Ship and finally
yesterday evening, logistics were worked out for The Anvil Point to be off-loaded
of her cargo at the Port Of Belize. We are informed that after talks yesterday
between the private Port’s executive management and BATSUB an amicable
solution was arrived at and the British vessel was offloaded at the Port under
undisclosed terms.
Chairman of the Port of Belize Limited Luke Espat would only say that his people
ironed out any misunderstandings and the vessel has been offloaded at the port
as it should have been. He declined to enter any discussion about how much it
cost.
As we’d reported, earlier this week the Shipping agent was unable to
reach agreement for the off loading of the anvil Point with the Port of Belize
and asked the Port Authority to intercede. IT did by allowing the vessel to
be offloaded at Old Belize. The Port of Belize quickly got an injunction barring
that from happening.
That impasse forced BATSUB to the table with the private Port – leaving
the shipping agent out of the picture – which was likely the intent from
the outset of this power play.
The Ministry of Works’ $350,000 grader is still missing. As we told you
last night, bandits stole the grader at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon on the
Young Gyal Road in Cayo – robbing the operator and tying him up in the
bushes. It is believed the bandits headed for the border.
Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Works Cadet Henderson told us this
evening that they have received a lot of leads but nothing definitive. He says
they have gotten some information about who may have been involved in the theft
and those names have been forwarded to the police.
It is a yellow Caterpillar brand open cab grader. It was recently refurbished
and was one of two working graders in the Cayo District. It is valued at $350,000.
Earlier this week the Belize National Teachers’ Union held a
press conference to – among other things – demand a pay raise. Today
we got a response on that demand and ultimatum from the Minister of Education
Patrick Faber.
Hon. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education “It is in the process and the PSU President I am told was made aware
and other union Presidents were made aware that this was something that is in
the pipeline so it was kind of out of left field that the we thought the comments
of the BNTU came, the last resort. I have had for instance several meetings
with the BNTU, one as recent as one week ago before their press conference and
at no point in any of those meetings did they ever bring up the collective bargaining
agreement. So it was only through the email a couple days before the press conference
that they sought my intervention to say what’s happening here Minister
can you check on this for us and immediately afterwards we have a press conference
giving the government an ultimatum. So I did find that a bit strange.”
Jules Vasquez,
“Sir but they issued an ultimatum and you don’t seem to be ultimatum
response pace, you seem to be taking a measured response to their ultimatum.”
Hon. Patrick Faber, “Well there is a financial concern here. I think that all Belizean
will understand that there is a serious financial crunch, we are in a recession
as has been pointed over and over again. There are financial implications to
some of their requests that have been made, the unions jointly, so we have to
be careful. We have to be able to give a response based on what monies we know
are available. People might not be understanding but budget time is coming up
and there is a serious gap that this government needs to plug and so it would
be irresponsible to just jump up and say we can agree on certain things without
taking into consideration the financial implications.
We are doing things so it is not to say that if we can find ways, we know
the cost of living out here is high and we know that it is indeed a difficult
time to survive, not only in Belize but in any other part of the world, and
so it is imperative that we sit down and dialogue and come up with something
that is agreeable to both sides. We are not running away from that.”
Faber also expressed his disagreement with the union’s position
that corporal punishment they say should not be illegalized in the amendment
to the Education Act. Faber says that on that one, they will agree to disagree.
Hon. Patrick Faber, “I have said to them very sternly and that is I believe what lands
me in trouble with them but I certainly as the Minister of Education am not
prepared to listen to that claim of keeping in corporal punishment just because
we have to keep it in because it is a comfort for teachers. As I’ve indicated,
I believe we’ve given enough time for anybody who wants to come up with
other strategies to have done so. You will remember that it was in 2000 when
I was a very young teacher that the union opposed the removal of corporal punishment
from the then proposal for the new Education Act and insisted that we get more
time to find alternative strategies. That was ten years ago and ten years later
and nothing has been done by the union to try to make any such alternative proposal.”
Jules Vasquez,
“I think they say the government should do it.”
Hon. Patrick Faber, “Well that is fair and I have pointed out that we have done some things
in order to make sure that we have an alternative strategy.”
Faber stressed that as the law presently stands only principals –
not teachers - can engage in corporal punishment which he says is not usually
how it happens.
And while Education Minister Faber conceded that the cost of living is going
up, he said that the Ministry is also working to lower training costs for teachers.
