The first murder in Belize City for the month of October and the first in the Old Capital since August occurred on Thursday night. Forty-two-year-old Trenton Webster lost his life to gun violence while standing in front of his home near Rasta Street, in the vicinity of Neal’s Pen Road. The sound of the gunshot […]
On Thursday morning, Elmer Nah, along with his common-law wife Epifania Caliz, and her brother Manuel Caliz were found not guilty of possession of a cache of firearms, ammunition and bulletproof vests. Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman found them not guilty of the charges after evidence from both the prosecution and the defense were presented. Nah […]
A special prosecutor, in the person of Terrence Williams from Jamaica, is being retained by the Government of Belize for the murder trial of Elmer Nah, who is accused of the triple murders of Jon, David and Vivian Ramnarace in Belmopan on New Year’s Eve 2022. Today, News Five caught up with Minister of Home […]
But how much will securing this special prosecutor cost the Belizean taxpayers? Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa says fifteen thousand U.S. dollars, as a retainer, and then some. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “Initially I am aware that it is fifteen thousand U.S.; I don’t know what the final bill will be […]
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Education began the distribution of five thousand Chromebooks – a donation from the Republic of China (Taiwan). Primary and secondary schools countrywide will benefit from this donation for which fifteen percent of student population – standard four to fourth form of the selected schools – are the recipients. Today was […]
Today, the Magistrate’s Court found former police corporal, Elmer Nah not guilty of possession of a cache of firearms, ammunition and bulletproof vests. He was intercepted on the night of November sixth, along with his common-law-wife, Epifania Caliz, and her brother, former Police Constable Manuel Caliz, in a vehicle on the Southern Highway. But Senior […]
After Nah and his common-law wife and brother-in-law were acquitted, Epifania Caliz offered an apology, through her attorney, Dickie Bradley for her behaviour on Monday, when she coughed on court reporter, Anita Nembhard. Caliz had appeared before the court along with Nah and her brother, former Police Constable Manuel Caliz on the same firearm and […]
But while Bradley says Caliz has been subjected to unfair treatment because of an oppressive law, and that she has been under undue stress, court reporter, Anita Nembhard is not accepting the apology and wants to see Caliz charged. She said Caliz should have thought about her family and the consequences before she committed the […]
Almost ten months have elapsed since the gruesome execution of Jon, David and Vivian Ramnarace in Belmopan. Tonight, the case against the accused, former police officer, Elmer Nah, is one step closer to being heard inside the Belmopan High Court. The Government of Belize has hired a special prosecutor for the case, as was promised […]
Dion Pascasio, a relative of Vivian Belisle-Ramnarace, also told reporters that he believes Nah is enjoying unprecedented police protection. Pascasio says this concerns the family. He stated that relatives will not rest comfortably until the case is concluded. Dion Pascasio, Relative of Murder Victims “What we have been noticing is that there has been […]
Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has written to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in respect of the unwelcome remarks made in an email that was sent to her back in August. As we reported, the comments that were made in response to Valerie Woods’ last-minute decision to inform Barrow that his request for a […]
Political pundits took to social media chiding the Leader of the Opposition, saying that it was a backhanded apology. In the letter, Shyne Barrow apologizes for the offense that the Speaker of the House took to his words, but that his complaints are still valid. He also wrote to the Chairman of the Privileges Committee […]
In writing to the chair of the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Opposition Leader Barrow requested that the next meeting of that working group, scheduled for October twenty-third, be used to discuss equally unsavory language used by Prime Minister John Briceño and Orange Walk South Area Rep Jose Abelardo Mai towards Albert Area […]
Collet Area Representative Patrick Faber has also made amends with his party after issuing a letter last week in which he basically drew distance from Shyne Barrow’s comments towards the Speaker of the House. In a text message to the executive of the United Democratic Party, Faber says, “In the vein of the party leader’s […]
More details are surfacing as the investigation continues into the theft and subsequent crash of a Maya Island Air plane in Placencia Village on Monday morning. As has been reported, four armed men accosted one of two KBH security guards posted at the airstrip on the peninsula, before a Cessna Caravan turboprop aircraft was stolen. But […]
Over the weekend, the decomposing body of an Orange Walk resident was discovered inside a van in Bella Vista Village in the Toledo district. ComPol Chester Williams say that no foul play is suspected in the death of Julio Enriquez Zapata, but a post-mortem soon to be conducted will determine what caused his death. […]
On Monday night, eighteen Turkish nationals were intercepted out west, in Benque Viejo del Carmen. They were caught onboard a pickup truck after they crossed into Belize through the western border with Guatemala. Reports are that the driver escaped when the police intercepted the vehicle. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams spoke briefly of the […]
He was last seen alive on October third. Seventeen-year-old Malachi Hamilton went missing from the Lake Independence area of Belize City and his family fears that he has been murdered because of his affiliation with a street gang in that neighborhood. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told News Five that in this missing person’s […]
Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow has issued a formal, written apology to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two months after an email was sent to her that raised the ire of parliamentarians in both houses of the National Assembly. On Friday, the leader of the United Democratic Party was given until October thirty-first to […]
Did an attempt to steal an aircraft for the purpose of narco-trafficking go horribly wrong this morning? Often times, reports of crash landings involve cargo being offloaded and removed from the area before the plane is either torched or refuelled and leaves Belizean airspace. But earlier today, in the cover of dark, an aircraft used […]
On Friday evening in Belize City, a well-known underworld figure was targeted by a lone gunman in the Lake Independence area. Forty-seven-year-old Jose Matus was driving a vehicle in the vicinity of Morning Glory Street when a shooter emerged on the scene and opened fire at him. Matus was lucky to have escaped unscathed from […]
In Corozal yesterday, a storeowner also escaped injury when he sensed that someone approaching him inside his place of business was there to harm him. Kumar Vian made a run for it when an individual whose face was concealed entered the premises. As quickly as he dashed to safety, a single shot was fired in […]
Twice in as many months, a high-powered weapon assigned to the Belize Defense Force has gone missing. The latest weapon, another M4 Commando rifle was reported missing on Sunday morning when the Battalion Commander at Camp Belizario reported that it was lost along the outer edges of the Xunantunich Observation Post. The B.D.F. spoke with […]
As we reported, this is the second B.D.F. weapon to go missing in only two months. In August, an M4 rifle was also reported missing from Camp Belizario and was discovered the following week in an abandoned lot in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City. Leal said that in that case, the matter is […]
Earlier today, a throng of U.D.P. protestors gathered in front of the National Assembly for the sitting of the House of Representatives. They attempted to storm past the police blockade outside the House while it was in session. The protestors, led by Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow, said they were there to express their […]
