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Exactly three years to the day after she was arraigned in San Pedro for the shooting death of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, Jasmine Hartin was fined seventy-five thousand dollars as her sentence. Presiding Judge, Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft, in a twenty-five-page ruling, imposed the fine, to be paid within twelve months, or, in default, Hartin would face […]
Written on May 31, 2023 | Posted in
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So what happens now for Hartin? We tried to ask her when she exited the courtroom today, but she was not talking. We also tried to get Jemmott’s sisters upon their exit, but they too declined comment. Hartin’s lawyer says she can leave the country, but with a sentence that stipulates that if she doesn’t […]
Written on May 31, 2023 | Posted in
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It has been two weeks since the murder of Imari Galvez in the Cayo District. The nineteen-year-old’s body was discovered off the Hummingbird Highway three days after she went missing. Police have not yet made an arrest and today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams said the investigators are having some challenges in getting useful information. […]
Written on May 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, Justice Antoinette Moore sentenced Kareem Martinez, a former police corporal to eighteen years in prison. On April twenty-first, the twenty-nine-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter for the shooting death of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett that occurred almost two years ago in Placencia. After hearing the statements of two character witnesses and a sworn statement […]
Written on May 24, 2023 | Posted in
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The House of Representatives will meet on May nineteenth. As the Government of Belize seeks to bring its financial legislations up to par with international standards, Friday will see the continuation of debates on a suite of amendments. We have been reporting on the Caribbean Financial Advisory Taskforce Mutual Evaluation Exercise for the past several […]
Written on May 16, 2023 | Posted in
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In the wake of the decision taken by the court to deny bail to Tehje Vaughn for the shooting death of Charles Canton, the Association of Defense Attorneys has issued a release saying that it is concern about two recent incidents involving the liberty of Belizeans who appeared before the courts. The association, which was […]
Written on May 3, 2023 | Posted in
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The Association of Defense Attorneys agrees, however, that bail could have been denied for various reasons, including for protection of the defendant or that the person poses as a flight risk. But the association is also concerned about the interpretation of the law. Michelle Trapp, Vice President, Association of Defense Attorneys “Having to do […]
Written on May 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year-old Everald Martinez, who was charged with rape and murder of his seventeen-month-old stepdaughter, walked out of the courtroom a free man today. Martinez had spent five years behind bars for the incident after baby Allyssa Nunez was sexually molested, raped and beaten with a blunt object in March of 2018. Supreme Court Justice Ricardo […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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The lucrative contract to administer the nightly Boledo, as well as the Sunday Lottery Draw, has been cancelled. The termination of that agreement which was granted to Brads Gaming Group Limited by the previous government came into force today with the suspension of all related activities, including the sale of tickets. In a press release […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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The sensational arrest of seven men, including an off-duty police officer, following a sizeable drug bust in the recesses of Mountain Pine Ridge one year and several months ago, made headlines across the country. A drug plane crash landed on a makeshift airstrip in the mountainous area, severely injuring the pilot, a Mexican national. Elsewhere […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin our newscast tonight with a decision that was handed down in the High Court earlier today by Justice Ricardo O‘Neil Sandcroft. Three former law enforcement officers have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison after they were convicted of manslaughter in the beating death of a bartender in San Pedro in March 2016. […]
Written on April 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Police have arrested and charged to men for the murder of seventy-two-year-old Belizean American retiree William Maxwell Smith which occurred on Easter Sunday in San Ignacio. The accused are fifty-nine-year-old Ernest Thompson of Santa Elena Town and twenty-nine-year-old Isiah Azueta of Kontiki Extension. The men were jointly charged with one count of murder, one count […]
Written on April 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Tonight, Belize City resident, Kirk Pitts finds himself behind bars after falling short on his promise to pay money towards an outstanding court fine. Back in February, Pitts was pardoned by a Senior Magistrate after making a promise that he would be paying in installments towards a two thousand and ten dollars fine which had […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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The Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management is headed to court, following an application filed on behalf of Waterloo Investment Holdings Limited on March sixteenth. Viewers would recall that the Department of the Environment which falls within that portfolio issued a public notice in February introducing an amendment to the Environmental […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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News 5 has confirmed that hotelier Lucy Fleming has written to Judge Farnese declining the appointment to the appeals tribunal, citing her own reasons for doing so. In the case of Professor Terrence “Terry” Hughes, he is also on public record opposing dredging, as well as developments near reefs. So the claimants have expressed that […]
Written on March 17, 2023 | Posted in
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Last Friday, the decomposing remains of Freddy Chicas was discovered in the vicinity of the Eight Mile Community. He was executed; shot once to the head. Today, police formally arrested and charged Bevan Curtis Alford, an eighteen-year-old labourer of Ladyville for the crime of murder. Earlier today, when the media caught up with Deputy Commissioner […]
Written on March 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we told you about the controversy surrounding the demolition of a house on Pike Crescent in Belize City. As we reported, Caroline Young, who had reportedly been occupying the house since 2019, arrived at the residence on Wednesday afternoon to a demolition crew leveling the property. To make matters worse, Jones’ personal belongings […]
Written on March 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Elmer Nah, the former police corporal who is charged with the double murder of the Ramnarace brothers from Belmopan appeared in court again today. But Nah spent fewer than five minutes in court before he was given a new adjournment date. He was returned on remand to the custody of the Belize Central Prison until […]
Written on March 3, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday, the Government of Belize issued a statement refuting allegations being made in other parts of the media against Rodwell Ferguson, Minister of Youth, Sports and Transport. The accusations made against the Stann Creek West Area Representative involve the purchase of air conditioning units. The release went on to say, categorically, “there is absolutely […]
Written on March 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Twelve former employees of Security Oriented Services, S.O.S., today filed civil suits against their former boss. We have reported on instances where the security guards went on go slow or did not show up to work because they claimed that at times they were going weeks without being paid. S.O.S. owner Paul Garcia and supervisor […]
Written on March 1, 2023 | Posted in
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A male minor, age seventeen, is the second suspect to have been charged with the murder of Emert Flowers who was gunned down at his residence on Racecourse Street on January twelfth. The teenager appeared before Senior Magistrate Baja Shoman earlier today where he was arraigned on a single count in the presence of a […]
Written on February 27, 2023 | Posted in
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President of the Belize Teachers Union, Elena Smith, during a press conference on Tuesday responded to the allegations being made at Canaan High School against one of its teachers. The allegation is that the teacher made unsolicited advances towards one of his female students through text messages. Smith took the opportunity to make the B.N.T.U.’s […]
Written on February 8, 2023 | Posted in
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Senior Counsel Dean Barrow is tonight clearing the air on arguably one of the most highly anticipated live concerts for the start of the year in Belize. Partygoers would know by now that Jamaican Performing Artist Dexta Daps is scheduled to perform on February eleventh at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex. But, the lead-up to […]
Written on February 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-seven-year-old Andre Gordon has been sentenced to sixteen years in prison after being convicted of rape. The sentence was initially set for eight years behind bars but was increased by another eight years due to the many aggravating factors of the case. In July 2022, Gordon was found guilty of raping a woman in February […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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A man who was accused of the unlawful sexual assault of a twelve-year-old girl is spending his second night as a free man after he was found not guilty of the charge. Belize City resident, Charles Brown was unrepresented in court for his trial but managed to convince the court that he was innocent of […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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