At the top of the news, we told you how Caribbean International Brewery Limited made a donation of funds to the Belize Rural Primary School in the village of Double Head Cabbage. They cut a cheque for $5,000, which will go toward fixing the damages to the primary school in the wake of Hurricane Lisa's passage.
Well, that's not the only donation they have made toward Belizeans who need some relief. Recognizing the need in Belize City - and eager to generate some PR goodwill after being dragged through the court system, Kevin Xin, one of the company's main shareholders, has decided to make a major donation to the storm-affected victims.
As viewers are aware, Xin and his company are in a no-holds-barred legal battle with Belizean law enforcement over the October raid of their compound, which led to the seizure of their 3.1 million dollars in funds. But today, he and members of multiple law enforcement agencies played nice and found a common cause in the name of charity for disaster relief.
In a statement announcing the donation, Xin says, quote,
"At this time, our company is pledging to donate all the H2O bottled purified water we currently have in our warehouse (about 1,000 cases of purified water) to the people of the city today, Monday, November 7th.
In addition, since the company's legal income and charity funds have been frozen by the relevant departments, now the production and staff salaries are maintained by borrowing money, but still, we will try our best to donate $20,000 to the people in the disaster area to help those in most need!" End quote.
SHOOTING WAGNER'S LANE
Three men who were shot on Saturday. 27-year-old Khalil Heusner, 26-year-old Malique Humes, and 21-year-old Ruben Usher were standing near the corner of Berkeley Street and Wagner's Lane when a single gunman came and opened fire on them.
Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero told us more.
Senior Supt. Hilberto Romero, OC, Eastern Division
"On Saturday the 5th day of November 2022 around 7am police responded to a shooting incident on Wagner's Lane Belize City. Upon arrival, information had been received that three persons had been taken to the KHMH. Police visited the KHMH where they found Khalil Heusner, Malique Humes, and Ruben Usher with gunshot injuries. Information is that they were on Wagner's Lane when a person approached them and fire shot towards their direction. All persons have been treated at the KHMH and they have been released. Several persons are in custody for this shooting."
Courtney Menzies:
"Any motive?"
Senior Supt. Hilberto Romero
"It is a rivalry between two groups in that area."
Courtney Menzies:
"And was any of the three men in particular the target, or was it all three of them?"
Senior Supt. Hilberto Romero
"Yes, they were the targets at Wagner's Lane."
The street was the scene of a murder two weeks earlier.
ARMED ROBBERY Valley of Peace
And while those men were shot, a truck driver is uninjured after he was held up at gunpoint. He was driving a Bowen & Bowen truck in Valley of Peace when a man jumped out into the highway, forcing him to stop. Another man approached them and stole an undisclosed amount of cash. Senior Superintendent Romero told us more.
Senior Supt. Hilberto Romero, OC, Eastern Division
"On Saturday the 5th of November 2022 around 2:15pm, information was received of a robbery on Valley of Peace Road, police responded where upon arrival, they spoke to Francisco Escobar who reported that while driving on the road, a male person with a firearm jumped from the side of the road onto the street and he came to a stop. The male person was accompanied by a second person, they proceeded to stop them, pointed firearms at them, and they were robbed of cash and cellphones. Thereafter the male persons made good their escapes from the area, police are investigating this report."
