‘No Witness, No Justice’: Commissioner Highlights Technological Advances in Crime Fighting
Commissioner of Police Chester Williams addressed the ongoing challenges faced by law enforcement in Belize, particularly the matter of...
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- Jun 18, 2023
‘Nolle Prosequi’ plays large role in Serious Crimes Conviction Rate 37%
Belize’s serious-crimes conviction rate, as of 2021, stands at 37.1 percent, but nolle prosequis (case dismissals) account for more than...
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- Jun 11, 2023
Leaked Report: Belize’s conviction rate at 37%
By Javan Flowers Belize’s conviction rate for the prosecution of serious crimes—contrary to the common belief that it is as low as three...
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- Feb 5, 2023
MOE: Males' high high-school dropout rate key contributing factor to crime
By Michelle Sutherland Minister of State in the Ministry of Education Dr. Louis Zabaneh says that the ministry is aware of the...
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- Jan 27, 2023
Ninety-Six Percent!
Most male inmates lack higher education, youth affairs activist Nuri Muhammad reminds of education-and-crime link Approximately 96...
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- Jan 3, 2023
Police to prioritize high profile murders due to international implications
The Belize Police Department, along with the blessings of Prime Minister John Briceño, the Cabinet, and other government ministries, will...
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- Jul 15, 2022
Kolbe Foundation to help mother who begged for jail time to fight drug addiction
The Kolbe Foundation is committed to helping the 25-year-old mother who begged the court last week to send her to jail to help her...
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- Mar 10, 2022
Ministry of Health issues statement on video of a child consuming alcoholic substance
Belmopan. March 10, 2022. 5:30 p.m. The Ministry of Health & Wellness categorically condemns the disturbing video circulating on social...
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- Nov 18, 2021
Ex-cop busted with cocaine
Belmopan police have detained retired police officer, 53-year-old Hilbert Castillo, after police found 1.05 kilograms of cocaine when...
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- Nov 8, 2021
Cops charged with landing narco plane
Ten plus persons who were detained for the landing of a Narco Plane on the Southern Highway near Toledo on Saturday night have been...
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- Nov 6, 2021
COMPOL: Some police officers were involved in latest drug-plane landing
Police officers were involved the latest drug-plane landing, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams confirmed Friday morning....
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- Oct 7, 2021
Dr. Gayle: S.O.Es not effective strategy against gang violence
The use of State of Emergency (SOE) to lockdown criminal elements is not a very effective practice, Social Anthropologist Dr. Herbert...
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- Sep 9, 2021
CRIME OF MURDER
BDF soldier, Private Raheem Valencio, has been charged for the crime of murder in connection to Sunday night’s fatal shooting of off-duty...
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- Aug 20, 2021
Last Resort, Again!
Residents from Southside Belize City have been rounded up by the police under a one-month proclamation of a State of Emergency (SOE),...
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- Aug 17, 2021
Ex OW East Area Rep. Elodio Aragon criticizes marijuana ‘legalization’
Speaking at the United Democratic Party (UDP)’s press conference convened on Tuesday morning, former minister of state with...
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- Aug 1, 2021
‘Locking down’ murders
Murders are up by approximately eight percent for the first half of 2021 relative to the same period last year, but remains roughly 30...
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- Jul 20, 2021
Body found in Lords Bank area
The Old Well Road in Lords Bank Village was quickly transformed into a murder scene after a passerby found the partially nude body of a...
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- Jul 7, 2021
Six detained for alleged kidnapping
Five, persons, all of them residents of Shipyard Village in the Orange Walk District, a Mennonite community, along with an 18-year-old...
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- Jun 22, 2021
Police officer shot by Guatemalan bandits
The Reporter has been able to confirm from credible sources that a Police Officer attached to the Special Patrol Unit (SPU) Unit was...
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- Jun 10, 2021
Accused Cop Killer Gets Bail
Accused cop killer Jasmin Hartin, 32, has received bail. On Wednesday, June 9, the Canadian national was released from the Belize Central...
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