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Barrow noted that while the U.D.P. has conducted its own investigation into the allegations, the party condemns any acts of violence against women. On the other hand, he stated that the accusations are not consistent with the behaviour of the accused, as he knows him. Here is how Barrow puts it: Moses “Shyne” Barrow, […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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The allegations of rape against a popular Belize City attorney are still just that, allegations, and today News Five got a chance to ask the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, for a status report on where the police are with that investigation and charges, if any. Williams indicated that the case file is still with […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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Since the allegations have surfaced, Hot Off the Press, a Facebook platform that reports primarily on incidents of news, has gone on the offensive in an obvious attempt to discredit the credibility of the alleged rape victims. The page has gone ahead to even post surveillance video taken from inside the establishment where the alleged […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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As we have been reporting, files relating to the rape allegations that have surfaced against a well-known Belizean attorney have been sitting on the desk of the Director of Public Prosecution, Cheryl-Lyn Vidal, since last week. So, why have charges not yet been brought against the attorney? We caught up with the DPP today in […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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It’s been one week since allegations of rape emerged against a popular Belizean attorney. Two women came forward, alleging that the attorney, who they met at a night spot in Belize City, later took them to a house. There, they allege that he raped both of them while they were heavily under the influence of […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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The Minister of Home Affairs criticized Hot Off the Press for the way it attacked the women and for, in his words, “adding insult to injury” by showing the video recording publicly of the two alleged victims. The actions by Hot of the Press, according to Minister Musa, who is also an attorney, prove nothing […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Belize City resident Kenrick Gill narrowly escaped grave injury when he was fired upon by an unknown assailant on Thursday night. He was riding his bicycle in the vicinity of Hunters Lane when someone emerged on the scene and let loose a hail of bullets in his direction. Gill was injured in the shooting, but […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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There was a shooting in Ladyville over the weekend and the victim is a thirty-one-year-old woman. Anna Haylock was inside her home on Yellowtail Street when someone began firing several gunshots at her residence. When the shooting subsided, she realized that she had been injured. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division “On Sunday, […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Meanwhile in Corozal Town on Saturday night, an unnamed gunman came whistling at a residence, and when twenty-eight-year-old Orlando Vasquez peered outside of his mother’s house to see who it was, he was met with a barrage of gunshots. Vasquez is presently hospitalized and investigators are seeking a person of interest. ACP Hilberto Romero, […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Since the beginning of the week, we have been following a pair of allegations made against a well-known attorney here in Belize City. The lawyer is accused of raping two young ladies after a night of partying on the entertainment strip last Thursday. Since then, the Director of Public Prosecutions has been furnished with a […]
Written on January 19, 2024 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Human Development has also issued a reminder for persons to be careful and vigilant while socializing and consuming alcohol. It has also committed to providing the necessary support and counseling to the victims. Isani Cayetano “The issue of victim blaming though, as you alluded to earlier, it would seem as though […]
Written on January 19, 2024 | Posted in
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Twenty-seven-year-old Belize City Council employee, Jimmy Estuardo Rojas, has been arrested and charged for the January twelfth murder of Jose Matus. As we reported, just after midday on Friday of last week, police responded to reports of shots fired on the corner of Singh Street and Rio Grande Crescent in Belize City. When they arrived […]
Written on January 19, 2024 | Posted in
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A fifty-two-year-old Belize City man was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital on Thursday night with gunshot injuries. Reports are that Kenrick Gill, also known as Bones, was walking on Hunters Lane when a gunman targeted him. Gill received a single gunshot to the left shoulder. He was treated for the injury and later […]
Written on January 19, 2024 | Posted in
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Three Belize City residents are lucky to be alive tonight after a gunman opened fire at their vehicle on Maskall Street. And, if that street sounds familiar, the last time we visited the area was to cover the Christmas Eve murder of Darnell Puerto and the shooting of his friend Jehvon Ramclam. Last night’s attempted […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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A teenager is left hospitalized after being stabbed last night in Ladyville. According to police reports, around three thirty pm, a sixteen-year-old male and his friends were on their way home from school when they encountered a seventeen-year-old male on Marage Road. The youths allegedly got into an argument that quickly escalated and turned violent […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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Thirty-year-old Ignatius Williams has been sentenced to eight years and three months at the Belize Central Prison after being convicted of the rape of a woman back in August 2019. On Wednesday evening, Justice Candace Nanton delivered a sentence after Williams pleaded guilty to rape and sparing the victim from having to testify against him […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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Kenneth “Big Tom” Flowers has been convicted for possession of a pipe used for smoking crack cocaine. The well-known street figure appeared unrepresented in the Magistrate’s Court earlier today where he was read single charge of possession of a pipe. Flowers wasted no time and pleaded guilty to the offense. A non-custodial sentence in the […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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Santander wants in on the domestic sugar market, following the recent scarcity of plantation white sugar due to rampant contrabanding of this commodity into neighboring Mexico and Guatemala. In a press release issued by the company earlier today, it acknowledged that, “the decreased availability of sugar in our local market is a problem that Santander […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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According to Burke, Santander writes to the Government of Belize annually, requesting permission to enter the domestic market. The PR Manager went on to say that Belize, as the largest sugar producer in the Caribbean, should never run out of sugar for local consumption. On the Phone: Beverly Burke, PR Manager, Santander Sugar “On […]
Written on January 18, 2024 | Posted in
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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is yet to advise the Belize Police Department on what charges, if any, should be brought against an attorney-at-law who stands accused of raping a pair of young ladies in the early hours of Friday, January twelfth. Investigators have forwarded a file to the DPP and are […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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According to the instructor, on the morning that the young women showed up for the session, one of the students passed out on the floor and had to be cared for by someone she brought along with her. She also said that they were at the nightclub on Thursday night with one of their boyfriends […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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As told by the instructor, when the women regained consciousness later that morning, one of them inquired about what had taken place. Voice of: Instructor “The other young lady mentioned that she woke up naked and wanted to know what happened. The other student gave her a vague memory of what happened. She can’t […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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As we reported on Tuesday, at the center of this latest sex scandal is an attorney-at-law who is well known within the United Democratic Party. He ran for the U.D.P. as a candidate in the last general elections. Earlier today, the party issued a release acknowledging the report against the former politician, stating, “the party […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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In 2019, Leroy Haulze was arraigned for the murder of clothing vendor Jose Diaz, who was shot at his place of business on Cemetery Road in Belize City. Today, Haulze was delivered a life sentence and will spend thirty-one years in prison before he will be eligible for parole. The charge came after video evidence […]
Written on January 17, 2024 | Posted in
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Tonight, a prominent attorney and member of the United Democratic Party is under investigation, amid allegations being made by a pair of women involving the crime of rape. The incident reportedly happened at the lawyer’s residence here in Belize City in the wee small hours of Friday morning, after a night of socializing at a […]
Written on January 16, 2024 | Posted in
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