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Last night, we told you about the attempt made in the lower courts by former P.U.P. standard bearer Dorla Vaughn and Gary Ayuso to challenge Shyne Barrow’s legitimacy as a voter in Mesopotamia. As we reported, that challenge was unsuccessful. Today, Prime Minister Briceño told reporters that he had nothing to do with the challenge. […]
Written on August 31, 2023 | Posted in
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As we reported on Tuesday, twenty-seven-year-old Jahleel Goodger was shot shortly after nine that morning as he sat on a step at a house on Vernon Street at its junction with Pine Street. He has since undergone surgery for the bullet wound. Goodger is known to police. In 2017, he was shot in the leg. […]
Written on August 31, 2023 | Posted in
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On Sunday, the body of eighteen-year-old Randy Gorosica was discovered in southern waters where he went fishing with a group of men from the Corozal District. He messaged his mother, Rosy Gorosica to inform her that he’d return in a couple of days. But the fishing expedition went wrong. The group went on its own […]
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Extreme heat temperatures in the Caribbean place workers at risk, creating a sense of urgency for the need for risk-reduction strategies. Heat exposure from climate events is a major concern in the Caribbean. Heat stress in particular is quite common, primarily in the dry season, but hotter conditions have also been recorded during the wet […]
Written on August 31, 2023 | Posted in
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The 2023 Belize Investment Summit gets underway on Thursday morning in San Pedro. Businesses, of all sizes, as well as entrepreneurs from across the region will converge on the island of Ambergris Caye to participate in the two-day event being hosted by the Briceño administration. But the conference comes at a time when there are […]
Written on August 30, 2023 | Posted in
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According to Peyrefitte, the Commissioner of Police did not offer a cause for turning down the request. The Chairman of the United Democratic Party goes on to give several reasons why they will protest outside of the location where the summit is being held. Mike Peyrefitte, Chairman, United Democratic Party “There was no reason […]
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Late this evening, News Five caught up with Commissioner Williams here in Belize City. When we spoke with him, the head of the Belize Police Department gave his reasons for rejecting the application for a permit to demonstrate. He also said the motion was not supported by U.D.P. supporters in Belize Rural South. Chester […]
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Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow is presently out of the country. He was in the United States recently where he attended the 2023 Invest Fest in Atlanta, Georgia. From there, he made his way to the Caribbean island of Grenada where he met with former Prime Minister Keith Mitchell. News Five also spoke with Barrow from […]
Written on August 30, 2023 | Posted in
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A News Five Belize Team is in San Pedro to cover the 2023 Belize Investment Summit. A day ahead of the start of the event, we sat down for an exclusive interview with former President of Colombia Ivan Duque Marquez. The former president will be the guest speaker at tomorrow’s opening ceremony. He is known […]
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As we said, the former Colombian President co-authored a book on the orange economy in 2013. According to Duque, the orange sector played a critical role in Colombia’s economic rebound, following the Covid-19 pandemic. He told us why he believes Belize is poised to become a leader in the creative market within the region with […]
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As we reported, the 2023 Belize Investment Summit is being held in San Pedro, the hometown of Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez. We understand that the embattled Minister of the Blue Economy was scheduled to sit as a panelist during a roundtable at the event. Earlier this month, amid the sex scandal involving […]
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The recent gang-related murder in Belize City, as well as the flood of illegal firearms into the country, remain an area of serious concern for the opposition. In maintaining its call for the removal of the Minister of Home Affairs, his Chief Executive Officer and the Commissioner of Police, party chairman Michael Peyrefitte says that […]
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In the wake of Sunday night’s execution of Orel Leslie, the Belize Police Department is bracing for reprisals. As a result, officers remain vigilant for any developments that will trigger a tit-for-tat between rival gangs in the Lake Independence community. News Five spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester Williams about citizen security amid the ongoing […]
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It fell under the radar after it was passed into law, but an attorney has brought to the fore a concern over new penalties one faces if they are charged with trafficking marijuana in Belize. Today, Dickie Bradley pointed out that the penalties, including prison time, as well as the fines and bail for someone […]
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On Friday, we reported that Mesopotamia Area Representative and Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow was being criticized by operatives in the People’s United Party regarding the address he is registered to in that constituency. Barrow is registered to 80 King Street, along with eleven other individuals who are signed up at the same address. Earlier today, […]
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Comments Off on Lower Court Strikes Out P.U.P. Challenge of Shyne in Mesop
This document shows the signature of one of the complainants, Dorla Vaughan, who states that Barrow resides at number thirteen Saint Charles Street in the Caribbean Shores area, rather than at number eighty King Street in the Mesopotamia Division where he is elected and where he also votes. But today, Vaughn and the other complainant […]
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Bradley says that in law, it is difficult to prove to a court that someone does not live at a particular address because of the very nature of what the word “reside” can be defined as. While Barrow’s voters who showed up to court to defend him had the need arise, they did not wish […]
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As of today, the cost of fuel has gone up by over a dollar at the pump and there was no announcement made by the Government of Belize about the impending price hike. The opposition has been quite vocal about the exorbitant cost of fuel, despite the cost per barrel of oil remaining stable on […]
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The reigning Miss Universe, American-born thirty-year-old R’ Bonney Gabriel and her sister queens from Aruba, Kiara Arends and El Salvador, Alejandra Guajardo were in Belize today as part of a tour of the region onboard the Carnival Vista cruise line. R’ Bonney, who hails from Houston, boarded the cruise ship in Galveston, Texas and traveled […]
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A Belize City man underwent surgery this afternoon to repair a bullet wound he suffered in Belize City this morning. The shooting happened around nine-twenty a.m., on Vernon Street near its junction with Pine Street, a short distance away from a checkpoint near Mayflower Street. Police say that twenty-seven-year-old Jahleel Goodger was sitting on the […]
Written on August 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Classes were called off across Belize District, as hundreds of teachers converged in Belize City. The People’s Constitution Commission hosted its Teachers Constitution Education Forum inside the Saint Catherine Auditorium. The six-hour event saw several lectures on the Constitution of Belize, as well as a question and answer segment where teachers were given the opportunity […]
Written on August 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Attorney Darrell Bradley went into greater details on how the Constitution of Belize differs from other constitutions in Central America when it comes to the rights that citizens enjoy. According to Bradley, the Constitution of Belize speaks solely to political rights, while other national constitutions within the region include social and economic rights. He explained […]
Written on August 29, 2023 | Posted in
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Ruth Shoman, the President of the Belize National Teachers Union, has broken her silence on the slew of criticisms that overshadow her presidency since taking office earlier this year. One allegation is that Shoman was once charged for theft and forgery in an embezzlement case. More recently, she was accused of lying to the union’s […]
Written on August 29, 2023 | Posted in
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The Briceño Administration’s decision to resurrect the Eleventh Amendment earlier in August was criticized as undermining the work of the People’s Constitution Commission. Today, we got a chance to ask Anthony Chanona, the Chairman of the People’s Constitution Commission, if the commission believes the government overstepped by reintroducing the bill to the House. Here is […]
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It’s only four more days before the Carnival King and Queen Competition takes place and carnival enthusiasts have their hopes in their favourite mas bands to either defend their title or pull off an upset. Today News Five’s Marion Ali stopped in at two of the camps that were putting on the finishing touches to […]
Written on August 29, 2023 | Posted in
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