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The family and friends of Belmopan resident Vivian Ramnarace are tonight mourning her passing, compounding the grief they have been experiencing since New Year’s Eve. The mother of one died on Sunday night, fifteen days after losing her husband and brother-in-law to a shooting incident in Belmopan that also left gravely injured. Over the last […]
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The family of Vivian Ramnarace broke its silence today. Deon Pascacio, a relative of the deceased woman, spoke with Plus News today where he gave further details into the injuries that she sustained and her battle to survive over the past two weeks. Pascasio confirmed that Vivian suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the neck and […]
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According to Pascacio, the entire family is at a loss as to why anyone would want to target Vivian, her husband and brother-in-law. Pascascio says that the family supports the call for an independent prosecutor and investigator to be involved in the case, as they continue to question whether their loved ones will receive justice. […]
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And, while the family of the murder victims is demanding justice, there are reports that a so-called relative of Police Corporal Elmer Nah visited a location in Belmopan not far from where the deadly shooting occurred. News Five has received surveillance footage of where the alleged family member made a visit on Saturday, along with […]
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Much has been said about Doctor Andre Gray since he was symbolically conferred with the keys to Belize City. A couple media houses have come out swinging at him, on grounds that the accolades, recognitions, and even some of the inventions he has laid claims to do not hold up. Gray claims he’s the inventor […]
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That was Gray last Friday, a few hours before his credibility as an inventor was openly called to question and a stream of Facebook posts and comments added to his tarnished image. So today, News Five went back to Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner in the wake of the scandal that followed the symbolic handing […]
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The Senior Courts of Belize kicked off a new judicial calendar in a pre-recorded ceremony that was aired this morning. It was the first ceremony presided over by Chief Justice Louise Esther Blenman that succeeded an ecumenical service here in Belize City. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports. Isani Cayetano, Reporting The 2023 legal year […]
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Attorneys for Brad’s Gaming Group Limited have responded to the chair of the Lotteries Committee, in respect of a letter that was sent to Managing Director Kim Chee on December twenty-third, 2022. The thirteen page rejoinder, written by Senior Counsel Dean Barrow on behalf of his client, addresses each of the Lotteries Committee’s concerns individually, […]
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Last Thursday, we reported that Berkeley Street resident Adrian Hernandez was arraigned for the murder of Emert “Motty” Flowers, a sixty-two-year-old tour guide who was shot dead on December twenty-seventh, 2022 at his home on Racecourse Street in Belize City. Since then, residents as well as the mother of Hernandez are saying that Hernandez was […]
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On Saturday morning, just before dawn, two thieves, one of whom was armed with a handgun, targeted the Belize City Council’s office which is located on Cemetery Road, at its junction with Partridge Street. The assailants held up the security guard on duty and stole his money, after which they made off with two heavy-duty […]
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There have been several acts of violence in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan in the weeks leading up to the end of 2022, including the now triple murder of the Ramnarace family. And over the extended weekend, the Kuxlin Ha Government School was targeted by thieves, who got away with numerous items. The discovery […]
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A criminal and internal investigation are ongoing in Punta Gorda where a man was shot by a woman police officer on Saturday night in that southern municipality. Reports are that a patrol responded to reports of two armed masked men on a motorcycle. Reports are that one of the three officers, PC Luella Whyte spotted […]
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In 2020, when she held the post of Auditor-General, her office released reports suggesting that there was embezzlement happening between 2015 and 2016 at the National Sports Council. And since September first, 2022, she has been working in the same capacity, but the official swearing-in of Dorothy Bradley as the Acting Auditor-General for the next […]
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If you’ve been wondering why a section of Saint Thomas Street, at its junction with Saint Joseph Street, has been closed to vehicular traffic, it’s all geared toward making the area safer for the pedestrians who use it, particularly during school hours. Today Belize City Mayor, Bernard Wagner says the inconvenience will last another few […]
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Today, Reading Room Belize was officially opened at the Upper Division of Wesley Primary School in Belize City. It’s the brainchild of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute and the Dorothy I Height Global Leadership Academy, of which Opal Enriquez is a graduate and member. Several of the graduates of the academy are in […]
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Leader of the Opposition Shyne Barrow says he recently closed a deal with Walt Disney to create a motion picture, a television series, and a documentary on his life. He confirmed this with the media during the interview today at the launch of a literacy initiative at his alma mater Wesley Upper School, where he […]
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