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A thirty-four-year-old businessman was viciously attacked by a pair of robbers over the weekend in Belize City. Deepak Cataria was accosted by the men who restrained him and proceeded to stab him multiple times to the upper body, before relieving him of several items. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero, one suspect has […]
Written on January 30, 2023 | Posted in
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There was also a fatal road traffic accident in southern Belize over the weekend. It involved a police constable who collided into a pedestrian while he was crossing the Southern Highway near Bella Vista Village. Here’s more on the tragic incident from ACP Hilberto Romero. ACP Hilberto Romero, O.C., Eastern Division “At 6:40 p.m., […]
Written on January 30, 2023 | Posted in
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A youth who is known to the law has been accused of robbing two gas attendants at gunpoint. Eighteen-year-old Aaron Chavez, who got into trouble while he was out on bail for another criminal matter, was arraigned in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court on two counts of robbery. This was after two gas attendants were […]
Written on January 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Twenty-five-year-old Jose Raul Pineda, a construction worker of Belize City, appeared unrepresented in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court earlier today where he confessed to stealing thirty-eight thousand, five hundred dollars in cash from his mother. It is alleged that sometime between December twentieth, 2022 and January third, 2023, he stole twenty-five thousand dollars in cash […]
Written on January 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Welcome back to our second edition of Sports Monday for 2023, I am Paul Lopez. The National Elite Basketball League is back, but under a new name, the Belize Elite Basketball League, with Jacob Leslie, the President of the Belize Basketball Federation at the helm. It’s been almost three years since basketball has been played […]
Written on January 30, 2023 | Posted in
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There was a memorial service in Belmopan today for victims of the New Year’s Eve triple homicide. The lives of Jon, Vivian, and David Ramnarace were celebrated by a congregation of family, friends and work colleagues on the Hilltop Basketball Court. There was not a single dry eye at the event, as those close to […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The trial of Kareem Martinez, charged with the manslaughter of fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett, began today before Justice Antoinette Moore in the Dangriga Supreme Court. Gillett was shot and killed on the night of July fourteenth, 2021 in Placencia Village. There are more than a dozen witnesses who will be called to give testimony in the […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Prime Minister John Briceño and a delegation of senior government officials return to Belize on Saturday after concluding a round of meetings in New York City over the past three days. While in the U.S., PM Briceño attended a Blue Bond meeting, as well as Latin Finance’s Latin America Capital Markets Summit. While in New […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Along with the prime minister’s delegation was Greg Maheia, a credit risk officer for Atlantic Bank Limited. While the group was comprised primarily of government officials, Prime Minister Briceño says that Maheia was there simply as an observer. On the phone: Prime Minister John Briceño “Mr. Maheia, he’s not here as a representative of […]
Written on January 27, 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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And, police is preparing to launch an investigation into happenings at the Immigration Department, following reports that at least nine Chinese nationals recently entered the country with Belizean documents that displayed a number of irregularities. We heard from both the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police on this matter. Kareem Musa, […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize has become a migration point for Haitian nationals who are intent on entering the U.S. The influx of these CARICOM citizens has caused the Immigration Department to become more vigilant. But, it is also placing a strain on the services of the Belize Police Department. Earlier this week, Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, News Five took you to Benque Viejo del Carmen and San Jose Succotz where we were able to take a closer look at a land dispute which originated from an ongoing municipality delineation exercise. Tonight, Valentino Shal, the C.E.O. in the Ministry of Local Government, is saying that the exercise will not […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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And, according to C.E.O. Shal, to address the concerns of both the Succotz Village Council and the Benque Viejo Town Council, it was decided that the proposed Benque boundary lines will be taken back to the drawing board. He noted that a meeting to review and come to an agreement on a new map is […]
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The University of Belize’s Belmopan Campus today launched its Hummingbird Analytical Lab. An analytical lab offers services that analyze and calcify certain chemical, material, biological, geological and environmental samples. It is a huge leap forward for the national university’s Faculty of Science and Technology. And today, an official ceremony was held in Belmopan in commemoration […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The upgrade to the Coastal Road is not yet complete but already there’s been a near fatal incident. Whoever were the occupants of this black vehicle narrowly missed slamming into a small creek when it careened off the highway and plunged into a ditch below. A quick check with the police this evening revealed that […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, a press conference was held at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex to announce that a regional pok-ta-pok tournament will be hosted in Belize in December of this year. With the support from the Ministry of Sports, the National Sports Council and the Association of Pok-ta-pok of Central America and the Caribbean, the event will […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Elite Basketball League has been rebranded under the new leadership of the Belize Basketball Federation to BEBL, Belize Elite Basketball League. The five months of competition begin tonight in Belize City at the Civic Center, the Belize City Defenders are hosting Griga Dream Ballers in the first match of the season. The Defenders […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Stella Maris School is the primary learning institution for special needs children in Belize. It has been in existence since 1958. Geared towards providing diversely-abled children with foundational education to serve them as adults, the institution has seen thousands of students acquire the fundamentals of academics. But, in 2021, the institution took a shift that […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we began our newscast by reporting on the shocking death of William Dawson. The now deceased chairman of the Leadership Intervention Unit was known for his unique role in crime fighting in urban Belize and working to mediate with gang leaders, as well as youths behind bars at the Belize Central Prison. While […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s the eve of the commencement of the manslaughter trial for former Police Corporal Kareem Martinez in Dangriga. It’s the jurisdiction where eighteen months ago, on July fourteenth, 2021, fourteen-year-old Laddie Gillett was shot and killed by Martinez in Placencia. Last Saturday, the Justice for Laddie Foundation organized a symposium ahead of the trial where […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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There have been a number of persons that have been reported missing and are presumed dead. Earlier this week, on Monday afternoon, the skeletal remains of a male were discovered in a shallow grave in the vicinity of the Port of Belize. Today, News Five spoke with ComPol Chester Williams, as well as the Executive […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Leon Ortiz, Christopher Sosa, Kyle Latchman and Akeem Augustine – these are the names of four Belize City men who have been reported missing; Ortiz from June of last year, while the others have disappeared without a trace more recently. While relatives of these men fear that the worst has happened to them, today the […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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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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