And in that regard, another door to tertiary education was opened today as Belizeans
will now be able to earn a degree from Bridgewater State University in Boston
while still living in Belize.
Today Minister Faber and officials from Bridgewater State University signed
a four year student exchange agreement. Under the program, Belizean students
will be able to enrol in Bridgewater State’s undergraduate and graduate
degree programs. The courses will be offered on site in Belize
In August, Bridgewater State will accept 5 Belizean students in the program.
And in exchange in January of 2011, Belize will accept 5 Bridgewater State students
for a 4 to 8 week internship in a Belizean primary school.
You’ve been hearing a lot in the news recently from Yolanda Schakron
– she’s the crusading aunt of Chris Galvez who was slain execution
style on December 22nd on Faber’s Road in Belize City. And now another
relative of an executed man – in this case the mother of Jason Coombs
- is taking up her crusade to get her son’s killers charged.
But it’s different because Valerie Coombs has launched her “catch-the-killer-crusade”
in the United States – where she’s hoping to bring U.S. State Department
pressure to bear on the Belize Police Department – which she says has
been doing nothing to solve her son’s murder. Jason Coombs was an American
Citizen and when he was executed at his business place on November 12th. It
was a shocking murder as he had no involvement in the underworld – but
apart from finding the car that was used in the killing – police haven’t
come up with any leads. And while they do have a suspect – who they have
been looking for nearly three months, they have refused to even allow the media
to broadcast that picture.
And now the Coombs family who live in Florida have had enough –
and grieving mother Valerie Coombs is taking her story to the US media. It’s
already been picked up by the ABC and NBC affiliates – and the story from
ABC aired earlier this week. Here it is.
[ABC News Report]
Valerie Coombs, Mother of Jason Coombs “These are my three boys. As a mother I am deeply proud.”
One a close knit family now shattered.
Valerie Coombs,
“This is my son John Coombs, this is Jason here with his niece.”
A brother, father, and son shot at the age of 38. Jason Coombs lived
and worked in Belize. His murder has made headlines there.
Coombs graduated here from FAU and moved back to Belize to start a business
in the cement industry, Pre-Con Limited.
Valerie Coombs, “He says mother I don’t want to sit behind a desk, I want to
go back there and build stuff and see them live long after I am gone.”
For Valerie Coombs her son Jason is gone too soon, killed where he worked.
According to police reports a car drove onto the property, the driver summoned
Coombs over, and shot multiple times. The car was recovered but there is not
other evidence; no witnesses and in a crime ridden country, Jason’s mother
fears he is now just another statistic.
Valerie Coombs, “They have no resources there to deal with something like this and
it is not just my child, many mothers have lost their children and nothing is
being solved. Nothing, it is just paperwork.”
For Coombs it is a relentless search for answers.
Valerie Coombs, “They do nothing, these are the dates I called and got absolutely
nothing.”
An endless prayer that justice will prevail.
Valerie Coombs, “I told them look at me, I am crying now, it could be maybe your turn,
help me – let it stop now.”
That is the story from the ABC affiliate in south Florida and the NBC
affiliate is expected to be airing their one tonight. Mrs. Coombs says she is
contacting all US media.
There is no statute of limitations on carnal knowledge and that was proven
today in Belize City Magistrate’s Court. Court reports are that the accused
a thirty eight year old stepfather and fisherman first had sex with his stepdaughter,
a minor in July of 2005. We can’t give you his name or show his picture
because it may lead to the identity of the victim.
But here’s what happened: at that time she was only nine years old. Then
five years later he again had sex with the girl who is now fourteen years old.
The second incident occurred on January ninth, 2010. Yesterday in the company
of her mother the teenaged girl told police that she was at her stepfather’s
house when it happened.
Today when the stepfather appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret McKenzie
she told the accused that the court could not take a plea as the offences are
indictable. He was also explained that the court cannot also offer him bail
because of the nature of the offences. The stepfather who has been charged with
carnal knowledge and unlawful carnal knowledge was then remanded to Belize Central
Prison until April eight, 2010.
Tomorrow in Belmopan, over 100 youths from across the country will
gather at the George Price Centre for Peace and Development to talk about conflict
resolution. But it’s not just another talk shop, organizers say that the
youths from varied backgrounds and social groups will discuss violence and its
effect on their communities while also coming up with proposals for systems
of settling disputes before they flare up into armed conflict.
