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The Belize Police Department is open to the idea of having the Belisle/Ramnarace families select an attorney or police officers to act as a liaison between them and investigators. Both, Kareem Musa, the Minister of Home Affairs, and Chester Williams, the Commissioner of Police, agree that the families of Jon Ramnarace, David Ramnarace, and Vivian […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Members of rival Belize City gangs called a truce in court earlier today after they chose not to proceed with criminal charges against each other. Esmir Garrido, a convicted member of the Rocky Road Bloods, is accused of attacking and stabbing thirty-five-year-old Hilberto Ruiz on Wednesday morning in the vicinity of Krooman Lagoon. The incident […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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When we caught up with Minister Musa earlier today, he was also asked for his take on the Marco Vidal surveillance footage. As we have reported, Vidal was caught on camera questioning a shopkeeper near the scene of the New Year’s Eve triple murder in which his nephew, Elmer Nah, has been implicated. And, Musa […]
Written on January 25, 2023 | Posted in
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When we caught up with Minister Musa today we also asked him for an update on the proposed cannabis referendum. As we have said, the cannabis legislation was shelved back in 2022, due to the expenses attached to a referendum. Minister Musa was hopeful that the referendum could be held in the first quarter of […]
Written on January 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-seven-year-old Andel Jamaal Alvarez was discharged from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital earlier today, eleven days after he was shot by police in Punta Gorda. Alvarez has been left paralyzed following the incident, but that did not stop prosecutors from charging him with six counts, including aggravated assault, firearm related offenses and handling stolen goods. […]
Written on January 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Attorney Norman Rodriquez is tonight speaking out against the Belize Police Department for allegedly infringing on the rights of his client. According to Rodriquez, his client, Louis Martinez, has been in police custody for the past ninety-six hours. Furthermore, Rodriquez claims that Martinez was abruptly transferred from the Raccoon Street Police Station, after officers at […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has come forward to dismiss conjecture surrounding the incident on January fourteenth during which former Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal visited a small business in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan, requesting surveillance footage from that premises. In the wake of surveillance footage being released of the brief encounter, […]
Written on January 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, former Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal visited the Belize Police Department. He did so in the company of Senior Counsel Godfrey Smith, following a stop at an establishment in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan on January fourteenth. He was accompanied by two other men who alighted a sports utility vehicle along […]
Written on January 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The leader of the United Democratic Party also spoke about the need for citizen security in the wake of Saturday’s incident, in the context of what appears to be a growing apprehension towards members of law enforcement. Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “We have to send a message, to the country, to the […]
Written on January 18, 2023 | Posted in
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Two men convicted of the April 2018 murder of Belize City businessman, Oscar Rosado, Senior, were sentenced today in the Belize City Supreme Court. Brandon Hughes received a life sentence for the crime, while Jose Gomez was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment. Hughes will be eligible for parole after serving thirty years and Gomez will […]
Written on January 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-nine-year-old Samuel August Senior, the father accused of killing his five-year-old son and the little boy’s grandmother, has been sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. The lengthy sentence was handed down by Justice Susan Lamb earlier today. In court, the presiding judge informed August that because he took two lives, the judgment must reflect the […]
Written on January 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-two-year-old Shamar Foreman and a sixteen-year-old male minor appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Dennison Mannan earlier today where they were jointly charged for the offense of producing a video recording that promotes gang activity. They were also charged for being a member of a gang. Last week, a homemade video depicting a group of young men […]
Written on January 5, 2023 | Posted in
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A defamation suit that was brought against Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow by Prime Minister John Briceño was dismissed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The claim arose out of a statement made by Barrow on Facebook in the wake of a New Year’s address that was delivered by then Opposition Leader John Briceño. According to […]
Written on January 5, 2023 | Posted in
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The unabated murders reported across the country over the holiday weekend have resulted in both political parties pointing the finger at each other. While the Briceño administration is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all Belizeans and visitors alike, the crime situation remains a perennial issue. Tonight, we begin by looking at the violence […]
Written on January 4, 2023 | Posted in
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What is a just punishment for the perpetrator of the Ramnarace brothers’ murders? Numerous Belizeans are calling on authorities to invoke the death penalty in this instance. The deadly attack was caught on Jon Ramnarace’s home surveillance camera. That video has since been leaked to the public and has gone viral on social media, garnering […]
Written on January 4, 2023 | Posted in
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The murder case involving former police officer Michelle Brown, who was accused of killing businessman and well-known Belize City barber Fareed Ahmad, ended in December 2020 with an acquittal. During the trial, Brown testified under oath that Corporal Elmer Nah was in fact the triggerman who executed Ahmad inside his vehicle. Notwithstanding the explosive revelation […]
Written on January 4, 2023 | Posted in
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Chief Justice Louise Esther Blenman called two attorneys to the bar earlier today. One of those women is the owner of Gwen’s Kitchen, a popular restaurant right here on Coney Drive. But the story of Tiffany Cadle, as someone who overcame hardship to realize her dream of one day becoming a lawyer, is an inspirational […]
Written on December 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The National Commission for Families and Children, N.C.F.C. has expressed shock and disappointment over a suspended sentence handed down last week in the Belize City Supreme Court. In a press release, the N.C.F.C. shared its respectful opinion that the three-year suspended sentence handed down to twenty-four-year-old Edwin Lanza was “unduly lenient”. The organization also shared […]
Written on December 19, 2022 | Posted in
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The Senate met today at the National Assembly Building in Belmopan. A minute of silence was observed in honour of the late Sylvia Flores, who served as the first female Speaker of the House from 1998 to 2001, as President of the Senate from 2001 to 2003, as first female Area Representative for Dangriga from […]
Written on December 14, 2022 | Posted in
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There was a second set of loans that was supported during today’s Senate Sitting. It comes from the Inter-American Development Bank, which has implemented a global credit program. This first portion is for thirty million Belize dollars and is to support the sustainability of micro, small and medium enterprises. As part of the I.D.B. line […]
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The Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels was adopted in 1977 and later amended over time. It was the first international convention to establish clear requirements and standards for the safety of fishing vessels. Today in the Senate, Leader of Government Business, Senator Eamon Courtenay, presented a motion to have the convention […]
Written on December 14, 2022 | Posted in
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Senator Janelle Chanona, who represents the non-government organizations, and who has been vocal in campaigning for the protection of the oceans and the environment, supported the motion because it calls for proper practices to be enforced and proper outfitting of fishing vessels, which means safer fishing for the people onboard. Janelle Chanona, Senator, NGO […]
Written on December 14, 2022 | Posted in
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There was also the presentation of a Supplementary Appropriation Bill which comprised three sums of money: one for thirteen million dollars under the recurrent expenditure and an additional forty-two point eight million dollars under the Cap Two budget and another fourteen point eight million dollars under Cap Three budget. These add up to seventy point […]
Written on December 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A pair of Belize City residents, convicted for the murder of forty-three-year-old Shane Budram, has been sentenced to life in prison. Raheem Budram and Kareem Eaghan Junior will not be eligible for parole until they have spent the next thirty-seven years in jail. Earlier today, Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft handed down lengthy prison terms after […]
Written on December 5, 2022 | Posted in
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Governor General Dame Froyla Tzalam has sworn in three members of the judiciary. Chief Justice Louise Esther Blenman and Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram were sworn in on November twenty-second. Justice Michelle Arana was sworn in on November thirtieth. Chief Justice Louise Esther Blenman was initially sworn in as the new Chief Justice on September second; however, […]
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