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And police officers are clearly at risk. In fact, News Five learned today that an officer from the Orange Walk Police formation has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The department is closely monitoring the situation, as several officers have since been sent home while they await the results of their PCR test. With eighty percent […]
Written on June 17, 2021 | Posted in
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And for their part, is the Belize Defence Force using training opportunities as a means of forcing soldiers to take the vaccine? That’s a complaint that came to News Five where some soldiers felt that they were being forced to take the vaccine or else training and other professional development courses would be withheld. They […]
Written on June 17, 2021 | Posted in
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Last week we told you about group of up to thirty-five Filipino nurses who have resigned, or will be resigning from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital to seek employment in other countries. One Filipino nurse who spoke to News Five told us many of the nurses are discouraged because they are being asked to pay […]
Written on June 17, 2021 | Posted in
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This news just in…. a B.D.F. solider lost his life in a late evening RTA in Jacintoville, Toledo District. News Five has confirmed that the B.D.F. officer was on a motorcycle which reportedly collided into a B.E.L. pickup truck. We will withhold the identity of the officer until the family is duly informed. More on […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Social media has been abuzz with theories of what is happening in the mountains. Some speculate it is volcanic activity, while others say it is a meteorite that struck in the area. Today, personnel from the Geology and Petroleum Unit of the Ministry of Natural Resources were out at a farm on the Hummingbird Highway […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Police have released the postmortem results of a body found near Lark Caye, off the coast of Placencia two weeks ago. As we reported, when Coast Guard officers found the corpse, it was only half a body, and it was badly decomposed. In fact, they could not even identify its gender. Well, tonight we can […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Nineteen-year-old Jillian Garcia lost his life on Sunday night when he was run over by an SUV traveling at high speed. The incident happened in his home village of Trial Farm in Orange Walk District. The teenager had a misunderstanding with a group of young men a few moments prior to that incident and investigators […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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Police are reporting on two fires in Jalacte, Toledo District over the last two days. On Tuesday, reports are that a thatched structure which houses the residence of Stephen Koy and a church had been burned. Koy told police he attempted to extinguish the flames but his kitchen was destroyed and the back of the […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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When the San Pedro Town Council changed in March following the municipal elections, several employees from the previous administration were terminated. Under the labor laws of Belize, those individuals ought to have been compensated as part of a severance package. That has not been the case, however, despite written correspondence between their attorney and Mayor […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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According to Elrington, sufficient time has been afforded to the Town Council and its attorneys to respond to the query. Aside from a delay in response, Elrington says that at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, his clients entered into an agreement with the town council that they would accept a fifty percent pay cut […]
Written on June 16, 2021 | Posted in
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The mass resignation of Filipino nurses from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital directly threatens the existing workforce at the national referral facility. It is anticipated that by the end of this month, as many as thirty-three caregivers will have tendered their resignations in order to pursue a career elsewhere outside of the country. When we […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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According to Doctor Sosa, the hospital is banking on a compassion of young nurses to fill the void that will be left upon the departure of the Filipino nurses. Should the situation be exacerbated by an all-out rash of COVID-19 cases, the K.H.M.H. chair says that the hospital will be forced to hire at least […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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Coupled with the departure of the Filipino nurses, the K.H.M.H. is also experiencing a change at the management level where contracts for the Chief Executive Officer, as well as four other senior positions have come to an end. It is similarly expected that in the weeks ahead, a new C.E.O. will be named and the […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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What happened to his son? That is the question one father from Punta Gorda is asking tonight, one day after his son’s body was found on a small caye ten miles off Belize City. The deceased, Cecil Tillett Junior, was a former firefighter reportedly employed by a C.I.B. officer who took him to the island […]
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The burnt remains found on a farm in Esperanza Village last week were identified on Tuesday as that of missing fireman Peter Luis Jones. His grieving father, Peter Jones Senior, told News Five today how he was able to recognize his son. On the Phone: Peter Jones Sr., Father of Deceased “We did an […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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The Special Patrol Unit conducted an operation in the Saint Martin de Porres neighborhood on Monday night which yielded a quantity of marijuana, as well as a cache of weapons. Seven pounds of cannabis, packed tightly in three parcels, were retrieved from a property on Carnation Street. The raid was led by Assistant Superintendent Aaron […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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June fifteenth is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The National Council on Ageing says last year, four percent of domestic violence cases were crimes against older men and women, but only one out of every twenty-four cases of elder abuse is actually reported to authorities. Honing in on Belize, the release says, “Elder Abuse is […]
Written on June 15, 2021 | Posted in
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A young man from Trial Farm, Orange Walk District is dead and an investigation is underway to determine whether the circumstances that led to his demise were intentional or accidental. Jillian Garcia was knocked down and killed shortly after leaving an establishment where he had an altercation with several individuals. Those persons have been detained […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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A deadly head-on collision has claimed the life of a taxi driver in Cayo District. The accident happened on Sunday night just before curfew. Alberto Jimenez was driving his cab along the George Price Highway near Ontario Village when he crashed into compact crossover vehicle. Jimenez succumbed while receiving emergency medical treatment. The driver of […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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There is a sad end to a missing person’s story from last week. This evening, police have confirmed that the burnt remains found on a farm in Esperanza Village last week have been identified as those of missing fireman Peter Luis Jones. According to police, the body was identified his father, Peter Jones Senior. A […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Two weeks after he was shot dead in San Pedro Town, forty-two-year-old Superintendent of police Henry Jemmott was laid to rest in his hometown, Dangriga. He was given all the official trappings of a send off fitting for a senior officer and many onlookers lined the streets as the police, including the military band played […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Both the funeral and the wake for Superintendent Henry Jemmott were well attended by hundreds of people. While they all came out to pay their respects to the senior officer, there are many who were concerned about the non-compliance to quarantine regulations currently in place. Pictures and videos of the wake also circulated on social […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams officially announced that Assistant Superintendent Fitzroy Yearwood is now the Director of Communications in his office and will be the point man to liaise with the media. Yearwood returns to public relations, having held the post previously under Commissioner Allen Whylie in several instances. According to Yearwood, aside from […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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But was Yearwood’s shift to Communications Director of the Belize Police Department a political move to muzzle the ComPol Chester Williams and his office? There is speculation from various quarters who question why Williams, who has been very open with the media and is also a trained attorney, would need a public relations officer. Here’s […]
Written on June 14, 2021 | Posted in
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It was circulating on social media today, and now it is confirmed: there will be lots of vacancies opening up at the nation’s main referral hospital—four in upper management. News five has confirmed positions will be advertised for Chief Executive Officer, a post formerly held by Michelle Cox Hoare; the position of Human Resource Manager […]
Written on June 11, 2021 | Posted in
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