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Marconi Leal Junior has been reassigned as C.E.O. at the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. As we’ve reported, C.E.O. Leal and Minister of Transport, Youth and Sports Rodwell Ferguson were at odds for some time and the irreparable break up of their professional relationship led to Leal’s reassignment. Since April twenty-fourth, […]
Written on May 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Several persons lost their lives over the extended weekend and we’ll have these stories for you later. But we begin our newscast tonight with this morning’s inferno on Antelope Street Extension that has gripped the nation. A mother and her two children – one three years old and the other only three months old – […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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The Leadership Intervention Unit, despite its effort at working closely with gang members to change their lives and circumstances, is going through a rough patch. L.I.U. Chairman William Dawson passed away earlier this year and in the ensuing months there have been several incidents, including recidivism, that have plagued the organization. Those incidents have also […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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According to ComPol Williams, several interventions have been done in an attempt to quell recent flare ups among the gangs. Efforts have also been made to prevent reprisals in the case of two murders that occurred in Belize City last week. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “We have been able to ensure that with […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Oscar Requeña, the Area Representative for Toledo West, was involved in a traffic mishap on Sunday night that left several villages in Toledo without electricity for a short period. Reports are that sometime around eight p.m., Requeña was driving from San Antonio Village to Mafredi Village when he swerved off the road and crashed into […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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There was also a fire in the Jane Usher Boulevard area of Belize City on Sunday; fortunately, no one was injured in that blaze. But the National Fire Service is reporting that the two-storey wooden structure, while abandoned by its owner, it was being occupied by someone. Kenneth Mortis says that the fire was due […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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There were several other fires reported over the extended weekend. In Orange Walk, the Mayan Garden Resort on the Philip Goldson Highway, popularly known for its buffalo burgers, went up in flames. The fire broke sometime around three o’clock on Sunday afternoon and spread quickly to consume several structures on the property. The losses are […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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The three-day trade show that Belizeans across the country look forward to in Belmopan is now history, but even under the sweltering heat, this year’s attendance surpassed last year’s. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that over thirty-four thousand persons visited the event at the National Agriculture and Trade Show Grounds at the entrance to Belmopan. […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Belize is the first Central American country to adapt U.N. Habitat’s Our City Plans tool kit. This morning, the Ministry of Local Government, in collaboration with U.N. Habitat, launched a program that will see urban planners strengthen their technical capacity for the organization of better human settlements in Belize. An official ceremony was held in […]
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Goodnight, and welcome to this special edition of Sports Monday, I am Paul Lopez. Belize hosted the Eighth Central American Cricket Championship Tournament over the weekend. The four-day event saw teams from Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico and London battle it out. On Thursday morning, the action began in Bermudian Landing where the Belize National Cricket […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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Boledo and Sunday Lottery are an integral part of Belizean culture. There are Facebook pages dedicated to rake interpretations, a book written on picking the winning number and many superstitions passed on generation and generation about which “numba wah play”. So, the decision to suspend the lottery is being met with mixed reviews and today, […]
Written on April 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Earlier in the news we heard from the Leader of the Opposition, Moses ‘Shyne’ Barrow share his views on the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police in their respective posts and on the government ending the Boledo contract with Brads. This afternoon Barrow hosted a press briefing where he spoke on several […]
Written on April 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The National Agriculture and Trade Show (NATS) officially opened today. The show, themed “Innovations in Technology: Driving a Climate Resilient and Competitive Agriculture and Food Sector,” will take place over the next three days at the show grounds in Belmopan. This year’s theme emphasizes the importance of using innovative technologies in agriculture to improve its […]
Written on April 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, the Ministry of Tourism and the Belize Tourism Board hosted the first ever Belize Airlift Development Conference. The one-day conference has held under the theme “Connecting Belize to the World” The aim is to increase and improve the air traffic to the Jewel. And so, the conference […]
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Yesterday marked the annual Girls in I.C.T. Day, a global initiative to encourage young girls and women to consider careers in information and communication technology (I.C.T.). Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in April every year, this year’s Girls in ICT Day comes at a time when the tech industry is still struggling with gender diversity. […]
Written on April 28, 2023 | Posted in
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The residents of Santa Familia Village in the Cayo District have reason to celebrate today as they inaugurated a brand new water system that will provide clean water to the entire community. The project was made possible through funding from the European Union’s climate change resilience program in western Belize. Working in partnership with the […]
Written on April 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Last night, we told you that the Lotteries Committee has taken a decision to revoke the exclusive license held by Brads Gaming Group Limited (B.G.G.L.) to administer the Government Lotteries. That announcement, via a press release, noted that effective May second, B.G.G.L. is no longer licensed to sell or administer the Government Lotteries. The last […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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While with ComPol Chester Williams, he was also asked for an update on the investigation into the murder of Armando Williams. The sixty-year-old Swallow Street resident, who also goes by the surname Meggs, was discovered on his bed with injuries to his face. Investigation continues into this homicide and ComPol Williams says that they are […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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In this week’s episode of Belize on Reel, we take you into the pristine rainforest of southern Belize where, nestled on approximately sixteen thousand acres of protected land is the Copal Tree Group, inclusive of a lodge, distillery and farm. It was established decades ago, initially as a lodge for those engaged in sport fishing, […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Today Prime Minister John Briceño joined Mayor Ladrick Sheppard at a groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the reconstruction of Phillip Alvarez Park. The first phase of the park’s design includes a number of recreational areas and more greenery. Works on the first phase will begin immediately. News Five’s Paul Lopez was in Orange […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, the media was invited to Majestic Alley, near its junction with Queen Street, for the unveiling of the “Peacewall” Mural. While the wall painting depicts two hands joined together, the ceremony was used to celebrate the efforts made through support from the U.S. Government to reintegrate reformed gang members from communities across the city […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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A home in Orange Walk Town was completely destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Reports are that sometime around nine p.m., a wooden structure went up in flames on Mopan Street. Forty-two-year-old Leidy Hall told police that the residence is the property of her mother Maria Rosado who is presently in Mexico seeking medical attention. […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Cost of living in Belize continued on its upward path between March of last year and March of this year. According to the latest information from the Statistical Institute of Belize, the Consumer Price Index survey indicates that the country’s inflation rate went up by six point one percent during that period. That means that […]
Written on April 27, 2023 | Posted in
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Thirty-one primary school students and seven adults were hospitalized on Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind marijuana intoxication outbreak. The incident continues to make headlines, as investigations are being carried out by the Belize Police Department, the Ministry of Education, as well as the Ministry of Human Development. What we have been able to gather since the […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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The individual employed by the Belize Police Department as an exhibit keeper is presently in custody, as an internal investigation continues. According to Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa, there were no protocols that were followed in the disposal of the drug-laced candies and no permission was given to the exhibit keeper to discard the […]
Written on April 26, 2023 | Posted in
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