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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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