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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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Amidst the rape allegations against the prominent attorney, Hot Off the Press, a purported online news outlet, published an article that amounted to victim shaming. In the one-sided piece, the outlet referred to the alleged victims as unemployed women who were at a nightclub socializing in the company of several other men. The caption was […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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The Senate Special Select Committee that is tasked with investigating the Portico Definitive Agreement will hold its third hearing on Wednesday inside the National Assembly building in Belmopan. Among those expected to make an appearance to answer the committee’s questions are Hugo Patt, the Deputy Party Leader of the United Democratic Party, and Erwin Contreras, […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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The Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, says he is tired of answering for police officers’ stupidity. This is after a video of police officers mocking a mentally challenged man went viral on social media. To make matters worse, the video was recorded by a police officer inside a police station. The Belize Assembly of Persons […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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The abetment to commit murder trial of attorney, Oscar Selgado resumed today before High Court Judge, Nigel Pilgrim. Selgado arrived early and walked in the courtroom, as he normally does. The prosecution in his case called three witnesses today, including the Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, and former Inspector of Police, Wilfredo Ferrufino. Ferrufino’s testimony […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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During the New Year’s weekend, twenty-eight-year-old Trevor Brown was fatally shot as he left the parking lot of a popular nightclub in Belize City. After reviewing surveillance footage and collecting witness statements, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions determined that Brown was killed out of self-defense. Being that the bullet wound was found […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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With municipal elections scheduled to take place less than seven weeks from now, Barrow was asked if he believes the People’s United Party lost ground in the north as a result of the tensions that arose between the B.S.C.F.A. and A.S.R./B.S.I. A majority of the constituencies in northern Belize have long been considered P.U.P. strongholds. […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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Barrow was also asked how many municipalities he believes the United Democratic Party will win on March sixth. He answered while criticising P.U.P. municipal bodies across the country for their increased investments in infrastructural upgrades weeks before the upcoming municipal elections. Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition “It does not work. It did […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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And while we had the Commissioner of Police with us today, we asked him for an update on the counselling that about twenty police officers were undergoing who the department identified as having suicidal tendencies. And while he spoke to that problem, the Department of Women’s and Family Affairs also deals with counselling for people […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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Last week, we reported the case of sixteen-year-old Virginia Hernandez, a teenager who went missing while in the care of the Department of Human Services. We spoke with her mother, Maria Moh who stated that if anything were too happen to her daughter, she would be holding the department accountable. Today, we have been informed […]
Written on January 23, 2024 | Posted in
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Over forty personnel from the public and private sectors came together for a three-day technical workshop aimed at improving development financing and planning to meet Belize’s Sustainable Development Goals and climate objectives. This is being done through the implementation of an Integrated National Financing Framework approach. Considerations are being given to the nation’s SDGs and […]
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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Two Belize City men stand accused of robbing a businessman of his firearm on Friday morning. Twenty-four-year-old Edward Saldano and twenty-one-year-old Elan White, a maintenance worker of Ladyville, were charged jointly for robbery after they allegedly held up Dennis Morey and stole a Smith and Wesson brand revolver from him. The duo appeared unrepresented in […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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The trial of Attorney, Oscar Selgado was scheduled to resume today before Justice Nigel Pilgrim, but it never got a chance to proceed beyond where it was adjourned on December nineteenth. This morning, there was a sexual assault case involving a minor that spilled over from last week that was given priority. The Selgado trial […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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The case of a former employee of the Belize Sports Council was today adjourned before High Court Judge, Nigel Pilgrim. During the virtual session this morning, attorney Darrell Bradley, argued over the classification of charges that were brought against the defendant, Ivan Ayuso. The question of whether theft or money laundering was the right charge […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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A resident of Mahogany Heights is indebted to the court for four thousand, five hundred dollars after being charged for drug trafficking. Twenty-year-old Emmanuel Thompson pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply when he appeared unrepresented before the magistrate’s court earlier today. On Saturday, Thompson was caught red-handed in possession […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Residents of Caribbean Shores have observed that although several of their streets have remained in disrepair for a prolonged period of time, construction has finally begun to remedy the situation. As the time for election draws nearer, questions of whether this can be classified as electioneering arise. Kareem Musa, area representative for the constituency denies […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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As of Wednesday, January twenty-fourth, over nine hundred illicit weapons in police custody will have been destroyed by new machinery acquired by the Belize Police Department. The Government of Belize, in partnership with CARICOM IMPACS, and Mines Advisory Group, has launched a program that seeks to rid the streets of dangerous machinery and properly dispose […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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In just a few short months, The World Health Organization is hosting its seventy-seventh World Health Assembly where delegations from all Member States convene to determine the organization’s policies, appoint the Director-General, and review and approve the proposed program budget. The assembly, which will be held from May twenty-seventh to June first, will include its […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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The Belize Elite Basketball League is back with its 2024 Season. The first game of the season takes place on Friday night inside the Belize City Civic Center, between last year’s finalists, the Benny‘s Belize Hurricanes and the San Pedro Tiger Sharks. This afternoon, Glen Gill, the league’s newly elected commissioner held a press conference […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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One of the major points raised in today’s BEBL press conference has to do with the cost that comes with using the Belize City Civic Center for matches. According to the league’s commissioner, each team pays five thousand dollars to use the Civic Center for each home game played. With three teams using the civic […]
Written on January 22, 2024 | Posted in
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Goodnight, and welcome to another edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. We begin tonight’s coverage with the final match of D’ Gym Basketball Tournament. It was a wet Saturday night in Sugar City. The game started outdoors at the East Sports Center and had to be finished at the Orange Walk Sporting Complex. […]
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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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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