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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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Twenty-three-year-old Shania Dominguez, a recruit with the Belize Police Department, has been charged under the Cyber Crime Act. It is alleged that the resident of Biscayne Village, who appeared unrepresented in Court Number Six, used a computer system to transmit data that is obscene and vulgar. The intent was purportedly to humiliate, harass and cause […]
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Members of rival Belize City gangs called a truce in court earlier today after they chose not to proceed with criminal charges against each other. Esmir Garrido, a convicted member of the Rocky Road Bloods, is accused of attacking and stabbing thirty-five-year-old Hilberto Ruiz on Wednesday morning in the vicinity of Krooman Lagoon. The incident […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Remember Derrick Uh? He is the twenty-year-old Cristo Rey villager who died inside the back of a police prisoner van in Corozal back in August of last year. There was an outcry about the use of the vans and at the time, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams had committed to replacing the vans. Today, when […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday, two families in Seine Bight Village lost everything they owned when a fire mysteriously started in a bedroom of one of the houses and spread quickly through the yard. In the process, two other houses were also damaged. One of the fire victims told us that because the village does not have its […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Vegetable producers from across the country met this morning in Belmopan for the National Vegetable Stakeholders Meeting. The annual session addressed the current status of the national vegetable crop production season 2022-2023. Present at the meeting were farmers, personnel from the Belize Agriculture Health Authority, the Belize Marketing and Development Cooperation, as well as extension […]
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The role of the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation is to assist farmers with promoting and selling their produce. Participating in this dialogue allows BMDC to understand what quantities of local produce are on the market, so as to prevent the importation of those vegetables. Edgar Fuentes has been a farmer for the last twenty-five […]
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In Belize, there are approximately fifty forensic practitioners. In the forensic lab there are fifteen, five in the medical examiner’s office and in the scenes of crime unit, there are thirty-five crime scene technicians. Today, new laboratory spaces for the National Forensic Science Service were officially inaugurated at its Ladyville headquarters. Over three years in […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The Department of Local Government is resuming activities to complete a municipal boundaries delineation exercise that began in 2012. According to a government release, seven of the nine municipalities are currently engaged in a process for the re-delineation of their respective municipal jurisdictions. The release says that clearly defining the boundaries of each municipality is […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Across the country, consumers experienced an inflation rate of six point seven percent on the cost of goods and services in December 2022. That is according to the All-items Consumer Price Index which summarizes price levels for all categories of consumer goods and services. Inflation was mostly felt in the category of food and non-alcoholic […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre today launched a campaign for students in Belmopan on climate change and how it impacts health. The campaign, which will involve a variety of competitions, aims to capture their attention on this most important issue and how it will impact future generations if decisive action is not taken immediately […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Microbial disease – it’s not something we hear of every day if you’re a lay person, but it is a very real health issue that can affect us all. So the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO held an anti-microbial competition in two categories last November to get the participants to help educate the community on […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier, we heard how much climate change can impact the health of our people if we keep emitting greenhouse gases that are depleting our ozone layer. Belize is among the one hundred and ninety-three countries that attend the Conference of the Parties, or COP, that focuses on climate change. And we are among the ones […]
Written on January 26, 2023 | Posted in
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