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Another grandparent gave the media an interview just after four p.m. outside the K.H.M.H. She revealed that she took home several packets of the marijuana-infused gummies since yesterday. She informed us that she received the gummies from a friend with the understanding that they were snacks for children. She says, her diabetic husband ate the […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Police have launched an investigation into the distribution of the drug-infused gummies. Late this evening, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero, briefed the media on what police have learned so far. A.C.P. Romero also confirmed that police have several persons detained. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division “Police visited the KHMH where reports […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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As we said, one woman has reported that she got a hold of seven packs of gummies since Monday evening. Given her account, police are questioning whether the gummies are being widely distributed across Belize City. Also, A.C.P. Romero says samples have been sent to the forensic laboratory for testing. ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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In an update to our lead story involving the mass hospitalization of primary school students earlier today, News Five is reliably informed that there was a recent confiscation of similar cannabis edibles by the Anti-Narcotics Unit of the Belize Police Department. That quantity of marijuana-laced treats was turned over to the exhibit keeper who, we […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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The trial of Jasmine Hartin has ended almost as quickly as it began today before Supreme Court Judge, Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft. The case ended this evening with Hartin pleading guilty to manslaughter by negligence for the shooting death of Superintendent of Police Henry Jemmott, who was forty-two when he was killed on a pier in […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-nine-year-old Miguel Encalada was arraigned on two counts of murder on Monday. His court appearance where he was unrepresented by legal counsel, followed the shooting death of his common-law wife and his younger sibling on April twentieth, at his home in Ladyville. This morning, Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero provided additional information on the […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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There are several unanswered questions that have been posed to investigators, including a possible angle that may have involved drugs. Here’s how ACP Romero responded to those queries. Reporter “Is there any drug element in the investigation?” ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division “We collected several items from the house and those […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-eight-year-old Wilford Dawson was injured during an officer-involved shooting on Sunday night in Gardenia Village. That is because he allegedly refused to stand down when instructed by officers responding to the scene of a commotion at a nearby shop. It is reported that Dawson was acting disorderly when the police officers instructed him to cease […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Horses, whether thoroughbred, half or quarter breeds, are the most important part of horse racing culture in Belize. The sport was introduced to Belize in the 1920s. Much of what happens at the three major horse races that are held annually has not changed over the last century. Racing, betting and celebrating the attainment of […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has responded to a statement issued by A.S.R./B.S.I. regarding the procedures for Fairtrade Premium Payments. Those statements came in a press release issued on Friday. In its rejoinder, B.S.C.F.A. says, “it has not received any Fairtrade Premiums for Fairtrade sugar sold by Tate & Lyle Sugars (TLS) for both […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Two structures at Bacab Eco Park, valued at seven hundred thousand dollars in total, went up in flames on Monday night. Police are currently investigating the incident as a case of arson. According to reports, fifty-nine-year-old Govanni Smith, the owner of Bacab Eco Park, told police that two male persons were seen entering the park […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize, represented by Doctor Leroy Almendarez, chaired an Extraordinary Board Meeting of the Regional M.S.M.E. Promotion Center on the eighteenth and nineteenth of April, as President Pro-tempore. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the progress of the center’s agenda by member countries. Prior to the start of the meeting, there was a collaborative […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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If you go hiking often in the Jaguar Paw area and have a Digicell phone, well now you’ll be in touch anytime, all day while there. That’s because B.T.L. introduced its 4 G L.T.E. service to that area today. B.T.L. Chairman, Mark Lizarraga explained that the company had seen a growing demand for the service […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, several non-government organizations received grant funding from the Ministry of the Blue Economy through the Belize Fund for Sustainable Future. The eleven point five million dollars were derived as a result of the Blue Bond agreement, through payments made by the government to help meet the conservation commitments of the Blue Bond agreement. […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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The Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association, TASA was one of the recipients of a grant. TASA is home to Caye Bokel, commonly known as the “elbow”, a multi-species spawning aggregation site. The atoll is a prime location to view sea sponge diversity, and TASA is involved in monitoring and managing a number of measures and their […]
Written on April 25, 2023 | Posted in
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Miguel Encalada, the Ladyville resident who is accused of the murder of his common-law-wife, fifty-year-old Desiree Gonzalez Rowland and his own brother, twenty-five-year-old George Encalada Rochester, appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court today to face the charges. The thirty-nine-year-old barber is charged with two counts of murder. While speculation is still rife that the […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Miguel Encalada’s mother, Yolanda Encalada, was at the court today and she said that Miguel Encalada and Desiree Gonzalez Rowland had a loving relationship and that George Encalada Rochester had just moved in the area from Corozal days before he ended up murdered. Like the family of Desiree Gonzalez Rowland, Yolanda Encalada told us that […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-eight-year-old Leon Walford has been sentenced to forty-eight years in prison for the execution-style murder of American national Lamont Edward Lipka in May 2018. The deadly incident took place in San Pedro when Walford and Tracey Betancourt entered Tropicana Restaurant and Bar and shot Lipka multiple times inside his place of business. While Betancourt has […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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We’ve reported on the lawsuit filed by several former employees of S.O.S. Security Firm against the company for non-payment of salaries. Today, the court ruled that the company should deposit the monies owed to its former employees before July third or else. The security guards went on a go-slow or did not show up to […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Two men who police have blamed for last week’s shooting of well-known street figure, Jervis Valencia appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court today. They are Logwood Street resident, twenty-five-year-old Lyndon Alexander Saint Claire of Pickwoad Street and twenty-three-year-old Kareem Kelly, a construction worker of Mayflower Street. Police maintain that at around eleven-thirty on April […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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A man was shot by police in Gardenia Village on Sunday night after he allegedly became disorderly and then charged at police with a piece of board. Police information is that sometime around seven-thirty on Sunday night; they were summoned to the area, which is a shop, owned by relatives of the man, thirty-eight-year-old Wilford […]
Written on April 24, 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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The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Albert area representative Tracy Panton, held its first broadcasted session today from its seat in Belmopan. In attendance were ministers Dolores Balderamos-Garcia and Kareem Musa, along with senators Elena Smith and Kevin Herrera. Appearing before the PAC working group was Auditor General Dorothy Bradley. During the meeting, Bradley detailed […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Senator Elena Smith also inquired about measures that can be put in place to prevent a recurrence of the tardy recording of statements. Here’s her question, as well as the response given by Auditor General Dorothy Bradley. Elena Smith, Member, Public Accounts Committee “In terms of the lack of responses coming from the ministries […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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Over the last few weeks we have been reporting on the legislative amendment exercise that the Government of Belize has been undertaking at the behest of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force. Those directives have led to the passage of at least ten legislative amendment bills through the House of Representatives. On Friday alone, seven […]
Written on April 24, 2023 | Posted in
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