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A document circulating on social media claiming to be a legal opinion from a former prosecutor argues that there is a case for Corporal Kareem Martinez to be charged for murder. Corporal Martinez, as we have reported, stands accused of killing fourteen year old Laddie Gillett on a beach in Placencia with his service issued […]
Written on August 17, 2021 | Posted in
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As police commanders from across the nation gathered at the Police Training Academy in Belmopan on Monday to plan the Department’s response to crime, we asked the Commissioner of Police to speak on the recent increase in murders, particularly those which are gang-related or during curfew. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The matter in […]
Written on August 17, 2021 | Posted in
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Two police officers who are also in trouble with the law are Wilton Justin Montero and Jerome Emmanuel Ingram. They were both charged for harm after being caught on camera assaulting a detainee who was already handcuffed and incapacitated. That man was later identified as David Smalls of Santa Elena. Commander of the Professional Standards […]
Written on August 17, 2021 | Posted in
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Last night we brought you details of the Monday morning session of the Commission of Inquiry into the sale of a number of government vehicles at the end of the U.D.P. administration. The afternoon session continued in much the same way with witnesses explaining how they located and bid on vehicles, and the status of […]
Written on August 17, 2021 | Posted in
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Officials from several ministries, the Development Finance Corporation and the Central Bank of Belize as well as stakeholders in academia, will meet on Friday to put forth an outline for how to boost economic development in Belize. News Five spoke with C.E.O. in the Ministry of Economic Development, Doctor Osmond Martinez about the range of […]
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Officials from several ministries, the Development Finance Corporation and the Central Bank of Belize as well as stakeholders in academia, will meet on Friday to put forth an outline for how to boost economic development in Belize. News Five spoke with C.E.O. in the Ministry of Economic Development, Doctor Osmond Martinez about the range of […]
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Intellectual property is a private property right – in the same way that a person owns a house or a car. So even if your neighbour sees something happening in your house, if it is not illegal, they really cannot intervene. You, as the property owner, are the one that has to come forward and […]
Written on August 17, 2021 | Posted in
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It was a bloody, bloody weekend with a slew of reports of violence across the country, but mostly in Belize City. One of the first incidents occurred when a game of dominoes taking place well past midnight on Friday ended in a fatal stabbing. Police are charging the victim’s friend with his murder. Shane Bradley […]
Written on August 16, 2021 | Posted in
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A Belize City man, who was part of an ongoing feud between two criminal groups in his neighborhood, foretold his own death several months ago. Despite Delroy Sankey telling his loved ones that he was on borrowed time, he did not know when his enemies would catch up with him. Well, they did so on […]
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A domestic argument between a man and his former common-law wife ended with him being fatally stabbed on Sunday morning. Forty-seven-year-old Albert Broaster was stabbed twice to the upper body as he walked with Lisa Lauriano on Bocotora Street. The two were engaged in a verbal exchange when Lauriano reportedly produced a knife and inflicted […]
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Police are seeking a suspect in the murder of Belmopan resident William Puc. His body was found in an area near a creek off Costa Rica Street Extension on Friday evening. It appeared that Puc had been socializing with a group of men in the area, but an argument ensued and things took a turn […]
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Police are questioning whether a stabbing that occurred a short distance from where Puc was murdered is connected. Esvin Arana was at home when he was ambushed by two individuals and wounded. Arana’s brother does not think the attack is related. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “Police were called to the […]
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A well-known LGBT activist Derricia Castillo Salazar is out on bail tonight after being accused of stabbing a woman in the face at a hotel in San Pedro early on Sunday morning. Salazar appeared in San Pedro Magistrate’s Court this morning where she was arraigned on charges of wounding. She was offered and met bail […]
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As Belize City reels from a weekend of savagery, this morning, yet another youth was gunned down execution-style. But was his killing a retaliatory act for a shooting last night? King was identified as the gunman in an attack on a family at their house on Mayflower Street in Belize City. Marion Ali went looking […]
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There was also loss of life in Santa Elena Town in western Belize. A nineteen-year-old resident died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV near the junction of Branch Mouth and the Loma Luz Boulevard. What is not certain at this time is who was behind the steering wheel. While Valdemir Lino […]
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In another incident gone viral, a police officer is seen pepper-spraying two young men already in hand-cuffs. As News Five found out, the Commissioner of Police has acted swiftly in the case. Glenford Tillett, Victim of Alleged Police Brutality “The police man approaches me a vicious kind of way and ih spray pepper spray […]
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Two people lost their lives by drowning over the weekend. Juan Avendano was with a team operating on some pipes in the Placencia Lagoon on Sunday when he went under. Divers in the area later helped retrieve his body. In Corozal, an evening of socializing on the Corozal seaside proved fatal for San Antonio Village […]
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Several people were arrested and charged for allegedly taking part in a boat party onboard a catamaran that was chartered to take a group of persons to Caye Caulker on Saturday. The group was heading to the island to throw a birthday bash for someone on the boat called Joy Ride, but their trip ended […]
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Police Commissioner Chester Williams also addressed an incident at Margarita’s Bar on Faber’s Road where police officers used pepper spray to ward off civilians. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The enforcement of the quarantine regulations is very, very important at this time, and so the Police went to Margarita’s bar last night and they […]
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There was also another incident at Shisha’s Restaurant in Newtown Barracks in Belize City involving police. It happened on Friday night and Commissioner Williams told the media that overcrowding was an issue at the restaurant. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “There were a number of restaurants in Belize City that were packed to capacity […]
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Border jumpers continue to be a problem, but the public usually does not expect a police officer to be one of them. Yet an officer attached to Precinct One in Belize City spent a night behind bars in Mexico after he was intercepted by Mexican authorities for illegal entry. PC Mark Hinds, told investigators that […]
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There was disappointing news for children this weekend when the Ministry of Education announced on Sunday that due to the rise in COVID cases, they would not be allowing face-to-face classes to resume in the next few days. Instead, remote learning will be in place once more for all government and grant-aided schools. This has […]
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Despite a COVID scare last week, when one of the Prime Minister’s staffers tested positive, cabinet will meet in person on Tuesday as per normal. The Prime Minister and all of those who were tested last week as a result of the exposure to the staffer were negative. Cabinet will be adhering to all COVID […]
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The Commission of Inquiry into the sale of a number of government vehicles designated as unserviceable in the last days of the United Democratic Party administration continued today. Witnessed called this morning were all formerly well-connected members of the U.D.P., including one who was a sitting member of the House of Representatives. Commission Chairman Andrew […]
Written on August 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Belize shines again tonight as our very own former Minister of Labour, Doctor Carla Barnett was today installed as the eighth Secretary-General of CARICOM. Doctor Barnett was sworn in by Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne during a brief virtual ceremony of CARICOM this morning. Gaston Browne, Chairman, CARICOM […]
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