Jamaican Violence Anthropologist Dr. Herbert Gayle will lead the session
and integrate the findings into the Male Social Participation and Violence in
Urban Belize Research which is currently underway. And what does all that have
to do with a globe trotting American rapper who is in Belize?
A whole lot if that rapper is George Martinez known as "RITHM".
He’s an award-winning artist, activist, educator and a motivational hip
hop performance artist and founder of the Global Block Foundation. And now he’s
here for a peace concert that will follow the youth symposium. He told us about
himself and his message.
George Martinez, “Rithm” “As an Ambassador of hip-hop for USA and also a professor of political
science, I know first hand how the power of our community, our culture, our
art can be combined with making positive resolutions and developments in our
community. This is the tip of the iceberg of a movement; community development,
personal sustainability, and conflict resolution. The major goal of this weekend
is to share with the youths that they are not alone in the world, hope matters
and exists, and with your talent and your creativity you can build a better
tomorrow.
The hip-hop story is that right here in the streets, this could be transformed
into a concert hall, into a dance studio where young people can share and learn.
So this weekend is an opportunity to share some of those experiences but taking
out of the place where it is uplifting. I might say things that are reflected
in my community and some of those things might seem aggressive and real in terms
of the harsh realities of our community. But the overall message for young people
is use your voice, whatever you have to say say it, put it together, and create
a space for yourself.”
Nyasha Laing, NICH “He’s been able to even in his own life story make amazing strides.
He is a college professor, he is a US Cultural Envoy and so he connects with
different audiences wherever he goes, he is able to cross lines culturally and
I think that’s an experience that comes from living in a city like New
York and even in his own personal life I think he will tell you he has connections
to Belize.”
Apart from working as a US Cultural Envoy/ Hip-Hop Ambassador for the
U.S. Department of State, Martinez has a Belizean wife back in New York. The
open air peace concert starts at 3:30 tomorrow at the Independence Park in Belmopan.
A new play will debut at the Bliss Center this weekend. It’s
called Devilish and it offers a Caribbean twist on an old tale: would you make
a deal with the devil to have your wishes come through. The protagonist in this
play, did and, after that – all hell broke loose – Kim Vasquez –
who’s the stage manager told us more.
Kim Vasquez, Stage Manager “This story has been retold many times on film and on stage, as I
said it is a classic story, and this is the Caribbean version of it, of like
a person like I said who really wants something or desires something and enters
into a deal with the devil. In this case the person is a female doctor and the
devil takes the form of a man. So you have an interesting dynamic there already.
You had this professor and she spent her summer vacation trying out these rituals
to summon a demon from hell and she thought she would fail and nothing had worked
out and then there is a knock at the door and a man appears and he says well
you summoned me and so what do you want.”
Jules Vasquez,
“And after that?”
Kim Vasquez, “There is some deal making going on from there and things get interesting.”
Jules Vasquez,
“So why is it adults only, without giving a spoiler?”
Kim Vasquez, “Well some of the content in it is not explicit, it is not something
that you won’t see on cable TV but some of the themes explored in there,
I guess the way they are discussed and everything might make it a little bit
too mature for young people to really appreciate something like this.”
The play is for adults only and it plays on Saturday and Sunday at
the Bliss Center. It stars Joey Clarke and Diane Garcia.
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shoot more but the gun snapped. So the gun snapped and so they rolled and they
gaan.”
His niece Xiomara Munoz was about a block away at work when she got the news
and rushed to the scene.
a shop in front of my house on the side, San Victor Street, he moved and came
here. When he came here he opened a different business and started to sell jewellery
and thing and after that he opened a game shop and started to sell hot dogs
and those things. But last night what happened really hurt us because he is
our neighbour and thing and we care for the man. The man is like a mentor to
we. He used to treat us good. Sometimes we go there to buy from him and if we
don’t have change the man help us out and thing.”
rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Two days later Dorrel Williams
Jr. was taken off life support.
was fatally wounded was standing in a yard at the corner of Central American
Boulevard and Trinity Streets. Twenty seven year old Robert Howard was shot
in the face as he rode by on a bicycle on Central American Boulevard. Court
reports are that twenty seven year old Phillip Wallace was additionally charged
for the aggravated assault on one Marlon Jones. 
as best as possible in terms that she could understand but not trying to kill
her spirit.
and as advanced physical rehabilitation therapy, occupation therapy, as possible
and we even have an angle that is researched right now on the possibility of
getting her out of Belize where there are more advanced modalities with respect
to rehabilitation therapy.”
