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Belize’s former prime ministers, Said Musa and Dean Barrow, are calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A joint press release states, “We, the only two living former Prime Ministers of Belize, are sickened by the horrific toll in human life caused by the unspeakable, continuing tragedy in Gaza. Hamas’s killing of Israeli civilians and […]
Written on October 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eamon Courtenay, opened today’s sitting of the Senate by reasserting the Government of Belize’s position on the Israel-Gaza conflict in the Middle East that has left thousands dead. In his remarks, Minister Courtenay addressed the October seventh Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. He also touched on Israel’s response to the attack, […]
Written on October 26, 2023 | Posted in
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From time to time, it has happened: a work crew is carrying out a potentially hazardous job, something snaps and one of them is fatally injured. That was what happened shortly before ten this morning at the B.D.F. Air Wing in Ladyville. A work crew from a contractor in Shipyard Village was refurbishing the hangar […]
Written on October 25, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, Itai Bardov, the Ambassador of Israel to CARICOM, hosted a virtual press conference to speak with reporters about Israel’s defense against Hamas terrorist attacks and the country’s operation “Iron Sword”. The ambassador explained that after Israel disengaged from Gaza in 2005, his nation was applauded by international communities. He asserted that Hamas is […]
Written on October 19, 2023 | Posted in
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The latest tragedy in the conflict that has sent shockwaves across the international community was the destruction of a hospital in Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel deny responsibility for the deadly hospital bombing that killed hundreds. The countries are trading blame and Ambassador Bardov contends that Israel has evidence to show that they were not […]
Written on October 19, 2023 | Posted in
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Did an attempt to steal an aircraft for the purpose of narco-trafficking go horribly wrong this morning? Often times, reports of crash landings involve cargo being offloaded and removed from the area before the plane is either torched or refuelled and leaves Belizean airspace. But earlier today, in the cover of dark, an aircraft used […]
Written on October 16, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a throng of U.D.P. protestors gathered in front of the National Assembly for the sitting of the House of Representatives. They attempted to storm past the police blockade outside the House while it was in session. The protestors, led by Leader of the Opposition, Shyne Barrow, said they were there to express their […]
Written on October 13, 2023 | Posted in
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The search for thirty-one-year-old Oswaldo Vasquez ended tragically this morning when the body of the Orange Walk resident was found floating in the New River. The marketing officer at La Inmaculada Credit Union was reported missing by his wife on Sunday after Vasquez could not be located on Saturday night. Since then the family organized […]
Written on October 11, 2023 | Posted in
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On Saturday morning, the terrorist organization Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Gunmen breached security barriers and over two thousand missiles were launched from Gaza. Hours after the Palestinian attack, Israel’s air force retaliated with air raids in Gaza. Over sixteen hundred people have been killed in the war during the course of the […]
Written on October 10, 2023 | Posted in
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Usher and her group have since travelled further north of Israel. They have already scheduled flights to leave the country. Usher told us that many of the tourist sites are currently closed and Israeli citizens are being called to join their army reserves. And, for the remainder of their stay, her group is being updated […]
Written on October 10, 2023 | Posted in
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An overnight fire in San Pedro during the wee small hours of Saturday, destroyed a structure, including an office, a garage, as well as twenty golf carts belonging to Road Runner Rentals. It’s a significant loss for the proprietor, a Lebanese businessman who operates the rental company on the island town. Contrary to what has […]
Written on October 3, 2023 | Posted in
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At midday on Sunday, personnel from the National Fire Service, a team of firemen stationed in Benque Viejo Town, responded to a house fire in Calla Creek Village. By the time they arrived on the scene, residents had already put out the fire. The homeowners were lucky to have been able to stem the spread […]
Written on October 3, 2023 | Posted in
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A family of four is tonight without a roof over its head after the place called home was gutted by fire this morning. The fire began just before six a.m. and quickly spread through the two-bedroom wooden structure belonging to Kareem Yorke. Inside at the time of the blaze was Yorke’s brother, his girlfriend and […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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This afternoon, the National Fire Service confirmed that the fire was due to an illegal electrical wiring. It is something that the department has been working with Belize Electricity Limited to address and has been part of the fire safety campaign. Station Officer Kenneth Mortis gave an interview to the media on the response by […]
Written on September 29, 2023 | Posted in
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On Thursday night, a fire gutted an abandoned structure at the corners of Mex Avenue and Fairweather Street in Belize City. It is a location that was used by many to watch the Independence Day Parade, but just before ten-thirty p.m., the elevated wooden and concrete structure went up in flames. Fortunately, no one was […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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It’s been some time now since we’ve reported on a fire, as they’ve been few and far apart in this second half of the year. The Independence Day fire at the corner of Mex Avenue and Fairweather Street is the most recent. Station Supervisor at the National Fire Service, Kenneth Mortis, explained that data is […]
Written on September 22, 2023 | Posted in
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Today marks one week since a young man left his home in Concepcion Village, messaged his mother informing her that he was going fishing with his father-in-law, as he normally did, and that he’d be back in a couple of days. But he went missing during the fishing expedition and his body was found on […]
Written on August 28, 2023 | Posted in
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A family is displaced after a fire destroyed the interior of their home on Saturday on Aloe Vera Street, in the Lake Independence area. A neighbor shared with News Five off-camera today that when she looked outside she saw smoke coming from the windows and then saw a young lady being taken away with a […]
Written on August 14, 2023 | Posted in
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Landslides in the Caribbean shed light on the prevalence of Loss and Damage, and the call for consistent adaptation and mitigation strategies. Heavy rainfall from hurricanes and tropical storms exacerbates the risk of landslides throughout the Caribbean. Landslides heighten the vulnerability that persists within communities, particularly in terms of the effects of “Loss and Damage” (L&D). […]
Written on July 26, 2023 | Posted in
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On Monday evening, an oil tanker explosion occurred at a lumber yard in Camp Eight in the Mennonite community of Shipyard. The vehicle belonging to M. Leiva and Sons Trucking Company was offloading crude oil to a stationary tank at Crown’s Lumber Yard and during the transfer, oil escaped from the feeder hose to the […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Life for the Sawatzky family in the Mennonite community of Neuland in Corozal will never be the same again. They lost the two youngest children in their household during a combustion and fire that left several of them seriously burnt. Ten-month-old Sara was instantly burnt to death around seven-thirty on Tuesday night and her sister, […]
Written on July 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Fire Service Dispatches Team to Investigate Fatal Neuland Combustion
It is one of the worst tragedies a family can endure – a combustion that kills two of their children, leaving all the other siblings, and their parents with varying degrees of burn injuries. That is what happened on Tuesday night in the peaceful and remote Mennonite village of Neuland in Corozal. The village has […]
Written on July 19, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin tonight’s newscast with a fire in the Shipyard community in the north. Social media has been buzzing with a live video that captured this huge fire at a lumber yard in that Mennonite community. The blaze could be seen from a distance and there were several explosions from nearby gas tanks that came […]
Written on July 18, 2023 | Posted in
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The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital is conducting an investigation into a serious mix-up that occurred at the morgue this morning. A mother visited the morgue to pick up the body of her deceased child for burial only to learn that the child’s body was handed over to the wrong family. That family unknowingly held a […]
Written on July 12, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Major Slipup at the K.H.M.H., Wrong Body, Wrong Family
We begin our newscast tonight with a tragedy up north where two persons lost their lives in a fatal road traffic accident. It happened around four-thirty this morning, near San Antonio Village in Orange Walk District. Investigation has revealed that a police vehicle, driven by Jose Paz, ordered the driver of a dump truck to […]
Written on July 7, 2023 | Posted in
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